Rice Cooker

M.E.

When kitchen was out of action we used the rice cooker as an ordinary pan.
We cooked potatoes in it, curry, stewed fruit. Indeed anything.
We even boiled milk in it for custard.
We used it with the lid off and liquid based foods, Acts like a boiling ring.

As a rice cooker it is brilliant as it turns itself off when the rice is cooked.
With other foods you have to watch it, just like a saucepan on a ring.

Hope that helps

stuart264

Opted not to buy one as all the ones I looked at you cant cook a small amount of rice in and I am really against re-heating rice because of that really nasty bug that can lurk in uncooked rice.

wyebird

I love mine, have a bigger one now for family and sociable cooking, but also have an Ikea one which is small and would do a sinlge portion I should think.

cymrugirl

The minimum mine can do is 1 cup of rice. As for reheating...it's not the reheating that's the problem, it's how you store it before you reheat it. The longer you keep it standing at room temperature the unsafer it gets supposedly. I think the chances are pretty small though.

MoJo

M.E. wrote: »

When kitchen was out of action we used the rice cooker as an ordinary pan.
We cooked potatoes in it, curry, stewed fruit. Indeed anything.
We even boiled milk in it for custard.
We used it with the lid off and liquid based foods, Acts like a boiling ring.

As a rice cooker it is brilliant as it turns itself off when the rice is cooked.
With other foods you have to watch it, just like a saucepan on a ring.

Hope that helps

:beer:
Problem is...if I delve into the cupboard to get it out I shall have to clean the cupboard

Gingham_Ribbon

There was an older thread but it's not viewable at the moment, so...

Could someone recommend a good, reasonably priced rice cooker, please? It needs to be big enough to cook for up to about 8 people but would usually only be needed for 4.

I didn't want a 3 in 1 one like the one in Lakeland as I already have a steamer and slowcooker.

Thanks. (It's to tell Santa about.):D

Noctu

Hi GR,
I've seen this one: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4224765/Trail/searchtext%3ERICE+COOKER.htm

Half price, seems quite decent. The only thing I'd insist on is that it has to have a non stick bowl. I recently got one myself (a different one though), the first one I got was cheap but not non-stick... what a nightmare that was, burnt rice all over the bottom which took ages to soak and scrub off. Apart from that.. they all seem the same, really - bit like slow cookers.

I returned the cheap one and promptly got a new, non-stick one it's fab!

(just as an additional note, it seems Argos have got quite a few Cookworks things at half price, including a rather smart-looking chrome 3.5L slow cooker for £9.96 - http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4225173/Trail/searchtext%3ESLOW+COOKER.htm ... just bought it for my mum for Christmas!)

Gingham_Ribbon

That's the ticket and my kind of price too! Thank you so much.

craftingqueen_2

I'm interested in buying a rice cooker, we have tended to eat alot of rice lately i was wondering is it worth it ?

CQ

Pink.

Hi craftingqueen,

These threads may help:

Rice Cooker

Tefal 3 in 1 Rice and Slow Cooker?

Tupperware Rice cooker

I'll add your thread to the most recent one later to keep the replies together.

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