NATIVE AMERICAN GOURMET FOODS MN BIRCH BARK GIFT BASKET

This sale is for an Ojibwa birch bark gift basket.

It will come filled with Native American foods.

You will recieve:

1 lb. of our hand harvested wild rice packaged in a burlap pouch

1 - 12.5 oz. package of fry bread mix in a burlap pouch

1 - 8 oz. bottle of pure Minnesota maple syrup

2 - maple sugar candy cakes

1/2 pint of delicious strawberry jam

a 3.5" birch bark tee pee

All will rest on aspen wood shavings sprinkled with fresh red pine cones set in a beautiful birch bark wild rice basket.

This beautiful handmade basket measures about 12" X 11" and is sewn with sinew and trimmed with fresh willow sticks.

Our wild rice is gathered the old way, in a canoe. This traditional Ojibwe gathering rite has been used by our ancestors for generations.

Please don't confuse this with paddy grown "wild rice". They look and taste completely different! The much darker (often black) paddy rice is machine planted and machine harvested, resulting in a bland tasting rice that may take up to 3 times longer to cook and yields a lot less per pound. Many rice paddys are sprayed with herbicides. Our hand harvested wild rice grows naturally on the lakes and river beds in Northern Minnesota on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. This mouth watering nutty taste cannot be compared to the mass produced paddy rice.

The light color of wild rice indicates quality wild rice.

We do not mix our batches of wild rice!! All of the rice you recieve in your order will be from the same lake or river bed. Assuring your wild rice will cook evenly and have the same quality taste.

Our wild rice is wood parched. By using this method versus propane (which drys the rice) our wild rice is left more moist, resulting in a fluffier, more flavorful, faster cooking rice.

If stored in a dry place, wild rice will keep forever!

Our frybread mix will come with complete easy instructions. All you do is add water and fry! It will make 8-10 pieces of delicious golden brown frybread. The strawberry jam makes the perfect topping!

We will include  our favorite wild rice recipes.

If you choose this as a gift we will ship it to the address of your choice and include a hand written card with your message.

I have been harvesting wild rice seasonally for 34 years. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me.

Buyer to pay Priority shipping in the 48 states of $12.95. Please e-mail us for rates outside this area.

Insurance is $1.30 and is required.

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Miigwetch!! (Thanks!) BINESHII