/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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>>18687189
fpbp

Yeah.

>>18687164
>guilt-free
what does this mean?
how does one feel guilt from cooking?

>>18687189
fpbp

>>18687209
Meaning I spent five bucks and got a good value from the item rather than ragrets. I don't want to spend $50 on a rice ccooker that's heavy and performs poorly for the money.

>>18687220
ah.
i don't have emotional attachment to money because i'm not a fucking psychopath.

>>18687224
I'm just asking if anyone has used the item and if it's any good anon. Gee whiz.

>>18687164
Don't waste your money. Import a 1000 dollar Japanese rice cooker you need a phone app to even use because you can't read Japanese.

>>18687226
>boil water and rice
>cover and reduce heat to low for 20 minutes
rice is done.
people that use rice cookers are legitimately retarded.

>>18687164
just buy a pressure cooker or use a pot. you have to be retarded to fuck up cooking rice.

>>18687224
this is exactly what a crazy person would say while being unnecessarily hostile to a stranger on the internet.

>>18687247
>hostile
if you read the word "fucking" and take it as hostility, you're a fucking psychopath.

>>18687237
>>18687242

Anon I had a whole system when I had a working stove but my current stove is complete dogshit. I've tried making rice like 7 times and it fucks it up because it uses hotplates and the elements have wildly unpredictable temperature performance
>bring rice to a boil
>move rice to another hob that's been set to 1 (lowest)
>rice doesn't cook
>next time put it on 2
>doesn't cook
>next time put it on 3
>rice starts boiling over
it's a fucking shit show in here when you need reliable temperature control

>>18687253
no normal person talks like this. i'm sorry anon, but you're batshit. i'm sure the signs are all around you if you look hard enough.

the absorption method is piss easy and takes like 20 minutes max, will never understand how rice cooking unitaskers are so popular

>>18687280
exactly why for the last ~7 years I've refused to buy a rice cooker

see >>18687270

>>18687270
i don't have too much experience with electric/induction stoves but one apartment i lived in had one. didn't have any issues cooking rice in it.
>add 0.5 cup basmathi rice
>add ~1 cup water
>add salt
>add butter/ghee
>bring water with rice to a boil
>turn down to a light simmer with lid on
>stir occasionally
>perfect rice with none sticking to the pot every time
???
profit

>>18687281
if the stove is so shit it cant cook rice you need a new stove, not a rice cooker

>>18687283
I did this for years without problems anon but my stove now sucks.

Also I like it with just water

>>18687285
the landlord makes false promises >:[

>>18687229
Having owned one of these (I didnt pay a markup or import costs lol) and a local rebrand, just buy the rebrand

Use a pyrex bowl anon. But the microwave is a good way to cook rice, perhaps even optimal if you take into account time savings.

I just fill the container so the water is one index finger joint above the level of the rice. Loosely cover with lid, and make sure to put the container into another to catch boilover. Then high for 13 mins in the microwave.

>>18687589
Using the stove is dumb and there is no reason to do so.

Quality of rice: Rice cooker > microwave > rice cooker on rapid cook > ... > Stove top.

>>18687589
Hmm I have a nice pyrex bowl but not with a lid. Might look for one with a lid and then just a cheep microwave save dish to catch any bubbles

>>18687591
back when I had a deccent stove I used to follow this recipe and it was the best rive I've ever had, better than most restaurants and certainly better than the rice cookers I used to use.

https://ladyandpups.com/2015/08/03/how-to-actually-cook-perfect-rice-without-a-rice-cooker/

>>18687164
yeah. I have that exact model lol. use 2.5 cups of water to rice, blast on high for 9 minutes, stir, finish with another 2 minutes. this is for a smaller amount of rice like 2 or 3 cups max. for more than that you might need to cook it slower.
it's not quite as good as rice cooker rice but it's less annoying and you can use the bowl for holding leftovers.

>>18687164
What about a rice cooler ? Is there a market for that ?

>>18687280
>>18687281
its the same reason you buy a toaster

sure, you can toast your bread on the stove
you can wash your clothes by hand also
but its just easier
plus it keeps rice warm for you

>>18687164
I own one (the brand is sistema, which looks to be better engineered than this one), which I used almost everyday tor two years when I was younger and just had a microwave. it would make rice just as good as a dedicated rice cooker imho.
They work great.
they work gr

>>18687793
I don't buy a toaster because I'm not a retard.

>>18687164
Boil rice like pasta after washing it a few times... When rice aldente drain. Why is this so hard?

>>18687280
>will never understand how rice cooking unitaskers are so popular
They save a lot of time for Asian families that cook rice 3x per day. A regular white person that might make rice once per week doesn't need one, it's a bad deal for the amount of kitchen space you lose.

>>18687600

Looks like its promising, esp because the author recognises a small even flame is the key, but anon i eat rice almost everyday and this is too much hassle.

