In alt.religion.kibology Elmo P. Shagnasty > wrote:
> In article >,
> Tom Kraemer > wrote:

>> Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Now you're just making stuff up, or, as
>> Doctroid has pointed out, pulling stuff out of your ass. I never
>> criticized microwave ovens, I criticized my parents' use of one, and I
>> also criticized foodstuffs that recommended microwaving as the
>> preferred 'cooking' method. Do please go back and read the post,
>> dumbass.

> I did.

HAW HAW. The trick is to COMPREHEND what you READ, even if you have
to read it out loud, or ask for help from a grown-up.

> You were plain in your words.

I certainly was, but you still want to just make stuff up. A healthy
imagination can be a good thing, but it can be taken too far.

> If you used the wrong words, that's your problem.

If you have some sort of dyslexic-type disorder that allows you to
read things that aren't written, that's your problem. Maybe there's a
support group for that, but I think the last place you would find it
is on the usenet.

--
"Oh Crap! It's a miracle!" - Bender, _Futurama_

Adam Funk wrote:
>
> This recent article in the Grauniad reminded me to rant about
> microwave ovens these days.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2123217,00.html
>
> But first, I agree with the point that microwave ovens are generally
> for reheating rather than cooking as such --- with the exception of
> rice, for which the microwave is a legitimately easy cooking method.
>
> The microwave my parents had when I was a kid had something like a
> numeric keypad on it, so you could (for example) press 2-3-0-start to
> zap something for two and a half minutes. Now you have to press the
> minute and ten-second buttons repeatedly. This annoys me. Bring back
> the numpad.

Numpad!?

Hah!!!

My Emerson AR661 microwave just has a timer dial,
and a switch to select "defrost" or "cook"

--
pete

"Otto Bahn" > wrote in :

As such, it is an "eco-friendly" mechanism
> for heating certain products. For actual cooking of real
> food, microwaves are fairly useless.
Hot Pockets actually figured out how
> to crisp in a microwave, but I can't afford to eat those
> grease bombs anymore health-wise.

Michael Moore could do an entire movie on this.
Microwaves, eco-friendly ovens, useless for cooking food until
Nestle figures out a way to brown something loosely called "food"
by using metal laminated to a paper substrate using non-biodegradable,
environmentally unfriendly polyester, to make it more palatable
in an eco-friendly oven to satisfy the consumer's need for
convenience.

N-E-S-T-L-E-S
Nestles makes the very best...
Poison

http://www.geocities.com/foodedge/jingles3.html
with a special jingle for Mr. Edwards:

"How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a
Tootsie Pop"?

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Terri > wrote:
>
>> Microwaves, eco-friendly ovens, useless for cooking food
>
> yeah, what the hell good is a screwdriver. I mean, you can't drill
> holes with it.
Your planetary customs are quaint and curious. On Urth we use
a drill for drilling holes.
>
> You people
*My people* were gathering hot rocks to cook escargots with garlic while
yours were still grooming each other's pelts and pointing at the sun.

have no concept of "the right tool for the job".
Hey I'm not the one who hasn't figured out how babies get here!
Just
> because something isn't the right tool for EVERY job doesn't mean it's
> just plain useless overall.

I really don't think someone who never finished reading " What's Happening
To My Body" has any business giving advice on the proper use of tools.
However, in the name of edification you may find this a bit less
intimidating than the above mentioned works:
http://www.villagevoice.com/arts/040...,50176,12.html

jmcquown wrote:
> Kate Connally wrote:
>> Gini wrote:
>>
>>> "Kate Connally" wrote
>>>
>>>> Doctroid wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Adam Funk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The microwave my parents had when I was a kid had something like a
>>>>>> numeric keypad on it,
>>>>>
>>>>> When *I* was a kid, the only microwave ovens around were the radar
>>>>> dishes my Dad worked on at GE. Uphill. Both ways.
>>>>
>>> ==
>>> I thought the beeper could be turned off on all of them--as it is on
>>> my very cheap, BOTL Kenmore.
>>
>> Huh????? Where did that come from? What beeper?
>>
>> Kate
>
> CROSSPOSTING DELETED
>
> The OP is complaining about when you press each number on the keypad it goes
> "beep". Mine does, but I don't get all worked up about it

So does mine, and I consider it a feature. It's a confidence beep, so I
don't have to keep moving my visual attention from the keypad to the
display and back for every stroke to make sure it was registered.


