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Author:
PECo
Date:
Sep 25, 2013
Subject:
Wild Rice along the Connecticut River 09/24
Message:
On Tuesday, DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) and I found wild rice in every cove along the west bank of the Connecticut River between Haddam Meadows and Selden Neck State Park, although the best crop of it was in Hadlyme Cove. We saw a guy in a canoe there harvesting rice in the traditional native American manner, by pulling stalks of rice over his canoe and shaking them to get the grains to fall into the canoe. Here's what the stalks of rice look like:
[img:45a582cdc8]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7803/ds40.jpg[/img:45a582cdc8]
[img:45a582cdc8]http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/9940/shim.jpg[/img:45a582cdc8]
[img:45a582cdc8]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2447/3yq5.jpg[/img:45a582cdc8]
I'd bet that Boggy Meadow, which is near the confluence of the Mattabesset River and Coginchaug River, is also loaded with wild rice, right now.
Author:
avidangler
Date:
Sep 25, 2013
Message:
That's pretty neat!
I had no idea it grew around here.
I wonder how it tastes. You ever try any?
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Sep 25, 2013
Message:
We did try it unprepared and it was pretty good. If you actually prepared it I'm guessing it would be great.
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