Reddit reviews Aroma ARC-838TC 8-Cup (Uncooked), 16-Cup (Cooked) Digital Rice Cooker and Food Steamer, White
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Perfectly prepares 4 to 16 cups of any variety of cooked riceSteams meat and vegetables while rice cooks belowEasy-to-use, programmable digital controls with automatic Keep-WarmGreat for soups, jambalaya, chili and so much more!15- hour Delay Timer for flexible meal planningIncludes Steam Tray, Rice Measuring Cup and Serving Spatula
I actually just ordered and mailed out the card for my father-in-law today, from my daughters. My own father passed away in 2011 so we will go to his grave site before we have lunch with the in-laws next weekend.
This is the front and this in the inside of the card.
My father-in-law has everything he could want for but my husband desperately wants a new rice cooker after our last one spontaneously stopped working. Honestly, I thought the poor guy was gonna cry, he loved that thing so much. He's getting into all sorts of Asian-inspired cuisines which makes me happy because I get out of cooking! ;)
Cheers for holding this contest for Father's Day - good to see all the stand up dads of Reddit getting their deserved recognition!
Thanks - I actually did some research and ordered this from Amazon with some rice paddles:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HKFE8G
Should have it by Friday so hoping to try all this out this weekend.
I would strongly recommend getting a rice cooker. I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-ARC-838TC-Uncooked-Digital-Steamer/dp/B000HKFE8G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344974640 and it will make you tons of cheap rice with nearly the same amount of effort as microwavable rice [all you do is add water and press start] and will taste better [Id rather cook once and then microwave than microwave twice, and you can get higher quality rice] and it will be incredibly cheap.
Believe me -- I sympathize with you when it comes to growing up around a ton of unhealthy food. My mother is full-blooded Italian and did all of the cooking in our house, which meant carbs ALL THE TIME. So much goddamned pasta.
If you're serious about losing weight, you need to let your parents know. Sit down with them and have a heart-to-heart conversation. Encourage them to make healthier choices at the supermarket. Try and convince your mother to take the money she's spending on Herbalife and put it towards better groceries to bring home. Better eating doesn't have to be expensive though -- Safeway has 3.5-pound packages of Eating Right boneless/skinless chicken breasts for $3-4 per pound. This can easily feed a whole family.
If they won't budge, start to learn how to cook for yourself. The two biggest things that helped me accomplish this: a Crock Pot and a rice cooker / steamer.
The Crock Pot is amazing to make large quantities of proteins (pork loin, pot roast, beef stew, etc.) Takes a long time to cook, but once you put the ingredients in it, food practically makes itself.
With the rice cooker, you can put a cup of quinoa in the cooker part, and a chicken breast and a head of broccoli in the steamer basket. 20 minutes later...boom --dinner.
Hope this helps :D
If you're cooking short rice, are you pre-washing it (UNLESS the bag says do not wash)? Basically, put the rice in, put in some cold water, swish the rice around in the water so it doesn't stick to the sides, and tip it (blocking the rice from falling out with your hand), and repeat until the water comes out mostly clean.
There are also suggested water-to-rice suggestions that aren't exactly linear. Even if it's 3 cups water to 1 cup rice (they usually come with a measuring cup) it's not going to be 6 cups water to 2 cups rice. They should come with a manual that gives you suggestions.
Some rice cookers also have different settings for brown and white. Also, I'd suggest not using the "quick" settings unless you must (which does mean like ~40 minutes of cook time.
Something like the Aroma rice cookers are pretty idiot proof.
EDIT: Also, go to Korean markets.
EDIT2: White girlfriend input about swishing
I see, some of the prices are outdated. I don't know what the difference between that tray and a Walgreen's one is but how many different ways can you make a basic plastic ice tray? Looking at that ice tray it doesn't seem like it has extra "features" to make ice pop easier or some "extra durable" plastic.
I was initially observing the fact that it's hard to believe a $129 rice cooker is in the top 100 bought products, but then realized the list is about HIGHEST rated products. Even then the $129 rice cooker is outmatched by the higher rated $34.99 rice cooker.
This rice cooker has 4.3/5 stars plus 140 reviews and costs only $34.99. Was the first result when I searched for rice cooker. It seems you either didn't put enough effort into a simple search for "Rice cooker" or you're picking/choosing products based on opinion.
http://www.amazon.com/Aroma-ARC-838TC-Digital-Cooker-Steamer/dp/B000HKFE8G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300911577&sr=8-1
Bought this one
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HKFE8G/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Love it.