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Perfect Cooker Question

Marp — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 02:20:55 GMT

I have the small WP rice cooker, which came with a 3/4 cup measuring cup like the perfect cooker does. I also have the rice cooker cookbook by Marian Getz which says a standard measuring cup can be used for rice. I follow Marian's directions and use standard measurements.

Over and over on the Q&As for the Perfect Cooker it is stressed to used the accompanying measuring cup (Wolf also stressed using the accompanying cup for his unit).

Does anyone know of a reason I could not follow Marian's recipes and use standard measurements in the Perfect Cooker?

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Bigbear52 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 02:29:17 GMT

I don't always use the measuring cup that came with my 6 cup Aroma rice cooker. I think the key is to use equal amounts of water to rice ratio. A standard cup of rice, a cup of water. I've found a lot of my recipes from youtube. I follow a a channel called Third Street Kitchen. She uses the WP rice cooker, so I have adapted some of her recipes to use in mine. I also take some of my recipes from Eric Theiss's Perfect Cooker website.

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Carm08 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 02:31:03 GMT

I asked Meredith that question on her Facebook page. She said it's fine to use standard measurements.

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Marp — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 02:55:32 GMT

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I haven't received mine yet but am so looking forward to it being delivered.

The reassurance that I can use standard measurements made my day. I was dreading the thought of converting rice cooker and slow cooker recipes.

Now if I could just master converting slow cooker to pressure cooker time and pressure cooker to slow cooker time I'd never have to wash more than one pot/pan per meal.

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Mothertrucker — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 05:50:34 GMT

Marp, with my Perfect Cooker, for medium grain white rice I use 3/4 cup (6 oz) rice and 1 cup (8 oz ) water..sounds weid, but it works!

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Marp — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:27:58 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
Marp, with my Perfect Cooker, for medium grain white rice I use 3/4 cup (6 oz) rice and 1 cup (8 oz ) water..sounds weid, but it works!

@Mothertrucker, not weird at all. I usually use long grain white rice and like it a bit softer than what I get using Marian's instructions so I also add a bit more water. Perfect for me rice.

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Ruthie-Roo — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:33:39 GMT

@Bigbear52 wrote:
I don't always use the measuring cup that came with my 6 cup Aroma rice cooker. I think the key is to use equal amounts of water to rice ratio. A standard cup of rice, a cup of water. I've found a lot of my recipes from youtube. I follow a a channel called Third Street Kitchen. She uses the WP rice cooker, so I have adapted some of her recipes to use in mine. I also take some of my recipes from Eric Theiss's Perfect Cooker website.

@Bigbear52 I have enjoyed Third Street Kitchen very much, too. I cook pasta in my WP mini rice cooker like she does, and have never had a problem. I like how she adapts the recipes or demonstrations that WP & Marian have done. Too bad she doesn't post more frequently. But as we all know, life has a way of keeping us from doing some things, as hectic as life can get. :-) I'd love to see her do some recipes with the Perfect Cooker, since it's bigger; for rice cookers, I've only seen her use the smaller WP.

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eddyandme — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:09:34 GMT

@Bigbear52 wrote:
I don't always use the measuring cup that came with my 6 cup Aroma rice cooker. I think the key is to use equal amounts of water to rice ratio. A standard cup of rice, a cup of water. I've found a lot of my recipes from youtube. I follow a a channel called Third Street Kitchen. She uses the WP rice cooker, so I have adapted some of her recipes to use in mine. I also take some of my recipes from Eric Theiss's Perfect Cooker website.

@Bigbear52

I do the same, Bigbear52, except when cooking basmati brown rice I add an extra 1/2c with whichever "cup' I'm using 'cause since it cooks until the water runs out, I find the rice softer. Have you cooked the sticky rice (kind used for sushi? Was wondering if extra water would be needed for that.

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Bigbear52 — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:47:07 GMT

No, I'm usually just a brown, or white rice, I did do a box of rice Zatarain's jambalaya rice, I nwas making jambalaya and the seasonings that came wit the rice were perfect. I added a little extra creole seasoning, but not much.

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Gokat — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:28:49 GMT

Just so you know, @Marp , the 3/4 cup measure represents the Japanese traditional rice measuring cup. You can use standard cups at 3/4 cup measure and it will equate. HTH's

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eddyandme — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:52:59 GMT

@Bigbear52 wrote:
No, I'm usually just a brown, or white rice, I did do a box of rice Zatarain's jambalaya rice, I nwas making jambalaya and the seasonings that came wit the rice were perfect. I added a little extra creole seasoning, but not much.

@Bigbear52

Wow, now that's a meal! If not rice, I usually open up a box of mac & cheese, or throw in pasta with jarred sauce! You're a much better cook than me! (p.s. Can't let Shadow-Jaden know, he'll say Woof,Woof to me and move in with you! I did share the end of my B&J pistachio w/him when he asked!)