House of Burgess

Swag = (Stuff We All Get)

Working at a newspaper allows me unique opportunities I might not otherwise be able to take advantage of. In the year that I've been here at the Journal I've ridden in a CALSTAR helicopter, shot a flintlock rifle and bore witness to the first official same-sex marriage ceremony in the county's history.
But when the free stuff arrives in the mail, all that coolness you just read about pales in comparison.
Once in a while companies see fit to send major news outlets samples of their product in the hopes that we will review it. Up until this point I never have, but I decided the House of Burgess blog might an appropriate place to write about it, since nowhere else seems to be. (Which has been the main problem with getting anything up about it up until this point.)
First up is Countrywild Rice, a "gourmet blend of whole grain brown rice, whole grain Wehani and whole grain Black Japonica rice" from Lundberg Family Farms in Richvale.
Being a starving journalist I'm more than happy to utilize some free food. I'm not much of a cook, so my girlfriend Ash used the better part of the one-pound bag in the construction of a spread for tacos. I don't know if it's just that I'm starving as I peruse the recipe book they sent along with the rice or what, but as I recall it was rather delicious.
Now, if it only came with the shrimp and basil that sits atop the cooked rice in the picture on the front of the booklet, I'd probably push for a week's straight of front page coverage.