On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 2:48:43 AM UTC-4, Rod Speed wrote:

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-cook-rice/

How to Cook Brown Rice on the Stove

Brown rice still retains the bran and germ, so you need to use more
water and a longer cooking time than for white rice. Basic recipe:
Rinse one cup of rice in a strainer and put into a pot with 2 cups of
water. Cover and bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer on very
low heat for 45 minutes. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes before
serving. Get more recipes for brown rice

The directions on the bag say pretty much the same thing.
Doesn't take that long in a microwave, stupid.
Yeah what the **** do they know.

But not much less, and with considerably more fiddling about:

Add 1 cup of brown rice and 3 cups of water to a microwave-safe dish and microwave on high for 10 minutes. Reduce power to 50 percent and microwave for 20 minutes. Let the rice stand for 5 minutes, then sprinkle with 1 tablespoon melted butter or olive oil and 1 teaspoon of kosher salt and fluff with a fork.

So that's 25 minutes vs. 45 minutes. Of course, nobody's standing around
watching rice cook, so the rest of the meal can be prepared while the
rice is cooking. The extra 20 minutes doesn't make much difference, and
the stovetop doesn't require you to repeatedly mess around with the rice.

Cindy Hamilton