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Discussion in 'Life in the UK' started by guitarfreak, Dec 30, 2019.

  1. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    Personally I would not season rice, my son is doing it for the salt which is not a good idea as his salt intake is probably far too high, I use a bit of light soy to colour and flavour fried rice but that's all.
  2. bigmac
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    I used to own a restaurant. A domestic dishwasher is no good..takes far too long. I bought a Kent commercial job. Took 3 minutes to wash and hot rinse. Steam everywhere
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  3. bigmac
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    My wife uses magic sarap in most things. I use stock cubes if i cook rice.
  4. Anon220806
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    First thing I bought before my wife moved over to the UK was a rice cooker. Once she was here and we were using it I was amazed at how well it worked. It wasn’t really an especially good one but it did the job well. We replaced it eventually after a few years, chiefly because the Teflon coating was badly scratched (wife insists on placing the plug in the bowl once cleaned).
  5. Stupot10
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    My wife has been here 2 1/2 years, bought a rice cooker before she arrived, gave it to charity shop in the end as she prefers to cook the rice in a pot herself. Don’t like to use rice cooker.
  6. oss
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    That's an idea Malcolm I might see if the family like that next time I go over say chicken stock as teh water instead of plain water when the rice is cooked, it will add flavour while distributing the salt widely so my son will not get so much salt :)
  7. oss
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    Is she from the provinces?

    Almost everyone over there uses a rice cooker.

    Saying that cooking in excess water can be a good thing if you are cooking American rice and I noticed a couple of American brands on sale in SM in Manila this trip, American rice has a high Arsenic content and about the only way to get rid of it is too cook the rice in excess water which leaches out the Arsenic and you can pour it away in the water, if you cook as you should and the water is fully absorbed you fix the Arsenic into the rice which eventually is clearly dangerous, the levels are quite surprisingly high.

    Asian rice is generally much lower in Arsenic.
  8. oss
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    My rice cooker was perfect until 2010 when Ana decided to use the inner bowl directly on the electric hob and scratched the Teflon to death stirring her concoctions :D

    I still get annoyed at them placing the washing machine plug and cable in the washing machine after each wash :D
  9. Stupot10
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    Yeah from the provinces. The mountains in Mindanao actually, she has always just used a pot never rice cooker.
    we cook Thai jasmine like many others on here. It’s the closest she can get to the rice she ate there.
  10. oss
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    Yeah Thai Jasmine seems to be favoured if the money is available, in general a slightly sticky rice is preferred.
  11. Druk1
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    Seen them cook rice in bamboo sections in rural Mindanao.
  12. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    Great to see you here again, John ;)
  13. Jim
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    Made out of dried fish and herbs.
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  14. Maharg
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    It can be, although I normally get the dried egg or dried vegetable. I'm not a fan of dried fish.
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  15. Druk1
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    Druk1 Well-Known Member

    All sorts of uses for a rice-cooker.
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  16. aposhark
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    aposhark Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

    We have one of these "Instant Pot" which my wife uses all the time:
    I haven't seen her cook the rice in it yet, she seems happy microwaving it.



    From the Instant Pot UK website: (It may be useful to someone, I'm not sure what temperature the microwaved rice is done at!

    Electric Pressure Cooker vs. Rice Cooker

    Cooking rice with an ordinary pot requires a lot attention. Temperature adjustment has to be done at the right moment to avoid spills and burning. This was why rice cookers were invented and have since become an indispensable kitchen appliance to Asian families.

    Electric pressure cookers are an evolution on from the rice cooker. The key improvement is pressurised cooking. Instant Pot comes with pre-programmed buttons for cooking rice, congee, multi-grains and porridge. Compared with rice cookers, electric pressure cookers have three key advantages

    1. Eliminating possible aflatoxins
      Rice, if not stored properly, may carry fungal poisons called aflatoxins, a potent trigger of liver cancer. Conventional rice cooking at under 100°C (212°F) is not sufficient to kill all aflatoxins. Studies have shown that pressure cooking at higher than 100°C (212°F) is capable of reducing aflatoxin concentrations to safe levels.
    2. Making healthy rice more tasty
      One very popular healthy rice meal uses whole grain/wild rice and beans, to increase protein, the amino acid lysine and dietary fiber. Whereas whole grain/wild rice and beans can certainly be cooked in a rice cooker, the cooked rice often has a rather hard texture. Electric pressure cookers solve this problem nicely, making healthy rice softer and tender.
    3. Saving time & energy
      Typically an electric pressure cooker cooks a pot of rice in about half of the time when compared with a rice cooker. Energy saving is around 25~30% range.
  17. oss
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    I tried really hard to get the Instant Pot to cook rice but the results were always disappointing, I use the instant pot for curry and lots of other things but for rice it was a flop, the rice button is for rice congee not for normal rice cooking but even with many different manual settings I could not get a good result from the Instant Pot the only thing I never tried was not letting it pressurise, I think that might have worked had a I tried.
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  18. oss
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    I have the 6 Litre version of the Instant pot basically the same as yours but smaller.

    This is my very old rice cooker which I still prefer and use.

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    And the batch of 14 portions I made for freezing last night (6 cups dry rice 14 x 150gram portions cooked)

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  19. aposhark
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    The missus makes lots of vegetable soups in the Instant Pot for me, Jim.
  20. aposhark
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    I have frozen rice in the rice cooker before but it always seemed to have a weird consistency when heated up, Jim.
    I gave up doing it.
    How does your rice taste. Is it similar to rice that has been cooked?

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