Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a...
by bobthepanda on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:39PM
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In general, a rice cooker is indispensable and costs about $30. Plus you can walk away from it as it cooks, and you can put things on top of the rice to steam in there as well. (It will impart flavor though, so maybe don’t put greens in there unless you want broccoli-water flavored rice.)
Some stoves are hard to regulate so the food is just barely boiling, so it can be hard not to notably lose water.
From experience, the boiling of water in itself is mostly meaningless when cooking, unless you want food extra shredded. You can happily cook at 90℃ or 80℃ if you want, but it will take longer.
Note if cooking risky food: beware of required time at a given temperature to kill pathogens, not forgetting heat transfer takes time especially in solid chunks.