/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18344495]

The idea that a rice cooker cooks rice better a person is an outright lie.

Rice tastes like rice regardless if it was cooked by a machine or a person.

A rice cooker is a good appliance for people who live in dorms or small spaces, college students, or people who don't have access to a proper stove.

But, provided the person does not suffer from some kind of developmental problem, the end result wil be the same.

[Anonymous No.18344516]

>>18344495
>yet another poorfag cope thread
Doesn't it get old after awhile?'

[Anonymous No.18344518]

a rice cooker vs having to stand at the stove and stir continuously until done

[Anonymous No.18344543]

>>18344495
rice cookers make perfect or near-perfect rice every single time with minimal effort and zero oversight during the actual cooking.

Rice cookers ALSO allow me to make rice early in the morning, eat some for breakfast, take some to work for lunch, AND come home to still-hot and fresh rice sitting in my rice cooker from that morning ready for dinner.

[Anonymous No.18344545]

>>18344518
>stir
>rice

you're a goddam retard.

[Anonymous No.18344582]

>>18344543
>minimal effort
But I like effort.

>sitting in my rice cooker from that morning
I don't like old rice.

[Anonymous No.18344599]

>>18344582
That's why the rice cooker is so good, even up to a full day and a half later (depending on the model) it'll still be fresh rice.

[Anonymous No.18344662]

>>18344495
We will never be the same, you will continue to slave over mediocre rice, while I push a single button and eat like a king, and yet it is the slave that cries and stomps their feet whenever this machine is mentioned.

[Anonymous No.18344952]

>>18344495
Retarded poorfag cope, save your shekels and buy a Zojirushi so you can make superior rice

[Anonymous No.18344960]

>>18344495
How are they to clean? I hate cleaning all the shit that cakes on the bottom of my simple cooker.

[Anonymous No.18344993]

>>18344960
It's extremely easy to clean, there's just one pot and things to do cake at the bottom.

[Anonymous No.18345014]

>rice cooker
>not all in one pressure cooker

[Anonymous No.18345419]

>>18345014
Instant pots are for cooklets

[Anonymous No.18345602]

>>18344495
counterpoint: rice cookers are good.

[Anonymous No.18345654]

>>18344516
i'm a gigapoorfag and own a decent rice cooker OP is just a faggot

[Anonymous No.18345708]

>>18344543
you will never be japanese

[Anonymous No.18345710]

>>18344495
If you eat rice for every meal then it might be handy but I have no use for one. I don't eat rice that often and I know how to cook it in a pot.

[Anonymous No.18345712]

>>18345708
why do you people literally go on an anime site then actively seek out weebs or anything remotely asian/anime related so they can get mad about it?
rice cookers are good cry about it, go complain about animoo on plebbit

[Anonymous No.18345737]

>>18344495
They make sense if you eat rice daily. In college I worked full time and had a full classload, between that and the gym and needing to clean ip after myself and homework and all that shit, being able to just put some fish and vegetables in a steamer tray in a rice cooker, hit go, then dump it in a bowl with some soy sauce was p nice for weekday dinners. It'd run while I did homework.

[Anonymous No.18345921]

>>18345014
>>18345419
pressure cookers are ideal since short grain rice to water ratio is 1:1 and you don't loose moisture in a pressure cooker other than a bit while it builds pressure. anything more than a pressure cooker is overpriced snake oil

[Anonymous No.18346018]

>>18344495
rice cooker is useful for making rice in advance and having it keep warm for hours.

[Anonymous No.18346024]

>>18345921
Too much pressure will make it too soft.
Therefore, the pressure in rice cookers is variable, so that only the optimum pressure is applied or removed.

[Anonymous No.18347736]

>>18344495
The secret to unique/fluffy rice is put oil on the dry grains.

[Anonymous No.18348367]

>>18345654
wealth is in the heart and the hearth anon God bless

[Anonymous No.18348626]

>>18344495
Do people seriously not know how to steam rice in a pot?

Pro tip: you don't actually have to stir it, and it doesn't burn either.

[Anonymous No.18348632]

>>18344495
Come over and I will prove you wrong.

[Anonymous No.18348648]

I have a Sigonese fren and he say Asian people use elephant brand cause it work best.

[Anonymous No.18348655]

>>18344495
>Rice tastes like rice regardless if it was cooked by a machine or a person.

it's the texture, retard.
rice cooker makes perfect rice. your rice is soggy and overcooked.

[Anonymous No.18348662]

>>18348648
I don't really care what foreigners think. Sorry.

[Anonymous No.18348733]

>>18348662
Gooks know what the best way to cook rice is

[Anonymous No.18348764]

>>18344495
Rice cookers are for women. It's not hard to make rice in a large sauce pan.

