Originally Posted by
gaobest
thank you! The Trader Joe’s package says wild rice and looks black and now I know. I didn’t look at the instructions at the shop, which suggest overnight soaking or 50-60 minutes of stovetop cooking. Wow. So of course I still must finish this (luxury) rice, which is $4.99/bag (1-lb) which is very above the normal edlp for Trader Joe’s “canned” products, most of which are $1-3 at most :-)
I’ll seek out forbidden / black rice. I want the purple!!! I know that both Trader Joe’s and safeway (Albertsons) lack this product. One day I’ll finish my frozen dim sum and can return to 99 ranch.
I don't know what 99 ranch is, but I'm guessing it might be an Asian store. We typically buy black rice at whole foods, and it is not cheap, but I haven't looked at any of the Asian grocery stores, which is where we buy most of our rice in bulk, because we just don't need enough of it.