Topic: Black Rice

[Malc.]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1306356/Black-rice-new-cancer-fighting-superfood-claim-scientists.html

I've just been reading the above article about Black Rice being the new superfood with all it's health benefits. I am always open to new foods and idea's but the last time I stepped of the plain white rice wagon was to try wild rice and that I didn't like much at all.

Has anyone tried tried black rice before. What is it like?

[Peripatetic Phil]

Has anyone tried tried black rice before. What is it like?

Not tried here, Axe, and not likely to be : I had a girlfriend who was into macrobiotics, ate only brown rice, and insisted every mouthful should be chewed 200 times to extract the full flavour.  I think that has put me off trying exotic rices for life !

** Phil.

[Malc.]

I've googled it and you get mixed responses from people. Some love it and some hate it. I am wondering if I might have had some without knowing it was actually black rice. The last bag of wild rice had black grained rice in it abit like a Pilau with the odd few red grains in it. If that is anything to go by, I won't by locating any.

From what I have read so far, it has a nutty, earthy flavour. Nutty I like, earthy I do not.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Nutty I like, earthy I do not.

Oh G@d, "earthy" : buckwheat (something else she was into) was "earthy", and I hated every mouthful !

[Malc.]

Seems that there are lots of reports of it being earthy but not accurate as they mistaking it for wild rice. Which is exactly what The Sun have done with the image of it published yesterday!

If I find some I think curiosity will get the better of me, unless anyone can suggest otherwise.

www.chinese-black-rice.com

Not sure about the way it looks as a savoury dish though.