[Sca-cooks] Food Safety / Food Preservation question

Terry Decker t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Sat Jul 15 10:47:45 PDT 2006


> > Needs _Wild_ rice!
>
> Except "wild rice" isn't a rice. It's a grass. Another bit of trivia
> picked up from this list. :-)
>
> But then I guess trying to sell "wild grass" has problems from a
> marketing standpoint.
>
> Stefan

Rice is also a grass.  Collectively, the grain producing grasses (wheat, 
oats, corn, rice, etc.) are referred to as cereal grasses.  When you include 
plants like buckwheat and amaranth, the collective term is cereals.

Bear 





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