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Rice cookers. Totally ingenious.

by metaloha 7y ago

dossy 7y ago
Rice cooker = hipster Instant Pot.
- JoeAltmaier 7y ago
  Isn't that reversed? Instant Pot === hipster Rice Cooker
  - coenhyde 7y ago
    Well i'd say dossy is right. Because he's assigning "Rice cooker" to equal "hipster Instant Pot". Thus we know that they are the same value. You are only doing a test. We don't know for sure if your conditional returns true.
    - jrace 7y ago
      Rice cookers came out in the 1950s, instant pot was 2009
  - dossy 7y ago
    Sorry, yeah, I got them mixed up in my head when I was typing it out - I think you understood what I meant, thanks for correcting. My comment got downvoted, but come on, the Instant Pot _is_ just the hipster version of the old rice cooker ... and the rice cooker is a really important but simple modern invention.
- afarrell 7y ago
  You can cook chicken in 23 minutes in a rice cooker?
  - kwhitefoot 7y ago
    I'm sure you could. Not sure why one would want to.
  - dossy 7y ago
    I don't know about 23 minutes, but: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/218739/rice-cooker-chicken/ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/218739/rice-cooker-chicken...
overcast 7y ago
Most used kitchen item by far in my house, almost used daily.
abrax3141 7y ago
Not sure this counts as "simple".
- mhh__ 7y ago
  My dad still uses the family (his dad's) rice cooker from the mid 1950s, so they aren't that complicated, they're basically a heater and thermal cutoff PSA for anyone who doesn't: Wash your fucking rice
  - ken 7y ago
    > Wash your fucking rice Even better: use no-wash rice. It's easier for you, and better for the environment: > [...] believe it or not, the cloudy water consumers pour off when washing their rice has been identified as a significant source of water pollution in Japan. In the B.G. method [used to make no-wash rice], the bran comes out dry, so instead of going out with the wash water and ending up in rivers and streams, it can be diverted into fertilizer and animal feed. and: > It’s considered enough of a problem that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government urges residents to water plants with their togijiru [cloudy rice water] rather than sending it down the sewer. And Shiga Prefecture, in an effort to protect Lake Biwa, has asked its citizens to switch to no-wash rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/16/reference/no-wash-rice-musenmai/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/16/reference/no-wa...
    - mhh__ 7y ago
      I've literally never seen no wash rice in my life (in the UK)
  - EL_Loco 7y ago
    -> Wash your fucking rice What? Sure, if you want to remove some of the starch, but what if you don't? I don't really know why you should if you don't want to, unless it was dirty, but rice today comes pretty clean of debris and bugs. Plus, it's going to be cooked, so no problem there.
    - 7y ago
solarkraft 7y ago
So what am I missing using a pot on the stove?
- jfk13 7y ago
  Not much; you just have to be a bit more careful to manage the heat and time appropriately.

Rice cookers. Totally ingenious.

dossy 7y ago

Rice cooker = hipster Instant Pot.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago
Isn't that reversed? Instant Pot === hipster Rice Cooker
- coenhyde 7y ago
  Well i'd say dossy is right. Because he's assigning "Rice cooker" to equal "hipster Instant Pot". Thus we know that they are the same value. You are only doing a test. We don't know for sure if your conditional returns true.
  - jrace 7y ago
    Rice cookers came out in the 1950s, instant pot was 2009
- dossy 7y ago
  Sorry, yeah, I got them mixed up in my head when I was typing it out - I think you understood what I meant, thanks for correcting. My comment got downvoted, but come on, the Instant Pot _is_ just the hipster version of the old rice cooker ... and the rice cooker is a really important but simple modern invention.
afarrell 7y ago
You can cook chicken in 23 minutes in a rice cooker?
- kwhitefoot 7y ago
  I'm sure you could. Not sure why one would want to.
- dossy 7y ago
  I don't know about 23 minutes, but: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/218739/rice-cooker-chicken/ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/218739/rice-cooker-chicken...

overcast 7y ago

Most used kitchen item by far in my house, almost used daily.

abrax3141 7y ago

Not sure this counts as "simple".

mhh__ 7y ago
My dad still uses the family (his dad's) rice cooker from the mid 1950s, so they aren't that complicated, they're basically a heater and thermal cutoff PSA for anyone who doesn't: Wash your fucking rice
- ken 7y ago
  > Wash your fucking rice Even better: use no-wash rice. It's easier for you, and better for the environment: > [...] believe it or not, the cloudy water consumers pour off when washing their rice has been identified as a significant source of water pollution in Japan. In the B.G. method [used to make no-wash rice], the bran comes out dry, so instead of going out with the wash water and ending up in rivers and streams, it can be diverted into fertilizer and animal feed. and: > It’s considered enough of a problem that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government urges residents to water plants with their togijiru [cloudy rice water] rather than sending it down the sewer. And Shiga Prefecture, in an effort to protect Lake Biwa, has asked its citizens to switch to no-wash rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/16/reference/no-wash-rice-musenmai/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/16/reference/no-wa...
  - mhh__ 7y ago
    I've literally never seen no wash rice in my life (in the UK)
- EL_Loco 7y ago
  -> Wash your fucking rice What? Sure, if you want to remove some of the starch, but what if you don't? I don't really know why you should if you don't want to, unless it was dirty, but rice today comes pretty clean of debris and bugs. Plus, it's going to be cooked, so no problem there.
  - 7y ago

solarkraft 7y ago

So what am I missing using a pot on the stove?

jfk13 7y ago
Not much; you just have to be a bit more careful to manage the heat and time appropriately.