Found a busted rice cooker at a yard sale in Phoenix, fixed it with a paperclip and leftover fried rice
Stopped at a random yard sale off the 101 and picked up a $5 cooker missing its measuring cup, then used the clip to hold the button down and made a full meal from old veggies and day-old rice, anyone else ever rigged an appliance just to finish off what's in the fridge?
That paperclip trick is genius and it reminds me of when I taped a fork to my toaster lever for like three months straight because I was too cheap to buy a new one. The real win here is using up the old veggies and rice instead of tossing them, which is honestly how half my best meals get made. Next time try tossing a fried egg on top and you got yourself a full on dinner.