When you just look back

Because I’ve lived in Japan for (overall) more than 20 years, eating rice is not something unusual at all. I used to cook rice in Germany, but only in a pot, which itself was quite troublesome in Europe. Here, people use electric oven, which takes some time to warm up and cool down. Boiling over was something I had to be careful about when cooking rice.

That was okay, to certain extend. I knew how long I would stay in Germany (around 2 years long, which was pretty accurate). Therefore cooking rice in (rather inconvenient) pot was acceptable. This time it’s probably not the case.

So I went to Amazon.at.

As I expected, this item really changed my eating habit. Of course, my rice consumption has been boosted, but I’m also eating at home more frequently than before. It turned out that minimum volume you could cook is 2 cups (which is about 2 meals). I first thought I should have read the description more carefully and should have gone for a smaller one. But now, I’m eating rice both night and morning (because that’s the only way left for me to completely eat up the rice I cook).

Besides rice, you can add vegetables and it’d be ready to eat when finished. Very easy way indeed, but this would add another item on your plate and more free space on oven. I think my dinner on the table has gotten a bit more complex than before (although I’m still trying out various combinations).

This cooker is a very primitive one. There is no timer feature, and I don’t have much faith in its keeping-warm function. But because of that, I’m forced to think “how much I should eat”. It’s not that bad to try to think what is the best way to cook and eat under given circumstances.

It costed me 39 Euro. But I think it’s already payed off.