Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Hmmmmmm Ilanit??????????? I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so darn easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker? > > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being electric, and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have good health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal that they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not cooked in a rice cooker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in it tonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instant oatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to then be left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that my husband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time to have brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work, because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not like i'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it's definitely changed the way my husband eats for the better! --- purpleveg wrote: > Hmmmmmm Ilanit??????????? > I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so > darn > easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker? > > > > > > > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being > electric, > and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have > good > health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal > that > they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not > cooked > in a rice cooker? > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 I love rice cookers, too, mostly because I can just wash the rice, put it in the cooker, push a button, and then go use the computer or read or go to class without worrying about burning it. I've burned a lot of rice in my time. Amber ___ Re: Re: rice cookers why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in ittonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instantoatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to thenbe left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that myhusband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time tohave brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work,because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not likei'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it'sdefinitely changed the way my husband eats for the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 With the rice cookers, there really were not any on the market that are stainless steel, all Teflon etc, finally a company called Miracle Exclusives started importing one we sell. We cater to different markets, not just a macro one, so while there will be a certain segment that knows the issues with Teflon and would want something like this, they probably don’t have a concern in terms of cooking their rice in something electric like this. http://www.simply-natural.biz/Miracle-Stainless-Rice-Cooker.php From: VeganMacrobiotics [mailto:VeganMacrobiotics ] On Behalf Of purpleveg Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:37 PM To: VeganMacrobiotics Subject: Re: rice cookers Hmmmmmm Ilanit??????????? I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so darn easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker? > > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being electric, and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have good health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal that they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not cooked in a rice cooker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 that is such a good point - about the teflon. I didnt even think of that aspect! Teflon is a big problem - check out the info on mercola.com about how toxic it is! If you heat a teflon pan in high and have a canary in the room it will die from the fumes! let alons what it does to peeope! on the electrical point of view -when we had electric cooking in out old house I did use the crock pot for overnight rice and porridge and loved the texture anc convenience yet later found the energy interesting -the long cooking was very yangizing with the added yin chaoticness of the electricity. Or maybe that was just the chaoticness of me! it is sublte but for some people it makes a difference. whatever works for you! and if the appliance helps you choose higher quality food and enjoy cooking and eating it then enjoy them! just be aware of the energy and see how it affects you. You will know. I do find with a good pressure cooker - I just wait for the pressure to come and then put a flame deflector under it, set a timer and come back when it beeps. No watching the stove. same with boiling actually as well. that is what I love about mb cooking -t here is very little watching the stove and stirring. I just put it all on to cook and go do something else for most of it. wrote: With the rice cookers, there really were not any on the market that are stainless steel, all Teflon etc, finally a company called Miracle Exclusives started importing one we sell. We cater to different markets, not just a macro one, so while there will be a certain segment that knows the issues with Teflon and would want something like this, they probably don’t have a concern in terms of cooking their rice in something electric like this. http://www.simply-natural.biz/Miracle-Stainless-Rice-Cooker.php Ilanit Tof - Signature Ilanit Ms Ilanit Tof B.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology) Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods PhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate) Little Tree Oriental Healing Arts Helping you grow to new heights of wellbeing with Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition ilanit@... www.littletree.