local rice

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Trace

Of the staples I needed to find or make, I determined that rice was at the top of the list. I thought hundred mile rice would be hard to come by. It turns out that there is a revived plantation across the border in South Carolina growing Carolina Gold heirloom rice. Carolina Plantation is a bit out of range at 125 miles, but the extra miles for a staple are worth it.

The plantation offers free shipping services to Wilmington. They also have a listing of places that sell their rice. Looking up my zip-code in their database, I was given a couple of options here in town. One turned out the be an antique store that was closed today and the other option seems to be a store that is now closed forever. Even in the age of the Internets, directory pages get outdated fairly quickly.

So, no local rice for now as I use some of the stocked rice in the cupboard. I’ll order some of the Carolina Gold tonight and hope for a quick turnaround in shipping.

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