Grex Cooking Conference

Item 61: Gadgets and Gizmos

Entered by denise on Sun Dec 19 14:49:38 1993:

17 new of 205 responses total.


#189 of 205 by slynne on Wed May 14 01:19:41 2008:

resp:186 That is my point. *everyone* thinks what they are doing is
reasonable. I know I sure think that I am doing my part. And no...using
a rice cooker is not especially harmful to the environment. And fwiw, I
use the stove top method which is probably the least efficient. Anyways,
I seriously doubt that even the highest energy taxes in the land would
deter someone using a rice cooker since they just dont use that much
energy. But think about how you feel when someone suggests to you that
you should give up the rice cooker. That is how some folks feel about
their SUVs. Guilt will not get them to stop buying them just like no
amount of guilt will stop anyone in this conversation from cooking rice
in the way that works best for them. 


#190 of 205 by tod on Wed May 14 07:57:57 2008:

We made a big pot of rice last night in the rice cooker and I was sure to
towel off the windows and sills while wearing hipwaders.  ;)


#191 of 205 by mary on Wed May 14 12:41:54 2008:

http://tinyurl.com/6gr9b3

You want my rice cooker? You're going to have to pry that baby from my 
cold dead hands.


#192 of 205 by tod on Wed May 14 19:03:55 2008:

From my cold dead chubby fingers!

Look a nice one with a dial setting (instead of weights)
http://tinyurl.com/4qsand


#193 of 205 by slynne on Wed May 14 23:23:29 2008:

Yeah, you would have to pry my rice cooker from my fingers too!

http://www.clearwaterbeachkiku.com/images/ImgLeft_About.jpg



#194 of 205 by edina on Wed May 14 23:56:03 2008:

hahahahahah!!!!


#195 of 205 by mary on Thu May 15 01:20:52 2008:

Good one, Lynne!


#196 of 205 by tod on Thu May 15 05:33:56 2008:

re #193
Why does that guy have my thong on his head?


#197 of 205 by void on Thu May 22 06:04:02 2008:

Dang.  I guess I'll have to quit cooking my rice on a pile of burning
car tires.  I'm really going to miss that special smoky tang.  


#198 of 205 by omni on Fri Aug 29 17:59:09 2008:



#199 of 205 by mary on Sat Dec 13 14:55:44 2008:

I got a new gadget - a milk frother for quick and dirty caps at home.  
Nuke a little milk with or without flavoring.  Froth for 20 seconds.  Pour 
coffee through.  Enjoy.

It works.

http://tinyurl.com/5w4evp


#200 of 205 by keesan on Sat Dec 13 16:44:40 2008:

You put milk into your dirty capacitors?  Does it fix the bulging problem?


#201 of 205 by mary on Sat Dec 13 16:46:38 2008:

Every time.  Almost.


#202 of 205 by keesan on Sat Dec 13 16:52:53 2008:

Is there some additional ingredient you need to add to them?  Hot glue?


#203 of 205 by slynne on Sun Dec 14 15:38:13 2008:

resp:199 That looks almost exactly like a gadget a friend of mine used
to bring on backpacking trips - to stir koolaid. It is kind of an in
joke but we have a mutual friend who is both into backpacking and into
gadgets. He always made a point to pack as lightly as possible but would
also almost always bring one fancy made for backpacking gadget. My
friend with the koolaid stirrer (which may have really been a milk
frother) would always try to also bring a gadget on every trip except he
would try to make his as useless as possible in order to tease our other
friend. 


#204 of 205 by mary on Sun Dec 14 16:05:28 2008:

Boy, your friends go for the jugular, eh? ;-)


#205 of 205 by slynne on Sun Dec 14 18:53:53 2008:

Yeah. That same friend with the stirrer once went out and bought a $400
tent which made the other friend rather jealous. Once the first friend
realized that, he started setting up his tent in his living room and
talking about it all of the time to the gadget head friend. The gadget
head friend was really excited to see it in action so to speak. Then,
when they next went camping together the guy with the nice tent brought
his $15 K-Mart pup tent and said that the $400 tent was too nice to use
outside ;)


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