GuestHouse Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I've just knocked the rice cooker off the kitchen work surface. Half cooked rice and bits of broken rice cooker every where! It was horrible, just like all the worst disasters - all in slow motion - My life, for what little it's now worth, flashed before my eyes. Oh woe is me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opothai Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 any thing but the rice cooker guest i feel a shopping trip on the horizon with more than just a rice cooker purchased:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ta22 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 well , i take it you are joking , what so big deal about a mild accident that kill your rice cooker.. just go buy a ne wone .. is cheap about 1,000 baht - 2000 baht , you cna get a good non stick pot . good luck . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roamer Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Ah Guesthouse, if only you had purchased the Sharp Computerice cooker this could never have happened....damm thing weighs half a ton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Ta22. Firstly there is an amount of observation of Thai culture in my post. Secondly, if you know, please tell me, where can I buy a rice cooker in Rome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 WOW ...not only did you break the cooker but had to throw away good rice! .... oh you are sooo in trouble. As for getting a new one they must sell em somewhere in Rome..... either that or it's an import job. By the way I have a spare ( never used ) if you get real desperate. I'm in the UK but I am always willing to help a fellow TV when the rice hits the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Taco Loco Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 If you need a safe how, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Did you receive the seemingly obligatory comments from your significant other that insinuate your action was somehow intentional?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi40 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Quote, As for getting a new one they must sell em somewhere in Rome..... either that or it's an import job. ................................................................................ ................................................................... WHAT, buy a new one????? Get her to cook rice the old fashioned way before rice cookers were invented, taste better as well in IMHO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaoPo Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Treat yourself with another Mia Noi ! LaoPo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I sympathise with you GuestHouse... rice boiled in a pot doesn't taste anything like rice cooked in a proper cooker. I bet your missus was livid. But I'll also bet that she's found a workaround within 2-3 days... Very resourceful are Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjtayler Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 You're well and truly shafted Itchy ... Now is the time to go against all the sensible advice you have offered in the past on this and other forums ... spend your life savings, mia nois, pua nois, katoys, gambling, alcohol, drugs and pizzas ... Consider every moment now a bonus ... the clock is ticking, the clock is ticking ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leisurely Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Seirously, how does your wife get on in rome? We lived there 20 odd years ago and it was one of the most racist places I have encountered outside the far east? Good luck with the rice cooker...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 You rich folks will get no sympathy from me. I don't have a table to set a rice cooker on, so it and me have to sit on the floor--difficult to break it down here where us poor folks live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljeque Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Is it possible to go with sticky rice for just a day or two while you locate a rice cooker? I take it that your other half is not overly fond of pizza and pasta. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajah Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Ta22.... please tell me, where can I buy a rice cooker in Rome? Aren't there any shops in Rome, which sell Asian food and hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Hi GH, I don't know Rome very well, but I have a feeling your best bets (only pointing a possible direction here, I'm afraid) will be the Zojirushi or Oster Rice Cookers. I base this on what are the more common ones slightly to the North of you Ventimiglia San Remo area. As to the "where", I imagine you'll find some decent kitchenware stores on a shopping high street, as do the smaller towns in my area, or else at your local weekly market. I know that the market in San Remo here (20mins away) has just about everything. It's a weekly do. You are in a big city, should be a breeze mate! Failing all of that (which you won't!) look up your local thai or chinese, or japanese restaurants, and ask 'em if they know where to get one. G'luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Ta22.Firstly there is an amount of observation of Thai culture in my post. Secondly, if you know, please tell me, where can I buy a rice cooker in Rome? The Italians like risotto - Isn't that a rice dish? Shouldn't be too hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2396 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Another frivolous, nonsense post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Dude.... Just go around the corner at the local stand..buy the bag.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nam Kao Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Nothing wrong with a mia noi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltdknowledge Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 (edited) Another frivolous, nonsense post. Good grief, i bet it's a barrel of laughs in your home. Anway OP. You know what they say. When in Rome. Or am i thinking of something else. A tip for cooking rice. Do it in a pan, add a little lump of unsalted butter and bring to boil. Once the water has reached boiling point, simmer until the water has been absorbed. Leave to stand for a few minutes off the hobb. Note though, do not stir the rice while cooking. The bottom should not burn if you simmer and it tastes lovely. Long live the frivolous and nonsense post! Edited November 21, 2006 by ltdknowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Another frivolous, nonsense post. with more insight into Thai culture than the rest of you can usually manage...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2396 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Another frivolous, nonsense post. with more insight into Thai culture than the rest of you can usually manage...... What's this got to do with Thai culture? Some women I know are fussy and would be upset about this incident. Others I know, would not make any fuss about it at all. It all depends on the personality of the woman, not the culture. Give me a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveromagnino Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Another frivolous, nonsense post. with more insight into Thai culture than the rest of you can usually manage...... What's this got to do with Thai culture? Some women I know are fussy and would be upset about this incident. Others I know, would not make any fuss about it at all. It all depends on the personality of the woman, not the culture. Give me a break. Clearly you are unaware of the belief of some/many Thais in a 'rice spirit' who should be thanked for providing rice, and apologised to when food is not finished. Thailand is founded on 3 things: our beloved royal family, the people, and rice. I am fairly sure that while I have not met Guesthouse that this is posted slightly tongue in cheek, but nonetheless says a lot about life in Rome. I heard that people in Rome wink, so you should wink the same as them. Or is that mixing sayings? I still think she would be more upset about the mia noi; I recommend that we use Guesthouse as a guinea pig; he should have a nice hi maintenance mia noi kept in a nice little love nest in the area around Portofino perhaps; for instance perhaps Mint Ardawadee for instance, or Pae of Gucci fame (Pae speaks Italian, and has those child bearing Italian hips); then we can tell his wife, he can have a fight with her, and then he can explain to us whether his theory is indeed true that the magnitude of anger from having nong Pae/Mint on the side is greater or less than breaking the rice cooker. H0 = the means are equal. H1 = the means are not equal. If he could ask he the same question 50 times, and she could answer 50 times, not uncommon in a typical argument, with a rating of 1 to 10 in anger for each variable, then we will have better statistical significance, and we can use a T test, with a p value of say 0.05. I say it will be a normal distribution, but I am no statistician. I can see this is probably the most productive thing to come out of Thaivisa this week. It will be academic research that we can publish in a quality newspaper, or perhaps The Nation/ BKK Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjtayler Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 There was a young man from Rome who cooked all his rice in the home too much vino he supped dropped the pot now its <deleted>**ed when his wife kicks his nuts then he'll groan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraburioz Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Ta22.Firstly there is an amount of observation of Thai culture in my post. Secondly, if you know, please tell me, where can I buy a rice cooker in Rome? Why are you on this site if you are in Rome? Do you really think anyone here will know where to buy a rice cooker? I'd recommend a Italian expat forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 As I see it you have two options:- 1. The Thai way : mai bpen rai. 2. The Italian way : Inna Roma doey assa the Romans doey, eatta della pasta. For either option a good, rapid exit strategy is advisable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajah Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Thailand is founded on 3 things: Money, Fun & Food Why are you on this site if you are in Rome? If you sign up with TV, you have to declare on oath, your computer is located in Thailand. That's right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Ta22.Firstly there is an amount of observation of Thai culture in my post. Secondly, if you know, please tell me, where can I buy a rice cooker in Rome? Can send you a sharp computer rice cooker with FedEx if you can pay (don't worry for the cooker price, worry for the shipping fee). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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