Sep
27
There’s a store a mile or so away called Mr. Stuff. It’s got all kinds of one of a kind and small amounts of well, stuff for sale. A few weeks ago I was in there and they had a rice cooker for $15. I was on my bike so I had no place to put it. Today Betty and I were out getting a new light for out front and I suggested we should see if they still had the rice cooker. They did. We bought it and I cooked some rice when we got home. I think we got a good deal.
OK. I’ll bite. Why a separate, standalone device just to cook rice? What’s wrong with a pot of water on the stove? Obviously I am not a cook.
One thing it does is make perfect rice pretty much every time. It also keeps it warm as long as you want.
I know Daryl and Gisele use one as do many of my friends.
It will also steam stuff.
Yes, Gisele’s rice is always the same, perfect. We learn from those who have cooked rice almost daily for hundreds of years.
I don’t know of any Chinese family that doesn’t have a dedicated rice cooker. But it makes sense when you are cooking rice 5 – 7 days a week. Add rice and water and push the button. Go away and watch TV, or stir-fry your vegies, and don’t worry about burning or under-cooking the rice.
If you only make it once a month or so, it doesn’t make as much sense.
By the way, that’s a very good deal, assuming it is good quality and works well. Gisele’s cost close to $100.
By the way, a rice cooker can also be used as a steamer, without the rice or even with, on an elevated platform.
I don’t know how good a quality it is. It got decent reviews on Amazon. We always use the boil-in-bag rice which doesn’t taste as good and is a lot more expensive. We would probably have rice at least once a week if we could and now it’s easier and cheaper.
I was at Costco this afternoon and saw one similar to yours. The price was $29. Gisele’s is probably much better….
Hmmmm. It’s not shown on their website. The ones on their web are fancier and go for $90 and $100. I think I saw this one priced around $50 new but that price was a few years ago I believe.
Just found it again. As of sometime in 2006 it sold for $35 at Amazon. I wouldn’t have paid that for it. I wouldn’t even have paid $29 but at $15 it made sense.
My goodness! I never saw one item get as many responses. Daryl’s blog on Family Reunion got only three, and to me, that’s quite an important subject. (Not that a rice cooker isn’t.)
Well, the family reunion is obviously more important but I guess it’s not as controversial?
Gisele bought me a rice cooker several years ago, and I got Carrie one last Christmas. I don’t know what I’d do without mine.