/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5691917]

Essential cook gear thread

[Anonymous No.5691918]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5691919]

>>5691918
>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5691923]

>>5691917
>Essential cook gear thread

[Anonymous No.5691927]

[Anonymous No.5691928]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5691938]

[Anonymous No.5691967]

>>5691917
What's the point of rice cookers?
I've always rinsed my rice and I always just use a regular pot for cooking rice and it always comes out with every grain being distinct. Are some people just too stupid to know how to use a stove?

[Anonymous No.5691969]

>>5691967

Beat me to it.
I was wondering the same thing.

[Anonymous No.5691971]

I used my first rice cooker last year and now I can't imagine life without one. How the hell do people live without these things? They're so cheap and wonderful.

[Anonymous No.5691987]

>>5691967
>what's the point of internet, I have a library where I can read every book known to man
This is what you sound like
Can you program your stove and pot to cook a batch of perfect rice for you while you are on your way home? If so, which setting? I only have 1-6.

[Anonymous No.5691989]

>>5691969
>>5691967
Set it and forget it. No need to set a timer and watch the stove. You can turn it on and go take a shower or something.

Keeps rice hot throughout the evening.

It's nice to have since you cook rice at least once a day.

[Anonymous No.5691991]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5691994]

>>5691967
Can you press 'on' and then leave the house for a couple of hours and come home to a perfect batch of rice with a stove and a pot?

[Anonymous No.5691996]

>>5691923
>An incredibly specialized tool only good for one thing.
>the only thing it's good for can be accomplished with a knife and maybe a spoon if you want to scrape the ribbing out.

Right...essential.

[Anonymous No.5691997]

>>5691967

Well, a legitimate rice cooker creates a unique cooking environment that is hard to replicate on your stove. They all come with a rubber gasket and the lid locks into place, creating a pressure cooker that cooks very slowly. As a result, you get a gorgeous mass of rice, with every kernel exactly the same consistency from top to bottom. It's hard to describe just how perfect the rice is if you've never actually had it. Plus, you can set it and forget it. Press the button, your rice song plays, and an hour or two or four later you'll come back to hot, steamy rice.

I was skeptical until I worked in a restaurant with one, and now I understand why EVERY ASIAN FAMILY EVER owns one.

[Anonymous No.5692001]

>>5691967
>guaranteed replies

[Anonymous No.5692004]

>>5691989

Thats the thing though- thats what my pots already do.
I never have to hover over my rice to make sure its done, or that its kept warm. My pots do an excellent job of retaining heat.

For time, I just glance at the wall clocks in my house. Its barely necessary to have something external.

Are you just making very large batches of rice regulary?
I cant see myself buying extra equiment to automate the process, even so.

[Anonymous No.5692008]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5692009]

>>5692004

If you're making rice every day it is stupid not to have a rice cooker.

You are obviously white.

[Anonymous No.5692011]

>>5691917
i hope you aren't implying a rice cooker is essential

[Anonymous No.5692014]

>>5692009

Im pretty brown, actually. And brown rice tends to be a staple for me.
But whatever justifies your hardware.

[Anonymous No.5692016]

>>5692014

What kind of brown? The african kind, the abbo kind, or the amerindian kind?

[Anonymous No.5692022]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5692029]

>>5692016

ALL THE BROWNS.

Seriously though, a lot of it is medium-long grain generic brown rice.
Occasionally some weirder basmati.

[Anonymous No.5692031]

>>5692029

Long grain brown rice is gross. Medium to short grain is best.

[Anonymous No.5692033]

Rice cooker is far from essential

[Anonymous No.5692061]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5692104]

>>5691997
>rice song
wut?

[Anonymous No.5692111]

>>5692104
The 'rice is done' jingle or noise

[Anonymous No.5692234]

Rice cookers are way more useful than toasters and toaster ovens since you have the steamer function.

Steaming your leftovers when you reheat it kills bacteria before it has time to produce bad shit. Then when it's the 3rd or 4th day, you don't have to worry about it being that bad.

Also u can steam delicious dumplings, dimsum, etc.

