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@ Amphibious54- I would like to point out the fact that there are some glutinous types of long grain rice. Some cooks prize jasmine rice because it is a flavorful and aromatic long grain rice, but it has some of the glutinous properties of medium and short grained rice.
Cooks can use jasmine rice as a substitute for Basmati rice, and they can use it in Paella and Spanish rice dishes. Chefs like to use Jasmine rice as well because it can hold its shape when being plated, and it has a nice sounding name (looks great on a menu).
- Alchemy
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People often assume that wild rice is a type of long grain rice. This is a misnomer. In fact, wild rice is a grain from one of four species of aquatic grass. Of these four species, one is native to China while the other three are native to North America. Although wild rice and true rice are not the same, wild rice and their long grain rice cousins are both gluten free.
Wild rice harvested around the great lakes and in the Boreal Forests of Canada is still harvested in a traditional fashion. Rice gatherers use sticks to brush the grain off the stalks right into their canoe. This type of harvesting does not involve killing the plant, and since wild rice is a perennial, harvesters can return to the same area year after year. This laborious process does make traditionally harvested wild rice about five times more expensive than your average long grain rice.
- Amphibious54