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Default If you think a rice cooker is silly -

On 21/10/13 1:06 AM, wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:59:29 +1100, Xeno Lith
> > wrote:
>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a ROTI maker
>>>>>
http://rotimatic.com/
>>>>
>>>> No sillier than a bread maker which is what that is. I didn't laugh.
>>>
>>> Oh dear, I did <g> Still they must have a market for them and you don't
>>> have to stand over the stove cooking them
>>>
>>>

>> They would have a huge market in Asia.

>
> They do and my Chinese friends all laugh at me, I cook my rice in a
> pot on the stove, they all use rice cookers. They have forgotten how
> to cook on the stove, most of them have only known rice cookers
>

My wife uses the rice cooker all the time but she will occasionally cook
the rice in a pot, probably a few times a year. Possibly it's some
particular effect she's after. The rice cooker seems to produce a more
consistent rice and, what's more, even I can do a good job with it. ;-)

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