Wild rice is a source of cultural pride in Minnesota where I'm from. Unfortunately, there's a lot of misinformation about it online and in print. It's time I had a guide on here about one of the most important ingredient of my region, so, I'm going to try and answer all the questions I can about it.
And there's lots of questions: Is it actually wild? Which wild rice is the best to buy? Is there a difference between expensive hand-harvested wild rice and cultivated? What about parched, cultivated wild rice? Gas parched? Lake rice? River rice? How much water do you add?
This is the biggest thing to know, and by far the most confusing, so be patient and stay with me here. If you go to the store, more than likely, you'll see bags of black, shiny wild rice for sale. If you go online, and search for wild rice, things get more complicated.
There's hand harvested wood parched wild rice, black wild rice, air-boat harvested gas-parched lake rice, cultivated wood-parched wild rice, and regular cultivated wild rice. Oh, and there's also fancy, roll cut, soup grade, quick-cooking, rice in a can (no, just no) and on and on.
By contrast, the other wild rice (which could go by any of the above names) isn't left wet, it's dried, then parched by toasting over a fire. Traditionally the heat source was a wood fire (wood-parched) but gas parching has become common and has a similar effect on the rice, but a slightly less interesting flavor.
One company I know of recommends boiling all their rice, lake rice, parched rice, or black paddy rice in the same ratio of water (nearly 1:6) which is crazy talk, and wasteful since you'll inevitably end up pouring some of the cooking liquid down the drain (on a side note, the cooking liquid is delicious and I used to catch my line cooks drinking it!).
Alan, you are not kidding this is confusing. Are you familiar with Moose Lake brand Wild Rice? mooselakewildrice.com What do you think? I checked out your recommendation of Great Lakes Wild Rice - all they are offering is "cultivated", though wood parched. Also wanted to let you know about a nutcracker I use for hickory nuts - a 1901 CE Potter nutcracker. It handles black walnut as well, though butternuts are usually too long for it to fit into the chamber, if that's what you'd call it.....I got mine on ebay for about 100. There are a dozen listed right now. Thank you or bringing up the AI topic. I recently visited Amazon to look for a canning/preserving book I don't have, and my impression of the search results was "what is all this junk?". Now I get it, and I am appalled! Love your book, your posts and your perseverance to extract a flavor and would like to know where to get an awesome foragerchef sweatshirt. A few years back, I had the privilege to forage for 3 noma alumni - all at the same restaurant here in CT. It was about the same time I discovered you - you were an inspiration then, and continue to be. Keep up the great work!
Hi Kim, yes, the best stuff for the money you're going to find will be cultivated, wood parched wild rice or manoomin. It will be very difficult to find truly wild, hand harvested wild rice unless you have a friend who does it, or you do it yourself. Cultivated wood and even gas parched are just fine, and are what I prefer to buy. It's the best combination of price to quality I've found.
There's a reason I don't recommend that brand. Their "quick cook" or traditional finish is not the same as other high quality rices I share here. They use scarification, which basically means you have black paddy rice with some holes punched in it to help it absorb water faster. The lower quality of this is reflected in the price. If, at some point they begin selling natural/parched/manoomin, I'll add them as a supplier.
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