** unless you have no oven

[Anonymous No.5692237]

[Anonymous No.5692254]

>another rice cooker troll thread

[Anonymous No.5692470]

>>5691996
>joke
>head

[Anonymous No.5692618]

egg poacher cup, i keep ruining the egg whenever I try it with spinning water

[Anonymous No.5692646]

>>5692022
I have one of these, and it's awesome.

[Anonymous No.5692650]

This thing makes life way easier.

[Anonymous No.5692659]

>>5691967
I have one so I can have rice ready when I come home from work.

[Anonymous No.5693307]

>>5691927
dat filename

[Anonymous No.5693316]

>>5692618
I honestly don't get how people fuck up poaching

1. Put egg in a ramekin/bowl
2. Microwave

As long as you don't fuck up the times it comes out fine

[Anonymous No.5693322]

>>5693316
4/10 you got me

[Anonymous No.5693323]

>>5691967
As an asian who owns a rice cooker my whole life and then going camping and cooking rice in a fucking pot, you have no fucking idea.

[Anonymous No.5693340]

>>5692111
You mean amaryllis by Louis Armstrong

[Anonymous No.5693755]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5693792]

>>5692234
implying microwaving wouldn't kill bacteria.

[Anonymous No.5693822]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5693876]

>>5693822
LOL

Garlic press starts a fight every time but I seriously love mine and it doesn't take up much space either. Even if you're very fast at mincing garlic (I am not) this thing is still far quicker and pretty fast to clean once you get the hang of it. Only issue that I have and have heard from others is that it kind pulps the garlic clove rather than dice it. Still works great for how often I have to cut up garlic.

[Anonymous No.5693910]

>>5693876
isn't pulp better than dice? you get all the juices out, easier to incorporate into the meal

[Anonymous No.5693926]

>>5693910

Yeah I often wonder if that's the case, it probably is. The issue I have is that because it becomes so wet, the little pieces tend to stick to each other so you have to mix it well to get them to separate evenly. Dicing doesn't seem to have the issue quite as bad.

[Anonymous No.5693937]

>>5693876
i just mince it then smash it with the flat of the knife

[Anonymous No.5694132]

>>5693876

are garlic presses contentious? like it's a useful thing

[Anonymous No.5694141]

>>5694132
what else to press with them? it seems like a too specialized tool to be an essential, even though I fucking love mine and find chopping tiny garlic cloves tedious

[Anonymous No.5694171]

Are rice cookers essential for non-asians? I eat rice about once or maybe twice a week and not sure whether it would be worth it considering I have low income and little space. I also normally use shit-tier rice, which is probably bad no matter how it's cooked.

[Anonymous No.5694174]

>>5694171
>Are rice cookers essential for non-asians?

No.

[Anonymous No.5694177]

>>5693876
I agree. I also find it works amazingly with fresh ginger, as it squeezes out the juices and leaves behind those nasty strands of fiber.

[Anonymous No.5694180]

>>5694171

If you're low-income, you might consider eating rice more than twice a week.

[Anonymous No.5694185]

>gas stove
>oven
>toaster
>kettle
>utility knife
>peeler
>knife sharpener
>tongs
>small pot
>large pot
>frying pan
>wok
>deep oven dish
>shallow oven dish
>potato masher
>stick
>garlic press
pizza cutter

Probably about it.

[Anonymous No.5694188]

>>5694180
relatively low-income (in a rich country).
How much do rice cookers cost?

[Anonymous No.5694189]

>>5694141

I have a slightly larger one that I use to crush steamed potatos.

[Anonymous No.5694190]

>>5694188

anywhere from $15-250
you get what you pay for really.
I have a black & decker one that I got for $50 I think thats treated me well for about a year and a half

[Anonymous No.5694231]

this looks like a troll thread cause most of what's posted is shit

[Anonymous No.5694236]

>>5694141

I've used mine to juice limes before but it doesn't work as well as a juicer and juicers are like $1 piece of plastic. Plus limes and lemons are not that difficult to juice by hand.

[Anonymous No.5694815]

>>5691967
100% guaranteed perfect rice every time, keeps it warm all day for you without overcooking it, no attention required. Cook rice while you make something to out over it without needing to tend a pot of rice.

[Anonymous No.5694833]

[Anonymous No.5694837]

>>5694833
hahaha,
just wow

[Anonymous No.5694848]

>>5693755
how does this even work?