Also this captcha is impossible. Wtf jannies. This is ck. Is it really necessary to make it so hard? Also i blatantly solved it. Fuck this board sometimes. TONGUE MY ANUS JANNIES.
>>18687600

>>18688166
have fun heating up your pan and taking 3x as long while also rushing in the morning then

>>18688771
>>18687793
>not buying a toaster oven instead
it toasts bread
and whatever else the fuck you want

>>18687164
They’re awful just buy a cheap rice maker
My parents have been using the rice cooker that they got as a wedding present for almost 40 years now if you take care of it it’s fine and you won’t have shitty microwave rice. You can buy one for less than twenty bucks

>>18688779
so does your regular oven

>>18688798
If you spend 15 minutes preheating, sure. Toasters are still for retarded faggots.

>>18688811
the broiler gets going right away

>>18688837
That sounds like a pain in the butt. How much bread do you burn that way

>>18688779
>toaster oven
they take fucking forever

>>18688862
They really don’t anon, I used one this morning

>>18688858
i'm not a woman so i don't get distracted and burn things. toasting is lightly burning anyway

>>18688871
Something tells me you eat your fair share of burnt toast in your effort to save ten bucks

>cheap rice cooker: $30
>cost per use/number of uses before it dies: less than a penny each time (excluding electricity)
>NOOOO YOU HAVE TO USE THE STOVE AND FUSS OVER IT WHILE ALSO COOKING EVERYTHING ELSE REEEEE

why are anti rice cookerfags so autistic?

>plastic container
>put in the microwave
Enjoy the plastic in your rice.

>>18687270
So you have a stove problem and your fix is to buy a useless plastic item to make rice in the microwave instead of fixing your stupid stove or getting a new one? Why are you fixed on trying to figure out a solution to cooking rice when the rest of your meals you cook won't heat/ cook properly?

JFC a thread died for your stupidity at problem solving.

>>18688884
I dont have an issue with rice cookers. It's a great multipurpose item. I also don't shit on those that cook rice on the stove either. What I have a problem with is retards claiming cooking rice in a fucking microwave inside of plastics is comparable at all in quality to the other two options. They are just like the fools that "cook" rice in a plastic bag in boiling water. Completely useless retards.

>>18688963
What the fuck are you on about. Microwave is superior to stove top cooking, unless you are autistic about watching the stove top for 35 mins, and even then, you get burnt rice at the bottom and inconsistent results.

You have never used the microwave to cook rice.

>>18688989
enjoy your plastics goy

These threads really annoy me because no one dares post their ri
>>18688991
I use pyrex.

Just buy a rice cooker or a instapot if your willing to cook rice in the microwave ,

>>18687164
I've been using microwave rice cookers for a long time.
If you live alone, they're practical since you only make enough for you.
They work fine once you figure out the right timing for your microwave.

>>18687280
My saucepan doesn't have a "Keep Warm" feature. With a rice cooker you spend 20 seconds dumping rice and water in, hitting a button, and then you have fresh hot rice available any time you want it for the next 8 hours or so.

>>18688779
I've owned both and they're... fine? I can't really think of a whole lot of "whatever else the fuck" I want to toast. Have a regular toaster now and don't miss the toaster oven.

>>18689025
Too expensive for a unitasker. I’m not asiatic and cooking ten litres of rice a day and frankly rice cookers do a poor job when you make small batches. I already own a microwave and at least this plastic thingo is cheep and doubles as a food container

THAT’S IT I’M BUYING IT TODAY AND WILL REPORT BACK AFTER DINNER IN 9-10 HOURS

>>18689311
It will work well anon. If you can afford it maybe upgrade to a pyrex bowl. I'm paranoid about plastics leeching into foods.

>>18689311
>>18688989
>>18689031

enjoy your cancer
>>18688028
>>18688028

>>18687270
How the hell do you fuck up making rice? When the water evaporates, rice is done. The hell is the matter with you?

I'm looking to buy my first rice cooker. Any recommendations for brand?

>>18689497
yeah. use a pan you fucking pansy

>>18687164
I had a Pampered Chef one and it was dogshit. Just get a rice cooker

>>18688379
>When rice aldente drain.
>drain

Jesus christ

>>18689331
Do you leave the lid loose to vent steam and also does the lid get wharped from all that heat for like 15mins?

>>1868949
>>18690102
Yesz lid is left loose and it's only on high for 12-13 mins. Lid hasn't warped.

Why would you feel guilty about cooking rice? It's the lest sentient vegetable

>>18687164
How are you going to fit an entire Asian in there? Fucking stupid.

>>18687270
why are you moving it to a different hotplate
you're supposed to keep it on the same one
how fucking shitty is your stove to fuck up rice continously

>>18690443
It’s a literal solid iron hot plate anon, it takes way too long to change temperature. If I turn it from high to low the rice will keep boiling for another 5+ mins if I leave the pot on it

>>18687164
I use one of these, 1.5 water to 1 cup rice ratio, 50% power for 10 minutes, perfect every time.

You can use higher power and a lower duration however my microwave is really powerful and on high settings some of the starchy water will foam up and escape through the vent in the container lid leaving a mess all over the lid that often spills over onto the base plate.

