Saturday, March 29, 2014

電気炊飯器(Denki suihanki, Electric Rice Cooker) -- 日本の発明 (nihon no hatsumei) Japanese Invention 1

  Denki Suihanki (Electric Rice Cooker)


 In the past, cooking rice was not as easy as now. Housewives had to watch the rice cooking on a stove( in many cases a fire), hoping the grains didn't burn or stick to the pot. Thanks to the invention, it contributed for them a lot to decrease cooking time. 
Kamado

First Electric Rice Cooker

IH Rice Cooker

 Since Toshiba Electric Corporation produced the first fuccessful electric rice cookers in 1956, electric rice cookers have developed to IH (Induction Heating) cookers which enable to make rice tastier.