[Anonymous No.5694850]

>>5692061
I HAVE THAT FUCKING BREAD MACHINE IT IS AWESOME

[Anonymous No.5694853]

>>5692650
does it really? Because I really hate the exhausting parts of baking.

[Anonymous No.5694861]

>>5692022

>see lots of tacky bullshit in thread
>see this
>looks like tacky bullshit
>realize how fucking annoying pineapples are otherwise

You know... I'm okay with this. Most of the other stuff (Save for rice cooker and maybe salt block - god tier tools) is fucking infomercial trash.

[Anonymous No.5694864]

>>5694848

If you had something that mangle-fucked the interior maybe...

[Anonymous No.5694868]

[Anonymous No.5694871]

>>5694868

[Anonymous No.5694873]

>Any of these things
>"Essential"
A cast iron pan, a large a good chef's knife, a cutting board, some mixing bowls, a decent sized pot with a lid, a cooktop, an oven and some measuring cups are all you really need for 90% of dishes. All the things ITT are just for convenience.

[Anonymous No.5694878]

[Anonymous No.5694882]

>>5694864
but you can't set it down on anything because it's not really a seal. And you're just preemptively mangling your limes because you going to have to squeeze out the 75% of the lime juice.

[Anonymous No.5694889]

>>5694873

[Anonymous No.5694912]

>>5694873
>a cast iron pan
If you said stainless lined aluminum I might not think you were joking

[Anonymous No.5695115]

[Anonymous No.5695171]

>>5691967
I eat rice on a daily basis, and use my stove to cook my rice. It's not that I feel like one is superior to the other, but rice cookers (For me anyways) tend to eventually leave my rice all mushy, and what's the point of a rice cooker if you can't leave your rice or else it'll get all soft and pasty, why not use a pot, and cook it there

[Anonymous No.5695174]

>>5695171

If you're leaving your rice in the rice cooker for more than a couple of hours you really should get a decent one, not one of those $35 black and deckers

[ThriftyPack9020 No.5695186]

Nice Rice Cooker :)

[Anonymous No.5695187]

>>5691967
Idiot enabling through technology is becoming a thing these days, if something is too hard then some magic machine will come out to ensure nobody needs to put any effort forth.

[Anonymous No.5695225]

>>5691919
I got a rock

[Anonymous No.5695241]

>>5691967
>tfw you use too much water or too little water

[Anonymous No.5695294]

>>5695241
measure with implements you buffoon

[Anonymous No.5696303]

>>5694815
>keeps it warm all day
food poisoning

[Anonymous No.5696313]

>>5691917
The only essential things you need are a skillet, a pot, a spatula, and a knife. If you can't make something like that, you don't deserve to be called a "cook".

[Anonymous No.5696425]

>>5691917
a good mixer is essential

pic related it's mine

[Anonymous No.5696430]

>>5691997

I have a fancy rice cooker, but it doesn't cook rice as well as a simple stovetop rice steamer.

I grant that the fancy rice cooker is more consistent, but the consistency is not as good as the steamer.

[Anonymous No.5696432]

>>5692254
lol'd at pic

[Anonymous No.5696434]

>>5695115

this. a really good chefs knife really does make LIFE easier.

[Anonymous No.5698054]

>>5692237
>a george foreman electric grill with non-stick coating ghat peels off after a month or two of use

Kek

[Anonymous No.5698081]

>>5696425
stand mixers are GOAT even though they are expensive as shit

I bought a Kitchen Aid with meat grinder and pasta press attachments on payments from QVC and holy fuck life is awesome

[Anonymous No.5698097]

>>5693876
Garlic press is one of the only "uni-taskers" i can agree with.

It fucks up that garlic and makes it delicious, and it is damn fast, and takes up almost no space in a kitchen. And if you are cooking correctly, you are adding garlic to a lot of dishes all the time... So it can save you time pretty frequently. A nice heavy metal one will last forever, easy to clean...

Why not?

Almost all other unitaskers can diaf.

[Anonymous No.5698172]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5698176]

>>5698172

[Anonymous No.5698179]

>>5691917.

