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A peek into the world of Japan's electric rice cookers
- snowman5678 4y agoWhat an interesting read! Subscribed to the newsletter. Btw, does anyone have recommendations for a good rice cooker that doesn't break the bank?
- jaipilot747 4y agoA lot of people seem to swear by Zojirushi and Panasonic. I've heard people say not all brands cook brown rice equally well though.
- kizunajp 4y agoRelated: The battle to invent the automatic rice cooker (2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24019826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24019826
- throwaway81523 4y agoArticle is what seems like a good introduction to a longer article, but then it doesn't go anywhere. I thought it would talk about how modern rice fancy rice cookers work. The old fashioned kind is very simple though: just a heating element, aluminum bowl, and thermostat. I'm amazed to hear they weren't around before the 1950s, if that is true. The Atlas Obscura article it links to is a lot better: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rice-cooker-history https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rice-cooker-history I'd support changing the thread link to that. The ghost.io article is mostly drawn from it anyway. It is almost like a splog.