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Even my son can use it!

The boys, in turn, are usually the ones on rice duty.

rice in a green bowl

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We taught Philip how to use the rice cooker when he was about eight or nine.

Ive emphasized to Philip to always take good care of the scratch-proof inner pot.

Its truly easy enough for all age groups to learn and use.

Zojirushi Rice cooker

Recently, I taught my 75-year-old mother how to use it in about five minutes.

Not only is this rice cooker easy to master, but its also quite versatile.

Additionally, I can cook more than just plain steamed rice with it.

Ive made kimchi fried rice,one-pot rice meals, and evensponge cakesall in my trusty Zojirushi rice cooker.

you’ve got the option to use the mixed setting to make one-pot meals and fried rice.

Making rice cooker cakes requires a little hacking of the tweaks, so I wont go into details here.

Its practically a family member at this point!