[Anonymous No.5698213]

>>5698176

[Anonymous No.5698259]

>>5698172
>>5698176
i don't even

[Anonymous No.5698272]

>>5698172
>>5698176
Can it even be considered a tool if there is no problem this is designed to fix?

[Anonymous No.5698285]

>>5698272
We could ask the same about your dad.

[Anonymous No.5698293]

>>5698272
It's for people who can't lift things.

[Anonymous No.5698297]

>>5698293
Then how the container get into there in the first place, dummy?

[Anonymous No.5698322]

>>5698297
It's not like they wouldn't be able to lift things at all. It would just be hard for them. Lifting it once to put it in would be far easier than doing it every single time. Even if they couldn't really manage putting it in, they'd only have to seek help with lifting it in once rather than every time they wanted a drink.

[Anonymous No.5698338]

>>5694873
Autism speaks

[Anonymous No.5698376]

>>5698285
I read over my post and yours many times, and I still can't make sense of it.

The best I can do with your pathetic attempt at cleverness is to assume that you're a creationist, and you think my dad's not a tool because the great Intelligent Designer in the sky didn't have any problem in mind when he designed him?

Even then I don't see what's funny about it. It's funny that my dad's not a tool? I see that you tried to work in that insult but you really had to do some mental gymnastics to even get there.

This is why there are no good evangelical comedians.

[Anonymous No.5698395]

>>5698376
Lol wut

[Anonymous No.5698434]

>>5696425
i have almost that exact same mixer at work. how much did it cost? seems a bit overkill to have something that big and heavy in your home unless you're frequentlybaking in big batches

[Anonymous No.5698439]

>>5692014
>>5692004
>>5691967
This guy strikes me as a douche bag.

[Anonymous No.5698445]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5698459]

>>5698439
He strikes me as pretty reasonable. I have never once had difficulty making rice using anything but a simple pot. You don't need a machine to make rice. Rice is easy.

[Anonymous No.5698469]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5698487]

>>5695187
I know right? I think people should have to cook over and open fire that they started by rubbing sticks together or striking flint. Stoves are for lazy idiots.

[Anonymous No.5698491]

>>5696303
Maybe if you have full blown AIDS or something.

[Anonymous No.5698495]

>>5698376
Epic rant, bro.

[Anonymous No.5698498]

>>5698459
You don't need a microwave if you have a stove. And you also don't need a toaster if you have an oven.

[Anonymous No.5698526]

>>5698487
>rice cookers are so ADVANCED
You still need to put water and rice into the thing. That's exactly the same thing you need to do to cook rice in a pot. The only difference is that you need to reduce the heat once it's boiling and then go wank or take a shit for 20 minutes, or post about how hard it is to not have to watch a pot of rice for 20 minutes on /ck/. You're wasting money and kitchen space so that you don't have to turn the stove off after 20 minutes? How do you manage to cook anything else without a special device?

[Anonymous No.5698549]

>>5698445
I hope this is a joke... OP asked for essentials not playdough tools...

[Anonymous No.5698557]

>>5698498
If a rice cooker could make rice in 2 minutes or less, you'd have a point. You don't have a point.

[Anonymous No.5698561]

>>5698549
the thread is an ambiguous trollfest

[Anonymous No.5698588]

>>5695241
How? Rice is a very forgiving grain, you have to really fuck up to make it mushy or too hard. Once you've made a few pots of rice in your life, you don't even really need to measure.

[Anonymous No.5698962]

>>5698526
No, you can put the rice in there before you go to work and have it ready as soon as you get home. The rice will never get burnt or stuck to the bottom. It also cooks it better in general.

[Anonymous No.5699076]

>>5698588
Not with Japonica. Japonica can be fucked up easily.

[Anonymous No.5699110]

>>5698434
i paid $1100 for the mixer 20qt, table, ss bowl, whip, bread hook, and the pelican (slicer/shredder). and a couple of other things i can't think of right now.

i bought it because someone was going to work for me in my coffee shop, but they were going to bake and decorate cakes for themselves and cut me in on the money. that fell thru and i took it home instead. i make like 3 lbs of pasta dough a week in it and on the occasion 8 loaves of bread at a crack. i could sell it, i've had offers, but i could never buy another one like that for that price

[Anonymous No.5699185]

Can a rice cooker make tahdig though?

[Anonymous No.5699196]

>>5698588
No it really isn't. If you've cooked it 20 minutes and it has to much water there's nothing you can do to get the excess water out besides cook it longer and that just turns it to mush.

[Anonymous No.5699221]

>>5699196
seriously, how high are you?

[Anonymous No.5699403]

>>5691918

lol i have that exact same set of scales. Ebay special

[Anonymous No.5699786]

Essential: fridge, table, burner, pan, pot, knife, cutting board, bowl, plate, cup, fork, spoon, tray.

[Anonymous No.5699798]

>>5699185
burnt rice?

[Anonymous No.5699802]

>>5699196
Dump it into a sieve, drain then and pour kettle of boiling water over the rice to wash off the excess starch.

[Anonymous No.5699807]

I cook all my rice on the stove, everything from basmati to brown to wild to short grain. I don't understand how it is difficult. I just put some rice into the pot, cover it with water so it looks about a 2:1 ratio and put it on the stove until it's done. If I'm gonna mix it in a sauce (like if I'm cooking indian or a stir-fry or something) then I put in less water, it will be a little hard and then throw it in the dish to finish.

It only takes like 12 min to make a pot of rice on the stove, and you only have to stir it once.

[Anonymous No.5699812]

>>5699185
Wow, thanks. I never knew what this was called but it's my favourite part of any dish involving rice. Paella, curry, stir-fry--no matter what I always cook it so I get that nice crisp bottom crust. It's fucking delicious. Takes a long time to get a good one without burning though.

[Anonymous No.5700624]

>>5694861

my mother having bought one years ago, I can confirm the usefulness of this tool.

[Anonymous No.5700626]

>>5694878

actually great, although not essentail

[Anonymous No.5700660]

>>5699196
I feel like a sieve would be an kitchen essential for you

kek, it never actually occured to me to measure water and cook it until perfectly waterless, I always just drain the excess like with pasta.

[Anonymous No.5700668]

>>5700660

you couldn't tell the texture was mushy from the extra water?

[Anonymous No.5700699]

>>5700668
the rice wasn't overcooked and the remaining minuscule hot water between the grains evaporates from the rice, I think the result is bretty gud

btw this is just with a pot, not a rice cooker

[Anonymous No.5701157]

>>5698445
>>5698469
>using a knife is so hard

Goddamn lazy idiots

[Anonymous No.5701279]

what can you cook in the rice cooker aside from the obvious rice?

I saw the bread recipe once but it takes wayyy to long.

anyone care to share some tips?

[Anonymous No.5701627]

>>5699185
I have made entire pots of rice just to have this. Best part of the pot.

[Anonymous No.5701633]

>>5701157
actually a corn remover comes in handy especially when doing a lot of corn and its super quick.

[Anonymous No.5701651]

>>5701633
use your anus and a pastry cutter

[Anonymous No.5701736]

Anyone recommend a good waffle/sandwich grill?

[Anonymous No.5701773]

>>5701736
>not making your own waffle griddle

Pleb faggot.

[Anonymous No.5701795]

>>5701773
Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.5701803]

>>5701736
Just use your chef's knife.

[Anonymous No.5701805]

>>5698172
>>5698176
that's actually really useful for people with weak hands. arthritis is a fucker

[Anonymous No.5701808]

>>5691919
> $230

$34

[Anonymous No.5702374]

>>5691991

You gotta be shitting me. How fucking lame must one be to need something like this?

[Anonymous No.5702378]

>>5701808
>$34

Free

[Anonymous No.5702409]

>>5694185
i genuinely dont understand why people use pizza cutters instead of a knife or if you're completely cackhanded then scissors

[Anonymous No.5702438]

>>5698498
A microwave is a little more multifunctional than a rice cooker, I think. Toasters are purely for convenience.

[Anonymous No.5702442]

>>5692061
Could you please what maker this is?

[Anonymous No.5702451]

>>5699196
You should use less water in the first place, or simply leave the rice covered off the heat for another ten minutes.

[Anonymous No.5702470]

Blender. A good old-fashioned everlasting tank like this one.