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 , I've had the rice cooker argument with myself for a long time. I was a mere mouse click away from buying one last year and then backed out. It's still something I think of buying, even though I know it's not the healthiest thing. With three children, two businesses and a husband that works outside the home, it sure would be lovely! Especially the oatmeal since that is our breakfast 3 or 4 days per week. Of course, I still use an electric range (though I do believe we are going to change that this year) and I still use a toaster oven quite often, too. And in that toast oven I commonly prepare cinnamon toast to have with tea (okay, maybe I should relenquish the macro goddess title after these confessions! lol!). xoxo... Re: Re: rice cookers > why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in it > tonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instant > oatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to then > be left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that my > husband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time to > have brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work, > because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! > plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not like > i'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it's > definitely changed the way my husband eats for the better! > > --- purpleveg wrote: > >> Hmmmmmm Ilanit??????????? >> I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so >> darn >> easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker? >> >> >> >> > >> > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being >> electric, >> and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have >> good >> health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal >> that >> they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not >> cooked >> in a rice cooker? >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Ah, yes. I didn't think fully about the teflon issue. My temptation with the rice cooker is convenience. A pressure cooker is on my wish list, too. <sigh> xoxo... (still using the basic pot and pan methods) Re: Re: rice cookers that is such a good point - about the teflon. I didnt even think of that aspect! Teflon is a big problem - check out the info on mercola.com about how toxic it is!If you heat a teflon pan in high and have a canary in the room it will die from the fumes! let alons what it does to peeope!on the electrical point of view -when we had electric cooking in out old house I did use the crock pot for overnight rice and porridge and loved the texture anc convenience yet later found the energy interesting -the long cooking was very yangizing with the added yin chaoticness of the electricity. Or maybe that was just the chaoticness of me!it is sublte but for some people it makes a difference. whatever works for you! and if the appliance helps you choose higher quality food and enjoy cooking and eating it then enjoy them! just be aware of the energy and see how it affects you. You will know.I do find with a good pressure cooker - I just wait for the pressure to come and then put a flame deflector under it, set a timer and come back when it beeps. No watching the stove. same with boiling actually as well.that is what I love about mb cooking -t here is very little watching the stove and stirring. I just put it all on to cook and go do something else for most of it. wrote: With the rice cookers, there really were not any on the market that are stainless steel, all Teflon etc, finally a company called Miracle Exclusives started importing one we sell. We cater to different markets, not just a macro one, so while there will be a certain segment that knows the issues with Teflon and would want something like this, they probably don’t have a concern in terms of cooking their rice in something electric like this. http://www.simply-natural.biz/Miracle-Stainless-Rice-Cooker.php Ilanit Ms Ilanit TofB.A. (Psychophysiology/Psychology)Advanced Diploma Healing with WholefoodsPhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate)Little Tree Oriental Healing ArtsHelping you grow to new heights of wellbeingwith Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutritionilanit@...www.littletree.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Hi ! (and Everyone!), I, too, have an electric range...and don't see me getting a gas range anytime soon ( I rent, sooo...). Do you use a crock-pot ( I love to use mine...it's one that has a ceramic insert )? They look like a rice cooker...sooo, are they considered okay to use? Please keep in mind that I'm totally new to this. And could/would you please tell a not so brilliant cook at what temp and length of time you cook your oatmeal, rice and any other foods that you'd use the rice cooker for ( maybe I can adjust temp and time to make in my crock-pot...at least for now...can't afford to get anything else to cook/bake with )?!...I'd greatly appreciate it!!!... Thanks, Warmest Wishes to ALL, Christy sarah nelsen wrote: why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in ittonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instantoatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to thenbe left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that myhusband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time tohave brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work,because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not likei'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it'sdefinitely changed the way my husband eats for the better!--- purpleveg wrote:> Hmmmmmm Ilanit???????????> I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so> darn > easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker?> > > > >> > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being> electric, > and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have> good > health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal> that > they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not> cooked > in a rice cooker?> > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Ladies, We all have to do what we feel most comfortable with. All I can tell you is that I feel a GREAT difference cooking with gas vs electric. I feel better, healthier, etc. Lino told me (as I am sure I've shared before) I can eat all the healthy perfect food I want, if I use electric heating I'll never get better completely Peace, Reggie > > I love rice cookers, too, mostly because I can just wash the rice, put it in the cooker, push a button, and then go use the computer or read or go to class without worrying about burning it. I've burned a lot of rice in my time. > > Amber > > ___ Re: Re: rice cookers > > > why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in it > tonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instant > oatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to then > be left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that my > husband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time to > have brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work, > because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! > plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not like > i'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it's > definitely changed the way my husband eats for the better! