They use the microwave. When i visited my ex in the US this one time i found out they microwave bacon too.
well that explains the claim that people are crazy about microwaves. I thought microwave is for popcorn, not for cooking food
I hate the taste of microwaved food. We don't use the microwave to cook food, just for popcorn and occasionally reheating leftovers. It either makes the leftovers soggy or too dry. Yuck. I prefer reheating food in the oven or on the stovetop, which we do most of the time. I could actually go without a microwave myself.
The best tea is made with a "rolling boil" ie: bubbling hot, straight onto the tea in a teapot to infuse the tea. Works for teabags too. In the uk we were brought up to think that Americans couldn't make it properly anyway.
boy I really hate that we do it better attitude that people give to each other over race and culture smh
Sorry, but when it comes to developing bogus superiority complexes over things that just don't matter all that much anyway, I would have to say that we Americans have a reputation for doing it better. Or maybe, again by reputation, we're just louder about it.
Kettles are pretty common in Canada. I don't have a kettle myself anymore though, I need to replace mine but it just seems to be something that keeps getting pushed aside for other things, I kind of miss it but it's not really urgent to me. I mostly just use my keurig brewer for hot beverages though, even if it doesn't come in the k-cups they use I'll use the keurig for hot water.
If I have noodles, I just pour some water on them and microwave them. Even when a kettle is avaliable, I have a bad habit of getting distracted and forgetting my noodles, so they turn into a soggy mess. The microwave obnoxiously screams at me to come get my food so I don't forget.
I would love a nice stovetop kettle though, a store I used to work at had the most gorgeous ones but I still had my electric kettle then so I couldn't justify wasting money on it, and I kind of regret it now. Even though I'm pretty sure I'd never actually use it and would just wish I'd bought another electric kettle because my stove is just a piece of junk that I hate using. And my keurig is my best friend anyway, I'd still use that most no matter what.
but I don't think you guys get to see much Aussie culture.
Excuse you, I've seen like three TV shows from Australia. Plus I know all the lyrics to Land Down Under. Obviously, I know all about Australia. I'm very cultured like that.
It doesn't count, unless it was Fat Pizza, Summer Heights High, Round the Twist, Mother and Son, A Country Practice, and Please Like Me.
Home and Away, and Neighbours are total lies about our culture.
boy I really hate that we do it better attitude that people give to each other over race and culture smh
Well, I'm glad that Aussies stepped back, and let the Greek and Italian immigrants show us how to make coffee, cos they cerntainly did it better, and now, so do we.
The best tea is made with a "rolling boil" ie: bubbling hot, straight onto the tea in a teapot to infuse the tea. Works for teabags too. In the uk we were brought up to think that Americans couldn't make it properly anyway.
boy I really hate that we do it better attitude that people give to each other over race and culture smh
Sorry, but when it comes to developing bogus superiority complexes over things that just don't matter all that much anyway, I would have to say that we Americans have a reputation for doing it better. Or maybe, again by reputation, we're just louder about it.
We can hear the shouts of "We're number one!" from down under.
But we all know about number one and number two.
It doesn't count, unless it was Fat Pizza, Summer Heights High, Round the Twist, Mother and Son, A Country Practice, and Please Like Me.
Home and Away, and Neighbours are total lies about our culture.
Am I to understand you're saying H2O: Just Add Water doesn't count? (don't judge me - I was so young-ish!)
I live in the US and I have a kettle, although I did not have one growing up. I'm not much for tea drinking and I hardly ever drink coffee. If I make noodles it is in the microwave or in a small pot on the stove but I don't do that much either. Kettle's are still commonly sold in stores just about anywhere but they are usually in small supply because the demand is low. I think the use of the kettle in North America will continue to decline. The generation coming up is more into instant drinks like the Keurig or just buying a coffee or tea at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, we really are sadly moving away from preparing our own stuff.
I live in the US and I have a kettle, although I did not have one growing up. I'm not much for tea drinking and I hardly ever drink coffee. If I make noodles it is in the microwave or in a small pot on the stove but I don't do that much either. Kettle's are still commonly sold in stores just about anywhere but they are usually in small supply because the demand is low. I think the use of the kettle in North America will continue to decline. The generation coming up is more into instant drinks like the Keurig or just buying a coffee or tea at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, we really are sadly moving away from preparing our own stuff.
A couple of others have mentioned the takout options as well. I live in one of the biggest cities in the US and yet still have a fifteen minute walk (or a subway ride that really doesn't save any time) to get to a Starbucks. In fact, there are better non-national chain choices a mere five or six minutes away. If I'm out and about already, at work in a totally different area of the City, etc. then fine. If I'm spending all day (or night) at home, I'm not likely to keep running out of the house every half hour or whatever to get a refill. Nor do any any of these places really want to see me in my bathrobe and bunny slippers first thing in the morning. I did ask them and got some pretty strange looks.