--
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Killing all posts from Google Groups
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jmcquown wrote:

> Kate Connally wrote:
>
>>Gini wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Kate Connally" wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>>Doctroid wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Adam Funk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>The microwave my parents had when I was a kid had something like a
>>>>>>numeric keypad on it,
>>>>>
>>>>>When *I* was a kid, the only microwave ovens around were the radar
>>>>>dishes my Dad worked on at GE. Uphill. Both ways.
>>>>
>>>==
>>>I thought the beeper could be turned off on all of them--as it is on
>>>my very cheap, BOTL Kenmore.
>>
>>Huh????? Where did that come from? What beeper?
>>
>>Kate
>
>
> CROSSPOSTING DELETED
>
> The OP is complaining about when you press each number on the keypad it goes
> "beep". Mine does, but I don't get all worked up about it

Yeah, but the post I was responding to had edited out
the reference to beeping, leaving every thing else in,
apparently, and then reponded to my reply referencing
the deleted beeping reference. Sheesh!

Kate
--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

In article >,
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote:

> The one where you said microwaves aren't for cooking, and that you
> wouldn't use one under any circumstances?

Oh, you mean the one where TomK said he wouldn't use a microwave oven
under any circumstances, following which you talked ******** about the
way he uses them? That'd be the one.

> Yeah.
>
> You're a ****ing idiot.

What's a "****ing idiot", Elmo? Would that be someone who's an idiot on
the subject of ****ing? For instance, someone who goes around saying
*** people don't reproduce?

P.S. Hey, Elmo, do you know anything about cows?

--
- Doctroid Doctroid Holmes
It's too confused to make sense, so let's make nonsense.
-- Chris McG.

In article >,
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote:

> In article >,
> Adam Funk > wrote:
>
> > Much easier than stirring constantly to keep rice from sticking to a
> > saucepan.
>
> You don't even need to stir it.

You don't need to stir rice in a saucepan on a stovetop, either. Or
rather, you stir it once -- when you add it to the boiling water. Slap
the lid on and leave it until it's done. Ridiculously easy. Of course
I am assuming you're using good quality rice (hint: not M*n*t* R*c*) and
the correct rice:water proportions.

> Those who refuse to try rice in a microwave are idiots.

Idiots are people who refuse to stop using a perfectly satisfactory
method in favor of a different one? I see.

Here I was thinking idiots are people who make things up and then post
them to Usenet as facts.

--
- Doctroid Doctroid Holmes
It's too confused to make sense, so let's make nonsense.
-- Chris McG.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote

> > Microwaves, eco-friendly ovens, useless for cooking food
>
> yeah, what the hell good is a screwdriver. I mean, you can't drill
> holes with it.
>
> You people have no concept of "the right tool for the job". Just
> because something isn't the right tool for EVERY job doesn't mean it's
> just plain useless overall.

Am-Zing! You have absolutely no idea what we were
talking about.

--oTTo--

On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:

> Two words: "rice cooker"
>
> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>
> Use the right tool for the job.

I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.


--
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
chance. [Robert R. Coveyou]

Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>
>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>
>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>
>> Use the right tool for the job.
>
> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.

Since I got a counter top steamer I have not made rice in anything else.
We use the steamer for rice and a veg at least three times a week. Now
that corn season is upon us it will be either rice or corn and a veg six
or seven times a week.

Matthew

--
I'm a consultant. If you want an opinion I'll sell you one.
Which one do you want?

