The wild rice is a annual Plante belonging to the kind Zizania (family of the Poacée S - Graminée S -, subfamily of the Ehrhartoideae , tribe of the Oryzeae ).
Near to the Rice on the level botanical but pertaining to a distinct kind, it is a watery plant, originating in the area of the Big lakes in North America (the United States and Canada), especially the Minnesota and the Manitoba.
Wild rice was collected traditionally by the Indian tribes like the Cheyennes, the Algonquins, the Dakota, the Ojibwas… the “harvest” was done with the hand, on water, by inclining length Panicule S and by beating them so as to make fall the seeds in the Canot S. This seed was the basic food of these tribes. The plant pushes naturally in not very major and calm water levels, but one can also sow marshy zones.
Nowadays, mechanical harvest, using hydroplanes, made it possible to reduce the cost of Labor for harvest.
The grains, very lengthened, are of black color. Their food value is interesting because they are rich in Protéine S, and particularly in Lysine, Amino-acid limited in other cereals.
Use
- human Consumption: wild rice has become with the mode for a few years and the request for this new cereal strongly increased. It is generally mixed with white rice with an aim of aromatizing it.
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