Anyone take a rice cooker?

[larryz]

I'm planning on saving a little dough by taking along my favorite food appliance -- a rice cooker -- to make a few in-room meals. And I figure with a few sheets of nori, a bottle of seasoned rice vinegar, and some bonito flakes, I can make rice balls to carry into the parks for a quick, nutritious afternoon snack.

Has anyone else taken a rice cooker, and if so, what were some of your favorite recipes for "Disney Resort Rice"?

 

[chartle]

I'm planning on saving a little dough by taking along my favorite food appliance -- a rice cooker -- to make a few in-room meals. And I figure with a few sheets of nori, a bottle of seasoned rice vinegar, and some bonito flakes, I can make rice balls to carry into the parks for a quick, nutritious afternoon snack.

Has anyone else taken a rice cooker, and if so, what were some of your favorite recipes for "Disney Resort Rice"?

officially unless you are in a room with cooking facilities you are not allowed to cook in your room.

Comes up when people ask about slow cookers.

 

[minnie mum]

Here- need some help with that pot?

 

[larryz]

I figured a rice cooker would be ok since there's not an open heating element, and it automatically drops heat from cook to warm. I sure don't want to start anything here ... like a fire...

As for stirring the pot, you don't do that until the rice is already cooked, otherwise you let too much steam escape.

 

[minnie mum]

As for stirring the pot, you don't do that until the rice is already cooked, otherwise you let too much steam escape.

Of course. You're right. But with all that steam escaping you could save again: free facials.

 

[kar0066]

I do go to Disney on a budget, but the last thing I would ever do is cook something with a rice cooker or crock pot in my hotel room. Hey - I am on vacation!

 

[maganda]

I think I'll leave my rice cooker at home. But onigiri with umeboshi does sound delicious!

 

[miami305]

Nooooo! I love my rice cooker, but the aroma definitely carries! No one in the next room wants to smell your food cooking. Buy some Lara or Cliff bars and leave the appliance at home.

 

[larryz]

Nooooo! I love my rice cooker, but the aroma definitely carries! No one in the next room wants to smell your food cooking.

So you don't think running it in the bathroom would vent the rice cooking smell through the ventilation system?

 

[BlovesC]

As much as I love onigiri, I would never in a million years think to make them in a hotel room. Please don't do this.

 

[larryz]

OK, then. Rice cooker is out.

Plan B would be heating up pre-cooked rice in a microwave and then just rolling my own makizushi with the nori, vinegar and fish flakes. What, if any, resorts have microwaves in the rooms? I don't recall seeing them in the deluxe resorts...

 

[chartle]

OK, then. Rice cooker is out.

Plan B would be heating up pre-cooked rice in a microwave and then just rolling my own makizushi with the nori, vinegar and fish flakes. What, if any, resorts have microwaves in the rooms? I don't recall seeing them in the deluxe resorts...

The value suites have them.

 

[BlovesC]

DVC resort rooms have microwaves, family suites at AoA and All-Stars have them, as well as the executive suites at CRS, IIRC.

Cabins in Fort Wilderness have full kitchens, also.

 

[disneydad78]

OOOOOOKKKKKKK,,,OP.

 

[luvestodizz]

No, I never thought to bring a rice cooker. I don't even use a rice cooker- I like mine on the stovetop. But seriously, you are going to Disney World, leave the rice cooker and other small appliances home. Skip sushi for a while and use the money saved to buy a few snacks in the World. The last thing I want to smell while in my resort room is fish flakes cooking! LOL!

 

[larryz]

You don't cook the fish flakes -- they go on dry, and the rice vinegar kind of soaks into them while they're wrapped up in the nori. So there's no smell of fish to speak of.

And it's not like I'd be doing this every day. But I find rice balls to be the perfect quick meal, and they aren't hard to make. Sheet of nori, blob of rice, sprinkle on the flakes and fold.

Carry in a bit of wax paper or a plastic bag and they're ready to eat when you are.

 

[ModernArtist]

I'm thinking of bringing my Ronco Fruit Dehydrater. Make our own dried apricots in the hotel room.

 

[vicki_c]

And the idea about the fan in the bathroom carrying the odor away - well (1) those fans hardly seem to move any air and (2) I've heard of other people complaining that people were smoking in their room and the bathroom fan was bringing it all into their room via the bathroom.

there is some Disney info somewhere that I've seen posted before about no cooking appliances in the room - the topic comes up on the Budget Board a lot!

 

[larryz]

DVC resort rooms have microwaves, family suites at AoA and All-Stars have them, as well as the executive suites at CRS, IIRC.

Thanks for that. Probably won't spring for a suite unless I can get a good deal renting points (or a good 40% discount pin).

Cabins in Fort Wilderness have full kitchens, also.

Ah, yes! The Cabins!!! I forgot about those!

 

[larryz]

I'm thinking of bringing my Ronco Fruit Dehydrater. Make our own dried apricots in the hotel room.

I bet those would taste great wrapped in rice and nori... !

But where will you find fresh apricots at WDW?