12/06/2026
今日のブログ「壊れた炊飯器 Broken rice cooker」
https://blog.canpan.info/centerhabataki/archive/1110
On Monday, my electric pressure cooker—which also doubles as a rice cooker—broke down.
I bought it three years ago when I moved to Tokyo and started living on my own.
Besides cooking rice, it let me make all kinds of stews and was my trusty partner in cooking for myself.
It had acted up a few times before, but I was able to fix it by replacing parts.
This time, though, I couldn’t fix it.
One morning, I was startled awake by a loud crash—the loudest I’d ever heard in my home.
When I looked, the entire cart holding the rice cooker had rolled down the stairs.
Kitchenware was scattered on the first floor, and my pet was standing there looking bewildered at the foot of the stairs (^^♪
Looks like this little guy pushed it…
Of course, since he doesn’t understand Japanese, I couldn’t hear his side of the story, and even when I asked, “Why did you do that?!” he just looked at me blankly.
The pressure cooker no longer heats up.
Staring at the pot, now just a lump of iron, memories of the three years I’d spent with it raced through my mind.
I’ve been making the same meals over and over lately.
Back in the first year, I used to make elaborate dishes, didn’t I?
It’s thanks to you that I was able to stick with cooking at home. Thank you, thank you, thank you...
I pulled myself together and bought a new electric pressure cooker.
The latest model I’d been eyeing apparently just came out in May, so the one I wanted was last year’s model and on sale.
I hear the latest model can make soft foods for people with swallowing difficulties. I don’t need that, so this one is fine.
This is a painful, painful, painful expense…
But I’ll push through the pain and enjoy this new chapter of cooking at home.
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