wow that sounds lovely.
Alrighty then. Duly noted.
I am a big fan of the rice cooker I have several and always keep one in my camper.
Apart from rice you can use them for steaming, make soup (I donât), cook potatoes, eggs, veggies, spagetti etc. Well anything that requires boiling can be done in a rice cooker. I am not big on boiled meat but you can cook chicken pieces, bacon or fish with the rice or vegetables
When I am camping I might fry some pork in a gas stove then add that to something in the rice cooker. Sort of this on a much smaller scale:
I wouldnât be without a rice cooker. I even have a tiny one.
Great thanks Bruce. I canât wait to get back into the kitchen tomorrow night. This Nigel is getting better by the minute!..:-p
BTW I used to cook rice in a saucepan many, many years ago using the absorption method but you have to watch it all the time. A rice cooker does it so much better and doesnât need watching.
The one thing that still amazes me is the number of people that donât rinse their rice before cooking it.
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Hmm?..OkâŠI donât. I was told not to rinse it. Youâll always find differing opinions. The one thing I have never been able to stomach is brown rice. Never liked it. I was given my first rice cooker by a Chinese housemate when I was at Uni. That was over 40 years ago. I canât remember the last time I used anything else to cook rice. THatâs why I actually took the time to post this thread. All this time and I never thought of using it for anything else. ITâs like a Eureka moment. 
Kind of like the missing link between a stove top pot,(messy)âŠa pressure cookerâŠ(Too fast)âŠa slow cookerâŠ(TooâŠyou got itâŠslow!)
Just to add my pennyworth⊠
Keezoy has posted in the correct section, Food and Drink.
Recipes are discussed, utensils are discussed and there are people who learn different ideas and recipes from different countries.
End of pennyworth! 
Or chatted about. 
Discuss = Talk about
⊠and stay on topic 
No. Chatting is too insipid a term for my thread. Chatting reminds me of the âchatteringâ classes. Nob heads who blather on about things that they think are important but arenât. I liked Nigel but now I think I prefer discourse. If it takes off it could become âThe Rice Cooker DiscoursesââŠWho knows where it could end up. Eat your heart out Jamie. âŠ
NOw it is 11 pm here. Iâm off to bed to dream about further adventures with the âRice Expressâ
Sounds like a good plan! I am intrigued now - might just have to go look at rice cookers!
Not like you to be so hostile, Twink. Seems a fun thread to me.
It must have been something I said. 
I wasnât being hostile, I was just pointing out that discussions & chats are allowed⊠as Mags has already said!
I also remember that people who post a new thread want the topic not to be altered & I think the OP made it clear that he wanted to know what others cooked in their Rice cooker!
Harbal is relatively new, but if he had any problem with my posts he was at liberty to report them!
I donât look new, Twink. 
I have no problem with your posts, and your reaction to mine was perfectly normal. In fact, quite typical. 
Thank you! The one about Matron was intended as a joke⊠as I am sure you know!
I know it was, Twink, and Matron was quite amused by it. 
Permission to speak? Harbal 
Keezoy, Do rice cookers cook like a steamer? I steam all my vegetables.
As for cooking rice, l cook mine in the microwave in a steamer dish thing!
I am afraid that is wrong, you definitely need to get rid of the starch to stop it clumping together or getting mushy especially if you are steaming it - ask any Asian. It only takes a few seconds two rinses is usually enough.
I donât rinse brown rice - waste of time