[raymondlin]

Please Vote !

I just found out that most people in the US don't have a electric Kettle and still boil water on the cooker. I am wondering, WHY ? In the UK, 99% of people boil their water using an electric kettle.

Just wondering why only a small portion of people have one over there. They aren't that expensive, you can get one for under $10. Altough I have a $50 one, a cool wireless Philips one.

 

[Mr.PD]

I seldom boil water. My wife does'nt do much of that either. If I do I use the microwave. I think she uses the cooker.

What does an electric kettle look like?

 

[raymondlin]

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Originally posted by Mr.PD What does an electric kettle look like?

Is that a joke ?

 

[raymondlin]

Mine looks like the 2nd one from the left, the far right one would be about $10.

 

[andrzejpw]

Yeah, I too am mystified by the fact that we don't have electric kettles here in the US. Back in Europe, everyone has one. Here, people don't know what they are!

To be honest, I don't think I've seen electric kettles for SALE here!

 

[Gergor]

I'm a heavy tea drinker, electric water boiler is a must for me. I use one made by Zojirushi.

Mr.PD, be careful about heating up water with microwave, the water could become "superheat" without boiling.

 

[Snufkin]

2 things about electric kettles that people tend to do wrong

1) put them on the stove
2) switch them on with no water in them

I used to have one, but it got to the end of its lifetime and I went out to buy a new one but I'm a picky person and I couldn't find one that I liked, so I ended up buying a shiny stainless steel stovetop one

 

[Gergor]

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Originally posted by andrzejpw To be honest, I don't think I've seen electric kettles for SALE here!

Oh yeah, they're for sale in US alright, not sure about in the area where you live. In my area, they can easily be found in Target and other stores.

 

[raymondlin]

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Originally posted by Snufkin 2 things about electric kettles that people tend to do wrong 1) put them on the stove 2) switch them on with no water in them I used to have one, but it got to the end of its lifetime and I went out to buy a new one but I'm a picky person and I couldn't find one that I liked, so I ended up buying a shiny stainless steel stovetop one

1 - Put a plastic kettle on a stove ? How stupid can you get ? And remember it does say Electic Kettle onthe box ?

2 - It doesn't matter, the switch won't switch on when there is no water, just as it turns itself off whent the water has boiled.

 

[Gergor]

I prefer the Japanese electric hot pot over the european ones because it not only boils water, it also keeps the water hot. It's always on, unless it's out of water, then it shut itself off. So there's always hot water when I need it, no need to wait for it to boil. If I ever have my own house, I think I'd spend a few hundred dollars buying one of those hot water dispenser.

 

[raymondlin]

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Originally posted by Gergor I prefer the Japanese electric hot pot over the european ones because it not only boils water, it also keeps the water hot. It's always on, unless it's out of water, then it shut itself off. So there's always hot water when I need it, no need to wait for it to boil. If I ever have my own house, I think I'd spend a few hundred dollars buying one of those hot water dispenser.

That would be taking it a bit far thou, it only take 2 minutes to boil the kettle full of water, keeping it HOT like that could be dangerous with childrens around.

 

[Gergor]

I'm picky about tea (check the thread about things I'm picky about

), and boiling water is not ideal for making tea. So may be 2 minutes to boil the water, but it'll take much longer for the water to cool down to the "right" temperature. The pot I have the temperature setting, so it'll be at the set temperature all the time. I don't have kid, so I didn't thought about safety problem. But now when I think about it, I still think it's pretty safe: It has a very heavy base so I don't think kids'd be able to tip it over easily. Even if it's tip over, I'm not sure if water'll spill (Haven't tried it, but it looks kind of semi sealed.

) The lid has a (mechanical) safety lock. And the electric dispenser also has a (electronic) safety lock.

 

[mekanoplastik]

Funny you've asked, I am often surprised with the differences between the US and European kitchen tools (I am easy to surprise

)…. you are right, not too many people in the US has the water kettle, the only people I know in the US who has one are my German and Chinese friends. I am European but I don’t know anyone having one back home.

Here in the US my favorite (because I've never seen them in Europe before) kitchen appliances are: the blender embedded in the bar (sorry I don’t remember the right name) is a small platform with a flat rubber spinning gear ready to couple with the bottom of the blender jar ..very cool, kinda old too (I think it was one of those 60’s space age kitchen thing to make the kitchen high-tech). Then I like the garbage blender in the sink, very useful. Or the huge ovens…(This is such a odd subject I feel funny talking about it …but I am bored enough to talk about anything…

) ….the stoves here they are old and big (80% of homes I usually visit) in Europe they usually look smaller and cuter (usually), but the main difference is that the kitchen in the US are usually “part” of the living room!! That was shocking!! For me a kitchen was a different room in the house not a corner in the living room..hehe…

By the way, who as a rice cooker???? Amazing machine. Good for single people.

Here I’ve seen some homes that have water boilers in the sink, they are instantaneous, and they look like a small faucet, very convenient





m.

 

[raymondlin]

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By the way, who as a rice cooker???? Amazing machine. Good for single people. Here I’ve seen some homes that have water boilers in the sink, they are instantaneous, and they look like a small faucet, very convenient m. [/B]

I have a rice cooker!

Boil water in the sink? isn't that really dangerous ? and don't tell me you use that for drinking / making tea !

 

[JMT]

I have 3 rice cookers. All different sizes, and all used on a regular basis. It depends on what and how many for dinner that determines how much rice we are going to need.

....no electric kettle though.