marc <spambots@eatthis.com> wrote:

> Among the collection of useless things I brought back from Japan was a
> high-tech rice cooker, about $300. But it is very voltage sensitive, I had
> to spend another $70 on a 1000 watt voltage transformer in order to use it
> here. The transformer is actually bigger than the rice cooker itself. So I

We used ours "as is". 4 years and counting...

> ended up hard-wiring the thing in the basement and now I have a dedicated
> 100 volt outlet in my kitchen just for the rice cooker. Now my problem is I
> can't kind a place that sells decent gyouza.

Trader Joe's, if there's one near you.

Mike