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@Tropicalsenior, now that's dedication! Thank you!

GABA brown rice takes a LOT longer that regular brown rice. Has an earthier flavour than regular brown rice.

Hurray for the good conscience, @Duvel !

😂 My Zo bread machine no longer allows me to set the time, so it's permanently in either Daylight or Daylight Savings . . .

I unplug it in between uses. I'm not sure what it thinks the date is, but the time is right. I'm not remembering exactly whether I changed the time during Daylight/Daylight Savings. Kenneth, I can set what time I want the rice done. Although I have more than once set the rice for 6 (instead of 18:00) ! Porridge for 6 am does sound good though. @rotuts, my plug does NOT detach. @gfweb, for sound one can choose between Melody, Beep, and Mute. Begin Cooking or Set Time plays "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". Completion of task plays "Amaryllis"

I had NO idea this scoop stood up on its own! Thanks, @rotuts

This is the display from the manual for NW-JEC10 or 18, so you see it has an Umami setting. It comes from the bottom half of page 7 of the manual:

On the Zojirushi recipe site, my model is frequently NOT listed in the "compatible" recipes. When I communicate with Zojirushi, the person always replies "the recipe was not tested with that model." If I ask about doing something else (cooking with other ingredients), so far I'm always told it might damage the machine (leave a presistent smell, the coating of the inner pot, or other things). So, in spite of having a horrendously expensive device, I mostly use it to cook brown rice (sometimes white). I wish I could understand what technically makes my rice cooker so different from other rice cookers (so I would have a better idea of what to ignore).

@rotuts I have Zojirushi Pressure Induction Heating Rice Cooker & Warmer NW-JEC10 (5.5 cup/1.0 litre). https://store.zojirushi.com/products/nwjec

Mine does. When it completes, it plays a few bars of a little song. Not very long. If I leave the rice in the cooker for longer than an hour, it will beep a note or two. My rice cooker is a fairly recent flat top, model is NW-JEC10 Are you pro- or con- little songs?

So what is this dish? (I have a cheese drawer which needs help too)

I will have chicken dry brined for 24 hours tomorrow morning. An hour or so later, I'll be having a medical procedure in my mouth, so I'm unlikely to be interested in roasted chicken tomorrow night. Can I dry brine chicken in the fridge for 48 hours, or should I plan on cooking it tomorrow? If I must cook the dry brined chicken, can I sous vide it? I have some remaining clarified butter which I could put in the sous vide bag, in case that's a good idea. Thoughts? @rotuts @JoNorvelleWalker

When dry brining chicken, does one first apply a marinade (or fish sauce)?

Upton Tea ships tea in resealable light/air/moisture-proof ziplocks, and a small quantity can be purchased for travelling purposes. Also these tea bags (with stick) are perfect!

@Smithy, I have a tea stash for just this purpose. If you're interested, et me know where I should post my response.