American things

Get yourself an Arnold Palmer for a real thirst quencher, son.

Okay I had an Arizona brand iced tea today. This is what I'm talking about.

https://imgur.com/a/uQVDkO9

King Boy, thanks for the Arnold Palmer tip!

dirty sugar water

sugar: the real american drink

not using electric kettles

Our lack of electric kettles baffles Europeans.

In Europe, they make enormous sense because they're so much faster than using the stove. In the USA, not so much.

In related news, household outlets in the UK and Europe run at 220-240 volts. In the USA, it's 120. https://t.co/rKHmL1Hddh

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 29, 2022

cottage cheese

half & half

under armour

ranch dressing

each person at the table adding dressing to their own salad from the bottle

The not using electric kettles is weird. I can’t remember having a non electric kettle in like the last 2 decades. Do USA’ians really not use them?? Poor people.

I crank on the gas burner (I believe y'all call it a "hob"?) every morning, it's true

however, our roommate uses an electric kettle upstairs for her morning coffee.

I'll probably get an electric kettle soon, but the reason I haven't yet is just that I don't really have room for it. The regular water kettle just lives on the burner of my gas stove. Counter space is precious.

Also, no one I know drinks tea regularly. (Probably bc it is disappointment juice?)

The not using electric kettles is weird. I can’t remember having a non electric kettle in like the last 2 decades. Do USA’ians really not use them?? Poor people.

I come across more "instant hot water" devices in the usa. We have an electric kettle used for some coffee styles and tea. I think they are popular. You can buy one at Target.

this thread is about american things iirc

not european things

Ranch dressing is everywhere, but french dressing feels secretly more american. Ketchup base, cups of sugar, etc.

usa thing: good mexican food outside of mexico

Also, no one I know drinks tea regularly. (Probably bc it is disappointment juice?) _The not using electric kettles is weird. I can’t remember having a non electric kettle in like the last 2 decades. Do USA’ians really not use them?? Poor people._


What do you use it for?

feel like we've been over the electric kettle thing a million times and why it makes sense that they haven't caught on in the US (much, anyway - my tea-obsessed mother has used one for many years)

It's such an internet dead horse but I still don't get why it is such a big deal. Like, water is water. It gets heated. It doesn't taste different based on the method of heating. If you can't detect a difference in a blind taste test you should maybe just be quiet on this boring shibboleth for a while.

My kitchen is tiny and very short of both counter space and electrical outlets, hence I hate single-use appliances.

It doesn't taste different based on the method of heating. If you can't detect a difference in a blind taste test you should maybe just be quiet on this boring shibboleth for a while.

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I proof pizza dough in our electric kettle

brown some london broil in the ole kettle

if you heat water in the microwave it's either not hot enough or it has boiled itself all over the inside of your microwave

I've always been a microwave refusist but could do with borrowing one for tomorrow

word

key to microwave happiness is getting the smallest one possible that just sits on the counter. A large microwave hanging over the stove with an ersatz fan will be the death of all kitchen goodtimes.

If you have a stove you can put a teakettle (or even a saucepan) on it, twist the knob, boom, hot water. Like, it's already there, it's the same device that you use to make other things hot. This is not even a little bit complicated.

I can’t think of one thing I would use a microwave for that my toaster oven/stove-top won’t do better. Haven’t had one in decades.

If you have a stove you can put a teakettle (or even a saucepan) on it, twist the knob, boom, hot water. Like, it's already there, it's the same device that you use to make other things hot. This is not even a little bit complicated.

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An electric kettle boils much faster, and some of them will also keep the water hot.

usa thing: good mexican food outside of mexico

Also, no one I know drinks tea regularly.
lies!!!
unless you have disavowed knowing me

i also use the electric kettle to make coffee

yeah electric kettle is significantly better for pour over or french press, even your most basic, non-gooseneck one.

i hate that i'm getting into this but if you're content to let the water boil more slowly (which many are not) then idk what kind of magic water your electric kettle is producing that makes "significantly better" coffee

maybe this whole conversation is an American thing

It's an ILX thing.

boiling shit on the stove is for boring ass nerds who are going to wait around for a fuckin cup of american ass bullshit tea with no milk because it aint worth delivered any quick

quick boil electric kettles are galaxy brain so you can get to steeping asap abd enjoy your good cup of tea NOW instead of later

i don’t know why it needs to be explained but you all invite this beating every single fucking time

if you dont get why you its because dont know and therfore you deserve to make your water in a fucking pot on the fucking stove or an asinine whistling goddamn kettle THEY SUCK AND THEY ARENT WORTH THE TIME WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND

^my favorite Wu-Tang skit

is there like a video where I can see this competition side by side with a timer?

also this dispute ignores the voltage difference, which is why US electric kettles are um less than ideal at 120V

Just plug the kettle into two 120V outlets that are 180 degrees out of phase.

I actually have a friend who hacked a UK 230V kettle to run on US 240V power, but it's tricky

Kettle Cookery

the sauce will cover the element

summa cum laude

Are stingy/stinging nettles not a think in the USA? I see lots of poison ivy talk, but not much mention of nettles.

We have them in California. My horse tries to eat them!

Not native to North America, it was "introduced" there - though why anyone would bother I know not

here in the Pacific Northwest we eat them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettle_soup