Food rice cooker

So, I always thought that getting a specialist rice cooker was a pretty stupid waste of dough. Even though I am not that good at cooking rice, it still seems like it cannot do anything I couldnt do

Well, I decided to get one after seeing one half price in the sales (I paid £20, I guess this is $35 / $40?)

I just used it for the first time and have to say I am massively impressed. You literally just put in a cup of rice, fill up the water to the relevant mark on the side (depending on how much rice you put in) and push the cook button

Thats it! It works out for itself how long to cook it for by weighing how much rice & water you have in there, or something, I have no clue really. When it thinks youre rice is ready it sounds an alarm. I have to say it was the best cooked rice thats ever left my kitchen. Twenty notes well spent.

It can also cook porridge and pasta, but to be honest Ive never had much trouble cooking those two things how I like, but the rice was just perfect, not the usual starchy waterlogged mess that I make out of it.

 

I have heard a lot about them..but never really gave them a second thought....I may have to get one now if it's that easy to cook with. Thanks for the tip.

 

Wife is Philipino so, surprise surprise, we have a rice cooker. It does a decent job of steaming veggies as well.

 

We have a basic rice cooker and I love it.

 

My roommate has a rice cooker (he's Filipino). I actually prefer to do my rice on the stove than in his rice cooker, because it doesn't do a very good job.

I love the look of Snowy's rice cooker, though. I might have to look into getting one when I'm on my own again!

 

I used to have trouble getting the rice/water mix right...generally I'd have to cook it with the top off to dry out the extra water, but
I discovered a better way (the rice is bit more expensive however) I use RICE SELECT - JAZMATI RICE, for 1 serving, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup rice a bit of salt and some butter, bring to a boil, stir once, tightly cover reduce heat and 15 minutes it's perfect...AND its a grown in the USA product.

 

Ima having a quick look on Amazon do co dot ukay now. £20? mmmmmm

 

I think Roger Ebert is putting out (has put out?) a cook book for cooking one pot meals in a rice steamer.

 

Interesting.
We eat a lot of rice; sometimes it doesn't come out quite right.
I have avoided getting a rice cooker because I don't have space for a unitasker. Maybe I need to reconsider.

 

OK, I've done a bit of reading up. I can see the sense of grouping Rice, Porridge and Veg Steamer. I saw a Tefal which adds 'Slow cooker' to the mix. Apparently there's a new Tefal one out which allows different heats and cooking times for the slow cooker part, and thereby solves some of the bugs of the original one. Strange Famous, er, what make is your new one?

 

That sounds like the same one I have to be honest.

Its a Tefal and has "4 in 1" sticker on the front, the good thing about the slow cooker is that you can set the timer and after it runs out it goes to "keep warm" mode. The one I had before (which cost a tenner) just had "hot", "warm" and "off" so when I set things going before I left for work they were often a bit overdone by the time I got home

So far I'm pleased with mine anyway. When I get out of the habit of cooking the amount of junk food I eat, I only have to make 4 or 5 meals with the thing rather than buy sandwiches from the shop on the way home and its paid for itself...

 

I had always thought the same thing about a rice cooker, that it was a waste when I already had a perfectly decent pan that could be used to make rice. Then a few months ago I dropped $25 on a rice cooker/vegetable steamer for the vegetable steamer functionality. I was liking the steamed vegetables but hadn't bothered to try cooking rice with it until the pan I normally used was dirty and I couldn't be bothered hand cleaning it or waiting for the dishwasher to run its cycle. So I cooked the rice in the rice cooker and realized I have been missing out! Much better than what I've been doing in a pan for the past ten years. If this one breaks quickly now that I'm putting it under heavy use I'll have to buy a nicer one.

 

I think the thing I like the most about ours, is that I can put it on when I get in the door, and since it takes 40 minutes for it to cook, I can then make a drink and go on the internet without looking like a lazy slob, and say quite honestly, "yes, dinner is underway" knowing that when the buzzer goes off, I can stir-fry up something.

 

My rice cooker is about 45 years old; probably older. I inherited it from my parents when I left for college. It's a National; a Japanese brand. Still works great. Nowadays I use a lot of brown rice and I have to adjust the water level up. Mine cooks up to 5 cups of rice in 20-30 minutes.

 

Go on with you kids and your new-fangled electric rice-cooking appliances.

2 cups rice, 4 cups water, salt, 3 pats of butter and 20 minutes in a pot on simmer after first bringing to a boil.
How hard is that?