I recently learned I've been making rice incorrectly for pretty much my entire life. Somehow as a kid I got it in my head the ratio of rice to water was supposed to be 1:1 and that always just stuck because it's easy to remember. So my rice has always come out with a layer of burnt shit stuck to the bottom. I just thought that was the price you have to pay for not using a real rice cooker. I finally got tired of it and realized it's supposed to be 1:2 rice/water. Oops.