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Cooking Internet is full of people complaining about not being able to cook rice consistently and then East Asian people saying ‘just get a rice cooker’ and them saying ‘never’
You can’t help people who don’t want help
Personally I never heard of anyone who didn’t like or want a rice cooker until I left my part of Asia, but now when I talk about it I don’t care to change anyone’s mind. I can now cook rice in every style, with any appliance (or lack of one)
It’s not a single use gadget, it’s my depression food machine.
Put in rice (without washing even) in a single person small rice cooker, add soy sauce, a leafy veg, a protein. Press a button. Leave. Eat.
Or do the Indonesian college student dorm room special: put leftover KFC in it.
One time I visited a friend who was studying in Switzerland and she was like ‘I make claypot rice, congee and cakes in my rice cooker’
She also said she moved into a dorm and every single Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai student came with their parents, who each had.. rice cookers
I am also a fan of traditional nasi kukus (rice steamed in individual little pots) but that is more of a treat when I’m back in my part of the world
I forgot to mention that if you’re someone from a rice eating culture and you fuck up (as in your rice isn’t perfect) even just once
People will instantly think you’re a terrible cook
Your social standing will decrease
Your marriage prospects will dim
I jest, but it’s mostly true
@skinnylatte that looks great.
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io the gravy is like drugs.
@skinnylatte When I manage to fuck up the rice, my kid would say: You lost your ricence! Then I have to get one portion right to earn my ricence back :-)
Farah 
@skinnylatte In my fam, mom used to cook rice like pasta- boil and drain. You keep the boiled rice water though, it has many uses
@skinnylatte
I have to ask my wife about this one!
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@skinnylatte But this is true. It's as accurate as we Punjabis judging others for not knowing how to make a good parantha or roti!!!! :p
@skinnylatte I feel this. I am guessing it's not as simple as 'just use the rice cooker' when you're cooking rice for 20pax+? My local Asian BBQ resto has a huge rice cooker and their rice is often mid, a tiny bit soggy, to the extent I'll cook my own rice before I order there, and I judge them for it. AND I'M AN ANGMOH.