Wild rice

Wild rice was a relative of the cultivated rice plant. It was found plentifully growing in shallows of freshwater lakes and slow rivers throughout the Sword Coast, the Dalelands, rural Sembia, as well as Unther and Mulhorand.

Availability
On the western continent of Maztica, wild rice grew along with wild mayz in the green valley surrounding the city of Tukan in the Fertile Desert of the sweltering House of Tezca.

Half-elves of Yuirwood and Aglarond cultivated wild rice and millet in the forest clearing. The rice was used as a trade commodity.

Wild rice grew along the rivers of Neth in the Border Kingdoms – namely the Sarradra river.

Usages
Wild rice flour was mixed with crushed dates, roasted and ground tharra, and honey syrup to make sweet Bedine vauv treats.

The Sheaf of Wheat inn in the Cormyrean town of Ghars served hot oyster and wild rice stew to its guests. While in Eagle's Idyll in Airspur of Chessenta, wild rice was broiled with spiced shrimp, green beans, and served as a gruel.

The city of Velen on Tethyr's Dragon's Head Peninsula had access to a wide variety of foods including wild rice. The opulent Blackthorn's Brew festhall in Velen served a big dish called the Pride of Velen, which included trumpets of steaming wild rice, snails, turkey, onions, and mushrooms.

Elven cuisine included a dish called vaervren made by sautéing certain vegetables in boar fat and then adding wildfowl broth and wild rice, cooking them together.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Feathered Dragon &bull; Murder in Cormyr &bull; The Simbul's Gift &bull; The Spectral Blaze