This post went viral because it's a super relatable, slightly gross, and common dilemma in Korean households where rice is a staple and rice cookers are always on.
In Korea, rice is eaten with almost every meal, and electric rice cookers are ubiquitous, often left on to keep rice warm for extended periods, leading to situations like this.
Okay, so imagine this: you open your **rice cooker**, and there's rice in there that's been chilling for a whole 50 hours. Not in the fridge, not in the freezer, just... vibing in the cooker. The original post is asking what you'd even *do* with that. Like, option one is just straight up eating it? Bro, that's a health hazard waiting to happen. Option two is trying to salvage it by making some **fried rice** or a **rice bowl**, which is lowkey still risky. Or option three, the only sane choice, just make fresh rice. I'm screaming at the audacity of even considering options one and two, ngl. This is literally a public health announcement disguised as a poll.
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10Option 1 is literally a death wish ๐
50 hours?! That's not rice, that's a science experiment.
Fried rice is the only way to hide the sins of old rice, but 50 hours is pushing it.
Just throw it out bestie, your stomach will thank you.
My grandma would say 'just eat it' and be fine lol
Nah, that's compost now. Fr fr.
I've done 24 hours but 50? New fear unlocked.
The smell alone would send me to the ER.
Rice cooker rice hits different but not *that* different.
3. Always 3. No cap.