"It's Al Dente!" - Yeah Right! It's "El Not Cooked-O"

I love to read Heather Armstrong’s blog, Dooce. A post of her's really struck a cord with me. Her husband refuses to read the back of boxes for cooking directions. While my husband will read the back of the boxes to determine how long something is supposed to cook, he refuses to test pasta and rice to see if it has been cooked enough. The timer dings and it's chow time! I can’t tell you how many times I have had a nice spoonful of fluffy white rice or a fork all twisted up in yummy, cream covered pasta and expected great things only to get a crunchy bite of rice or spaghetti pasta stuck to my teeth.

Honey, really, why are you so against testing for doneness prior to serving?