"Matthew L. Martin" > wrote in message
...
> Adam Funk wrote:
>> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>>
>>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>>
>>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>>
>>> Use the right tool for the job.
>>
>> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
>> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.
>
> Since I got a counter top steamer I have not made rice in anything else.
> We use the steamer for rice and a veg at least three times a week. Now
> that corn season is upon us it will be either rice or corn and a veg six
> or seven times a week.
>
> Matthew
>
Dee, who commandeered a family room adjoining the kitchen just for the
over-run ;-))

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Terri > wrote:
>
>> > Yeah, you can't brown in it, and you can't cook bread in it,
>> > therefore it's useless for cooking food.
>> Define "food".
>
> Rice.
Okay, that's one item and I concur that rice is food.
Now, tell me:
1. Why would one pay money for an appliance used only for
cooking rice when the top of the range method works just as well, if
not better, and may also be used for the manufacturing of _many_ food
items?

Take all the space you need to convince me why I need a microwave
for cooking rice. What makes it indispensable and not useless in the
kitchen?

Go ahead and sell me a microwave. Take all the space you need.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote

> > > You people have no concept of "the right tool for the job". Just
> > > because something isn't the right tool for EVERY job doesn't mean it's
> > > just plain useless overall.
> >
> > Am-Zing! You have absolutely no idea what we were
> > talking about.
>
> Amazing! I know exactly the words you wrote. If you ascribe completely
> different meanings to them, that's YOUR problem.

Either you're an idiot, or you could find the place where I called
microwaves just plain useless overall.

--oTTo--

Betting on idot

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article >,
> Jerry Bank > wrote:
>
>> How about rice in a rice cooker. What could be easier?
>
> The microwave and a microwave-safe dish with a cover.

Ziploc plastic bowl and cover work just as well for rice.

As for a rice cooker, where am I going to fit it next to the regular
coffeemaker, single-cup coffeemaker, espresso machine, George Foreman
grill, microwave, rotisserie chicken cooker, food processor, blender and
crock pot?

If you want to talk about unitasking, then my trips to Whole Foods would
fit the bill since I only go there for rolled oats which then get ground
into flour and used for everything and anything.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:09:12 -0400, Polarhound
> wrote:

>Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Jerry Bank > wrote:
>>
>>> How about rice in a rice cooker. What could be easier?
>>
>> The microwave and a microwave-safe dish with a cover.
>
>Ziploc plastic bowl and cover work just as well for rice.

So does a Revereware saucepan on top of a gas stove. This is rice,
not some complicated or delicate dish. It's easy to cook in any
number of ways. I don't get why there's a DSW going on here about
cooking rice.

BW

Polarhound > wrote:
>As for a rice cooker, where am I going to fit it next to the regular
>coffeemaker, single-cup coffeemaker, espresso machine, George Foreman
>grill, microwave, rotisserie chicken cooker, food processor, blender and
>crock pot?

Tie it to the back of the dog?

Dave
--
\/David DeLaney posting from "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:09:12 -0400, Polarhound
> > wrote:
>
>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> Jerry Bank > wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about rice in a rice cooker. What could be easier?
>>> The microwave and a microwave-safe dish with a cover.
>> Ziploc plastic bowl and cover work just as well for rice.
>
> So does a Revereware saucepan on top of a gas stove. This is rice,
> not some complicated or delicate dish. It's easy to cook in any
> number of ways. I don't get why there's a DSW going on here about
> cooking rice.

By the time you are done getting the water to boil, I will be halfway
through eating.

David DeLaney wrote:
> Polarhound > wrote:
>> As for a rice cooker, where am I going to fit it next to the regular
>> coffeemaker, single-cup coffeemaker, espresso machine, George Foreman
>> grill, microwave, rotisserie chicken cooker, food processor, blender and
>> crock pot?
>
> Tie it to the back of the dog?

I have cats.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:27:51 -0400, wrote:

>So does a Revereware saucepan on top of a gas stove. This is rice,
>not some complicated or delicate dish. It's easy to cook in any
>number of ways. I don't get why there's a DSW going on here about
>cooking rice.


What does the Department of Social Welfare have to do with rice
cookery?

