Rice Cookers

[weinoo]

I'll throw a few more articles into the mix, as I just read them today...

The Unlikely Inventor of the Automatic Rice Cooker A Japanese housewife’s experiments cracked the code of perfectly cooked rice

 

And, from back in 2018...

 

The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: Zojirushi Micom Electric Rice Cooker/Warmer

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

6 hours ago, weinoo said:

I'll throw a few more articles into the mix, as I just read them today...

The Unlikely Inventor of the Automatic Rice Cooker A Japanese housewife’s experiments cracked the code of perfectly cooked rice

 

And, from back in 2018...

 

The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: Zojirushi Micom Electric Rice Cooker/Warmer

 

 

The more things change the more they stay the same.  The first article relates that at its introduction the Toshiba rice cooker cost about a third of the typical Japanese monthly salary.  Now -- after almost seventy years of progress -- my Zojirushi model is selling on Amazon for about one third my monthly salary.

 

[paulraphael]

We have a Zojirushi rice cooker, and lately I've been impatient and have just been making rice in the pressure cooker. It started when my girlfriend had bogarted the cooker to make brown rice, which is her private pleasure, and was hungry for some man rice. 

 

It was so easy I kept doing it. I've been making jasmine rice, 1 : 1:5 water ratio. Throw it in the pressure cooker, turn up the heat. Once it comes to pressure, cook for 4 minutes. Take off the heat and rest for 10. Done. 

 

Probably in a side-by-side test, rice from the Zojirushi robot would win. But the PC rice is just fine. 

[Vapre]

5 hours ago, paulraphael said:

We have a Zojirushi rice cooker, and lately I've been impatient and have just been making rice in the pressure cooker. It started when my girlfriend had bogarted the cooker to make brown rice, which is her private pleasure, and was hungry for some man rice. 

 

It was so easy I kept doing it. I've been making jasmine rice, 1 : 1:5 water ratio. Throw it in the pressure cooker, turn up the heat. Once it comes to pressure, cook for 4 minutes. Take off the heat and rest for 10. Done. 

 

Probably in a side-by-side test, rice from the Zojirushi robot would win. But the PC rice is just fine. 

This method works for me, too. I was using this chart I found on the socials:

[TdeV]

@Vapre, White Rice says high pressure for 8 minutes for short grain. Then it says 3 minutes for long grain.

 

Does that mean 11 minutes for long grain or 3 minutes for long grain?

[Vapre]

On 11/19/2024 at 7:49 AM, TdeV said:

@Vapre, White Rice says high pressure for 8 minutes for short grain. Then it says 3 minutes for long grain.

 

Does that mean 11 minutes for long grain or 3 minutes for long grain?

I didn't make the chart, but I'm guessing it's 3 minutes for long grain and 8(!) minutes for short grain. 3 min. sounds about right, I make a lot of Jasmine (4 min @ high pressure + 10 min natural release). I haven't done any short grain in the IP. Anyone else have pressure cooker short grain rice experience?

 

Edit: Do not skip the rinsing step, it's important. The water doesn't have to be crystal clear, just reasonably clear.

Edited yesterday at 04:31 AM by Vapre (log)

[chromedome]

I have to confess to a rather belated epiphany. As I was scouring scorched-on oatmeal from the bottom of a pot last month (ADHD is a handicap when cooking sticky stuff*), it occurred to me that the Zojirushi rice cooker I'd owned for 2 or 3 years has a porridge setting. Duh.

 

So yeah, that's how I'm making my steel-cut oats now.

 

ETA: *I'd set an alarm on my phone, but then left the phone in another room on its charger. Because that's just how I roll.

