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.

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

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heirloom crop
heritage food
long-grain rice
rice variety
aroma toasty
associatedWithRegion Lowcountry of South Carolina
surface form: 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 Southern United States
surface form: 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
Lowcountry of South Carolina
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Carolina Gold Rice Foundation

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

Lowcountry cuisine
Southern cuisine
usedInDish Hoppin John
perloo
pilau
red rice

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Middleton Place plantation cropGrown Carolina Gold rice
subject surface form: Middleton Place
Carolina Gold rice revivedBy Carolina Gold rice self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carolina Gold Rice Foundation