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Cooking & Baking

Rebkeh

(2,450 posts)

1. I use mine often

Reply to csziggy (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2016, 01:54 AM

Jan 2016

for rice but also to steam hard vegetables like carrots. I recently saw online that you can steam eggs for hard "boiled" eggs, I tried it though I was skeptical. It works well in a pinch, the eggs will be a little overdone but if you're in a rush - it's a go.

I've seen recipes and such on Pinterest so give that a search.

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I got a rice steamer for Christmas [View all] csziggy Jan 2016 OP

I use mine often Rebkeh Jan 2016 #1

Can you cook pasta in one? csziggy Jan 2016 #4

Tamales, asparagus, other fresh veggies. kentauros Jan 2016 #2

I like crisp tortillas but maybe my husband would use it for his csziggy Jan 2016 #3

I have a vegetable steamer that can do rice, kentauros Jan 2016 #5

Yeah - I'm wondering if it's worth keeping csziggy Jan 2016 #6

Well, the least you can do is to try it out anyway. kentauros Jan 2016 #7

I never used a rice steamer until I got a computer Warpy Jan 2016 #9

One of my most essential kitchen devices is my timer csziggy Jan 2016 #10

That doesn't work for me Warpy Jan 2016 #12

The timer I have is pretty loud - I can hear it across the house csziggy Jan 2016 #13

I have the feeling a lot of them were developed for kids in crappy rooms Warpy Jan 2016 #14

In college I cooked for two years with a toaster oven and an electric skillet csziggy Jan 2016 #15

We coluldn't have those. Iron and corn popper were it Warpy Jan 2016 #16

This was not in the dorm - I rented rooms off campus csziggy Jan 2016 #17

Unless you eat a lot of rice or don't have an insert for steaming in another pot , I would give it Person 2713 Jan 2016 #8

If it's too warm to cook in the kitchen here, there will be bugs csziggy Jan 2016 #11

Re gift ? rusty quoin Jan 2016 #18

That's what I'm thinking csziggy Jan 2016 #19

a little dated, but still good Sentath Jan 2016 #20

I've regifted the rice cooker csziggy Jan 2016 #21