Edited 7 hours ago by chromedome (log)

[rotuts]

@chromedome

 

Congratulations .  I got my first fuzzy when this book first come out :

 

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Rice-Cooker-Cookbook-Porridges/dp/1558326677/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9CHNHIIB4OA9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-17aMolFPGbCLdrk68syNq8q8EeOffZB4m8Ne2iyBKLzjJq_w6l757d7X-PEEIuFxW0GSFE9CIwNGEyuGyCIzyxPoOCAelFBbfBcDFcPrZLNmWMxNRw56Z4dMaAz5GeruE4cd9ngSfCPsjQfqDsLejjtQFUn8Qg6DWJzLhqeoOC3zrNvq6_3LlrzIU5ycpeznKY_U6hrRO-3eZiHpvAjlJyPcEztZtOWrP6hOOEQVZU.m2XwCNER0kYgLLD0M-Xcgag5WUgZ9IUe8PVPx1VixcE&dib_tag=se&keywords=ultimate+rice+cooker+cookbook&qid=1732292240&sprefix=ultimate+rice%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1

 

it was on display at my local library .  the first HB came out well before this date.

 

you can cook the SCO w milk !  no scorching .  no supevising.

[chromedome]

1 minute ago, rotuts said:

@chromedome

 

Congratulations .  I got my first fuzzy when this book first come out :

 

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Rice-Cooker-Cookbook-Porridges/dp/1558326677/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9CHNHIIB4OA9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-17aMolFPGbCLdrk68syNq8q8EeOffZB4m8Ne2iyBKLzjJq_w6l757d7X-PEEIuFxW0GSFE9CIwNGEyuGyCIzyxPoOCAelFBbfBcDFcPrZLNmWMxNRw56Z4dMaAz5GeruE4cd9ngSfCPsjQfqDsLejjtQFUn8Qg6DWJzLhqeoOC3zrNvq6_3LlrzIU5ycpeznKY_U6hrRO-3eZiHpvAjlJyPcEztZtOWrP6hOOEQVZU.m2XwCNER0kYgLLD0M-Xcgag5WUgZ9IUe8PVPx1VixcE&dib_tag=se&keywords=ultimate+rice+cooker+cookbook&qid=1732292240&sprefix=ultimate+rice%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1

 

it was on display at my local library .  the first HB came out well before this date.

 

you can cook the SCO w milk !  no scorching .  no supevising.

I don't put milk in mine when it's cooking anyway, but yeah... no scorching, no boiling over, and more to the point if I forget about doing my several days' batch until bedtime (also a common occurrence) I can just set it up and it keeps my porridge at a foodsafe temp until morning. Very convenient.

[rotuts]

if you add milk after its been cooked 

 

try adding it for the cooking .  a creamier result .

[chromedome]

1 minute ago, rotuts said:

if you add milk after its been cooked 

 

try adding it for the cooking .  a creamier result .

I've had it that way in the past, and honestly I didn't especially care for it. Also, where I make a 5-day batch each time, I'd be concerned about spoilage. I do add milk at the time of consumption, but it's primarily to loosen the texture.

[ElsieD]

14 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@chromedome

 

Congratulations .  I got my first fuzzy when this book first come out :

 

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Rice-Cooker-Cookbook-Porridges/dp/1558326677/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9CHNHIIB4OA9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-17aMolFPGbCLdrk68syNq8q8EeOffZB4m8Ne2iyBKLzjJq_w6l757d7X-PEEIuFxW0GSFE9CIwNGEyuGyCIzyxPoOCAelFBbfBcDFcPrZLNmWMxNRw56Z4dMaAz5GeruE4cd9ngSfCPsjQfqDsLejjtQFUn8Qg6DWJzLhqeoOC3zrNvq6_3LlrzIU5ycpeznKY_U6hrRO-3eZiHpvAjlJyPcEztZtOWrP6hOOEQVZU.m2XwCNER0kYgLLD0M-Xcgag5WUgZ9IUe8PVPx1VixcE&dib_tag=se&keywords=ultimate+rice+cooker+cookbook&qid=1732292240&sprefix=ultimate+rice%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1

 

it was on display at my local library .  the first HB came out well before this date.

 

you can cook the SCO w milk !  no scorching .  no supevising.

I too have the fuzzy neuro and the same book.  There is a recipe in there for oatmeal cooked with granola, millet and dehydrated apple.  I made a double batch the other day, measured it out in portions and froze them.  Handy to have on hand.