[Anonymous No.18349138]

>>18348632
仕事場用の炊飯器?
それにしてもいいの使ってるね
米農家かな?

[Anonymous No.18349278]

>>18349138
No and no. I couldn't help myself when I found out about it. I don't speak or read any Japanese, so it was tricky to figure out, but I am making superb rice with it now. Truly sugoi.

[Anonymous No.18349294]

what the fuck is the actual perfect ratio for this thing? everyone said it worked great and each time it has hard rice that is bone dry. i read the instructions and used their cup (which isn't a full cup)

[Anonymous No.18349316]

>>18349294
Hard rice means you need more water

[Anonymous No.18349321]

>>18349316
yeah, I know. I just thought there was a magical ratio, especially for this popular product. a lot of people seem to do 2 to 1 water to rice but their instructions don't say that

[Anonymous No.18349748]

>>18348632
man, thats based. genuinely consider moving to america sometimes because of the better rice cookers

[Anonymous No.18349754]

>>18349321
buying offbrand/sketchy rice cookers is never a good idea but just do that
2:1 as in volume by the way, not grams or anything. the water still on the rice after washing isnt included, by the way. if youre cooking basmati, add a tiny bit more.

[Anonymous No.18349767]

>>18344495
My rice cooker is like a father to me

[Anonymous No.18349904]

>>18349294
Inside the pot, there's suppose to be a measuring line for how much water you need to match how many cups of rice you're using.

[Anonymous No.18350014]

>>18349278
Sorry, I thought you were Japanese.
You live in Japan? Or are you using it outside of Japan?
If you are using it in a country other than Japan, I am wondering what kind of voltage converter you are using.
If you don't mind, please let me know what kind of product you are using.

[Anonymous No.18350391]

>>18350014
>>18349748

I'm in america. The voltage is close enough that it has been working fine.

[Anonymous No.18350422]

>>18344518
bring rice to a boil
cover it
lower heat to simmer
cook it all the way through
perfect rice every time

[Anonymous No.18350452]

>>18350422
Wrong.

[Anonymous No.18350572]

>>18346024
>Therefore, the pressure in rice cookers is variable
sounds like you have never used a fucking pressure cooker in your life, dumbass.

[Anonymous No.18350606]

>>18350572
Is it an electronically controlled automatic variable pressure cooker?

[Anonymous No.18350621]

>>18344495
But they add yummy teflon to the rice.

[Anonymous No.18350624]

>>18350606
holy fuck you're retarded. you don't need the fucking rice cooker to go high to low, low to high multiple times in the fucking cooking process. If you actually know how to use a pressure cooker you'd know that all you need to is the adjust the preset pressure (low/high), cook time, and release time. you fucking dumbasses that need a unitasker for everything are failures as human beings

[Anonymous No.18350644]

>>18350624
Electronic control is used to lower the pressure at the moment of boiling.
In the case of high-end rice cookers, the pressure is further fine-tuned.
The amount of steam is also adjusted.
Can an ordinary pressure cooker do this?
And it can be done 100 times in the same way.

[Anonymous No.18350649]

>>18350644
you don't need to do all that crap for rice you spastic fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.18350662]

>>18350649
Have you ever tried a high performance pressure induction rice cooker in the first place?
LARP?

[Anonymous No.18350680]

>>18350662
have you stopped buying into retarded overpriced crap for once? do tell me, how long does it take your $500 device to cook rice?

[Anonymous No.18350724]

>all this poorfag seething

[Anonymous No.18350738]

>>18350649
No shit you don't need it, but the rice is better. Better rice makes it worthwhile for some people. Nothing wrong with that at all.

[Anonymous No.18350758]

>>18344495
Just buy a pressure cooker. Cooks rice and all sorts of other shit, although I mainly use mine for rice.

[Anonymous No.18350772]

>>18344495
Rice cookers do cook rice better than you can. They are perfectly controlling the amount of air that can escape. They also heat more evenly and compensate for too little or too much water. They have programmed cooking cycles that can change based on feedback from the cooking vessel. Rice cookers pre programmed settings also can cook something like brown rice for long periods at lower temperatures and then ramp up to finish the rice so you end up with a firm fully cooked kernel which is very difficult to do correctly on the stove. On top of this you have to do nothing and it even stays warm when its done. Basically you are a fucking retard and you are wrong.

[Anonymous No.18350787]

Has anyone cooked rice in stock in one of these?
How did it turn out?

[Anonymous No.18350878]

What exactly makes Zojirushi(tm) better than cheaper alternatives? It has cool squiqqly runes on it and costs more? Pls elaborate.
Also I'm a poorfag yeah I get it.

