<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> > My mom (who has a gluten intolerance) says she read that wild rice is >somehow related to oats. Is this true? If it is true, does it affect celiacs? > (She read this in the syndicated L.M. Boyd trivia column, and it had no >further information, but, better to be safe....) > > Doug > [log in to unmask] > At least according to Hitchcock, Manual of the Grasses of the United States 1950, wild rice belongs to the tribe Zizaniae whereas oats belongs to the tribe Aveneae. I see no obvious relationship between wild rice and oats in Hitchcock's taxonomy. It would be interesting to know where L. M. Boyd obtained his information. Donald D. Kasarda