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tod
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response 158 of 205:
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May 11 21:32 UTC 2008 |
re #157
They're great if rice is a side dish and you tend to forget it's cooking (thus
it doesn't burn as easily in a cooker)
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keesan
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response 159 of 205:
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May 11 22:46 UTC 2008 |
Rice cookers are designed to put a lot of steam into the air, which means they
waste a lot of energy and also make your room very humid. We cook rice in
a tightly fitting pot and it comes to boiling much faster (and if in a
pressure cooker, you just turn it off once it reaches pressure, after a few
minutes, and it cannot burn).
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mary
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response 160 of 205:
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May 11 23:15 UTC 2008 |
All that wasted steam must be what's making my kitchen smell delish at the
moment.
Tonight, at chez Remmers, it's orange beef stir-fry.
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edina
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response 161 of 205:
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May 12 04:22 UTC 2008 |
Steam is just one more excuse to open my pores.
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keesan
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response 162 of 205:
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May 12 14:56 UTC 2008 |
It is not good for the structure of whatever you are living in to have water
condensing in it. Running down the windows. Puddling on the sills. Rotting
the wood.
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mary
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response 163 of 205:
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May 12 15:03 UTC 2008 |
I'm sure it's not.
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edina
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response 164 of 205:
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May 12 16:25 UTC 2008 |
Hi Sindi. I live in the desert. Trust me, I'm good. The house is fine
too.
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tod
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response 165 of 205:
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May 12 18:38 UTC 2008 |
re #162
They've invented these crazy lil things called exhaust fans. When I cook on
the stove, I use it.
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keesan
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response 166 of 205:
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May 12 20:44 UTC 2008 |
Do you have an objection to using less energy to cook with? An exhaust fan
also cools the house (or heats it if it is warmer out).
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edina
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response 167 of 205:
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May 12 20:56 UTC 2008 |
I seriously could count on one hand how many times this year I've used
my rice cooker, so it's not too much an issue. We just don't eat that
much rice.
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tod
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response 168 of 205:
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May 12 22:25 UTC 2008 |
re #166
Do you have an objection to using less energy to cook with?
You mean do I object to eating only twigs and leaves like a Giraffe? Yes.
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keesan
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response 169 of 205:
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May 12 23:39 UTC 2008 |
Cooked rice does not grow on trees.
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tod
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response 170 of 205:
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May 13 00:07 UTC 2008 |
Neither do spastic colons.
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keesan
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response 171 of 205:
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May 13 00:35 UTC 2008 |
Do nonspastic colons?
Pressure cooked rice gets very thoroughly cooked. With brown rice we add 1.3
cups water per cup of rice. White rice would probably be less. If you cook
with more water, the rest of it goes into the air along with wasted heat.
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tod
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response 172 of 205:
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May 13 02:21 UTC 2008 |
re #171
How long does that take? Do you use a pressure cooker pot on a stove?
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keesan
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response 173 of 205:
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May 13 02:38 UTC 2008 |
Maybe 5 minutes to come to pressure, then 5 to come down? I never timed it.
It is does before the rest of the meal. Yes pressure cooker on stove. We
also have one large electric pressure cooker which is more efficient but too
large (nuisance to clean). We have at least 10 pressure cookers of various
sizes and designs, and take a small one bike camping with us. I wonder if
we could cook oatmeal in it (dont' let the pressure come up too far).
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void
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response 174 of 205:
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May 13 05:32 UTC 2008 |
What the hell kind of rice cooker causes steam to condense on windows,
puddle on sills, and rot the house frame???
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jadecat
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response 175 of 205:
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May 13 13:59 UTC 2008 |
I dunno, but I do know that in the winter, when the air is very dry in
our apartment- a little steam only does good things. We tend to use the
'pot on the stove' method of rice making though- not a specific rice
steamer...
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keesan
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response 176 of 205:
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May 13 15:54 UTC 2008 |
Our house is well sealed, and adding steam to the air causes problems.
Our highest January heating bill was $60 (electric). DO the rest of you not
believe in global warming or just not personally want to do anything about
it? Some friends put in a geothermal heating system at great expense but
never insulated or weatherstripped and they now pay $180 in January for heat.
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edina
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response 177 of 205:
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May 13 16:25 UTC 2008 |
WTF Sindi? The occasional use of a rice cooker is going to top the
balance?
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tod
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response 178 of 205:
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May 13 16:45 UTC 2008 |
re #176
My electric bill in Jan was about $60, too. I do my part for low carbon
footprint but I also have to do my part for low mildew in rainforest climate.
I'm betting the cooking we do at home(rice rarely) is way more efficient
time, money, energy than restaurant or frozen microwavable.
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keesan
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response 179 of 205:
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May 13 18:56 UTC 2008 |
I am pointing out that there are multiple reasons to cook efficiently.
Seattle does not typically go to -10F in January. Tod, do you cook things
in tightly sealed pots? I agree that taking a car to a restaurant wastes far
more fuel that even boiling a lot of water off rice into the air.
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jadecat
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response 180 of 205:
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May 13 19:10 UTC 2008 |
My electric bill in the winter was about $30.
Our gas bill was higher, but that's divided up between all the units in
the building.
Sindi- some of us also live in apartments that are run by corporations
that REALLY frown on tenants making their own changes to the apartments.
So we do what we can.
And for goodness sake, we're not talking about THAT much steam! It's a
rice cooker, not a steam engine.
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remmers
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response 181 of 205:
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May 13 19:26 UTC 2008 |
Um, we got a console model rice cooker that sits on the floor, is about
4 feet high and 3 feet across, and weighs 200 pounds. Whenever we use
it, all the windows fog up, the walls get wet, and the neighborhood
experiences brownouts from the electricity consumption. If we run it
with the windows open, the weather bureau issues a local dense fog
warning.
None of these wimpy table model rice cookers for us!
Oops, almost forgot: :)
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edina
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response 182 of 205:
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May 13 19:39 UTC 2008 |
John Remmers, kicking it hard core.
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