[Anonymous No.5702474]

>>5699812
>>>5699185
>Wow, thanks. I never knew what this was called but it's my favourite part of any dish involving rice. Paella, curry, stir-fry--no matter what I always cook it so I get that nice crisp bottom crust. It's fucking delicious. Takes a long time to get a good one without burning though.
To be fair, it's a little more than just crisped bottom. I think it's rich with loads of extra butter to assist browning.

[Anonymous No.5702485]

>>5702438
A rice cooker is purely for convenience.

[Anonymous No.5702487]

>>5701279
Mix vegetables in with the rice.

[Anonymous No.5702507]

>>5692022
Why does pineapple need coring?

[Anonymous No.5702519]

>>5691928
I just have no idea what this thing is.

[Gordon Ramsay !E/kAmOO7UE No.5702520]

>>5702470

My parents had that exact model passed on to us from my gps, as well as a hand mixer. Both were built like brick shit houses.

[Anonymous No.5702541]

>>5702519
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pueNIcE6SyM

[Anonymous No.5702618]

>>5702507

The center is tough and fibrous. It's not completely inedible like the pit in some fruit, but it is an unpleasant texture.

[Anonymous No.5702627]

>>5698549
He asked for essentials and then posted something that isn't.
Prompting a response of jokes.

[Anonymous No.5702629]

>>5702485
And therefore not essential.

[Anonymous No.5702653]

>>5691996
Careful, anon, your new is showing.

[Anonymous No.5702658]

>>5698172
Due to severe arthritis in my hands, i have one of these. makes it easier to pour milk and water and such.

[Anonymous No.5702708]

>>5693323
You have two options here:
1) Learn how to cook
2) Eat camping-friendly food when you go camping

[Anonymous No.5702766]

>>5702541
seems like infomercial bullshit and not god tier like >>5694861
says.

What about a pizza stone? Just as nice right?

[Anonymous No.5702772]

>>5702708
rice is very camping friendly.
great for backpacking

[Anonymous No.5702785]

>>5701805
But...how would the open the cap? Would they just leave it uncapped?

[Anonymous No.5702792]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5702809]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5702819]

I love apples but I have false front teeth so the only way for me to safely eat one is to cut it up. I love my apple slicer.

[Anonymous No.5702820]

I started cooking rice in a pot, switched to a $20 aroma cooker, and recently upgraded to a $250 zojirushi. There was definitely an improvement from 1 to 2, and a vast improvement from 2 to 3. It also makes it easy to germinate brown rice before cooking.

[Anonymous No.5702850]

>>5702819
>>5702809
Actually really useful if you do a lot of baking and need to prep lots of fruit.

[Anonymous No.5702859]

>>5691917

[Anonymous No.5702897]

>>5702378
>"Remember kids, come inside right away whenever you see that fat guy with the stained t-shirt from down the street sharpening his knives on the sidewalk"

[Anonymous No.5702926]

>>5702792
That has to be the most overcomplicated looking device I have ever seen, does anyone have any experience with it?

[Anonymous No.5702929]

>>5702785
there are tools to help with that too

[Anonymous No.5703141]

A steamer of some sort is pretty handy.

[Anonymous No.5703496]

>>5695187
TECHNOLOGY IS BAD THOMAS EDISON IS THE DEVIL RAH RAH RAH

[Anonymous No.5703555]

>>5702850
Or..or...or you could just use a paring knife.

[Anonymous No.5703632]

>>5702541
Mighty fuck those people were awkward to watch

[Anonymous No.5703952]

>>5696425

Holy shit, who did you steal a fucking hobart from?

[Anonymous No.5703960]

>>5702519

What a newfag.

I still remember the Himalayan Pink Saltpocalypse like it was yesterday.

[Anonymous No.5703979]

>>5702470
>>5702520
So did mine. It eventually broke, but I loved that blender.

[Anonymous No.5703980]

not being sarcastic like some other unitasker reppers ITT... about three to five times a year, I bake cookies that require these tweezers for decorative patterns on the dough. Just gues to show how different everyone's arsenals are.

[Anonymous No.5703994]

>>5702438
>>5702485
A toaster is valuable because the increased efficiency is well worth the miniscule price of a decent toaster. You don't need to heat a whole oven to make toast in a toaster. A rice cooker does not make this trade off. Oh, they may be ever so slightly energy efficient, depending on how good your stove and cookware is. But the tradeoff is not significant. The only thing the rice cooker does is allow you to skip the step of turning your fucking stove off. Holy shit, that's worth the money!

