Rice Cookers, an essential buy for College Students
One of the most useful things that a student who is about to go away to college should buy is a rice cooker. I realized this my first year in college, when I experienced my first few all-night cram sessions on an empty stomach! Rice cookers are convenient, easy to use, affordable priced, and more flexible than you might think! Although they were primarily designed to cook rice, in fact, they can be used to prepare many other foods.
Some foods that can be cooked well by a rice cooker include noodles, hot cereal, soups, and eggs. These are just a few of the foods that can be prepared – all you need is a little imagination to fill a whole menu and your stomach.
One great benefit of using an electric rice cooker is that it is safe. Most will come with an automatic timer. This eliminates the hassle of having to “mind the pot” and you won’t have to worry about leaving the oven on and burning down your apartment. This wonderful appliance can pretty much run on auto-pilot.
You might be wondering how much something like this will cost you and you may be surprised to find out that they are not expensive at all! The one I have is a Panasonic SR-G10G 5.5 Cup Rice Cooker. It only cost me $27.31!
Of course, higher-end models with more functions are also available. The Zojirushi NS-LAC05 Micom 3-Cup Cooker and Warmer, for example, is made of stainless steel and boasts 5 different settings specifically for making white rice, sushi, porridge, brown rice, and quick-cook items. A quick search online puts it at a retail value of about $123.00.
Lastly, one of the absolute best things about having a rice cooker at your disposal is that they are highly portable! If you are going to be traveling or changing apartments frequently, you’ll find it very easy to bring your cooker along. Try doing that with a microwave or toaster oven!
Top 8 Countertop Appliances We Can’t Do Without
With few exceptions, the top 8 countertop appliances we used 10 or even 15 years ago are still among the ones that we use the most today.
The makes and models may have changed, and the features may be more advanced, but the core use of the appliance is still very much in use today.
Responding to our demanding needs and desires, appliance manufactures are constantly creating and updating their appliance offerings with unique and innovative features that are sure to keep us hooked on them for years to come.
The following are the top 8 small kitchen appliances in use today.
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Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker
Are you ready to cook up some perfect rice? whether your an old pro or a novice, the Zojirushie NS-ZCC10 Rice Cooker, will have you thinking twice about what you know about cooking rice.
Have you even heard of neuro fuzzy logic technology? me neither. Basically, its a fancy term used for computerized cooking.
There is an LCD screen display menu, in which you can choose the type of rice you want to cook.
You just choose what you want, and the cooker does the rest. It’s that easy.
With this baby, you will never have to worry about burning your rice again.
The features included are…
• 5-1/2-cup computerized rice cooker and warmer with advanced Neuro Fuzzy logic technology
• Multi-menu selections; automatic keep-warm, extended keep-warm, and reheat cycles
• Spherical, nonstick inner pan allows for spherical heating; LCD clock and timer; retractable cord
• 2 measuring cups, nonstick rice spoon/scooper, rice spoon holder, and recipes included
• Measures approximately 14 by 8 by 9 inches; 1-year limited warranty
Cooking perfect rice for your family is now a lot easier, and you don’t even have to be there while it cooks. Just set it up, and when ready it will let you know,
and don’t worry if its done before you are ready, because it’ll keep your rice perfect and hot for up to 24 hours.