Darla
Nova Scotia, Canada
--
"I'm still here, you *******s!"
---Papillon

http://www.yougotta.com/DARLA/
--

* Adam Funk wrote, On 27/07/07 03:55 PM:
> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>
>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>
>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>
>> Use the right tool for the job.
>
> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.

Store it in teh microwave!

--

anTon O'Masia [ antonomasia <at> gmail <dot> com ]

* Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 27/07/07 04:30 PM:
> Adam Funk wrote:
>> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>>
>>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>>
>>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>>
>>> Use the right tool for the job.
>>
>> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
>> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.
>
> Since I got a counter top steamer I have not made rice in anything else.
> We use the steamer for rice and a veg at least three times a week. Now
> that corn season is upon us it will be either rice or corn and a veg six
> or seven times a week.

Please to be posting model info., for I shall shortlist one
for when the rice cooker goes TU. Thx.


--

anTon O'Masia [ antonomasia <at> gmail <dot> com ]

anTonOMasia wrote:
> * Adam Funk wrote, On 27/07/07 03:55 PM:
>> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>>
>>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>>
>>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>>
>>> Use the right tool for the job.
>>
>> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
>> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.
>
> Store it in teh microwave!
>

Can't. That's where I thaw frozen meat since the cats haven't figured
out how to open it.

Yet.

Matthew

--
I'm a consultant. If you want an opinion I'll sell you one.
Which one do you want?

anTonOMasia wrote:
> * Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 27/07/07 04:30 PM:
>> Adam Funk wrote:
>>> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>>>
>>>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>>>
>>>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>>>
>>>> Use the right tool for the job.
>>>
>>> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
>>> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.
>>
>> Since I got a counter top steamer I have not made rice in anything
>> else. We use the steamer for rice and a veg at least three times a
>> week. Now that corn season is upon us it will be either rice or corn
>> and a veg six or seven times a week.
>
> Please to be posting model info., for I shall shortlist one for when the
> rice cooker goes TU. Thx.

<http://www.acitydiscount.com/Counter-Top-Convection-Steamer-Market-Forge-ET-6E.0.47103.1.1.htm?PPCID=9&amp;link=2700569>

Matthew

--
I'm a consultant. If you want an opinion I'll sell you one.
Which one do you want?

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:02:03 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>disputed that, at which point you said "define food". I gave you an
>example of food--rice.

I take it we can safely assume your understanding of the word "cook" is
as good as your understanding of the word "define."

¬R http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/cats "Would you like to watch a movie
about George Wendt while eating Chinese food with a cat?" --Andy Simmons

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:59:18 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

>The right tool for the job.

And you're certainly a tool -- but the right one? Nah.

--
Chris McG.
Harming humanity since 1951.
"Well now you're just getting SILLY." -- Darla

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* Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 28/07/07 09:33 AM:
> anTonOMasia wrote:
>> * Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 27/07/07 04:30 PM:
>>> Adam Funk wrote:
>>>> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>>>>
>>>>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>>>>
>>>>> Use the right tool for the job.
>>>>
>>>> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
>>>> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.
>>>
>>> Since I got a counter top steamer I have not made rice in anything
>>> else. We use the steamer for rice and a veg at least three times a
>>> week. Now that corn season is upon us it will be either rice or corn
>>> and a veg six or seven times a week.
>>
>> Please to be posting model info., for I shall shortlist one for when
>> the rice cooker goes TU. Thx.
>
> <http://www.acitydiscount.com/Counter-Top-Convection-Steamer-Market-Forge-ET-6E.0.47103.1.1.htm?PPCID=9&amp;link=2700569>

That's one helluva rice cooker!
If I buy *two*, I'll save $10,574.06, which should almost
pay for next years' rice.

--

anTon O'Masia [ antonomasia <at> gmail <dot> com ]

Polarhound > wrote:
>David DeLaney wrote:
>> Polarhound > wrote:
>>> As for a rice cooker, where am I going to fit it next to the regular
>>> coffeemaker, single-cup coffeemaker, espresso machine, George Foreman
>>> grill, microwave, rotisserie chicken cooker, food processor, blender and
>>> crock pot?
>>
>> Tie it to the back of the dog?
>
>I have cats.

