1: We have a basic "6 cup" "Mr. Rice" unit (fairly cheap) with nonstick inner pot, and we usually cook 2 cups (the plastic cup that comes with the cooker, not 8 oz cups) at a time. We put a little olive oil in with the rice & water - that doesn't cause any problems with it. We eat white rice too, but It took us a few tries to realize the secret to making decent brown rice was let the brown rice soak up water for at least half an hour before cooking it. No programmable features and no detachable cord (which makes bringing it to the table a wee bit annoying.)
1.5: We also have a rice storage & dispenser box, with a lever that dispenses one basic Asian rice cooker cup (~3/4 cup is apparently the standard Asian rice cooker size) per push.
2: We also have a "VitaClay Chef" rice cooker / slow cooker with an unglazed clay interior pot (the traditional-type unglazed clay pot was very important to my hubby.) It was more pricey, has timer features, and we tend to use it only as a slow cooker, since our cheapie"Mr. Rice" does a fine enough day-to-day job on basic rice.
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Date: 2010-12-13 07:37 am (UTC)We have a basic "6 cup" "Mr. Rice" unit (fairly cheap) with nonstick inner pot, and we usually cook 2 cups (the plastic cup that comes with the cooker, not 8 oz cups) at a time. We put a little olive oil in with the rice & water - that doesn't cause any problems with it. We eat white rice too, but It took us a few tries to realize the secret to making decent brown rice was let the brown rice soak up water for at least half an hour before cooking it. No programmable features and no detachable cord (which makes bringing it to the table a wee bit annoying.)
1.5:
We also have a rice storage & dispenser box, with a lever that dispenses one basic Asian rice cooker cup (~3/4 cup is apparently the standard Asian rice cooker size) per push.
2:
We also have a "VitaClay Chef" rice cooker / slow cooker with an unglazed clay interior pot (the traditional-type unglazed clay pot was very important to my hubby.) It was more pricey, has timer features, and we tend to use it only as a slow cooker, since our cheapie"Mr. Rice" does a fine enough day-to-day job on basic rice.