Takeout expenses aside, preparing things like this on our own, and the way we prefer them anyway, seemed kind of like part of Survival Skills 101 after moving into my own place during "Uni" a billion years ago. The kettle and coffee maker (of course) appeared on my stove and kitchen counter alongside a toaster before I even really had enough dishes and pots and pans to work with. Guess not everyone sees it that way either back then or today.
Not an American, but we used to use a kettle and a thermos for hot water here. Now we have a water cooler that dispenses both hot and cold water, so there's no need to boil water anymore.
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American. My sisters and I have a name for Starbucks: "Charbucks." They burn the beans! I could never have a plain old cup of joe there. I sometimes get a mocha, a frappuccino, or a steamed almond milk chai no water. I much prefer the little neighborhood coffeeshops, but Starbucks are convenient considering the vast numbers of them and the fact that some are drive-thrus.
We always had whistling tea kettles, growing up. My mother also had those drip coffee makers. My siblings and I make coffee now using the french press or one of those little stovetop espresso pots.
They were shocked and appalled when they caught me boiling water in a little pot on the stove and bought me an electric kettle for Christmas -- so much faster. We have tea all the time at home and out, although probably not with the frequency that Brits seem to have it.
I hear about this time n time again, over and over. Tea in America is like the people who own special duvet. You either own one in america, use it a lot, & don't understand why people can't comprehend such a simple thing. Or you don't bother owning one...You know, people can't grasp new ideas or an experience. I use fast things like a microwave for making hot water for teas. Some tea like green or instant ginseng the water doesn't need to be crucially hot at all. Speaking of, I really want some now.
It's weird, because I saw a character used a kettle in the first Final Destination movie, an American movie, like it's nothing out of the ordinary. lol
I am an american and I use a kettle and drink a lot of tea (esp when sick) and so does my family...I also have full on tea sets, dunno if it is cause it's because I'm part Asian though
When I heard they made noodles in the microwave I was like 'dude... what the frick' Its such a normal thing here and thinking that they dont have it over in the big 'murica is weird Or that its atleast not a common thing? idk man
The outrage over Americans not using kettles has always confused me. We...just boil water somehow else? I have a kettle now but I'd just heat water in a saucepan before that. Some people microwave it. It does not make a big difference.
Now what I will outrage about is people who put milk in tea. At least coffee is arguably an abrasive beverage (I take that black too though) but tea? God forbid a drink be a little bitter and flavorful instead of basically hot and watery milk.
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If I have noodles, I just pour some water on them and microwave them. Even when a kettle is avaliable, I have a bad habit of getting distracted and forgetting my noodles, so they turn into a soggy mess. The microwave obnoxiously screams at me to come get my food so I don't forget.
I would love a nice stovetop kettle though, a store I used to work at had the most gorgeous ones but I still had my electric kettle then so I couldn't justify wasting money on it, and I kind of regret it now. Even though I'm pretty sure I'd never actually use it and would just wish I'd bought another electric kettle because my stove is just a piece of junk that I hate using. And my keurig is my best friend anyway, I'd still use that most no matter what.
It doesn't count, unless it was Fat Pizza, Summer Heights High, Round the Twist, Mother and Son, A Country Practice, and Please Like Me.
Home and Away, and Neighbours are total lies about our culture.
Well, I'm glad that Aussies stepped back, and let the Greek and Italian immigrants show us how to make coffee, cos they cerntainly did it better, and now, so do we.
We can hear the shouts of "We're number one!" from down under.
But we all know about number one and number two.
Am I to understand you're saying H2O: Just Add Water doesn't count? (don't judge me - I was so young-ish!)
I am a blasphemous lady who uses the microwave to get my water nice and hot.
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Takeout expenses aside, preparing things like this on our own, and the way we prefer them anyway, seemed kind of like part of Survival Skills 101 after moving into my own place during "Uni" a billion years ago. The kettle and coffee maker (of course) appeared on my stove and kitchen counter alongside a toaster before I even really had enough dishes and pots and pans to work with. Guess not everyone sees it that way either back then or today.
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We always had whistling tea kettles, growing up. My mother also had those drip coffee makers. My siblings and I make coffee now using the french press or one of those little stovetop espresso pots.
They were shocked and appalled when they caught me boiling water in a little pot on the stove and bought me an electric kettle for Christmas -- so much faster. We have tea all the time at home and out, although probably not with the frequency that Brits seem to have it.
REAL British tea is made by "puttin' t' kettl' on" and making everyone within a 1 mile radius a nice cuppa tea!
A kettle is like an oven or a microwave; everyone owns one! If you don't own one, what are you doing with your life decisions?! You're missing out!
I'm now going to make myself a cuppa tea like the stereotypical Brit that I am!
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Its such a normal thing here and thinking that they dont have it over in the big 'murica is weird
Or that its atleast not a common thing? idk man
Now what I will outrage about is people who put milk in tea. At least coffee is arguably an abrasive beverage (I take that black too though) but tea? God forbid a drink be a little bitter and flavorful instead of basically hot and watery milk.
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