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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by Reason077 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @07:51PM (#36319327)
The ~180ml rice cups have been around for at least as long as rice cookers have existed.

It makes sense because 1 rice cup is the right amount of uncooked rice to make a decent serving for 1 person. A metric cup is too much!

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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by redcap on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:50PM (#36320352)
I don't know how much rice you eat, but my experience has been that 1 rice cup cooks enough rice for a modest serving for 2 adults - in our household at least.
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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by chipsa on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:30AM (#36321794)
The general idea is that a cup of rice is the main portion of the meal, and the rest of the meal is add ons (mostly veggies with a bit of meat). If the rice is just a side to the entree, then yeah, you're going to be eating less of it.
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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by innocenat on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:38AM (#36321853)
That's the idea but as someone who have been in Asia all my life rarely do people eat the entire cup per meal. 0.5-0.7 cup per person is more common this days for standard meal.
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