[Avodah] More on "orez" as millet

[Dr. Josh Backon]

In addition to what I posted (Maharil in Hilchot Afiyat Matzot 
translating OREZ as
"hirzen [millet]) I see that Rashi (Brachot 37a) also translates orez 
as millet ("mil")
while Tosfot there d"h RASHI PIRESH writes "v'yesh mefarshim rizzo" 
and then goes
on to state that DOCHEN (millet) is "mil" [millet].

In any case, it's now Rashi and the Maharil who both equate OREZ as 
millet and not
as rice. Even the lashon of the gemara in Pesachim 35a refers to OREZ 
as "min dagan
hu". Dagan is a crop like wheat. Rice (Uncle Ben's) is grown in 
water. Millet has no gluten
but looks like wheat. The Yerushalmi in Peah 8a refers to "Ktzir 
orez". But our rice isn't
cut like wheat!!  It's plucked from the water. The Mishna in Peah 8:3 
refers to "se'orah
shel orez" (what is threshed!!). But Uncle Ben's [tm] rice isn't 
threshed. It's plucked
from the water.

I seriously think that just like the mixup with corn = kitniyot, what 
we now call rice isn't
the orez of the gemara and Rishonim.

KT

Josh