Re:Mass producing the most expensive rice cooker [video]
by solardev on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:00PM
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That's the kind of simple rice cooker I had growing up, too, and my parents used similar methods of estimation. It turned out fine and was much, much easier to use.
I remember the first time we got a Zojirushi hot water dispenser, and even then it was like "Wait, you have to push these tiny buttons in what order again?" Whereas the previous cheap one we had a giant, easy to use button front and center.
Maybe it really is a cultural difference...?
Re:Mass producing the most expensive rice cooker [video]
by dmoy on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:47PM
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To be clear, we don't have a simple rice cooker. We have one of these terrible UX rice cookers with a shit ton of buttons and settings.
But we ignore all that and just do the thumb-level of water and hit the button that says cook (and also says like three other things too, but whatever). We ignore the other buttons.
Put rice in rice cooker. Rinse the rice and pour out water until it isn't cloudy. Add water to the depth of one thumb digit. Hit cook button, then ignore it.
Brown rice, white rice, whatever, all the same.
I'd have to check if we're still using a zojirushi or tiger, or are using a Korean cuckoo now.
> How is it that this brand, with its special measuring cups and precise water lines, can't tell me how long it's going to take, but the ninja multi function pressure cooker could tell me down to the second as soon as I hit start?
Well that one, cus they know people will just eyeball a thumb digit of water. So it won't know until it gets closer to done.