Wait, you mean to tell me there was an entire secret to rice this whole time and it was just... washing it? I've been out here eating sad, sticky lumps for years thinking I was just cursed in the kitchen. My rice cooker's manual is probably still in the box, collecting dust like evidence of my ignorance. I once made a batch so bad my dog looked at me with pity, and I just blamed the rice brand instead of myself. Now I'm lowkey mad at every YouTube video I watched that never mentioned the clear water thing.

That $4 PVC fix probably beats that expensive unit for home use.

Buddy's copy had homework answers for problems that didn't exist anymore. Total chaos.