Aroma 8-Cup Rice Cooker and Steamer $19.96 at Wal-Mart |
This is what I have in my kitchen. It's about as easy as can be to use. Put in the rice and water, hit the button, and wait. In about 20 minutes you have cooked rice. Virtually idiot proof. Fair warning, it does occasionally overcook the rice on the bottom of the pan.
Zojirushi NHS-18 10-Cup Rice Cooker/Steamer/Warmer $64.52 at Amazon |
Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker $233.00 at ThinkGeek |
As I mentioned, Zojirushi makes more expensive models. This is one of them. In the high-end, we have the Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker. It does not cook fuzzy rice. Fuzzy is referring to the logic used by the machine to cook your rice. This machine will more or less take all the guess work out of rice cooking. White, brown, sushi, it doesn't matter. The machine will make sure it's perfect.
If there is any one resource you pick up for making the most of your rice cooker, it is Roger Ebert's book, The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker. This is like a manifesto on the wonders of this device and has a lot of recipes and ideas. If you get a rice cooker, get this book. And if Roger Ebert should find out I am plugging his book, an autographed picture or copy of the book would be outstanding.
Good times!
Good times!
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