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Wild Weather, Need Wild Rice

dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m

13 years ago

I got a call from a friend who had tried my wild rice dish and asked me how he can get some. Got me thinking, May be my friend can buy some from Teresa. Have not seen Teresa posted in a while, I hope with all the terrible weather in her area, that she is OK. I hope everyone is OK also to enjoy the holidays.

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Jasdip
13 years ago
Dcarch, I was wondering the same thing.
She's a regular poster, and I was thinking she'd comment on my wild rice salad I made. You know, perhaps send me some more for the New Year! ;-)

I hope she and others in the snowbelts are fine!
User
13 years ago
Wild rice isn't rare. You can purchase it here in many grocery stores as well as specialty stores and on line.

If you want Minnesota Organic Wild Rice there are many on line sources. Here are two.

Minnesota Wild Rice

Gibbs Wild Rice
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Madonnal I did not get an email. I will say the link FOAS provided is a really good source. Charlie and Teri Worath are the owners. I passed their info on to a friend a while back. I think pricing for 2015 is $8.00 a pound including shipping - if you order 10 pounds. The rice will keep several years if kept dry. Basic storage in your pantry will due. I store mine in glass. I do not work for Moose Lake Wild Rice. Just know of them. I will go check again for your email.
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BeverlyAL
13 years ago
I bet we hear from Teresa real soon!
Teresa_MN
13 years ago
Yes I'm here - I've just been busy this past week or so. Had a lot of problem with cookies (computer) to get on line, then got very distracted by co-hosting a shower for a niece that is getting married. And all the snow has kept me busy - we have had 5 snow emergencies already and winter just started today. My life has has become: shovel, work, shovel, cross country ski, shovel, work, snow shoe! Too much black ice this winter to keep running so I took up two new activities. I mentioned at the shower to my nieces that I had purchased snow shoes at Costco and was having a blast. The 8 of them looked at me like I had gone mad!

Ann - those are two really great sources for Minnesota Wild Rice. Gibbs sells cultivated (paddy grown) - which I don't think is organic. But Moose Lake has an excellent hand harvested product. In fact, I buy from Charlie Worrath of Moose Lake in the years my family's crop is not so abundent. And Charlie shipped some to me this year for my friend Karen from Texas. Karen grew up here and comes home for the holidays. I have her rice shipped to me and then give it to her when we meet for a drink. Karen and her husband drive back to Texas with a car full of Minnesota beers, wild rice, hazelnuts and who knows what else.
Nothing wrong with Gibb's rice though. I have a couple pounds in my cupboard. I picked it up at the Farmer's Market - 2 pounds/$6. The vendor was throwing in the towel for the year and having a clearance. If I am going to have wild rice soup on a buffet - I actually prefer the paddy grown rice. It seems to hold up better over long periods of time.

There are many areas of the country that don't have the rice readily available however. Rusty has never seen it while shopping nor has trixietx. And I believe Beverly also said it was not availble in her area. And who else in Florida said they don't travel much so they don't get wild rice anymore..... was it mustangs?

I think we all have foods that are regional to our area. Paw paws!!! They have a short shelf life and can't be shipped. Anyone see those in your farmer's markets? My mother had them as a kid and always talks about them.

Up North Teresa
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
Original Author
13 years ago
Good to hear that you are safe. Fortunately in NY we just had not more than an inch of snow so far.

If I had a greenhouse, I would try to grow a paw paw tree. I have heard so much about it.

dcarch
User
13 years ago
GRV Gibbs Wild Rice is located in Northern Minnesota in Deer River, in "the heart of wild rice country".
Each year our natural, organic wild rice is harvested from rivers and lakes in Minnesota.

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