/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5855046]

/ck/ my rice cooker broke. Which one should I get? pic related, this is the one I have.

[Anonymous No.5855051]

>>5855046
the most expensive one on the market

[Anonymous No.5855062]

>>5855046

[Anonymous No.5855078]

If you live in Murrca, call your local Aldi and ask them if they still have the electric pressure cooker for sale from the 28th September circular. If not, ask them which other Aldi stores in the area might have it. You might have to ask for a local distribution centre's number to get that info.
They can also order one for you to the store if they don't have any.
I bought one last year and it's the best damned rice cooker I've ever had. Ever.

[Anonymous No.5855093]

>>5855078

not op but where in america are there aldi stores because I've never seen one and I live in a huge city

[Anonymous No.5855096]

>>5855046
If you are not living in abject poverty and you make rice every day, there is really no reason to get anything else but a zojirushi

The only question is which model

Most people are fine with the standard fuzzy logic ones. If you want to get fancy, the induction ones are really nice but only necessary if you want GABA rice.

[Anonymous No.5855097]

>>5855093

I saw a couple in flyover land last time I drove across it.

I haven't seen one in a city before

I think they exist to cater to rural poors

[Anonymous No.5855100]

>>5855096
I was thinking of getting a zojirushi but I really don't know that much about them. Might as well buy a good one if I'm spending that kind of money.

>>5855078
I live in NY and have no idea where aldi is. I think it's more of a midwest thing?

[Anonymous No.5855102]

>>5855097

fuck, I wish them had them here because I bet I'm a lot more poor than rural people considering the stupid fucking cost of living

>just under 90% of income goes to rent

why was I born here

[Anonymous No.5855103]

>>5855093
What huge city? There are four in my huge city I'm aware of.

[Anonymous No.5855106]

>>5855100

I don't understand, are you suggesting that zojirushi is an obscure brand?

[Anonymous No.5855108]

>>5855100
There's one in Harlem and another in Rego Park as well as likely others in and around NY.

[Anonymous No.5855111]

>>5855106
no. I just don't know what the best model is.

[Anonymous No.5855122]

>>5855111

It barely matters, they manufacture their latest and most expensive models in Japan, and the older models get offshored to China factories. The quality is fine in both cases, it's just a question of what features you want, and how much rice you need to be able to make at once.

Most of the models between about $90 and $180 are roughly the same other than size and cosmetics.

I have an NS-LAC05 I bought at J&R on Park Row, but if you live out in Queens or something you could probably find about a dozen stores in Flushing with a huge selection.

[Anonymous No.5855127]

>>5855108
Sheepshead Bay, too.
In fact, there are over 20 in NY. Odd, that.

[Anonymous No.5855138]

Can I ask, what's the benefit of using a rice cooker?

I've never understood why they're used, are they good for a certain method of cooking rice or something?

[Anonymous No.5855139]

>>5855122

oops, looks like J&R went out of business

[Anonymous No.5855156]

>>5855138

As you probably know, rice is basically done when the water runs out. If you don't turn off the heat it burns. Since this is only roughly tied to time, you have to make sure you're near the stove around the last few minutes of cooking.

Having a rice cooker means you can be in the next room doing something else and not watching the clock. It also takes up one less spot on the stove.

It doesn't sound like much to white people who eat rice twice a month, but for any simple task you do in the exact same way one or twice a day 365 days a year, it's stupid not to automate it.

Also, the better ones have porridge cycles and brown rice cycles and timers so that the stuff is done the second you get home from work.

[Anonymous No.5855164]

>>5855138
Set it and forget it. Many also double as slow cookers or have other functions as well. Much to some people's chagrin (I'll explain in a sec), it's impossible to burn rice in a good rice cooker.
Chagrin because scorched rice is useful in many Asian cuisines spanning from west Asia (Middle East and the Caucasus) all the way to and through East Asia.
Pic related is one such use of scorched rice in Chinese cuisine.

Every Lao household where both husband and wife work, even in Laos, will have a rice cooker because Lao rice takes a few hours to soak before cooking. As such, in the morning, before leaving for work, someone will wash the rice and leave it to soak in the rice cooker for when they come from work. Some Lao abroad prefer rice cookers with timer features so the rice will be hot and ready when they walk in through the door. Others don't mind just turning it on after coming in.

Many Japanese do the same thing because Japanese and Lao strains of rice are very similar and benefit from a long soak and little water.

[Anonymous No.5855187]

>>5855156
That sounds damn handy, I dislike cooking rice purely for the reasons you said.
Time to get a rice cooker.

[syn !!5auGoPfbzhy No.5855351]

>>5855046
>Which one should I get?

[Anonymous No.5855849]

>>5855156
>tfw my rice burns every time with the rice cooker
Looks like I need a new one then.

[syn !!5auGoPfbzhy No.5856595]

>>5855046
>/ck/ my rice cooker broke. Which one should I get?

[Anonymous No.5856766]

>>5856595
I geeeeeeeeeeeeet Itttttttttttttttttttttt

Its an asian woman

She cooks rice

Shes a rice cooker

(spoiler Thats the joke /spoiler)