Rhonda Anderson > wrote in
. 5:

> PeterL > wrote in news:Xns98B9EBB0DEB4D9999999@
> 218.100.0.53:
>
>> Omelet > wrote in
>> news >>
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You're obviously using the wrong sort of rice then ;-)
>>>
>>> Well, the red or black rice works ok as it has it's own nutty
flavor,
>>
>>
>> Hmmmmmm, red rice!!
>>
>> We've got black rice over here, we call it wild rice. Blooody
expensive
>> too!!
>>
>
> Black rice isn't wild rice.



But do you see any other rice of the same colour over here???

Yeah, yeah......... I *should* have said that we have a *type* of black
rice (in colour) over here.

I didn't think I was going to pick up two pedarists in one frikken day
:-/


>Black rice is a real rice (Oryza sativa) as
> opposed to wild rice which is from a different, unrelated plant
(Zizania
> aquatica). The black rice Om is talking about is also known as black
> glutinous rice or black sticky rice. The bran on the grains is
coloured
> black - if you remove the bran the grain is white underneath.
>
> http://www.foodsubs.com/Rice.html


Thanks for your input. If you're in Brisbane, talk to either Bronwyn, or
Ladyjane, and come along to the dinner we'll all have at a Thai place
sometime in the near future.

You can pick the bloody rice for the night.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

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