Tidewater Grain Co. Carolina Gold Rice 2 lb - White

Carolina Gold Rice is the oldest medium-grain rice grown in the Americas. Dating back to 1685, this heirloom rice boasts a rich, nutty flavor and versatility in the kitchen. It is not hybridized like many of today's medium-grain rice, making it unique in story and in flavor.

Carolina Gold is an heirloom rice with origins that trace back to 1685 when a merchant ship hailing from Madagascar used its load of rice to pay for ship repairs in Charleston, South Carolina. An ambitious farmer named Dr. Henry Woodland saw this as an opportunity and planted the first crop of Rice in the Americas. It flourished and soon took over the South Carolina lowlands and stretched north into what is now known as North Carolina. This coastal area known as the “Tidewater region”, thrived for over two hundred years with its fertile soil and ship ports for distribution. In the early 1900’s, market pressures, a series of hurricanes and the boom of commodity farming effectively ended rice farming in the Carolinas. That is until now. The Tidewater Grain company is proud to announce that after a 120-year hiatus, Carolina Gold rice production is back in Eastern North Carolina.

Carolina Gold is often referred to as the "grandfather of long grain rice in the Americas".  It is a non-aromatic rice with unique starch properties that allow it to produce fluffy, individual grains; creamy risotto; or Asian-syle rice, depending on how it is cooked.