Whilst thrifting yesterday I noticed this what I thought was some sort of pressure cooker or fryer sitting on the shelf. The Zojurushi name first caught my eye so I'm looking at the thing and inside is another pot with a glass lid with built in handles. On the lid was a decal with some Japanese and pictures of soups etc. Then I'm looking for the on/off switch and cord and can't find anything and am stumped, even though it did say thermal pot on the lid.. $9.99 so I put it back and left.. Later on in the evening I remembered it and did a google search and surprised to find that these things sell for plus $200. I read a little on them which sounded intriguing so into the car I get hoping it's still there at 7pm.. luckily it was and I bought it. Anyways, it's not some new concept apparently , it's an old old almost ancient one. Cookbooks are out there and you can even make your own called a "magic box" or "hay box" etc. It's works just like a slow cooker without electricity. You take out the inner pot, add all your ingredients and liquids etc.. then bring it all to a boil on the stovetop for a few minutes then immediately put that pot back into the outer pot and close the lid. It continues cooking with the retained heat for 6-8 hours.. It's like a big Thermo's and people rave about them. I'm going to try making some vegetable soup in the thing. I did try some quick spaghetti noodles in it and they turned out fine.
