Rice cooker
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The rice cooker is rivalled only by the washing machine as the greatest
labour saving device in the Japanese home. Before the advent of the rice
cooker in the 1950's almost all Japanese rice was cooked in an iron pot
over the fire. It was a long job requiring the housewife's constant
attention. Nowadays, the electric rice cooker carries out the boiling,
simmering and steaming of the rice automatically It can also keep cooked
rice warm for several hours or re-heat it from cold; enough rice for
several meals can be prepared at one time. Japanese rice cookers are now
found not only all over Japan but also in every other part of the world
where rice is a staple food .
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