What's your favorite food concoction?

I am the family garbage disposal. I am pretty much the only person in the family who will eat anything (if it's people food, that is, I'm not into eating toothpaste or whatever). I'm the only one who eats leftovers. There are few foods that I don't like, and I will even eat those (ie Brussel sprouts, teriyaki sauce) if they're placed in front of me.

And then there are weird (from other people's perspectives) foods. Elvis Presley was famous for liking fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Well my favorite weird food is Spaghetti and chili. I discovered it as a teenager at Bob's Big Boy.

You boil up some noodles and plop some chili on top of it (I like mine with cheese, no onions). Sorry, Irish, I know it's probably a "Yankee" way of eating chili, but I like the stuff.

What's your favorite food concoction that most other folks would consider weird?

I became lazier ever since I discovered how to cook rice in the rice cooke

I must admit that I became lazier ever since I discovered how to cook rice in the rice cooker. I usually have monstrous disaster when cooking rice in a stove. When I'm doing it in the rice cooker, I have more peace of mind and more time on my hands. I agree that the power outs forces me to cook back again to the stove but it cannot be helped. I remember the first time when I tried to cook rice - I put the rice and the water in the caldero in the previous night to cook it later in the morning. I got an earful and everybody got an extra helping of rice..

I know that cooking rice is supposed to be easy, however, I still find it to be a challenge for me at times. I have not yet perfected it and usually end up with either too much rice or too hard rice. I realize that cooking it is all about balance. Can you cook rice? Are you good at it? What's your technique?