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My rice cooker broke right before guests arrived
I was making a big pot of coconut rice to go with some curry for three friends coming over. The rice cooker just stopped working halfway through the cycle, leaving me with a pot of half-cooked, watery grains. I was in my kitchen in Austin, staring at this mess with about 45 minutes until everyone showed up. I ended up dumping the whole thing into a regular pot on the stove, cranked the heat, and kept stirring to try and save it. It got a little sticky on the bottom, but it actually turned out okay in the end. What's your go-to backup plan when a key piece of kitchen gear fails like that?
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luna_green1mo ago
Calling for pizza" is a solid backup, but 45 minutes is tight even for delivery sometimes. Did you have a go-to order ready, or were you frantically scrolling through DoorDash while the rice was failing?
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