Why does my rice cooker smell like rotten eggs.?!


Question: Why does my rice cooker smell like rotten eggs!.!?
I've eaten rice and cooked rice my whole like in a rice cooker!. Well a few months ago, our rice (which can sit in the cooker for long periods of time and still be delicious) started to smell like rotten eggs!. Does anyone know why this is happening!? Is it the rice, the cooker!? whats going on and how can we stop this!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
You need to clean the rice cooker!. Over time the inside builds up a sort of 'coating' of the 'starch' in rice, and that turns sulfurous after awhile!. Get a small can of Cream of Tartar and a small bottle of CLEAR (white) vinegar!. Pour the WHOLE CAN of Cream of Tartar in and add two cups of vinegar!. Fill with COLD water and then run the rice cooker through the cycle as if you were making rice!. When that is done, pour the 'cleaner' out, wipe every surface you can inside, and fill it again with pure cold water and do it again!. After this your rice should be 'perfect' again !.!.!. but to keep the rice cooker 'clean' you should do this 'cream of tartar-vinegar-water, then plain water' cleaning AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH !.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Any residue left in the cooker, on the sides, in cracks and crevasses, will begin to rot!.!.!.!.!.rice is a starch, when starch starts to break down, or rot!.!.!.!.!.it turns into a sulphide!.!.!.!.!.rotten eggs/sulfur!.!.!.!.!.get it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Eek, Can you try taking it apart to see if there's anything trapped and fermenting in there!? It sounds like something's growing bacteria!. I'd quit using it until you can find the source!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Maybe you could wash it out real good and let the parts air dry before storing it again!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

the circuits could be fried b/c u guys dont use it that often

if i were u i would get a new one b/c the old ones arent good for occasional usageWww@FoodAQ@Com

You might need to clean the cookerWww@FoodAQ@Com

You probably have some bad rice!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

lf lts been sitting for a while before you use lt can throw off a funny smell!. try soaking lt with some soapy waterWww@FoodAQ@Com

It might be because of what you coooked in itWww@FoodAQ@Com

you need to clean and there is probably some old rice in itWww@FoodAQ@Com

Gag me!! I was going out for sushi and now, no way!. Thanks for turning my stomach!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

try buying a new one!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i'm thinking bacteria!.
you should really wash it!.!.!. good!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

cause u need to clean it!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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