China: Beijing bets on rice cookers and microwaves to boost economy
A list of subsidised household goods has been expanded as Beijing tries to increase domestic spending.
Once I was dating a girl from Shanghai and I was cooking diner for us. We wanted rice so I started cooking it in a pot with a lid (no rice cooker) and she was flabbergasted. She told me she didn't know you could cook rice without a rice cooker. So I asked her, what do you cook if the power is out? She said noodles.
I got a $700AUD tiger rice cooker for Christmas this year, best gift. The rice is so qualitatively different it's insane, plus I've been cooking meals for my Gf every day since I've gotten it.
Sounds like capitalism problems