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W Puck rice cooker

sallyann38 — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:13:34 GMT

Just made rice with my new rice cooker. The rice was fully cooked fluffy, and not burned on the bottom. It is so easy to use....a no brainer.

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kristan — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:11:22 GMT

I made a 2 egg small quiche in mine today. It came out perfect in 20 minutes.

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BuckeyeNut — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:26:14 GMT

I received mine today, made some white rice to test it out, worked perfectly. I was not impressed with the handful of receipes in the the booklet. For anyone that ordered the book from Marian G., what is your opinion? Is it worth ordering?

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Johnnyeager — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:06:05 GMT

Just used mine this morning for the first time and made basic white rice. Easy and came out better than I expected. I have never owned a rice cooker and this made it so easy.

I agree about the included recipies. They sound delicious, but not something I would do.

I wish these recipie booklets included more everyday things, like eggs and mac&cheese and ingredients I am likely to have around.

In any event, so far so good, I hope everyone who purchased has continued luck with theirs.

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denisemb — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:45:36 GMT

On 2/12/2015 BuckeyeNut said: I received mine today, made some white rice to test it out, worked perfectly. I was not impressed with the handful of receipes in the the booklet. For anyone that ordered the book from Marian G., what is your opinion? Is it worth ordering?

Buckeyenut, I just rec'd cookbook yesterday and found many recipes that I'd like to try - all types of familiar comfort food recipes with things you're likely to have on hand. I.E., beef pot roast, chicken and noodles, beef and barley stew, banana bread, flan, smothered pork chops. I especially like that most recipes are usually limited to 8 and under ingredients.

Didn't order the TSV as I already own his larger rice cooker, so I'm happy that Marian has listed the conversions for the TSV, 3 cup and 5 cup cookers.

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BellaPaprika — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 00:52:35 GMT

I make the best rice ever, all sorts - jasmine, basmati, long grain white, wild rice, pilaf and on and on in my microwave. Never burnt, never over or undercooked. Perfect. The last thing I need is another gadget to stow away in a cupboard or leave on the counter. Just no room for unnecessary appliances.

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Johnnyeager — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:01:19 GMT

Funny how different we can be. To me, the microwave is unnecessary and I almost never use it. It's my unnecessary appliance. My toaster oven is more important.

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Moonchilde — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:30:45 GMT

On 2/13/2015 Johnnyeager said:
Funny how different we can be. To me, the microwave is unnecessary and I almost never use it. It's my unnecessary appliance. My toaster oven is more important.

Same here. I use my microwave, but not often. Only to warm food up. My Breville I use ever other day for something.

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betteb — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:38:40 GMT

On 2/13/2015 moonchilde said:
On 2/13/2015 Johnnyeager said:
Funny how different we can be. To me, the microwave is unnecessary and I almost never use it. It's <em>my</em> unnecessary appliance. My toaster oven is more important.

Same here. I use my microwave, but not often. Only to warm food up. My Breville I use ever other day for something.

Same here. I use my toaster oven daily. My rice cooker is on extended delivery for the 22nd

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Mothertrucker — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:12:35 GMT

Can someone please tell me where to get this item? I have not seen it, but with all the fabulous reviews, I think I need it!

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Johnnyeager — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:19:35 GMT

It's available at the HSN website for $24.95. Search under Wolfgang Puck portable Rice Cooker.

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Judaline — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:17:43 GMT

I almost flipped when I saw the recipes are for 1 serving. I planned on serving 3 so I don't know if I'll keep it-wouldn't use those dumb recipes anyway. Just the rice, please.

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Daysdee — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:39:53 GMT

On 2/16/2015 Judaline said:
I almost flipped when I saw the recipes are for 1 serving. I planned on serving 3 so I don't know if I'll keep it-wouldn't use those dumb recipes anyway. Just the rice, please.

It makes 3 cups of cooked rice.

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BellaPaprika — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:37:12 GMT

On 2/13/2015 betteb said:
On 2/13/2015 moonchilde said:
On 2/13/2015 Johnnyeager said:
Funny how different we can be. To me, the microwave is unnecessary and I almost never use it. It's <em>my</em> unnecessary appliance. My toaster oven is more important.

Same here. I use my microwave, but not often. Only to warm food up. My Breville I use ever other day for something.

Same here. I use my toaster oven daily. My rice cooker is on extended delivery for the 22nd

See how we're all different. I absolutely could not get by without my microwave for re-heating without drying out and, of course, for making rice. Now a toaster oven is something I have no use for at all. I can see where it might be useful if one lived alone and wanted to bake small items. But I rarely use my stove oven either. If I bake I mostly use my Wolfgang Puck pie maker. It makes the best cupcakes ever!

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4uthebest — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:42:31 GMT

On 2/16/2015 BlueCollarBabe said:

See how we're all different. I absolutely could not get by without my microwave for re-heating without drying out a...If I bake I mostly use my Wolfgang Puck pie maker. It makes the best cupcakes ever!

Please share some cupcake recipes for the WP pie maker.

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Bigbro — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:09:11 GMT

Is everyone rinsing the rice ??

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Daysdee — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:46:16 GMT

On 2/16/2015 Bigbro said:
Is everyone rinsing the rice ??

I have used this rice cooker almost every day since I got it. Only made rice once and I did rinse it. However, when I used my Emeril larger rice cooker, I never rinsed the rice. Next time I'll try the WP without rinsing it. The rice did come out perfect when I rinsed it and used the WP--it was white rice.

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CWS22 — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:35:43 GMT

On 2/16/2015 Bigbro said:
Is everyone rinsing the rice ??

I always rinse the rice, no matter what method I'm using to cook it. I saw in the manual for this rice cooker they explained the need to rinse it - because when rice is milled, some bran & residues adhere to the surface of the rice. It said rinsing will remove excess starch and residues, which will result in much whiter, fluffier rice.

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Judaline — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:13:48 GMT

On 2/16/2015 Daysdee said:
On 2/16/2015 Judaline said:
I almost flipped when I saw the recipes are for 1 serving. I planned on serving 3 so I don't know if I'll keep it-wouldn't use those dumb recipes anyway. Just the rice, please.

It makes 3 cups of cooked rice.

I know, but that's just enough for my red beans and rice, one serving each. My dh is a piggy when it comes to his red beans and rice.

daysdee, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you used to post on the DAYS thread? didn't you like us? (if it was you).

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Helen Bach — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:58:06 GMT

I thought that rice cooker was so adorable! I only eat brown rice because white rice has bad levels of arsenic in it