You basically just treat the rice cooker like an electric skillet at a low temperature. The simple ones with just one button only get hot and then shut off or go to warm when the rice is done. They know it is done when the temperature climbs -- water can't go over 212F or 100C so the cooker knows if all the water boils away and either shuts off or goes to warm when that occurs. You can still burn food if you aren't careful but you'd smell it long before you'd have an actual fire.
The ones with more buttons are more fancy but I like the single button -- it's a mechanical lever, actually. When I plug it in it goes to warm, probably around 120DG F and then if I push down thereby setting it to cook, it raises its temperature so the water can boil. The one I have at work cost a whole $12. People saw me cooking at work all the time because I hated to waste my lunch eating. I work for a college so I swam, ran on the track or worked out in the gym at lunch. I was often sitting at my desk chopping vegies and reading email. I also loved those flexible cutting boards for that. And I worked with my door open so it was a regular sight. I think they never thought much about it except to ask for a recipe. -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 3:24 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods Oh wow! I wish I would have known this when I worked; not that long ago. I would have loved to let my co-workers smell all that good smell, and then tell them that they couldn't have any of my lunch. (smile) I am going to try this. Can you share more ideas? Thanks. Oh, my co-workers would have loved to see the blind lady cook. (lol) On 8/3/2020 3:18 PM, Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark wrote: > About rice cookers, I have one at home and one at work. I read I Love My Rice > Cooker on bookshare and started trying all these new ideas. Did you know you > can fry onions in one? It's just like an electric skillet. At work, I put > some butter in it, a red bell pepper or onion chopped, fry it, add liquid and > close the lid and let the whole thing cook a while. If I've measured the > right amount of liquid and rice I let it shut itself off when the rice > absorbs all the liquid, but if I'm making soup or stew I just turn it off > after ten minutes or so. I don't cook meat in it but a lot of vegie type > stews and of course rice. > > I also have a crockpot at work. I would soak beans in it overnight and then > turn it on when I got to the office in the morning. I also often combined a > can of soup with a few fresh vegetables in the crockpot, or I'd core and > slice apples and stuff them in there with a pinch of cinnamon for a few hours. > > My co-workers always thought it was crazy , me cooking right there in my > office but I liked having a hot healthy lunch and it was fun to experiment. I > would spend my lunch hour exercising, then return to the office and prepare > my meal while I continued to work. > > Stuck now at home due to Covid with a husband who doesn't like vegetables I > make a lot of hamburger helper on the stove but I miss my office and my > appliances and endless vegetarian experiments. > > --Debee > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cooki > nginthedark__;!!A-B3JKCz!SHL-k1KKydxnUz9ib3cF6kGcIrEWSYDNr2hZSvEPdb59d > 6QO5njMAz0Q4ThM_A_wDzgkCQ$ _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark__;!!A-B3JKCz!SHL-k1KKydxnUz9ib3cF6kGcIrEWSYDNr2hZSvEPdb59d6QO5njMAz0Q4ThM_A_wDzgkCQ$ _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark