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Default boiling water with lid off?

On 1/03/2012 11:43 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Julie > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "George M. > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> marco wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:49:26 PM UTC-8, Andy Tillinghast wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 29, 4:46 pm, > 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.

>>
>> Who?

>
> Somebody who never cooked pasta.
>
> Paul
>
>

You're probably right. I recently cooked some pasta and found no need to
put a lid on the pot. In fact, a lid would have been more of a nuisance.

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