Grain
Wild Rice
Wild rice (Zizania) is an aquatic grass grain native to North America, with long dark kernels that cook chewy and fragrant. True wild-harvested manoomin differs from paddy-cultivated wild rice in colour, length, and smoky depth. Not a species of Oryza rice, it is often blended with white or brown rice for pilafs and stuffings. Rinse and simmer longer than common rice.
Also known as: Wild Rice / Manoomin, Wild Rice, Zizania latifolia stem vegetable cross-ref
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Indigenous nations of the Great Lakes harvested manoomin as a sacred staple grain.
Fur-trade era accounts recorded wild rice as a central Anishinaabe food.
Paddy cultivation of wild rice expanded commercial supply beyond traditional lakes.
Specialty and Indigenous-led wild rice markets emphasised lake-harvest quality grades.