Melba's Minnehaha Jammin wrote:
> Reg wrote:
> > Koko wrote:
>
> > > It's the hand harvested natural wild rice from the Minnesota
> > > northlands. It even has the date it was harvested hand written on it.
>
> > That's the good stuff. Minnesota rules in this department.
>
> Reg, when you cook it, do you do it as you would white rice; i.e., all
> the water is absorbed? *Or do you boil it in a large quantity of water
> and drain it before use? *I'm from the Boil The Hell Out of It School of
> Wild Rice Prep. *Then I drain it. *

Depends on the recipe... in soups it's pretty much self explanatory...
use lots of liquid... but if cooked and drained (especially as long as
wild rice needs to be cooked) than a lot of the nutrition (and flavor)
goes right down the drain. Do you boil ribs too?

Sheldon Hiawatha