Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Miracle Exclusives ME81 Stainless Steel Rice Cooker - Steamer



A nice shiny new rice cooker


No Toxins!
After an exhaustive search for a rice cooker without a non-stick coating I was pretty much left with the ME81 from Miracle. On this basis alone, I would have given it 5 stars. It's very basic; when you plug it in, it goes to a warming mode (the directions state brown rice should be warmed for 15 minutes prior to cooking). When ready to cook, you simply depress the cook button. It then heats the contents to boiling and when ready, automatically switches back to the warming mode. The rice can continue warming for a couple of hours. Whenever ready to stop, simply unplug the unit and fluff the rice.

I must admit I have no experience with rice-cookers so my experience with the Miracle could be affected by my own ineptitude. To date, as far as grains are concerned, I've only made brown rice. My first attempt was 2 cups (the little plastic cup size which comes with the machine is smaller than one cup) and it worked fairly well with only a little rim of sludge around the edge of...

stainless steel pot
I bought this rice cooker because of the stainless steel pot. Learning about the dangers of non stick coatings and alum. pots made me invest in this product. I have no big complaints. I do wish it were a larger size (large family) Cooks rice well- if you spray the pot with PAM type product in the bottom. If not, it will stick. Overall it is a good purchase.

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