marco wrote:

>On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:49:26 PM UTC-8, Andy Tillinghast wrote:
>> On Feb 29, 4:46*pm, marco > wrote:
>> > the directions for brown rice:
>> >
>> > Bring water to a rolling boil
>> > in "uncovered" container.
>> > I think I've seen these directions before
>> > for frozen vegetables.
>> >
>> > uncovered? why?
>> > it takes Longer to boil if uncovered
>> >
>> > marc
>>
>> Not enough to worry about it.
>
>I'm not worried, just curious
>that there may be a reason,
>but I can't think of one

Some people also preach that you *must* keep the lid on when boiling
pasta. Ho-hum.