Bring three cups of water or chicken (or duck) stock to a boil in a large saucepan. Dissolve the salt and maple syrup into it. Sprinkle in the wild rice and stir once. Cover the pot, lower the heat to a simmer, and simmer for 45 minutes. (Wild rice takes much longer than white rice to cook.)
While the rice is cooking, heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the pecan pieces on a cookie sheet or pizza pan, and toast them on the top shelf of the oven. It takes about two minutes, but watch the nuts closely--as soon as you see even a hint of darkening, remove them.
When the rice is cooked, heat half the walnut oil in a skillet and saute the green onions just till they get tender--no more than two minutes. Add the rice and pecans to the pan. Stir with a kitchen fork to fluff and distribute all the ingredients.
Stir the Tabasco into the remaining walnut oil, and drizzle the oil over the rice at the table.