[Anonymous No.18351039]

>>18344518
kek people who use a rice cooker literally don't know how to cook rice on a stove. Cooklet cope

[Anonymous No.18351046]

>>18350787
Tastes good

[Anonymous No.18351268]

>>18351046

[Anonymous No.18351278]

>>18350772
Don't know about brown rice, that's hippie trash, but for all that other stuff my white rice on a stove comes out the same with as little effort.

[Anonymous No.18351470]

>>18351039
>>18351278
Well then explain why my rice cooker came with an instructional dvd on how to cook delicious rice.

[Anonymous No.18351652]

>>18350787
works well just need to clean the top a bit more after

[Anonymous No.18353353]

what are the best brands for uruchimai

[Anonymous No.18353356]

>>18344495
Feeling threatened?

[Anonymous No.18353380]

I just use a pot on the stove. I can't be bothered with another one trick appliance.
>que all those onepot meals or breads made in a rice-cooker

[Anonymous No.18353463]

>>18353380
Very ignorant comment, please delete.
Rice cookers are literally just pots with a heating element.
You can make bread, eggs, soups and sauces and all manner of steaming in them.

YOU are the problem with "unitaskers" not the appliance.

There's nothing wrong with having an appliance that cooks perfectly consistent and good rice at the touch of a button each time.
Sure I CAN cook rice in a pot, but why?

[Anonymous No.18353483]

>>18353463
Bread in a rice cooker. You are retarded desu

[Anonymous No.18353490]

Built-in bread baking program

[Anonymous No.18353743]

I finally got one of these expensive rice cookers.
There is definitely a difference in the quality of texture, but it's pretty minor. Unless you are an Asian it's probably not that important of an upgrade. The automation also removes any guesswork and you will never get the wrong ratio or temp, it's very dummy-proof and even if you are like me and only slightly botch a pot of rice maybe one in 20 times then it's still an upgrade.
Objectively not worth it unless you consume rice regularly. If you do then it's probably a good get.

[Anonymous No.18353792]

>>18353743
Did you buy a high-end machine like his?>>18348632

[Anonymous No.18353821]

>>18353463
I like cooking, even cooking something simple like rice, making a perfect scrumptious pot of rice is very satisfying, I like standing over the pot, over the open flame, stirring and covering and adjusting.

[Anonymous No.18353849]

>>18349294
its not rocket science

for my rice cooker i use 1.5: 1(thai jasmine long grain rice)
if its too dry use more water
if its too wet use less water
different types of rice need different amounts
also, LET IT REST (keep warm) at least 20 mins after the rice cooker is done. Often the excess moisture will be readsorbed into the rice, turning it from mushy to perfectly fluffy.

[Anonymous No.18354630]

>>18353792
It's a zojirushi rice cooker, not specifically this model though.

[Anonymous No.18355045]

>>18349294
I have this. First, use the actual plastic cup that came with it for the rice. Fill the pot with water to the corresponding level. Then add about a half cup extra water. You can make it a personal rule to add a certain amount of extra water depending on how moist you want it. But you have to use the little plastic cup for measuring the rice, otherwise you'll add too much. I've made rice in this maybe 50 times, after a few batches I found adding a half cup of water on top the water level 4, with 4 plastic cup measures of dry rice, works perfectly.

[Anonymous No.18355386]

My personal favourite thing about the rice cooker? Hangover food. Put chorizo, beans, peas and rice in cooker. Add water. Add miso paste. Turn on. Go away and feel sorry for self.
Nutrition will be available when desired, and if you have a little sicky sleep it won't burn the house down. Perfect.

[Anonymous No.18357354]

>>18355386
Honestly one of the better arguments to owning one.

[Anonymous No.18357358]

>>18348764
its not hard. But you are wasting your time and effort when you could be concentrating on the actual dishes to go with the rice. its a set and forget

[Anonymous No.18357468]

>>18354630
Sounds like you got a good deal.
Now it remains to be seen how many years the coating on the pot will last.
I still use a Hitachi rice cooker that I bought 25 years ago and used for cooking rice for 10 years. It has some scratches, but it never peels off, and I still use it for making stews and curries.

[Anonymous No.18358687]

Chicken, chinese sausage, and shiitake mushroom clay pot. Came out delicious. Especially with the crispy bottom setting.

[Anonymous No.18358691]

>>18358687
Yum.

[Anonymous No.18358706]

>>18358691
This looks pretty ballin

[Anonymous No.18358709]

>>18358691
whatever weirdass filter this is makes it look like a dall-e generated image

[Anonymous No.18358714]

>>18353483
How so? There are plenty of recipes using a rice cooker