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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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tod
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response 183 of 205:
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May 13 19:53 UTC 2008 |
re #179
Tod, do you cook things
in tightly sealed pots?
I haven't entertained the idea of a pressure cooker in my house simply for
safety reasons. In the 80's, a friend of mine suffered major burns when
the pressure cooker where he worked (Big Boy's on 9mile in St.Clair Shores)
exploded. The risk doesn't seem equitable to energy savings. Perhaps the
new stovetop pressure cookers are better these days?
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slynne
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response 184 of 205:
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May 13 20:43 UTC 2008 |
One thing I will mention even though it doesnt have much to do with
kitchen gizmos is that people should pay attention to their reactions
regarding Sindi's comments about how cooking inefficiently is
contributing to global warming.
That is why expecting people to change any of their habits out of the
good ness of their heart is never going to work. You have to make policy
that forces them to change their habits. Rice cookers probably dont use
enough energy to really come into play here but I'll bet that if it cost
5 cents to cook rice with a pressure cooker and $5 to cook rice with a
rice cooker, a lot of people would switch to using pressure cookers.
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tod
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response 185 of 205:
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May 13 20:51 UTC 2008 |
I'm intrigued simply because my rice cooker works like crap when it cooks
brown/basmati rice. If I can do it in the same time as white rice by using
a pressure cooker then I'm interested. I would need assurances that a
pressure cooker isn't going to harm someone, though.
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edina
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response 186 of 205:
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May 13 21:25 UTC 2008 |
I love that....I won't make changes out of the goodness of my heart.
Just because I use my rice cooker maybe once a month I am somehow
condemning the earth. Nevermind my avid recyclying/reusing or other
things we have done to our home to make it more energy efficient. Next
you'll be telling my not owning a pressure cooker is me buying into a
patriarchal conspiracy.
I don't use a pressure cooker because A) I don't own one and B) I try to
not own a ton of stuff in my kitchen. I hate being cluttered in my
kitchen. I have considered getting a pressure cooker simply because I
love watching them get used on Iron Chef. But I'm not there yet.
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keesan
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response 187 of 205:
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May 13 21:34 UTC 2008 |
We have been pressure cooking for 30 years or so and never had an accident.
We have pressure cookers from the 50s and later. It is the ones from the 40s
that were not working right. They are by far the easiest (not just the
fastest) way to cook grains and beans (it helps to presoak the beans but it
not necessary). Or even potatoes. We use the special weights that show
pressure (5 10 15 lb) and potatoes need 5 lb, brown rice and beans 15 lb.
Brown rice takes much longer to cook than white rice. Probably the rice
steamers assume white rice, you add the amount of water that corresponds to
the 20 min it takes to cook rice (it takes 20 min to boil off then the cooker
senses that the temperature has gone up and turns of). YOu could try adding
twice the water for brown rice.
Pressure cookers do not burn things because they cook mainly with steam, not
just with bottom heat. My mother used hers for potroasts.
We tried a microwave rice cooker which took much longer than pressure cookers.
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tod
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response 188 of 205:
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May 13 21:55 UTC 2008 |
Where can I find pressure cookers which use weights? Or is it better to use
the electronic ones with auto shutoff?
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slynne
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response 189 of 205:
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May 14 01:19 UTC 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.
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tod
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response 190 of 205:
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May 14 07:57 UTC 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. ;)
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mary
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response 191 of 205:
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May 14 12:41 UTC 2008 |
http://tinyurl.com/6gr9b3
You want my rice cooker? You're going to have to pry that baby from my
cold dead hands.
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tod
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response 192 of 205:
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May 14 19:03 UTC 2008 |
From my cold dead chubby fingers!
Look a nice one with a dial setting (instead of weights)
http://tinyurl.com/4qsand
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slynne
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response 193 of 205:
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May 14 23:23 UTC 2008 |
Yeah, you would have to pry my rice cooker from my fingers too!
http://www.clearwaterbeachkiku.com/images/ImgLeft_About.jpg
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edina
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response 194 of 205:
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May 14 23:56 UTC 2008 |
hahahahahah!!!!
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mary
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response 195 of 205:
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May 15 01:20 UTC 2008 |
Good one, Lynne!
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tod
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response 196 of 205:
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May 15 05:33 UTC 2008 |
re #193
Why does that guy have my thong on his head?
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void
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response 197 of 205:
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May 22 06:04 UTC 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.
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omni
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response 198 of 205:
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Aug 29 17:59 UTC 2008 |
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mary
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response 199 of 205:
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Dec 13 14:55 UTC 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
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keesan
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response 200 of 205:
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Dec 13 16:44 UTC 2008 |
You put milk into your dirty capacitors? Does it fix the bulging problem?
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mary
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response 201 of 205:
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Dec 13 16:46 UTC 2008 |
Every time. Almost.
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keesan
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response 202 of 205:
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Dec 13 16:52 UTC 2008 |
Is there some additional ingredient you need to add to them? Hot glue?
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slynne
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response 203 of 205:
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Dec 14 15:38 UTC 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.
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