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 Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Quetico Forum Wild Rice Harvesting Reply
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| Author | Message Text |
| mr.barley |
08/23/2016 06:08PM My brother went ricing once. Every time he talks about it he mentions lots of spiders. |
| guest |
08/23/2016 04:11PM Take nothing but photos, kill nothing but time, leave nothing but footsteps. (My $.02) |
| ATDoel |
08/19/2016 02:20PM Hmmmm.... sounds like a lot of work, maybe if we were out there longer than a week it would be worth it haha |
| marsonite |
08/18/2016 08:01PMquote ATDoel: "Anyone ever harvested wild rice in the Q? Taking a trip in mid September, we frequently passed wild rice on the route we take. We aren't really interested in taking a bunch back with us, but just enough to eat for a couple days while camping." I tried once, not while canoeing, but with a bit I had harvested. Didn't really work, as I couldn't get the husks to come off. Found out later that you have to age it a bit so the husks deteriorate. Then you parch it (maybe could be done in a cast iron fry pan), which takes quite a while. Lastly you have to winnow it by throwing it up in the breeze. Lots of work, but it would be cool to say you did it. |
| thebotanyguy |
08/18/2016 03:34PM In addition to observing the proper harvest regulations (provincial and tribal), there is processing after harvest: parching, jigging, and winnowing. It isn't as simple as grabbing a few handfuls of wild rice and throwing it in the cooking pot. Wild rice harvest in Minnesota |
| dentondoc |
08/18/2016 02:13PMquote ATDoel: "Anyone ever harvested wild rice in the Q? Taking a trip in mid September, we frequently passed wild rice on the route we take. We aren't really interested in taking a bunch back with us, but just enough to eat for a couple days while camping." I seem to remember mention being made of the First Nation using certain areas in Quetico for rice harvesting, some of which was for sacred/ceremonial purposes. One such lake is in the Kawnipi area. For that reason alone, I'd not likely engage in rice harvesting. Secondly, I have no real interest in spending time doing that kind of activity while in the Q. (Just my humble opinion ... mileage may vary.) dd |
| ATDoel |
08/18/2016 11:51AM Anyone ever harvested wild rice in the Q? Taking a trip in mid September, we frequently passed wild rice on the route we take. We aren't really interested in taking a bunch back with us, but just enough to eat for a couple days while camping. |
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