Yes, I will have to poll friends on brown rice in instant pot. At least those who didn't use liquid smoke in theirs for pork and gaskets all impart that flavor months later.

I mostly see regional/expat cooking videos on YT so I figure someone locally might cook things in that manner and occasionally search for blogs which have expats to help adapt ingredients for local availability when I'm curious about substitutions. Twitter informed me Padma Lakshmi of Top Chef just did a series of US "Taste the Nation" which celebrates culinary diversity https://www.hulu.com/series/taste-th...1-277ec6c57368

Oh, thinking of Japanese appliances I sort of covet - Iris USA sells a 120V futon warmer also available on Amazon US. A friend imported a kotatsu years ago and I got to sit under it last winter while visiting. Do Japanese families still tend to use electric kotatsu or is the heated floor mat gaining some market share? I might look into a heated floor mat or heating pad along with a large down throw for winter WFH life since I want to open the windows at times for better circulation (not necessarily COVID seasonal, more that I get dry skin and nose easily & winter isn't very humid where I live).
https://www.irisusainc.com/blw-c2-bl...white-platinum