Ah, never mind then - it takes at least three cats.

Dave "Or else a device that ends up shooting streams of cooking rice across
the kitchen from cat to cat" DeLaney
--
\/David DeLaney posting from "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

anTonOMasia wrote:
> * Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 28/07/07 09:33 AM:
>> anTonOMasia wrote:
>>> * Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 27/07/07 04:30 PM:
>>>> Adam Funk wrote:
>>>>> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use the right tool for the job.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
>>>>> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.
>>>>
>>>> Since I got a counter top steamer I have not made rice in anything
>>>> else. We use the steamer for rice and a veg at least three times a
>>>> week. Now that corn season is upon us it will be either rice or corn
>>>> and a veg six or seven times a week.
>>>
>>> Please to be posting model info., for I shall shortlist one for when
>>> the rice cooker goes TU. Thx.
>>
>> <http://www.acitydiscount.com/Counter-Top-Convection-Steamer-Market-Forge-ET-6E.0.47103.1.1.htm?PPCID=9&amp;link=2700569>
>
>
> That's one helluva rice cooker!
> If I buy *two*, I'll save $10,574.06, which should almost pay for next
> years' rice.
>

Oops! I "cut" and "pasted" with my "mouse" the wrong "link". Try this:

<http://www99.epinions.com/content_282256576132>

Be warned, it does a *terrible* job frying chicken.

Matthew

--
I'm a consultant. If you want an opinion I'll sell you one.
Which one do you want?

In article >,
"Matthew L. Martin" > wrote:

> > That's one helluva rice cooker!
> > If I buy *two*, I'll save $10,574.06, which should almost pay for next
> > years' rice.
> >
>
> Oops! I "cut" and "pasted" with my "mouse" the wrong "link". Try this:
>
> <http://www99.epinions.com/content_282256576132>
>
> Be warned, it does a *terrible* job frying chicken.

I have two of these Rival steamers that I bought for under $7 each at
garage sales and/or thrifts (and have seen several more since I bought
my two). Here is one used on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RIVAL-Automatic-...el-4450-Exc_W0
QQitemZ160140494342QQihZ006QQcategoryZ20672QQssPag eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZV
iewItem

I've never tried them with rice (I tend to do my rice stove top, but
that's just me), but for veggies, they are tremendous. If you measure
the water out right, they shut themselves off when the water is used up,
but I'm usually right there, checking things as I go.

They can hold up to three artichokes, which is why I have two.

jt

In article >,
says...
> In article >,
> Terri > wrote:
>
> > Microwaves, eco-friendly ovens, useless for cooking food
>
> yeah, what the hell good is a screwdriver. I mean, you can't drill
> holes with it.

Highly dependent on the material you're trying to drill.

In article >,
says...
> In article >,
> "Matthew L. Martin" > wrote:
>
> They can hold up to three artichokes, which is why I have two.
>
> jt
>
Try artichokes in the microwave. Trim them and wrap in either Saran or
Reynolds plastic wrap. Cook in the mw, and eat.
--
Jerry Bank
Trenton, New Jersey
Music is the language of the gods.

No cluons were harmed when Matthew L. Martin wrote:
>Adam Funk wrote:
>> On 2007-07-26, anTonOMasia wrote:
>>
>>> Two words: "rice cooker"
>>>
>>> And an earl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker
>>>
>>> Use the right tool for the job.
>>
>> I've heard that rice cookers are very good, but I've already got a
>> microwave and I don't have room in the kitchen for any more equipment.
>
>Since I got a counter top steamer I have not made rice in anything else.
>We use the steamer for rice and a veg at least three times a week. Now
>that corn season is upon us it will be either rice or corn and a veg six
>or seven times a week.

Yabbut what do you do for bunions?


Mark Edwards
--
Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request

No cluons were harmed when Terri wrote:
>What makes it indispensable and not useless in the
>kitchen?
>
>Go ahead and sell me a microwave. Take all the space you need.

