Rice-a-Fuckyou

I can make nearly any kind of food, if you give me a recipe and time to prepare it.  For some reason that escapes me, I am completely incapable of making the easiest food in the world, that San Franciso treat Rice-a-Roni.

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The rice never gets tender.  I put more water in, I turn up the heat and the shit sticks to the pan, but no matter what I do, it’s still crunchy.  I can make basmati rice perfectly in a saucepan every time, but for some reason this boxed bullshit vexes me at every turn.

Does anybody else have trouble getting this shit to cook right, or am I the only Tard-a-Roni in existence?