/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19185821
I don't know what I'm talking about. You should probably buy a really expensive one. Also have you tried cooking rice in semen?

>>19185821
People who buy expensive equipment that's only a tiny bit better (if at all) than regular equipment will never admit that their expensive purchase was a mistake and they are a fool for falling for a meme.

If you just want to cook rice, just use a regular saucepan with a lid. If that's too hard for you then any rice cooker will do.

Such people bought stuff like this because they think they can blame their poor cooking on their equipment, so when their equipment fails them too they experience cognitive dissonance and just start lying to everyone that their shitty clay pot is actually the most amazing thing ever.

>>19185821
>>19185821 (OP)
People who buy expensive equipment that's only a tiny bit better (if at all) than regular equipment will never admit that their expensive purchase was a mistake and they are a fool for falling for a meme.

Such people bought stuff like this because they think they can blame their poor cooking on their equipment, so when their equipment fails them too they experience cognitive dissonance and just start lying to everyone that their shitty clay pot is actually the most amazing thing ever and they recommend it to everyone.

If you just want to cook rice, just use a regular saucepan with a lid. If that's too hard for you then any rice cooker will do.

>>19185844
Please see >>19185821
>only people who know what they're talking about may answer.

>>19185821
Yes. They make excellent rice. Better than any electric rice cooker. Small learning curve to them, but not difficult to get the hang of. The quality of rice and water will be your limiting factor after donabe.

You also need a good gas burner for them.

3 cup is good for 1 fatty, or 2-3ish normal people for dinner.

I own a kamado and a kumoi kiln donabe. I lobe them both.

>>19185821
Image of very high quality Japanese short grain made in 3 cup kamado for your viewing pleasure.

>>19185862
that's not different from my rice using a bamboo steamer I bought for 4 dollars
also
>pot glazed inside
lol lmao

>>19185821
You can make rice in any donabe, as long as you remember to adjust the heat to low once the rice starts to boil. Any rice cooker donabe also is going to make the process easier because of the double lid. I think only an iga clay donabe further simplifies the process so that you don't have to adjust the heat on your stove. It's kind of amazing how quickly the rice cooks as a result of you being able to keep the heat on med-high, only about 15 minutes of heating and then you turn it off and let it sit.

I'm not sure exactly what it is about the donabe for cooking rice, probably the ability to heat at such a high heat output with no scorching of the food, but as long as you add the correct ratio (200 mL water to 180 mL rice for short grain), the donabe does its thing and greatly simplifies the process.

>>19185875
Steaming rice makes a much different end product you dishonest little ricelet. Please learn more before posting again. Thank you.

Care to explain why most sushi places use a donabe or similar rather than steaming the rice?

>>19185876
Remember to account your soaking time when you cook with a clay pot, see how "fast" it cooks. Of course, there are ways to cook without soaking, but I'm talking about the standard method.
>>19185821
just buy a cheap unglazed clay pot that can fit the size of your palm, no need to shell out and import something from across the globe with no additional benefits.
I have 2 locally made clay pots of that size in my home, they make pretty good rice.

>>19185917
>Steaming rice makes a much different end product you dishonest little ricelet.
You just outed yourself as THE ricelet, anon. I'm sorry you can't adjust the final texture of rice to your liking. Tch tch tch.

>>19185927
>Remember to account your soaking time when you cook with a clay pot, see how "fast" it cooks.
Any rice cooker has soaking time, but I'm talking about the time that I need to pay attention to the stove so as not to burn or overflow anything.

>>19185934
Post rice.

>>19185934
And answer my question, ricelet.

>>19185917
>most sushi places use a donabe
that would be insane for most sushi places in and out of Japan

>>19186016
Fair. Let me rephrase. Most high end places use donabes or iron hagama. Less fancy places will use an electric cooker. Why don't any use a bamboo steamer?

Post your recipe for steamijg rice if you don't mind. I've steamed probably 50lbs+ of rice making koji with and it never comes out anywhere near as good as traditionally cooked rice.

>>19186059
idk we don't use a steamer because that would be retarded

>>19185944
if that's the case then with a rice cooker the cooking time is.. zero? because you don't need to pay attention to it, ever?

>>19186059
>Most high end places use donabes or iron hagama
To impress people like you. Same shit happens in my country, they mark up the price just by telling the customers that they used trad crafts clay pots to make rice.
>Post your recipe for steamijg rice if you don't mind.
I already did, maybe weeks ago, you were there too lol.
> I've steamed probably 50lbs+ of rice making koji with and it never comes out anywhere near as good as traditionally cooked rice.
Do it better. Like you said, you are not perfect. You never will be.