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 PLEASE ................... I am heating up a tofurkey 'sausage' right now that I will eat with vegenaise. We can't all be perfect mb eaters like Ilanit. I think we should get a HUGE house and all live togther and cook and such, we'll eat so much better. MQ > >> > > >> > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being > >> electric, > >> and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have > >> good > >> health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal > >> that > >> they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not > >> cooked > >> in a rice cooker? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 For me, when I first became macro, I used a electric stove. I was a bit later taking the KI Way to Health program and had Esko for a few classes. She explained that some symptoms of using a electric stove were more of a swollen stomach. I got my coleman stove right after that. I do take it when I travel and stay at a hotel. After once setting off the alarm in a hotel, not the right ventilation, the first thing I do now is open the windows really well. I think when the person from the hotel came in the alarm and saw my stove, I must have said I was testing it for camping. Always fun to change a tank in the midst of pressure cooking something without losing pressure. From: VeganMacrobiotics [mailto:VeganMacrobiotics ] On Behalf Of purpleveg Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 3:48 PM To: VeganMacrobiotics Subject: Re: rice cookers Ladies, We all have to do what we feel most comfortable with. All I can tell you is that I feel a GREAT difference cooking with gas vs electric. I feel better, healthier, etc. Lino told me (as I am sure I've shared before) I can eat all the healthy perfect food I want, if I use electric heating I'll never get better completely Peace, Reggie > > I love rice cookers, too, mostly because I can just wash the rice, put it in the cooker, push a button, and then go use the computer or read or go to class without worrying about burning it. I've burned a lot of rice in my time. > > Amber > > ___ Re: Re: rice cookers > > > why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in it > tonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instant > oatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to then > be left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that my > husband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time to > have brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work, > because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! > plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not like > i'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it's > definitely changed the way my husband eats for the better! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 I think brown rice is better than no brown rice no matter how you slice it, so if this is the best way for you to prepare it now, you should do it. I think people get so intimidated by all the " requirements " of organic food, certain cookware, etc.... I have to add though, " The further you go in, the bigger it gets! " You'll find your consciousness changes the more you eat whole foods and the macrobiotic way. The food tastes better and has better energy when you cook it with high quality ingredients in high quality cookware and with a peaceful mind! :-) > > > > > > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being > > electric, > > and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have > > good > > health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal > > that > > they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not > > cooked > > in a rice cooker? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Christy, I don't have a crock pot. i'm sure the ceramic part is good...it's the electric cooking that mb has a problem with. i also rent and am uncomfortable with bring a camping stove into my place right now. plus, i actually feel really good and see mb as preventetive, i'm not actually suffering/healing from anything at the moment. i don't really have measurements and times for my rice cooker rice and oatmeal because my cooker has "fuzzy logic" (which i think i have sometime,too!) so i just put the stuff in and set it for brown rice cycle or porridge cycle and when its done it plays a little song and then keeps the stuff warm for as long as i need. i set the timer most of the time, so i'm not even sure how long it cooks!! sorry to be so completely unhelpful! there is a book out (new, i think) called fresh from the vegetarian slow cooker. i'd recommend you check it out from your local library and see what it has to offer! also, some google searches would probably give you some recipes to try! good luck! sarahChristy Kinsinger wrote: Hi ! (and Everyone!), I, too, have an electric range...and don't see me getting a gas range anytime soon ( I rent, sooo...). Do you use a crock-pot ( I love to use mine...it's one that has a ceramic insert )? They look like a rice cooker...sooo, are they considered okay to use? Please keep in mind that I'm totally new to this. And could/would you please tell a not so brilliant cook at what temp and length of time you cook your oatmeal, rice and any other foods that you'd use the rice cooker for ( maybe I can adjust temp and time to make in my crock-pot...at least for now...can't afford to get anything else to cook/bake with )?!...I'd greatly appreciate it!!!... Thanks, Warmest Wishes to ALL, Christy sarah nelsen wrote: why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in ittonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instantoatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to thenbe left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that myhusband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time tohave brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work,because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not likei'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it'sdefinitely changed the way my husband eats for the better!