>>18687164
i bought one at a chinatown 10 years ago and it still works great

whelp, I went to two different places that stock them but neither had any on the shelf.

SO I bought a medium sized glass Pyrex with a lid. wat do? will the glass lid allow for adequate venting? do I use 1:2 rice/watter or more like 1:1.5?

I'm gonna make some sausages with gravy and if the rice is all retarded ima be a little cross after all this.

>>18690823
I can't wait for you to set that on your countertop after taking it out of the oven and have a half second to realize what you just did before it explodes

Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything

>>18690905
it's going in the nukrowave but I'll be placing it on a paper plate on a cold stove hob

I found some directions for rice in a glass bowl/gla lid, high for 5mins and then 50% for 15mins. It started overflowing so I have down to 30%.... most of the water is gone and it has about 3mns to go. Good change the rice is going to be shit,

>>18690823
>pyrex
enjoy your time bomb

>>18690394
How do retards like this function in society?

>>18690948
It's fine anon

Alright rice is resting a few minutes, peasey gravy is ready to go, sausies are done and in a warm oven.... good lord please be good rice

>>18690963
OH MY GOD THE RICE IS FUCKING PERFECT

>>18690974
Slimy

>>18690974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjxf-eQWKoo

>>18690984
gj anon

>>18690974
Good job anon. You will need to put the pyrex on another platrw to catch the boil over. As i said above, try to use the index finger method. Fill water to water level is one index finger joint above the rice level, high for 12 mins.

Leave standing for 2 mins.

I get great results with that and its leas hassle thab your method.

>>18687164
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L5qBMtFXBs&t=279

there is no need to buy a rice cooker because steaming it like this will give you better results. a bamboo steamer is completely optional

>>18691133
I think this casserole dish is too big to put anything substantial under/around it, but because it's big I think I can avoid boil over by high for 5 an then 30% for 15. i'll expearmint a bit more with it until I find the easiest way. I might try to prop the lid slightly which might prevent boil over anyway. It's like 3L so I think I can manage it with some practice. Might just buy a microsafe platter or something for underneat, I have a pretty giant microwave so it should fit.

I used 1 cup of rice and 2cups of water which ended up being one knuckle deep

>>18687164
Buy an electric rice cooker, you can get them for cheap as piss, and they also can serve as a decentish replacement to a pot on a stove

>>18690974
I feel bad for you if you think that looks "perfect"

People who can't cook rice in a pot are beneath me and my vote should count more than theirs in elections. I should also get discounts on real estate and cars and be allowed to board the plane before them.

>>18691476
A fucking pot on a stove takes up zero room. boil, 15 mins on 15 mins off and you have perfect rice. 1 to 1.3 rice to water. Stop fucking around.

>>18692412
>>18692350
GRUG CAN MAKE FIRE WITH STICK.
GRUG NO NEED STOVE.
GRUG BIG BRAIN WASTING VALUABLE TIME.
GRUG LIKES TO SHOW OFF STICK FIRE MAKING IN THE YEAR 2022 BECAUSE SMALL PP.

I've got a rice related question! Normally I eat like a porage of mixed grains for a meal each day. I don't season it at all. Do you guys have any advice on how to make it taste any better? It doesn't taste bad at all, but I feel like it's got a lot of potential for something that I'm wasting

>>18692736
I just boil them in water with no salt or anything

>>18692736
Pinch of salt, Butter, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon. Just start adding tiny bits of stuff and see what you like.

>>18692749
Whoa what if I throw like bullion in the water to boil? Whoa fuck man I'm so retarded I should have been doing this shit always

>>18692151
It was cooked perfectly. That photo was like 10secs after I took the lid off so it was full of steam and everything was wet. about 30s later the rice was perfect, I could have made sushi with it if I wanted

>>18692736
here's what you do, use what ever the fuck is in that container as bait for a bird, then you kill the bird and eat that instead.

>>18691156
But my rice cooker has a basket insert and a steam function. So I can have regular rice or steamed rice without having to buy a bamboo steamer or monkeying around with a strainer and aluminum foil.

>>18687164
Somebody was on here a few weeks ago and said just put rice in a bowl, cover with water, set in the fridge overnight. Then drain and just heat it up.

>>18693756
That can’t be good

>>18693849
How not? What does the cooking do that the long soak method doesn't provide?

>>18693213
a bamboo steamer is like 10-15 bucks. how much did your rice cooker cost?

>>18693861
I don't think being waterlogged until tender is the same as being cooked anon. You can soak flour until it's a paste but it's still raw dough. You soak beenz until tender but it's still not palatable/digestible until you cook them

>>18693018
Fuck you! Im gonna eat my grains

>>18694354
that's disgusting bro. can't you eat regular oatmeal

>>18692736
Mix it with yogurt. No need for boiling. Add little amounts of honey and cinnamon. Add one banana as well and you are good to go.

>>18695149
I have substituted the honey and cinnamon for syrups in the past. I had some around for making cocktails and it was nice. Grenadine, cherry, works well

>>18692736
Try marmite