notbob wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 2015-08-08, cshenk > wrote:
>
> > Smile, yet another reason for a rice maker. Stove top rice means
> > something like 50% of the heat (sides and bottom of pan) leach into
> > the room while little of that is going on with a rice maker. More
> > energy efficient.
>
> Having tried to make a tahdig in a new non-stick pan on my stove-top,
> I'm ready to go back to Persion rice maker. Problem is, the prices
> have essentially doubled. I paid $35 about 15 yrs ago for a 5-6 cup
> model. Now, the cheapest one I can find is $70 and makes 15 cups.
> Seems the smaller the capacity, the higher the price. Pretty weird,
> as most rice cookers are becoming cheaper. 8|
>
> Yet another reason to dislike rice.
>
> nb

Umm, what is a persion (?persian?) rice maker and maybe I can help?
Does it do anything special? Mine was 25$ and makes rice (or other
things that cook like it) plus has a steamer above you can hook in.
Amazon.com

Carol

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