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Default Question: cooking white & wild rice together in pilaf

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:12:43 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article . com>,
> "Jude" > wrote:
>
>> So i want to do a pilaf using wild rice and white rice for christmas
>> dinner. Seems like a simple idea, but when i cook rice I simmer it
>> without taking the lid off. Wild rice needs so much longer to cook,
>> I've fopund quite a few recipes that say to cook it for about 45
>> minutes then add the white rice.

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>Too late for you, probably, but I think I'd be sorely tempted to cook
>the wild rice separately and and combine it with the rest of the pilaf
>when it's done, or add it to the pilaf mixture about 5 minutes before
>it's done. JMO.


I quite agree, Barb. That's what I've done, and I really like it.

TammyM