I didn’t mean to discredit the ice cream scooper technique. In fact I’m excited to try it next time I want to do a special fancy plating for a dinner! I just meant that… go figure, the Japanese would have a wacky bumpy spoon for their rice because it helped with the sticky problem. Honestly I didn’t even know why it was bumpy until I read your post! LOL

I do love our rice cooker soooo much. Used to have a black and decker one that was a waste of rice and money. That old one would burn the rice so that half of it was inedible. Our new one is fantastic and always cooks up perfectly. It also has a warming setting that will keep the rice hot and perfect for 6 hours!