The idea about V8 and beer is a good one I can modify to a drink from years ago - red beer. Used to add a couple of ounces of tomato juice to beer, but whether V8 or tomato, I like the combination. Good idea. Don't know about the Gerwurtz with the beer. :-/

I bought myself a rice cooker for my birthday this year. But there is so much more than can be cooked with these than rice, and while I do a lot of cooking with normal pots and pans, there is this great ability of the rice cooker to stop at exactly the right time that is very nice. I got a good one, a Cuisinart, that has a steamer that stacks on top of the main receptacle, and the last time I used it I made a very nice chicken and rice below and near the end put the steamer basket with broccoli on top. It was all finished at the same time and was perfect. (I bought this cooker because it is designed to be very easy to wash - and gadgets aren't much use if they are too tedious to wash).

SRS