Aucbvax.6757 net.cooks utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!fujimoto Wed Apr 14 19:21:48 1982 Re: rice cookers They work great for cooking rice (I've never tried to use one for anything else). I can't remember the last time I made rice with anything else. You do have to add the right amount of water, as the cooker won't protect you from soggy or dry/hard rice. Other than that, they give you just about perfect rice with virtually zero effort. I have one made by National which I have been happy with. My parents have one made by Toshiba which also works well. They're fairly common. I think I've seen them in department stores. Otherwise, you can get one in most any Chinese/Japanese store that sells appliances (If there's a chinatown near you, you're sure to find them there). Many oriental foods stores also carry them (that's where I got mine). ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.