• Aroma 3-Cup Crock Pot Rice Cooker and Steamer

    Cooker Slow Features 08.04.2009 2 Comments
    Aroma ARC-733G 3-Cup Pot-Style Rice Cooker and Steamer

    Aroma 3-Cup Crock Pot Rice Cooker and Steamer

    From Aroma

    List Price: $30.61
    Price: $19.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

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    9 new or used available from $18.99

    Average customer review:

    Customer Cooker Slow Reviews

    5.0 out of 5 stars good and cheap rice cooker,It’s a cheap, nice little rice steamers that just works. Here are some tips from the instruction manual:
    1. This steamer food is NOT dishwasher safe. Inner pot and accessories are NOT dishwasher safe. (i.e. that stuck-on rice that happens to every aroma rice cooker at some point? yeah, don’t try using your dishwasher to get it out.)
    2. Always make sure the outside of the inner pot is dry prior to use. If inner cooking pot is returned when wet, it may damage this electric aroma, causing it to malfunction.

    Also, interestingly, it’s pretty much a disposable appliance unfortunately. That is, for the fifteen bucks you buy it for here on Amazon (esp. if you have Prime shipping for free), if it breaks, you can return it to the manufacturer, but Aroma Housewares Company [...] for shipping and handling charges.

    I also find one other instruction particularly interesting: “Do not use the food aroma for other than its intended use.” Take that, Jack Bauer.

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  • (Cooker Slow) Zojirushi NHS-10 6-Cup Rice Pressure Cooker

    Cooker Slow Features 23.03.2009 No Comments
    List Price: $63.00
    Price: $52.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

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    9 new or used available from $41.99

    Average customer review:

    Customer Cooker Slow Reviews

    5 Best thing next to the fuzzy-logic units,

    Plump, tender and moist grains of rice, with the option of colorful steamed veggies, can be yours with this pressure cooker. I love my rice cookers. I use them not only to make rice, but for all sorts of one-pot meals. Put in a cup of rice, vegetables, meats or seafood, seasonings, tofu… and a half hour later you have a steaming hot one-pot meal. They’re also good for pilafs and other grain dishes.

    The zojirushi rice cooker and Panasonic units are all first rate, BUT you need to know a little something about cooking rice beyond what’s in the poorly worded manuals.

    Different rice takes different amounts of water. The long-grained rice Americans are used to should be cooked with 1-3/4 cup of water for each cup of rice. Japanese rice needs only 1-1/4 cup of water for each cup of rice, or 1 cup of water for each cup of washed, wet, rice.

    Many Americans (and Europeans) have problems with these steamer food because the measure ments are calibrated for Japanese short grain rice, and the Westerners are cooking long grain rice. Get the ratios correct, and everything works out fine.

    I’ve had a number of rice cookers of different sizes. My panasonic rice cooker has lasted over 20 years, and my Zojirushi looks like it’ll last just as long, while my South Bend gave up the ghost after only a year. Go with the top Japanese models; they’re made for day-in and day out cooking.

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