>>19186119
Lemme guess, thick rim glasses, receding hairline, pear-shaped body and currently having conversations with your doctor to obtain estrogen and become a freak with it?

Never knew an attractive person with self-respect to distort another person’s words for the sake of making a dishonest point. Ugly people tend to be ugly on the inside l as well as on the outside.

>>19186128
Your recipe SUCKS, which is why I discarded it, and your tske on donabes only being used to impress people is about as ricelet of a take as you can make. Go do some direct comparisons.

You never answered my question either, dishonest ricelet.

>>19185821
Personally I wouldn't suggest it. They're kind of a pain in the ass in a lot of ways, and modern rice cookers can do anything they can but while being less of a hassel, including making scorched rice depending on the model. Theoretically there could be an argument made about cost if you do specifically want to do that sort of scorched rice kind of thing a lot and are willing to put up with the hassel, but I get the feeling that unless you litterally live in japan you're going to be paying a pretty hefty weeb tax on anything like this to the point that it'd probably end up losing it's price competitiveness compared to a good rice cooker.

>>19186269
anon what are you on about? We are veering off the course here, but anyway, you gave me a pretty concrete criteria with
>>19185944
>the time that I need to pay attention to the stove so as not to burn or overflow anything.
And both you and I don't have to worry about this with any decent rice cooker, which I believe you have a really expensive imported model to verify yourself.

>>19186274
lol

>>19186291
>you gave me a pretty concrete criteria with
>>19186119
>if that's the case then with a rice cooker the cooking time is.. zero? because you don't need to pay attention to it, ever?

What the fuck is wrong with you? No one is talking about an automatic rice cooker. If you want to use an automatic rice cooker, then use one. Obviously a completely automatic process is easier. Easier doesn't mean "duuuurrrrrr cock time iz zeee-woh," you cum-gargling faggot. Automation makes things easier. Similarly (but not in the same way, got it, faggot?) a cooking vessel that doesn't require heat adjustment can make the process easier also.

>>19185821
No, not good and I know what im talking about. Pick a better carb

>>19185821
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOvRuwvu56g

do you want to make this?

>>19185821
Op there are two people who know what they're talking about and the rest now absolutely nothing about rice.

I forgot to ask what kind of rice you'll mainly be preparing.

Just buy an Instant Pot Ultra. Makes perfect rice and practically anything else. Preheat with simmer function fir a minute and skip the 20-minute warm up to pressure cook.

Best kitchen appliance and rice cooker out there.

>>19187122
Anyone who says they make perfect rice doesn't know a thing about rice.

No automatic system will cook better rice than a donabe controlled by a human, and I have a very expensive rice cooker that I guarantee does a much better job than your instant pot.

>>19185875
Steamer baskets are recommend for making rice you intend to fry. Why? Because it is a significantly "drier" than rice made in a pot/ricecooker/donabe

>>19187169
>Steamer baskets are recommend for making rice you intend to fry. Why? Because it is a significantly "drier" than rice made in a pot/ricecooker/donabe
I didn't think I would encounter someone who actually knew what they were talking about on /ck/ today.

>>19187137
How effing challenging is it to produce good quslity cooked rice?!

Source of the rice is the crucial aspect.

My sushi rice differs from my "refried" rice and general purpose rices.

Instant Pot Ultra, and I am not a shill, nails it every time once the learning curve is obeyed.

I laugh at those of you with electricity who do not update your electrical appliances. A few traditional implements remain superior. Majority not-so-much.

>>19187412
I use my pressure + induction rice cooker for brown rice, when I'm feeling lazy, and keeping my rice warm and fresh for extended periods of time.

The donabe is the standard for excellent quality short grain rice. Once you have donabe, quality rice, and quality water you can make world class rice with relative ease.

At the very top there are lots of small things you can do or omit that will alter your end product. One example is leaving your short grain rice slightly cloudy. Doing so will make the rice sweeter in taste.

I only use mine for white rice on "special occasions" or takikomi gohan when I want a nice char at the bottom. It's more annoying to clean than a regular rice cooker non-stick pot, and mine only has a 2合 capacity, so it is fine for dinner, but can't make a lot of white rice and keep it warm like an electric rice cooker, so if I had to pick only one rice cooker it would be the electric one.