bigc wrote:

tommydski wrote:How comes Imericans have fancy-schmanzy rice cookers alriddy but you don't got ilectric kettles?

How comes is that?

I have an elecric kettle and no rice cooker, unless you count the pot that I make rice in twice a week with no problems whatsoever.

I gots both!

Kettle's on! Ngiri later!

Electric rice cookers are most popular among Asian Americans, as are those electric hot-water pots for making tea.

kerble wrote:Want to make fancy rice? throw peas or turmeric or chilis or lentils or fried onions in the cooker!

Or fresh cardamom pods. I like that touch.

Mandroid2.0 wrote:This did not make me happy, nor did it endear me to rice cookers.

Careful, or you'll end up in that malapropism thread.

you guys need to listen to the two resident asians on the board. rice cooker.

kenoki wrote:you guys need to listen to the two resident asians on the board. rice cooker.

Or I could not spend any money and continue to get great results.

I use a steamer. It works on pretty much exactly the same principle but it means I can be cooking other stuff with it at the same time.

Steamer > Rice Cooker.

This board has officially run out of things to argue about.

lemur68 wrote:This board has officially run out of things to argue about.

And I would have said that about the grammar wars in the Obama thread.

Sock OR Muffin? wrote:

lemur68 wrote:This board has officially run out of things to argue about.

And I would have said that about the grammar wars in the Obama thread.

I hadn't seen that.

WOW.

My-mind is-blown.

floog wrote:

Mandroid2.0 wrote:This did not make me happy, nor did it endear me to rice cookers.

Careful, or you'll end up in that malapropism thread.

Damn. It.

I think I need to clear off the computer desk and stop typing from two feet away, with my computer seated on the coffee table as I watch television. A few minutes ago, I almost replaced "there" with "their."