Oh come on Terri. You're from Louisiana - do the words "road kill" mean
nothing to you, now that you're up in hoity-toity Idaho?


Mark Edwards
--
Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request

David DeLaney wrote:
> Polarhound > wrote:
>> David DeLaney wrote:
>>> Polarhound > wrote:
>>>> As for a rice cooker, where am I going to fit it next to the regular
>>>> coffeemaker, single-cup coffeemaker, espresso machine, George Foreman
>>>> grill, microwave, rotisserie chicken cooker, food processor, blender and
>>>> crock pot?
>>> Tie it to the back of the dog?
>> I have cats.
>
> Ah, never mind then - it takes at least three cats.
>
> Dave "Or else a device that ends up shooting streams of cooking rice across
> the kitchen from cat to cat" DeLaney

I have five cats, although it may become four before long if the newest
one doesn't start using the litterbox soon.

wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:09:12 -0400, Polarhound
> > wrote:
>
>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> Jerry Bank > wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about rice in a rice cooker. What could be easier?
>>> The microwave and a microwave-safe dish with a cover.
>> Ziploc plastic bowl and cover work just as well for rice.
>
> So does a Revereware saucepan on top of a gas stove. This is rice,
> not some complicated or delicate dish. It's easy to cook in any
> number of ways. I don't get why there's a DSW going on here about
> cooking rice.

What does cooking rice have to do with Discount Shoe Warehouse?

No cluons were harmed when wrote:
> I don't get why there's a DSW going on here about cooking rice.

Same here - steel bucket filled with water, cup or two of rice,
flamethrower. Easy peasy.


Mark Edwards
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* Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 28/07/07 12:25 PM:
> anTonOMasia wrote:
>> * Matthew L. Martin wrote, On 28/07/07 09:33 AM:
>>> anTonOMasia wrote:
>>>> Please to be posting model info., for I shall shortlist one for when
>>>> the rice cooker goes TU. Thx.
>>>
>>> <http://www.acitydiscount.com/Counter-Top-Convection-Steamer-Market-Forge-ET-6E.0.47103.1.1.htm?PPCID=9&amp;link=2700569>
>>
>> That's one helluva rice cooker!
>> If I buy *two*, I'll save $10,574.06, which should almost pay for next
>> years' rice.
>>
>
> Oops! I "cut" and "pasted" with my "mouse" the wrong "link". Try this:
>
> <http://www99.epinions.com/content_282256576132>
>
> Be warned, it does a *terrible* job frying chicken.

So does my microwave.


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anTon O'Masia [ antonomasia <at> gmail <dot> com ]

In article >,
Jerry Bank > wrote:

> Try artichokes in the microwave. Trim them and wrap in either Saran or
> Reynolds plastic wrap. Cook in the mw, and eat.

Tried it, wasn't quite so thrilled with it. I use the mic for several
things besides melting butter. Carrots cook nicely on med to med-low
setting, a hollandaise can be carefully reheated on the lowest setting
(stop and whisk frequently), and I par cook french fried potatoes to
slightly tender in the mic before placing them in the oil. The
microwave, like any form of cooking, has its specific advantages. It
ain't just for microwave popcorn and melting butter.

jt

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:36:54 -0400, Polarhound
> wrote:

wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:09:12 -0400, Polarhound
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Jerry Bank > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How about rice in a rice cooker. What could be easier?
>>>> The microwave and a microwave-safe dish with a cover.
>>> Ziploc plastic bowl and cover work just as well for rice.
>>
>> So does a Revereware saucepan on top of a gas stove. This is rice,
>> not some complicated or delicate dish. It's easy to cook in any
>> number of ways. I don't get why there's a DSW going on here about
>> cooking rice.
>
>By the time you are done getting the water to boil, I will be halfway
>through eating.

Well, sure, if you're only eating rice. Rice really doesn't take very
long to cook even on the stove, and in the meantime, the rest of the
meal is being prepped and cooked.

BW