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Shel has rice OCD where she feels the need to sit by the saucepan so the rice doesn't stick to the bottom. LOL een when I cook the rice, if I walk away she'll get all antsy, saying "you're not stirring it... what about the RICE! The rice is sticking, its sticking, its STICKING" (ok, maybe not like that but anyway LOL).
Explain to me the rice cookers? Do you just put the rice in and wait until its cooked? Do you need to stir? Whats the downside to them? What are good brands?
Leasha, rice cookers steam the rice. There is no need to stir and IMO the rice is nicer. It's the only way I cook rice. I think the brands are much of a muchness, although you can get some with a steamer basket so you can steam vegies while you cook the rice and that's a good idea. The one thing I would watch, is that many of them have a minimum cook amount of 2 cups of rice, which is too much for us. So I would try and get one where you can cook less.
Our rice cooker is the best appliance we have ever bought!!
You just pop the rice in (2 cups to 3 cups of water) and leave it.
Ours is only a sunbeam and is AMAZING. It switches over to warm after it's cooked so you can leave it longer and it just stays warm for you.
I love it!! :D
ohhh i love ours!!!
was rice add it and water close lid and turn on!!! will flick to keep warm when ready!!!
so easy to clean and no feral stove from pan boiling over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO yay gonna buy a rice cooker, no more rice OCD!
If you cook too much, you can wrap it up in glad wrap and put it in the freezer. When you need it, just microwave and it comes out fluffy again.
i love our rice cooker
we use our rice cooker all the time - love love love it! we tend to cook more than we need, as i've found for things like fried rice, letting it go cold over night makes for so much tastier rice - it seems to seperate better and soak up flavour even better...
no gluggy rice here! yay!
I agree my favourite appliance! That and my electric wok so when i'm cooking a stir-fry I don't have to go anywhere near the oven lol!
Ours is sunbeam too - and the rice will stay warm for up to 5 hours! Get it, get it, get it!!!!
Another Sunbeam rice cooker household here. It's SO good, you put it on and walk away, and it keeps it warm until you're ready to eat it, and the best thing - it's perfect every time!
Mmm, I think there'll be rice for dinner tonight :D
Sare
Leash hunny, You will never go back!!!!!
They are really the bees knees! So easy and quick and you can put it on ahead of time as it stays warm.
Just wanted to add- get one with a steamer tray for when Jazz starts solids. The steamer on ours get used more than the actual rice cooker.
Ummm we got one that my mum never used - and subsequently we never use it either. Its a sunbeam one.
You want it Leash? I can drop it over tomorrow if you like?
:o Really?!?!?! :D I won't mind taking it off your hands if its just gathering dust LOL
:think: If you're coming round I definately need to vacuum!
yeah that reminds me - better drag it out and wash the dust off...lol
:lol: Well I gotta go cook dinner, just text and let me know what time :)
I'm getting a VISITOR :D:D Oooooo, how exciting!!!! PMSL
I have a sunbeam one. It is one cup of rice, to one cup of water, put it in, turn it on, put the lid on and walk away. When it's ready the light flicks off then you just scoop it out and serve.
The rice is much nicer, and it's nice not worrying about it sticking to the pan :)
How disappointing that its me!! lol
I'll bring miss m - that'll make it more exciting
How nice of you!!!! :leap: Yay leash!!!
Just a tip...don't use a metal spoon otherwise you an scratch off the non stick parts
Also, if you don't want an electric rice cooker, you can cook rice in the microwave. It comes out really well, especially when done in the proper rice bowl for the microwave.
OOh leash my bad :redface: Its a breville - not sunbeam. Is that still ok? i got the logos confused :doh:
LOL Mel thats fine ;)
We have one of those and it is awesome. The rice comes out perfect - I never cook rice any other way now. They only cost about $15 from memory.:
I LOVE MY RICE COOKER!!!!
I was always freaking out that my rice was sticking, or burning, or wasn't cooked enough, etc etc.
Then i was given a rice cooker for a housewarming gift and my life changed, haha.
You just put in double water to what ever rice you put in (i tend to put an extra bit it seems to cook better) and you turn it on, and walk away!! And then you get perfect rice. No stirring or touching.
The downside for me is that when i'm cooking alot of rice, the foamy stuff comes out of the steam hole on the top, so i just put it in a large baking tray and it catches all of it, just a little extra cleaning.
I use mine ALL the time as one of my favorite meals is rice with a chicken stock cube (put in when you start cooking rice and it dissolves and gives the rice an awesome taste) and smothered in sweet chilli sauce. I usually have it for lunch.
I've got a Breville - my mum gave it to me. I love it. Use it all the time for rice dishes, especially love making risotto in it. Not sure if they all do it, but I can also use mine to steam other foods (all types of vegies and meats), which is coming in handy now that I'm making food for my 7 month old son. I just put the food in, add the water, turn it to cook and come back in the required time...done and so easy.
wow i never realised rice cookers were so popular! i always thought 'why need a rice cooker when you can stick a pot of water on?' but obviously.. there is a difference!
i may just look into getting a rice cooker :)
mmm rice, if it werent 11pm id be cooking myself a bowl of rice right now!!
hehe I think the thing with rice cookers, is you DO say "why would you want one of those when you can do it in a pot?" until you get one ;) Then life is So much easier, and the rice so much nicer, and you KNOW why :)
We use a vegetable steamer - just put the rice and water in a tub in the top of the steamer and it cooks rice perfectly - doubles as a steriliser too...
How did you go Leash??