Carolina Gold rice

E190079

Carolina Gold rice is a historic heirloom variety of long-grain rice once central to the cuisine and economy of the American South, especially in the coastal Carolinas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Carolina Gold Rice Foundation 1
Carolina Gold rice canonical 1

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heirloom crop
heritage food
long-grain rice
rice variety
aroma toasty
associatedWithRegion Lowcountry
Sea Islands
breedingStatus landrace-derived variety
centralTo cuisine of the coastal Carolinas
rice economy of the American South
color golden
conservationStatus heritage variety under active preservation
culinaryReputation chef-preferred rice for traditional Southern dishes
culturalSignificance linked to African diasporic agricultural knowledge
symbol of Lowcountry food heritage
declineReason changes in labor after the American Civil War
competition from higher-yield rice varieties
hurricane damage to rice fields
flavor aromatic
nutty
grainType long-grain
grownBy Anson Mills
small-scale farmers in the Carolinas
grownIn inland rice fields
tidal rice fields
historicalEconomicRole cash crop
plantation crop
historicallyCultivatedIn American South
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
coastal Carolinas
historicalStatus dominant rice of the Carolina rice belt
hullColor straw-colored
introducedInCentury 18th century
introducedTo North America
South Carolina Lowcountry
kernelLength long
kernelShape slender
marketPosition premium heirloom product
specialty rice
nearExtinction 20th century
origin West Africa
recognizedAs Slow Food Ark of Taste product
requires flooded-field cultivation
revival late 20th century
revivedBy Carolina Gold Rice Foundation
linked to: Carolina Gold rice

Glenn Roberts
seedType open-pollinated
species Oryza sativa
subspecies Oryza sativa indica
linked to: Oryza sativa
texture fluffy
separate grains
usedInCuisine Gullah Geechee cuisine
linked to: Lowcountry cuisine

Lowcountry cuisine
Southern cuisine
usedInDish Hoppin John
perloo
pilau
red rice

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Middleton Place cropGrown Carolina Gold rice
subject linked to: Middleton Place plantation
Carolina Gold rice revivedBy Carolina Gold Rice Foundation
linked to: Carolina Gold rice