Article: ELECTRIC STEAMIN' : KITCHEN GADGET TURNS OUT VEGGIES, CUSTARDS, FISH AND MORE WITH EASE.(FOOD)(Recipe)

Byline: Elaine Tait Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire

Even if you're a longtime cook, there's always something you have trouble getting right - like perfect brown rice. Enter the electric steamer.

Several manufacturers - among them Black & Decker, Rival, Waring and West Bend - make the steamers.

All have different features and capacities but operate on the same principle. A reservoir in the base of the machine heats water to create steam. The rice (or other food) steams above the reservoir in a covered perforated steaming basket. Most machines use some type of drip pan to catch any juices from the food and prevent them from landing in the ...

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