[Anonymous No.5703995]

>>5698498
You need a microwave to sanitize your sponges retard

[Anonymous No.5704020]

>>5703995
You could just boil them.

[Anonymous No.5704021]

>>5703995
>even owning sponges
And this is why women should never be allowed in the kitchen.

[Anonymous No.5704025]

>>5698588
>first time cooking rice
>follow direction on back of package exactly
>rice still comes out hard and burnt on the bottom

[Anonymous No.5704034]

>>5704025
Something tells me you didn't follow the directions as "exactly" as you think you did.

[Anonymous No.5704040]

>>5704034
you're right, I added a little bit more water than it asked for

[Anonymous No.5704046]

>>5704025

>not stirring


Look, if you suck at rice, you can always brown and then fry.

Tex-Mex method, good as a base for Spanish Rice, but can be used for simple fried rice dishes if you're too impatient to do it the authentic way.

Put a little oil in a saucepan. Put rice in pan. Turn up heat to medium, move rice around until you get a good, even brown color. Add water, onions, whatever else you wanna add. I recommend bacon, onions, maybe a little garlic or cumin or turmeric. Cover with glass. Add water as necessary until rice is desired consistency.

[Anonymous No.5704061]

>>5704046
>>not stirring
It only told me to stir the rice into the water initially, and then cover it. Am I supposed to stir it the whole time?

[Anonymous No.5704066]

>>5704061
No.

[Anonymous No.5704080]

>>5704046
>stirring
Are you insane? That's exactly how you get shitty, mushy rice. If you're making Spanish rice, you stir it as little as possible. If you're making white rice, you don't stir it at all.

[Anonymous No.5704198]

Definitive method for perfect rice everytime

1 part rice
2 parts water
Salt
Butter (optional)

Bring to a boil, as soon as it boils stir it up, put a lid on and turn the rice down to level 1, or very low or whatever, just really really low. Wait 15 mintes, turn off the element, wait ten minutes, lift the lid.

Ta da,

[Anonymous No.5704208]

>>5704198
that depends on the kind of rice you stupid fuck

[Anonymous No.5704224]

>>5702541
How on earth do you clean the cooking tile?

[Anonymous No.5704380]

>>5692650

Is this actually true? I've never seen a whisk like that.

[Anonymous No.5704385]

>>5704380
yes it does, just google dough whisk

[Anonymous No.5704386]

>>5700626
For baking and leisure.

[Anonymous No.5704438]

>ctrl + f
>"aeropress"
>no results

you disappoint, /ck/

[Anonymous No.5704453]

>>5692061

Mine's a Breadman. Second only to my crockpot.

[Anonymous No.5704462]

>>5696425

Holy fuck. I'd like to see your lawn mower.

[Anonymous No.5704489]

>>5704438

I make coffee in this way and it tastes really good...

2 tbsps coffee per cup of water
Bring water to a boil in a pot
Add coffee and immediately remove from heat
Wait 5-6 minutes for the grounds to sink
Done

[Anonymous No.5704661]

>>5701808
Can anyone else vouch for this product? I'm in the market for a sharpener. The youtube demo seems legit.

[Anonymous No.5704665]

>>5704661
they work decently well, not great for long knives. Id honestly recommend the edge pro over it by a lot. If thats too expensive the asian knockoff edge pro work pretty damn good.

If you replace the stones with ones from Congress Tools you can have the fake edgepro with a full grit progression for ~50

[Anonymous No.5704676]

>>5698445
Sadly it's a real thing. I remember a poor college student trying to sell me one at the super market.


Seriously essential cooking gear? A potatoe peeler. You can live without one, but it makes it so much easier to peel potatoes or cucumbers. Also it only takes up comparatively small space.

[Anonymous No.5704677]

>>5692061

I actually have a bread machine but I stopped using it because I perfer doing it by hand. Also fuck cleaning the thing.