--- purpleveg wrote:> Hmmmmmm Ilanit???????????> I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so> darn > easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker?> > > > >> > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being> electric, > and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have> good > health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal> that > they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not> cooked > in a rice cooker?> > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 roflmao I'm impressed with your quick answer! I'll bet it's fun to try and do that. Let me tell you what fun it is to bake a cake or pie in the coleman oven! Little box, really funny, I can't believe I used to cook like that. > > > > I love rice cookers, too, mostly because I can just wash the rice, > put it in the cooker, push a button, and then go use the computer or > read or go to class without worrying about burning it. I've burned > a lot of rice in my time. > > > > Amber > > > > ___ Re: Re: rice cookers > > > > > > why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in it > > tonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to > instant > > oatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to > then > > be left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that my > > husband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time > to > > have brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work, > > because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the > house! > > plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not > like > > i'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and > it's > > definitely changed the way my husband eats for the better! > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Hi , Thank you for replying...I do appreciate it. And you were more helpful than you know!... Unfortunately, the Real Estate Company that owns the apartment complex that I live in would evict me if I try to use a camping stove in the apartment ( not to mention that I'm also uncomfortable with it too ). They are VERY strict...we can, however, use a gas grill...of which I don't have one of those either. I'm not comfortable with using gas/propane etc. I grew up using electric appliances and had no family or friends that could "introduce" me to mb ( and lately I've been feeling VERY, VERY "cheated" because of both!!!...). Sooo, this all is VERY intimidating in regards to all the "requirements" of organic foods, cookware used, recipes, etc. I'm also getting VERY discouraged with all of it...ONLY because I feel it's beyond my reach. I do soo very much want to eat right and would love to be able to be so "skilled" (sorry...probably could find a better way of putting all of this...) at "practicing" mb!!!...I have realized that I am making more conscious choices of the foods that I buy!!!...I guess it's a start. Also, I too am not suffering/healing from anything at the moment. And I think I'll try some of that "fuzzy logic" too...And thanks too for the recommendations of the book ( which I'll be checking out Monday! ) and the google searches! I do soo greatly appreciate everything!!!... Warmest Wishes, Sincerely, Christy sarah nelsen wrote: Christy, I don't have a crock pot. i'm sure the ceramic part is good...it's the electric cooking that mb has a problem with. i also rent and am uncomfortable with bring a camping stove into my place right now. plus, i actually feel really good and see mb as preventetive, i'm not actually suffering/healing from anything at the moment. i don't really have measurements and times for my rice cooker rice and oatmeal because my cooker has "fuzzy logic" (which i think i have sometime,too!) so i just put the stuff in and set it for brown rice cycle or porridge cycle and when its done it plays a little song and then keeps the stuff warm for as long as i need. i set the timer most of the time, so i'm not even sure how long it cooks!! sorry to be so completely unhelpful! there is a book out (new, i think) called fresh from the vegetarian slow cooker. i'd recommend you check it out from your local library and see what it has to offer! also, some google searches would probably give you some recipes to try! good luck! sarahChristy Kinsinger wrote: Hi ! (and Everyone!), I, too, have an electric range...and don't see me getting a gas range anytime soon ( I rent, sooo...). Do you use a crock-pot ( I love to use mine...it's one that has a ceramic insert )? They look like a rice cooker...sooo, are they considered okay to use? Please keep in mind that I'm totally new to this. And could/would you please tell a not so brilliant cook at what temp and length of time you cook your oatmeal, rice and any other foods that you'd use the rice cooker for ( maybe I can adjust temp and time to make in my crock-pot...at least for now...can't afford to get anything else to cook/bake with )?!...I'd greatly appreciate it!!!... Thanks, Warmest Wishes to ALL, Christy sarah nelsen wrote: why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in ittonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instantoatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to thenbe left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that myhusband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time tohave brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work,because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not likei'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it'sdefinitely changed the way my husband eats for the better!--- purpleveg wrote:> Hmmmmmm Ilanit???????????> I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so> darn > easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker?> > > > >> > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being> electric, > and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have> good > health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal> that > they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not> cooked > in a rice cooker?> > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 , My hats off to you!!!!! Anything you do in the right direction is going to reward you and your family. To be able to cook healthy food as opposed to easy SAD options is already a wonderful conscious effort. 3, 2, 1 Three kids, two businesses and one husband who can't share all the household chores (which also adds in there somewhere!!!!) - you deserve a title for sure!!!!!! How about Real Goddess!!!! And I thought it was plenty just to have kids!!!! Macrobiotics is a Life Long Practice - always someplace there's room for improvement, growth, more awareness - and there's always people ahead of you (on that topic of perfection) and people behind (making the new discovery, or discoveries you've already made). It's good to have others showing you from their experience what works, what doesn't - and when you're ready, well, you'll be ready. And the best advice Ilanit mentioned, don't sweat it. Enjoy!!!! You can choose to see the good (or the bad). Klara, working on looking at the goodseigman wrote: ,I've had the rice cooker argument with myself for a long time. I was a mere mouse click away from buying one last year and then backed out. It's still something I think of buying, even though I know it's not the healthiest thing. With three children, two businesses and a husband that works outside the home, it sure would be lovely! Especially the oatmeal since that is our breakfast 3 or 4 days per week.Of course, I still use an electric range (though I do believe we are going to change that this year) and I still use a toaster oven quite often, too. And in that toast oven I commonly prepare cinnamon toast to have with tea (okay, maybe I should relenquish the macro goddess title after these confessions! lol!).xoxo... Re: Re: rice cookers> why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in it> tonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instant> oatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to then> be left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that my> husband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time to> have brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work,> because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house!> plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not like> i'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it's> definitely changed the way my husband eats for the better!>> --- purpleveg wrote:>>> Hmmmmmm Ilanit???????????>> I would guess the healthier food is better but brown rice is so>> darn>> easy to make why do you feel you need the rice cooker?>>>>>> >> >>> > so is everyone totally against rice cookers? (them being>> electric,>> and all.) i know they are used alot in asian countries that have>> good>> health. is it better for a person to eat brown rice and oatmeal>> that>> they cook in a rice cooker than to eat lower quality foods not>> cooked>> in a rice cooker?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> __________________________________________________> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 I once had a question from my spiritual teacher. I'll pass in on here: For people who believe we choose to be born: If we choose to be born, maybe we can choose whether or not to die also? And for a macrobiotic person not to get sick you will have to really stick to the balance. That is a bit too hard.... Reply-To: VeganMacrobiotics To: VeganMacrobiotics Subject: RE: Re: rice cookersDate: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:39:48 -0800 (PST)i agree we have to push ourselves outside our comfort zones forhealth sometimes, but does anyone here actually believe that you'renot going to get sick and die?? sickness is part of life. i alsothink that if you belive hard enough that something is going to makeyou sick (or well) it often will do just that.--- Anja Tumert wrote:---------------------------------Maybe I am making a mistake language wise, that I have misunderstoodthe phrase WE ALL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH. Ifso I appologize. But in my opinion sometimes we have to do things weare not comfortable with. Especially when it comes to maintain orregain a good health. Having worked as a macrobiotic technicalspecialist (similar to a nurse) I know that a sick person will neverget completely well by cooking on electric. And a healthy person willeventually get sick cooking on electric. So, if a person is reallyserious about health and wellbeing, he/she should get a gas stove (orburners) as soon as possible. Yet again I have to say I am sorry for not posting more often. My owncomputer is still not functioning. Wish you all the best.And, by the way, does anybody know if there will be a macrobioticcruise this year also?AnJA---------------------------------Reply-To: VeganMacrobiotics To: VeganMacrobiotics Subject: Re: rice cookersDate: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:47:39 -0000Ladies,We all have to do what we feel most comfortable with. All I can tell you is that I feel a GREAT difference cooking with gas vs electric. I feel better, healthier, etc. Lino told me (as I am sure I've shared before) I can eat all the healthy perfect food I want, if I use electric heating I'll never get better completelyPeace,Reggie>> I love rice cookers, too, mostly because I can just wash the rice, put it in the cooker, push a button, and then go use the computer or read or go to class without worrying about burning it. I've burned a lot of rice in my time.> > Amber> > ___ Re: Re: rice cookers> > > why the rice cooker? because i can put oatmeal and water in it> tonight and have hot oatmeal in the morning (as opposed to instant> oatmeal or spending 30+minutes stirring oatmeal on the stove to then> be left with a really messy pan); because it is so simple that my> husband can make perfect brown rice; because i can set the time to> have brown rice (or any grain) ready when i get home from work,> because i can put rice on and then leave the room or even the house! > plus the fact that i have an electric range anyway, so it's not like> i'd be cooking my rice on an open flame. i really love it, and it's> definitely changed the way my husband eats for the better!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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