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Wild Rice. Wild rice in not officially classified as rice, but is in fact a different type of grass that grows a long stalk and thrives in deep water. It was traditionally grown wild in the lakes of northern United States and southern Canada. It is still grown this way in Minnesota and other northern areas. Indians harvested the rice in canoes, and then parched (primitive parboiling) the grains. Much of the wild rice from Minnesota is still harvested and parched with methods similar to the past. Parching give the wild rice a strong flavor. All wild rice is sold with the bran on the kernel (like brown rice) and this gives it its black appearance. In California today, wild rice is mechanically farmed and harvested and then parboiled using modern methods. The quality of California rice is more consistent.

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