Tyeee
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Joined: 7/6/2007
Msg: 26 | |
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Posted: 3/18/2008 2:35:52 PM | Thanks .Marc
Perhaps I just ended up with a crappy rice cooker (see message 20 above).
Tyeee | |
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Posted: 3/18/2008 2:48:03 PM | | does anyone have good and easy rice cooker recipes? I have one for mac and cheese from wolfgang puck but that's it. | |
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Posted: 3/18/2008 4:00:53 PM | Tyee... it's possible that it was defective. I don't really know.
My Panasonic cooker has 1 button on it. Push it down, it cooks. It pops up when its done.
I tend to check it around when I start thinking, "shouldn't it be done by now?!" to make sure that it hasn't evaporated all of the water.
The only time I really have to babysit it is when I'm using fruit juice, like i said, or when I'm cooking veggies in with the rice-- 'cause I don't know how much extra moisture it needs.
I got it an an H-mart... it was on sale, and I managed to justify it to myself despite being on a tight budget. It's possible that I got lucky... sometimes you get very lucky shopping in Asian markets. The beef tenderloin there is also incredibly cheap--- I make my own fillets!  | |
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Tyeee
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Joined: 7/6/2007
Msg: 29 | |
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Posted: 3/18/2008 4:57:28 PM | I am considering replacing the cooker with one of those combo steamer/rice cooker appliances. A friend received one for her birthday and its great... and no doubt considerably more expensive than my cooker.
Tyeee | |
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Posted: 3/18/2008 9:15:54 PM | I've never had one of those.
I did get a nice big pot, drainer, steamer for the stove at xmas.
Unfortunately the place that I'm renting has an ancient electric oven that has both below and above burner ovens. It won't allow me to use both steamer and lid. So sad. | |
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Posted: 3/21/2008 3:09:22 PM | ...sounds like a Punk Band to me...
QF | |
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Posted: 3/21/2008 4:08:13 PM | | on the thrid row in at my market , theres rice in a bag . you can tear open that bag and nuke the rice for 2 minutes and bam boom you have rice with spices and everything. it even has cool pictures on front of bag | |
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Tyeee
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Joined: 7/6/2007
Msg: 33 | |
| Rice Cookers
Posted: 3/22/2008 7:09:42 AM |
on the thrid row in at my market , theres rice in a bag
Sounds interesting. White rice, brown rice, others?
I have never noticed a thrid row at the markets where I shop? I'll have to look more carefully next time. | |
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Posted: 5/15/2008 11:43:41 PM | I got the same RC you mentioned and am perfectly happy with it.
1 Cup of rice + 2 cups of water + seasonings/spices
Once cooking is done, add 1/2 cup of soft veggies like brocolli, cauliflower etc.,
then add 1 cup of water. Keep on warm for 15 minutes and then unplug from power and remove container from the rice cooker and set aside. Works well this way for me. This is a small cooker, so I prefer to make small amounts and eat them immediately.
I wish to try making pasta in this cooker. This is my last RC project. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 12:22:22 AM | Here is the Pasta RC idea:
http://www.sallyskitchen.com/html/rice_cooker_spaghetti.html
This needs to be modified for my rice cooker. Perhaps I will try with Ziti instead and see how it goes. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 2:32:13 AM | | I have a $9 tea boiling kettle that I use for pasta. It works great. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 4:35:55 PM |
I have a $9 tea boiling kettle that I use for pasta. It works great.
Please explain how you use this kettle to make pasta. Thanks in advance. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 4:38:48 PM | The one I have is a kettle with a hot plate at the bottom. I boil water. Drop in pasta, let it cook, and then drain. A standard tea kettle won't work, but this is a common "el cheapo" from Target.
It's mostly for when I'm in a hurry, 'cause the electric kettle warms faster than the stove... and the kitchen in the house that I rent a room in sucks. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 11:39:58 PM | It is a very good idea indeed. The only thing is with the rice cooker, the draining step is also eliminated. Wondering how much pata+water combo is needed to cook it just right without draining.
Thanks.
Vijay | |
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Posted: 5/25/2008 2:05:10 PM | In Korean rice cooking, we typically let the rice soak soak in water 30-45 minutes prior to cooking. This not only makes a softer and stickier rice end product - which is how Koreans eat rice - but it also cuts down on the cooking time to approximately 13 minutes stove top. Oddly enough, general rule of thumb . . . is to put about an index finger's worth of water above the top of the rice when cooking.
I also prefer to get the 25lb or 50lb bags of Korean rice at the local Asian grocery store.
Although I have several rice cookers, I prefer cooking stove top. You get the bonus crunchy stuff around the edges.
Also to my Google-impaired friend, try doing something simple as substituting chicken broth or coconut milk for water. (The later I've eaten in Malaysian restaurants and it was yummy.) | |
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Posted: 6/1/2008 12:38:04 PM | | I figured out the formula. 1 Cup of Pasta + 1.5 Cups of water, then cook. After it goes on warm, add .25 cup of water more then wait approx. 15 minutes before unplugging. | |
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Posted: 6/1/2008 2:45:33 PM | | I've been experimenting with various juices. Today I made a pretty good coconut milk rice pudding. Sinfully delicious. | |
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Posted: 6/1/2008 4:20:16 PM | I don't know about the asian thumb rule or the index finger rule. But it's normally 2 to 1, twice the amount of water to the amount of rice.
That only refers to rice that you know is recent, older rice takes more water to do the same cooking. LOL That is a Japanese rule.
Basmati to me is the best rice. If you use a microwave always stand back 3 feet from it to avoid the microwaves that aren't contained.
10 minutes on high usually does it unless the rice is older or the microwave is of low power. Put the butter or butter substitute in during the last 3 minutes and stir well or you can wait until it is cooked and you let the rice finish asorbing the water for a few minutes but stir well whatever you do and the rice will be out of this world.
Marcus | |
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Posted: 6/1/2008 4:45:12 PM | I am Asian and we eat rice majority of the time...I use PC rice cooker / black and Decker...they are both great...As my mother taught me I used the index finger rule and sometimes the 1 part rice to 1 part water ratio...for great rice. | |
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Posted: 6/1/2008 4:55:18 PM | | I recently got an Aroma rice cooker for a gift. I tried it out and the bottom of the rice tends to burn. I use a 1:1 ratio of rice to water. I realized the thickness of the aluminum is pretty thin perhaps causing hotspots. I'm back using my old Panasonic cooker I got in the late 70's from my Japanese Gramma in Hawaii. It's a green avocado color and doesn't match anything in my place, but it cooks rice perfect every time. God bless her. | |
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