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[penguinofhonor]

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[timferius]

Rice is a staple in my household, and I couldn't live without a rice cooker.

Yes you could. If you can boil water in a pot, you can cook rice in it with almost no additional effort.

See, this is where you're mistaken. I'm a lazy ass, so no i couldn't because I'd have to learn how to :p . Plus, it frees up precious stove top space.

[majikero]

The art of cooking rice in a stove top is much more complicated than that. You need to balance the water amount and heat so you don't end up with half burnt or soggy rice. Plus you need to watch the pot for 30 mins unlike a rice cooker where you can just put rice there and leave it alone.

[Arx]

Not in my experience. It helps that I have decades of family experience backing me up, but putting a cup of rice and three cups of water into a pot and boiling, then reducing heat and cooking until soft works like a charm.

I was surprised that rice cookers are even a thing, really.

[majikero]

Good for you. Our family uses the finger measure method. The water should be at a finger digit from the top of the rice. Let the water boil and then put it at low heat for 30-40 mins.

[Bauglir]

I just throw some rice in a pot, add water till it looks right, and then boil it until it's soft.

I make awful rice, guys. Just, the worst.

[Sappho]

I never realized cooking rice could be complicated. I put a scoop of rice in the pot, add a scoop and a half of water, bring it to a boil (takes about a minute), put the lid on, reduce the heat to the lowest setting, and leave it for about 10 minutes. When the water's all absorbed, it's done. Perfect every time. I suppose it would be more difficult on an electric cooktop. I've got induction, so I can change the temperature instantly. Gas works well, too. But electric changes temperature too slowly.

[Bohandas]

A divisive question for you all then. Soft or hard shell?

Soft shell. I prefer a food that doesn't shatter to pieces and spill its contents on the floor and/or my lap when bitten into.

Another good one while we're talking rice. Cook rice, fry onions, carrots, peas, chopped garlic or other preferred veggies in sesame oil (best oil) in a large pan (wok would be best, but I don't own one sadly). Crack two eggs and cook it mixed in to veggies (takes a minute or two. Add cooked shredded chicken to pan (pre-cooked from grocery store works well) as well as lotsa rice, and a decent amount of soy sauce, stirring it all together. Congrats, you made chicken fried rice! (And it's better than a lot of take out places).

That is fried rice

Pretty much how I make it at home. Jasmine is the best rice to use.

The best fried rice I've ever had is from a Japanese restaurant named "Hibachi"

[Sheb]

The cheapest rice here come in small plastic bag holding about 125g of rice. Just drop one in boiling water, let it for 14 minutes and you've got your rice.

[ggamer]

The cheapest rice here come in small plastic bag holding about 125g of rice. Just drop one in boiling water, let it for 14 minutes and you've got your rice.

That's way easier than minute rice, where the hell do you get this wierd instant-tea-rice-shit?

[GiglameshDespair]

Boil in the bag? It's not uncommon here in britland, either.

[Reudh]

The cheapest rice here come in small plastic bag holding about 125g of rice. Just drop one in boiling water, let it for 14 minutes and you've got your rice.

That's way easier than minute rice, where the hell do you get this wierd instant-tea-rice-shit?

It's not even that hard to do it the old fashioned way anyway.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

So I watched paddington hear tonight and I was wondering
Does anybody have a good marmalaid recipe?
I love using it as dip for scrimps

[GiglameshDespair]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/marmalade

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Thanks