A rice cooker is something everyone should have. Rice is one of the most economical foods you can eat that isn’t horribly unhealthy and you can get a functional rice cooker for super cheap. Much, much easier then stove cooking.
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Sorry, felt the need to make a One Piece reference for some reason.
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Since you’re probably gonna be eating a lot of rice now, try to stay away from anything grown in the US (other than maybe California)
I learned after getting a rice cooker that US-grown rice has high amounts of arsenic thanks to agricultural contamination.
All plants have some amount of arsenic because they just absorb it from the soil, like all the other nutrients they absorb. Rice just absorbs a lot more because the flooded paddies tend to accumulate minerals from the water, including arsenic.
Ultimately, its effects on your health cannot be that bad because if they were, everyone in China (who all eat a bowl of rice per meal) should already be dead or disabled, and they’re not.
Yes, that’s the whole point of my comment. Ground levels of arsenic in much of the US are elevated because of agricultural contamination, in ways that rice in China, Thailand, and California is not. Most US-grown rice, when tested, is way past acceptable levels of arsenic, to the point where if you’re selective about how you cook it, you might be able to eat one serving per week with no negative effects.
But someone getting a rice cooker is likely to eat rice more often than one single serving a week, which means they need to be much more careful about the levels of arsenic and other heavy metals that accumulate in the body.
I did not know the US was especially bad on this. Could you send a link about this so I can make sure I’m not poisoning myself?
Consumer reports did three studies over the last couple decades, one this year I think. There may be others available on scihub or pubmed
Great! What are you planning for your first meal made with it?
Rice, probably.
Edit: Alright, I’ll see myself out.
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Tried & failed. Don’t recommend forcing it
I made 2 cups of basmati rice
Yum 😋
Nice choice, hope you have many more to come.
Nice! Rice cookers are a real game-changer in the kitchen. Try blooming spices like cumin and cardamon in your choice of oil in a skillet or pan and adding it to the rice after washing it and before cooking it. Assuming your cooker is anything like mine, you can also use the basket to steam things like veggies and pierogies and shit
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I had one that was probably cheaper =P I used it a lot until for a few years, until it stopped working.
I want a new one, but I’ve been saving money for a trip. I cook rice almost every day, but I can do it using a regular pot.
steel cut oatmeal
What is steel cut oatmeal?
Regular oat cut into smaller pieces by a steel blade.
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Literally one of the best kitchen appliences you cam have.
