On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:36:54 -0400, Polarhound
> wrote:

wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:09:12 -0400, Polarhound
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Jerry Bank > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How about rice in a rice cooker. What could be easier?
>>>> The microwave and a microwave-safe dish with a cover.
>>> Ziploc plastic bowl and cover work just as well for rice.
>>
>> So does a Revereware saucepan on top of a gas stove. This is rice,
>> not some complicated or delicate dish. It's easy to cook in any
>> number of ways. I don't get why there's a DSW going on here about
>> cooking rice.
>
>By the time you are done getting the water to boil, I will be halfway
>through eating.

Well, sure, if you're only eating rice. Rice really doesn't take very
long to cook even on the stove, and in the meantime, the rest of the
meal is being prepped and cooked.

BW