[Anonymous No.5704689]

Essential items that just make sense to have

Knives
Cutting board
Can opener
Veggie peeler (unless you are really good and fast with a small knife, I am not)
Cast iron cookware

[Anonymous No.5704706]

>>5704689
What about a heat source? A lot of good all that shit will do you if you haven't got heat.

[Anonymous No.5704773]

>>5702374
i must have shitty avocados because when i try to take the pit out, the pit breaks into pieces

[Anonymous No.5704789]

>>5704438
>>5704489
my process is:
>2 tbsp coffee
>1 cup water
>16 oz cup
>1 cup ice

makes perfect iced coffee, replace ice with hot water for regular coffee

[Anonymous No.5704815]

Gas range, good knives, cutting board, whisk, masher, and uh, slow cooker.

I saw this yesterday in the store. Do they really work? I almost bought one.

[Anonymous No.5704817]

>>5704815

Use a colander.

[Anonymous No.5704823]

>>5703141
I love steaming.

[Anonymous No.5704869]

>>5704817
The holes on the one at work is too big.
Maybe a box cheese grater will work.

[Anonymous No.5704888]

>>5702470
>>5702520
>>5703979
This makes four of us. My parents still have theirs.

[Anonymous No.5704905]

>>5694853
>>5704380

It's great for mixing dry ingredients together and for when you mix your wet and dry. Everything mixes really fast. It's really awesome for mixing wet and dry for bread.

And you don't have to get one from King Arthur Flour. Amazon has 14" dough whisks for $8. Just treat the handle with mineral oil every once in a while to prevent it from splintering.

[Anonymous No.5705210]

>>5702470
My mom gave me that. Still doing well, nothing I do will break it.

[Anonymous No.5707040]

>>5704815

Why not just grasp it in your hand and pull the other way?

[Anonymous No.5707444]

>>5691917
I think i have compiled a list of the minimum you need to be able to do(almost) everything
>is there anything i wouldn't be able to do?

chefs knife
pairing knife
bread knife
some means of sharpening& honing knives
2 chopping boards

pans:
skillet or similar
large shallow steel/copper pan with lid
deep pan for boiling crabs with lid and a steamer

baking tray 25mm* or 50mm* lip

other items:
steel/glass bowl(larger then pan for ban marie)
whisk
wooden spatula & spoon
rolling pin
sieve (can be used for baking and as a colander)

(for baking, and to make like easier)l:
2 cake tins
pie/flan tin/dish
thermometer(if oven thermostat isn't good)
peeler(you can peel with a paring knife but its not worth the wasted vegetables)
2nd* baking tray
measuring scales

[Anonymous No.5707458]

>>5707444
inb4 open a can

[Anonymous No.5709507]

I find a blowtorch to be pretty useful.

[Anonymous No.5709509]

>>5709507
blowhard
those blow

[Anonymous No.5709531]

>>5704661
Good for putting an edge back on. Good enough for reprofiling an edge, if you have the time.

[Anonymous No.5709780]

>>5692234
what a rice cooker more useful than a toaster? Let me guess, you're not white?

[Anonymous No.5709785]

>>5694180
Rice is generally more expensive than potatoes|bread|flour or oats though

[Anonymous No.5709896]

>232 posts
>not one mention of a panini press or a cast iron skillet press

[Anonymous No.5710101]

>>5704021
How do you clean plates then?

[Anonymous No.5710119]

>>5710101
with your hands, that way you can feel everything and know which region of the plate to focus on

[Anonymous No.5710123]

>>5710119
I do use a sponge, but I always use my hands once I'm done to make sure everything is smooth and clean.

[Anonymous No.5710125]

>>5710119
how fat are you that your plates have regions?

[Anonymous No.5710126]

>>5696432
I do that all the time though

[Anonymous No.5710144]

>>5694861
Also, you can use the pineapple shell to serve food out of and people will go ooh and aaah

[Anonymous No.5710164]

>>5710125
5'6" 327 lbs
my plates are about 2 feet in diameter

[Anonymous No.5710679]

I like mixing bowls since I cook quite a lot of things during weekends.

[Anonymous No.5711073]

>>5710125
>not eating off of plates which span townships

[Anonymous No.5711662]

a mandolin can help cut down on prep time. But it's not super essential.

[Anonymous No.5711685]

>>5711662