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my microwave is old and shonky but yeah i think i prefer being able to be hands on

The only time I've used microwaves is when I was doing this shite night-shift job in Woolwich and I used to microwave a muller rice pudding in the canteen. Yuck!

My mum used to kick some made-up bad science that they give you cancer and I think that has stuck with me a bit.

it's possible mine does tbf

if you haven't got space for a proper rice cooker, got one of these microwave lads and it is pretty much on the money every time and involves very little work - https://www.josephjoseph.com/products/m-cuisine-rice-cooker

A horseless cart you say? I will not entertain this satanic contrivance

my parents in law (korean) moved in for the pandemic. the first time i made rice with them here, my mother-in-law came to the kitchen to watch me do it because she hadn't cooked rice without a rice cooker in decades and couldn't remember how it worked.

yeah, i literally make rice w. almost every meal and i pour it into a lidded container, cover with water and put in the microwave for 8 minutes and leave to steam for another 8-10. it takes about 30seconds to prepare and the rice is ready and perfect every time.

i don't know why I would need more 'control'. There are advantages to having a rice cooker but they're mostly if you're making it in huge quantities or want to be able to keep it warm for a long time after.

that isn't any quicker than doing it on the hob

it is impossible to scald the bottom if you forget it, its also more energy efficient.

let us not forget that ur literally ilx-named after a gentleman who sought ill-fated shortcuts in situations of domestic heat-appliance

oh wait sorry he's the one who shot himself by accident, not ironed his shirt while wearing it, ignore

v impt distinction

guys are ye really still talking about rice

Keir Starmer drains his rice after cooking it

— marcus (@marcusjdl) July 23, 2020

he likes his rice like his politics

..blanched in his own mediocre tepid piss!

I don't really understand rice cookers, cooking rice is the easiest thing you can possibly do, I don't need another appliance in my kitchen

― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver)

i have very, very high standards for rice. i eat rice 3-4 times a day, and i am a gringo cooking for a majority southeast-asian family. a rice cooker is THE device, not ANOTHER device. I use it more than my water pitcher, my stove, my oven. my rice cooker and wok together account for 80% of my calories. i revere good rice, and the zojirushi is my altar.

fwiw i have found that most people will eat bad rice and think it is good rice, or even make bad rice and kinda choke it down knowing that it ain't ideal. but my zojirushi always makes good rice and sings 'twinkle twinkle little star' to me when i put rice in to cook.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61qwwhvS7cL._AC_SL1000_.jpg

thank you, although mine isn't that good and only has on and start switches on it but still i get very good results

Even bad rice cookers make better rice than most home cooks! I had a $19 on/off rice cooker for years and it was great. This one has fuzzy logic features, so it makes the rice at the right texture even if you try to make bleary-eyed rice at 2am. It also keeps rice perfect for 2-3 days.

I really like this video, because I feel like Uncle Roger is speaking for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53me-ICi_f8

lol that extended version is even better!

I suppose if you eat it 4 times a day it makes sense but I probably eat it no more than once a day on average

I've had a cheap rice cooker in the past and it was fine I suppose, no better than on the hob imo

i’ve recently started making basmati rice the right way - washing it, letting it soak, using the water it soaked in - and the fluffiness is out of this world. insane.

you guys are making me want a rice cooker i’m not gonna lie

washing rice is so essential, just like when you make chips and wash potatoes!

never mind the MSG where is the frigging soya sauce?

i have been told that cheap rice cookers suck and u might as well put it in the bin

Was it DW Winnicott who came up with the idea of 'good enough' rice? I'm with him.

talking to too many metropolitan elites plax!

IME they are finicky and you have to learn their gnostic ways, and there is a very short window of time in which the rice they produce is edible. You might have just six minutes to scoop out the rice before it becomes crystallized and/or gummy. (Usually both).

I thoroughly rinse my rice before putting it in the 30 quid rice cooker and make the water ratio lower to allow for the amount it has already absorbed, bingo!

the insufferable andrew graham-dixon has a 2-part series on rome on bbc four that i can’t help watching. i went there for the first time last year (only 2 days). he’s awful. probably my least favourite bbc presenter with the possible exception of stephen smith, the guy who does gormless “kooky” cultural packages to fill out the running time of newsnight.

anyway, he’s just read a link over some footage of some austere modern buildings in rome. here’s what he said.

“the most famous dictator in italy’s recent history was benito mussolini.”

THE BBC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BBC FOUR. THE ONE FOR “INTELLECTUALS”

that said the guy he’s with, georgio locatelli, is totally bananas and amazing

Yeah but what are his views on rice? Is he a basmati man or a parboiled freak?

have they cancelled Meades?

I love Andrew GD!

No-one is worse than Stephen Smith.

that rice video is horrifying.

aw i kinda like Andrew GD even tho yeah he's too much sometimes, somehow he has an ASMR-ish effect on me at 2 in the morning

i can see glimpses of humanity there tbf to the poor fucker

By the way, who is this ugly cunt and why does it seem like I'm seeing his face every time I turn on my telly?

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/faces/horne-alex-image.jpg

xps

one bit where uncle roger is wrong is, to make good egg fried rice you are best off using a carbon steel pan with very high temperature oil and it doesn't make a shit of difference if you use a metal spatula to toss that rice whilst it gets fried.

i believe he is a comedian of some sort Tom say no more

bbc comedians aka the worst people in human existence since the paedophile nazi clique in the belle & sebastien fanclub

is this where we're talking about rice?

was looking for some hot rice on rice action

we're talking about rice everywhere #onethread

#onerice

#omurice

that said the guy he’s with, georgio locatelli, is totally bananas and amazing

Giorgio Locatelli the chef? I have been meaning to go to his restaurant for years and am guessing it won't exist for much longer.

People are right that it's the bit where she rinses the rice off after draining it that's the most egregious offence. It means she hasn't washed it at the start and why wouldn't you do that?

yes the chef. he’s like every positive cliche of italian men rolled into one - passionate, demonstrative, emotional, effortlessly good looking. during the show he makes a classic jewish-italian dish of chicken meatballs in tomato sauce and deep fried artichoke. and he rolls round to a deli stall where they get a kidney sandwich. best tour guide ever, basically.

People that don't wash rice are savage murderers, that much is beyond question. But washing it after cooking it is doesn't make any sense at all, it's like having a shower and then rolling about in a pigsty or something.