We only make brown rice! I don’t know about the details but Marmalade knows how much water to put in and has everything figured out to cook perfectly. Also, there’s a little water overflow thing on the back that he always forgets to empty, so don’t forget that it exists!
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I didn’t know that! Thank you!
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I always cook pot in pot if I’m making straight grains (so just rice, and not rice in a soup, for example). I started it more out of needing smaller quantities a few foods, but it prevents ever having to scout the big pot 
A 4 cup pyrex measuring glass fits inside a 6 qt Instant Pot brand multi cooker so I use that a lot, or stainless steel mixing bowls I already had.
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I have post it notes all over the inside of one cabinet with different times and a cheat sheet for converting my favorite south Indian recipes lol or I’d be totally lost 
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Haha, relatable. My kitchen notebook looks like the diaries of a mad woman. Scribbles and post-its all over.
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Ok, I ordered the instant pot mini! Thank you everyone for your excellent help. I really appreciate it!
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Nope, no scorched rice! I try to fluff it as soon as the timer goes off (even if I am not eating it right away) and it’s great all the way through. I’ve even let it sit for hours afterward (with no fluff, and the keep warm on) and it dries out a little bit at the top, but no burned or scorched riced at all. The newer “smarter” (fancier) rice cookers use fuzzy logic I think to get the final texture perfect.
I know you can make rice in an Instant Pot too (and I will be getting one at some point… mostly for larger quantities of yogurt (mine only makes 1pt at a time) and especially dried beans, but I really love having a dedicated rice cooker. It’s pretty compact too.
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If you keep getting scorched rice, I’m thinking you’re not putting in enough water?
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I actually started turning off the warmer as soon as possible but leaving the lid on to keep absorbing the steam, and my issues with sticking/scorched rice went away.
But I actually find it easier to cook rice stovetop without burning it (I just never do because it seems like it should be easier with the instant pot)
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My rice times are 8 min white and 16 brown - natural release for brown but both I start early and keep warm. I hope mini does yogurt and has sautee for hard days
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I have this tiny cute rice cooker and I adore it. Warning, it says 2 cups but I can only do 1.5 cups + 3 cups water without dribbling down the side. Still, that makes enough cooked rice for 2 hungry adults with leftovers. https://a.co/d/8Gn6ElK
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I only scorched rice at the beginning when not using enough water.
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My toaster oven is kaput probably. If my dad can’t fix it, I will need a new one. Any recommendations?
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Do you already have an air fryer? If not, the ninja foodi toaster oven/air fryer/amazing thing is very heavily used in these parts. Like this although I got mine at Costco on sale-
Thanks for the rice cooker tips everyone! I bought a smaller version of allhat’s, and will try using more water.
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Breville SmartOven. We’ve had ours for years and still love it! It’s a convection toaster oven. There’s also a newer version that also does air frying.
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Anybody have an opinion on any of the AWD hybrid vehicles now out on the roads? Specifically looking at cars, although I haven’t completely ruled out a small/compact SUV yet. I’ve had a non-hybrid Subaru sedan for ~12 years and am temped to just replace it with its slightly newer counterpart (not my choice, but mine has been declared totaled and biking up to the ski slopes is a nonstarter), but there are some AWD+hybrid options from other makers that look interesting and are no longer shiny and new to the point where I worry about their longevity so I’m taking a look around.
(Subaru has one hybrid option that would have been my first choice, but they’re somehow not available in my area for reasons I can’t even begin to guess at)
A friend of mine has a plug in hybrid Subaru and they like it a lot. They had to go from Ohio to New York to buy it, though.
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My in laws all have hybrid crosstreks and they seem to get the same mileage as a normal cross trek to me, so I don’t really see the point. Subaru gets good mileage for relatively large cars though (30-35 mpg for both in my experience)
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Thanks–that’s a little far for me, but I still wish I could figure out the logic behind which cars get sold where
And also thank you, this is on my list to figure out how to calculate/best guess…there’s a speed at which hybrids switch to gas engines (which of course seems to vary by car type), and if most of my driving is on the highway, it’s possible I wouldn’t get enough use out of the hybrid part to make it worth the higher cost anyway.
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