wild rice

[Amethyst_Rain]

does anyone know if wild rice is always parched b4 hitting the stores? i've looked at a couple different varieties and they all say it's parched over a fire...i really love soaking wild rice and adding it to salads...i didn't know that it was parched b4 i saw it on some of the packages...hmmmmmmm any suggestions?

[tracyinfo]

Oh no! I love wild rice, too. I will have to check my package and get back to you.

-Tracy

[tracyinfo]

I checked the Trader Joe's bag of organically grown wild rice, and it says nothing about parching.

Anyone else have insight?

-Tracy

[Amethyst_Rain]

well, as i understand it...wild rice is actually a grass that grows in swampy areas and the seeds of that grass are the rice...in order to ship them they need to be dried first and they usually do it over a fire (the Natives used to do it that way) I'm sure now-a-days thay just use another high heat source...you can also let it sun-dry, but i'm sure not a lot of companies do it that way, since it takes a long time and big area to do it...hmmmmmm...i wonder....i'm going grocery shopping today, so i'm gonna check a bunch of different packages

[tracyinfo]

Well, I hope I can still eat my wild rice in peace! I love it so.

But, you could apply that principle to all dried food. Is all the dried fruits, beans, herbs, spices, etc.. truly sun dried and not heated above what is considered raw?

I am not trying to be confrontational, I am just curious, as today, I went to a grocery store that had alot of bulk bins with all kinds of dried herbs, rices, beans, lentils, etc..


--Tracy

[VeganVixen]

the only way to see if its truly raw is to sprout it----I think wild rice sprouts...

[Amethyst_Rain]

i've tried sprouting wild rice...it never worked...i tried a couple different varieties, too...hmmm...well...i wonder if it's really that important...i don't eat it that often after all...but still...i wanna know :)

[rawpriestess]

Dehydrated fruits and veggies in the stores are heated to 145 degrees, way too high for raw.

However, there are some that are raw, they will say on the package dehydrated at 95 degrees or whatever.

Frontier has spices, and teas, dehydrated at 95 degrees.

Others I am not so sure of, so you might want to write them.

[misslinda]

When we say sprout wild rice, do we mean sprouting to the point it "opens up" or do we mean it will literally grow like wheatberries that are sprouted to grow wheatgrass? :confused:

[tracyinfo]

Wild rice won't sprout. It is a grass and not a grain. It splits open very nicely when you soak it. I forget how many days I used to soak it. I stopped with the wild rice as I found it is heated to about 260 degrees.

Hope this helps.


When we say sprout wild rice, do we mean sprouting to the point it "opens up" or do we mean it will literally grow like wheatberries that are sprouted to grow wheatgrass? :confused:

[misslinda]

Oh Sh*p (!!!!!!) :eek:

[city]

www.Eatraw.com has a wild rice that is dried at temps not exceeding 100 degrees.

[misslinda]

You CITY SLICKER YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! I love it --thank you so much! :)

[organic alaskan]

Hmmm...I've been soaking some wild rice for about 24 hours now, and it still hasn't split open. The first 8 hours were at room temp and then I stuck it in the fridge. Also, I've been rinsing it often, but it still has a very pungent odor. Is that normal? :confused:

[RawTruth]

I had bad luck the one time I tried to "sprout" wild rice. It went bad -- smelled funny. I seem to recall that Rhio says in her book that it's difficult to do this unless the wild rice is exceedingly fresh. I didn't try again since realizing that it isn't raw. When I eat it at my local raw restaurant (where it's used in several delicious recipes), my stomach hurts. So, that was enough to cause me to lose all interest in eating it so it's just as well that I gave up on sprouting it. (Forgive me for rambling on about me -- and I didn't really answer our question :o !)