What are your unconventional kitchen tools/utensils you were skeptical of at first but feel you can’t live without?

  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Did I miss it or did no one say Rice Cooker yet? A good rice cooker makes rice texture so much better while simplifying the whole process.

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      7 months ago

      Someone gifted me a Le Creuset rice cooker. I use it at least once but often twice a week. At $200+ it’s truly something I never would have bought myself.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      A pot is IMO sufficient for single use cooking (maybe once every 1-2 weeks of cooking) if you are not a primary rice household.

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        7 months ago

        I mean I eat rice more days than I don’t and I use a pot. 15 minutes + mostly unattended, while I’m prepping some protein or whatever.

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          7 months ago

          My problem is the cleaning after with starchy stuff.
          Especially sticky rice variants are annoying to clean (read: throw in the dishwasher)

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            7 months ago

            With a rigid bamboo pot scraper (and, yes, a little soaking if really stuck on there), I’ve found it’s actually not worth the bother of the dishwasher when it’s so easy to do by hand.

            But I’m into a real rice rythme these days lol