Taste Test – Thousand Lakes Minnesota Wild Rice

I have always enjoyed wild rice as an accompaniment to dishes when mixed with other ingredients. We have never tried it plain with just salt and butter before. Wild rice is a native North American grain used extensively by indigenous people.

As a side dish it was not our favorite, slightly chewy with a distinct flavor. Iy is excellent when mixed with white rice or meat dishes

7 out of 10

Taste Test – Mezzetta Sweet Cherry Peppers

I keep these sweet cherry peppers from Mezzetta on hand as snacks and I was finally able to have Alex give them a try. They are a favorite snack of mine and give them a 10 out of 10 but lets see how Alex likes them.

Alex does not like vinegary flavors so his facial expression tells the story.

The peppers are tasty and sweet but the vinegar bite is very strong. I love how when crunching down on a seed there is an explosion of vinegar in your mouth.