soaking wild rice

[Guest guest]

Hi, my family and I are new to this diet so I have some questions.

 

I have a recipe for wild rice salad that says to soak the rice for 3-5

days. The book doesn't explain whether to change the water or not.

For sprouting seeds and grains, you change the water periodically, but

this recipe just says " wild rice-soaked 3-5 days " . Would I just leave

it and not rinse it?

 

Thanks,

 

Beth

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth,

 

I hope you aren't offended by my response to your question here.

Since you say you are new, I thought I might steer you to considering

that perhaps grains are not ideal foods for humans--sprouted/raw or

not. They are still difficult to digest and meant more for those

animals with multiple stomachs. Are you familiar with Doug Graham and

the 80-10-10 diet (www.foodnsport.com)? There is also a

great " Optimal Foods " chart with explanations on Nora Lenz's site at

www.rawschool.com. I feel very lucky that I found this type of

information early in my search and thought you might appreciate it,

too. If you already know this or are on a different path, simply

disregard! :-)

 

Best wishes,

 

Laurie

 

rawfood , " Beth Mouser " <mouser4 wrote:

>

> Hi, my family and I are new to this diet so I have some questions.

>

> I have a recipe for wild rice salad that says to soak the rice for 3-

5

> days. The book doesn't explain whether to change the water or not.

> For sprouting seeds and grains, you change the water periodically,

but

> this recipe just says " wild rice-soaked 3-5 days " . Would I just

leave

> it and not rinse it?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Beth

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing Laurie. I have never had a successful batch of " wild " rice

sprout! It usually ferments by the time it gets soft enough to eat.

 

Is Doug's new book out yet? Anybody know?

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

Not offended at all and I appreciate your sharing the info with me.

I wonder why some grain recipes are included in the " Living Raw "

cookbook. There is also one for fresh corn on the cob to make

tortillas. Is corn considered okay by most here?

 

Regards,

Beth-

 

-- In rawfood , " las_lala " <laurie wrote:

>

> Hi Beth,

>

> I hope you aren't offended by my response to your question here.

> Since you say you are new, I thought I might steer you to

considering

> that perhaps grains are not ideal foods for humans--sprouted/raw

or

> not. They are still difficult to digest and meant more for those

> animals with multiple stomachs. Are you familiar with Doug Graham

and

> the 80-10-10 diet (www.foodnsport.com)? There is also a

> great " Optimal Foods " chart with explanations on Nora Lenz's site

at

> www.rawschool.com. I feel very lucky that I found this type of

> information early in my search and thought you might appreciate

it,

> too. If you already know this or are on a different path, simply

> disregard! :-)

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Laurie

>

> rawfood , " Beth Mouser " <mouser4@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi, my family and I are new to this diet so I have some

questions.

> >

> > I have a recipe for wild rice salad that says to soak the rice

for 3-

> 5

> > days. The book doesn't explain whether to change the water or

not.

> > For sprouting seeds and grains, you change the water

periodically,

> but

> > this recipe just says " wild rice-soaked 3-5 days " . Would I just

> leave

> > it and not rinse it?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Beth

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Lauri

 

I am kind of starting to feel as you said, " perhaps grains are not ideal foods

for humans--sprouted/raw or

not. "

 

Second of all, I am blind and don't feel that I could sprout them properly. Or,

I might just be too lazy to try it.