Rice Cooker

[gaijingirl]

Just realised people are rinsing the rice after cooking it... eh??

 

[Orang Utan]

Just realised people are rinsing the rice after cooking it... eh??

Not always - if you can be bothered to give it a proper rinse before hand, it's not necessary but at the moment I lack a sieve and the collander's holes are too big to rinse uncooked rice

 

[tarannau]

Wrong un eh. Millions of decent rice cooks around the world are now laughing at Orang and his post cooking 'ricewash' technique...



More seriously, folks take their rice seriously around the world. Try that shit in Thailand and they'll be slamming you down like a WWF tag team on PCP - rice is the most vital foodstuff there by tradition; all other food is merely there to accompany it.

 

[Orang Utan]

I stand corrected. I bow to your superior rice knowledge - mine always tastes nice though - never soggy or owt

 

[milesy]

if my rice tastes like rice and it's not all stuck together and stodgy i couldn't really give a shit how it's cooked, to be honest

 

[tarannau]

That's because you're a dismissive, decadant Westerner. That's like suggesting that all chips are the same, as long as they're not stuck together.


Rice has a huge number of sacred traditions in many cultures. It's worth a little more than Uncle Ben's gurning face on a microwaveable bag. Cooking it well's a worthwhile habit, if only to avoid offending more discerning visitors.

 

[gaijingirl]

I can't remember the exact saying, but there is a proverb in Japanese which basically says that God exists in every grain of rice. Parents say it to their children to get them to finish up their food and not be wasteful.

Also the words rice and food are basically interchangeable. (Actually there are lots of words for food/rice, but the most common ones are used to talk about both food and rice)

 

[milesy]

not all chips are the same - some have gravy or curry sauce on

 

[ChrisFilter]

Rice cookers are wicked, perfick rice everytime.. loved it. That and a steamer are the best kitchen things. and garlic crushers. and slice-the-whole-tomato-in-one-go-things.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah - want a steamer - though I get nice steamed spuds by sticking a collander on a pan and covering it with foil - much nicer than boiling them.
I don't really see the point of garlic crushers though - they don't seem to work very well - chopping is easier

 

[tarannau]

Rice cookers are wicked, perfick rice everytime.. loved it. That and a steamer are the best kitchen things. and garlic crushers. and slice-the-whole-tomato-in-one-go-things.

No way. Garlic crushers makes the garlic bitter. And it takes longer to wash their fiddly little bits up than it does just to chop the garlic.

I use those cheap bamboo steamers instead of another electronic gizmo. You can stack them one on top of another, on top of a wok of bubbling water and bob's your uncle. Should cost you only a few quid each from a chinese supermarket.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I had a similar problem to you Aqua, not very good at cooking rice

Discovered rice cookers in China. They're fantastic!

Also good for making soup, simmers away nicely on a very low heat, which is good for me because I'm usually faffing about doing other stuff at the same time, and it means that you don't get burnt pans if you forget to stir it.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I can't remember the exact saying, but there is a proverb in Japanese which basically says that God exists in every grain of rice.

the seven lucky gods (Shichi Fukujin) have their temple in every grain of rice is ehere it comes from i belive (i could well be wrong)

 

[big footed fred]

Maybe I should get a rice cooker....

The first chinese girl that lived with me was shocked and amazed I didn't have one.
She told me I must get one so I did and get perfect rice every time.

All you pan boilers are living in the stone age of rice cooking and don't know what well cooked rice is.
Perhaps you still hunt wild boar and roast it over an open fire in the cave.

 

[Peggydog]

Can you get micro-wave rice cookers in the UK? It works everytime!

 

[aqua]

I don't have a microwave

 

[marco mark]

Tefal rice cooker & slow cooker in argos looks , it's on my christmas list

 

[aqua]

I accidently bought one

just for info, the cookworks one is £9.99 in argos atm

 

[moose]

Aaaaah, so that's what you were going to Argos for.

 

[Errol's son]

I used to have a rice cooker which had a steamer incorporated as well. But, whilst it cooked good rice, it could not cook small quantities.

Where can I get a rice-cooker that cooks small portions, (ideally with a steamer incorporated too)?

 

[aqua]

Aaaaah, so that's what you were going to Argos for.

sadly no, we went for the bookcase bees is currently putting up

well, I say putting up, hes stood in the living room with a screwdriver and instructions shouting

 

[Looby]

I have always wanted a rice cooker. I used to live with 3 korean girls and their rice was always fluffy and lovely.

I was thinking of buying one but the kitchen in our new house is a lot smaller so I don't know if we will have the counter space.

Let us know how you get on aqua.

 

[pembrokestephen]

Single use device.

So, no. Keep the money and use the space in your kitchen for something more useful.

 

[pembrokestephen]

Points at Orang and shouts 'You're a wrong one - you rinse your rice?!?'

Only people who read the instructions on Tesco's Value packets really believe that's the best way to cook rice. If you can't get the rice to absorb all the water in the pan you bring disgrace on your cookery teacher, your family... and worst of all,yourself.

You're a lazy fraud Orang.

Ouch. That's harsh

 

[pembrokestephen]

sadly no, we went for the bookcase bees is currently putting up

well, I say putting up, hes stood in the living room with a screwdriver and instructions shouting

That's usually what happens if one buys self-assembly furniture from Argos. I try not to.

 

[toggle]

Single use device.

As much as a toaster is.

If I was talking about buying a toaster, I wouldn't be getting comments about using the grill on my cooker to make toast, the best way to use the grill to make toast and the surface space a toaster takes up. However, I use my rice cooker a lot more than I use my toaster.

 

[MooChild]

I accidently bought one

Lol

Did you slip and fall into argos and push the puttons in a panic, then fall over a small child and your purse fell open and your card fell into the machine. Then accidentally waited for it to come to the counter?

 

[Greebozz]

Remember the rice cookers you can by here are the ones the Asian countries stopped buying about 15 years ago. The fuzzy logic are the ones that work like a dream, that don't scorch or dry the rice.

 

[winterinmoscow]

definitely!I've got one and would be quite happy to give up my toaster and even the kellte but never the rice cooker.

It's a Kenwood. Never tasted better rice.

 

[aqua]

It fucking rocks