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What's the deal with rice cooker adoption?
Let's say you make rice more than twice a week. Rice cookers can save a stupid amount of time. They're cheap, reliable and you can use them not just for rice, but also a bunch of other stuff. My advice, try one if you like rice.
Proably a cultural thing. I live in a place where we eat rice daily, and we just use a regular pot. Rice is literally one of the easiest and fastest things to cook, that we focus on optimizing other things. Also, rice cookers are expensive around here, take aditional space and feel like a consumerist thing.
But now that I've said this, does it make you feel unsettled about it?
Considering that rice cookers are expensive where you are from, I suppose it is a sensible choice. I can't exactly say I'm unsettled. Let's suppose these devices being much cheaper relative to local salaries and there being plenty space for a rice cooker, then I'd be unsettled. But only if you are a regular consumer of rice, as I am ;)
True. Some simply prefer plain-jane cooking or more steaming without the use of a dedicated cooker. A rice cooker though is "fire and forget", consistent and simple. Most people want that sort of clarity and in that sense I do believe in the rice cooker.
I couldn’t imagine my life without a rice cooker when I lived in Asia, but in Europe, I don’t really use mine a lot. I just use regular pot and it’s so easy to make rice for me, I am too lazy to take a rice cooker for the task. I don’t know why. I literally brought a rice cooker I’ve bought in Asia, all the way to Europe. It’s not used much now.
Interesting, where in Asia, if I may ask?
Mostly in Thailand, but also Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, where I travelled to. I’ve bought a portable tiny rice cooker in Hong Kong, to be able to keep it in my backpack. Never used! So, I actually brought two rice cookers back home! I really forgot about the tiny one.
These days I do rice or other similar dishes in a regular pot, and it’s the same to me, more or so. Perhaps that’s just skill, I don’t know. Maybe I’m missing something and not noticing.
Hong Kong has got to be pretty darn cool. Didn't know there was such a thing as a portable rice cooker. You learn something each day I guess haha
And yeah, Hong Kong is cool! I was there before the protests, so I’m not aware how different it is now. I guess it’s still the same for an average tourist though.
Well, it’s just a very small and narrow rice cooker you can have in your backpack while travelling. It’s a fat thermos size, and you can cook a portion for two with it. A regular rice cooker is just big and isn’t comfortable to carry while travelling.
Interesting, where in Asia, if I may ask?