Americans: why don't you use kettles?

[littlebabyjesus]

Only problem I had with coffee in Cuba was if they brought you an Americano, which I don't really like normally, but in Cuba I suspect is made deliberately awful for propaganda purposes. Cafe con leche seemed much the same as Spanish coffee, a good thing

Yeah, I was thinking more in people's homes. Most people have a stove-top moka. And they'll put the sugar in with the coffee at the start. I had to accept defeat and drink sweet coffee sometimes.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Kelvins are just a silly way of expressing Celsius. I bet that Kelvin geezer was just jealous of Celsius and thought I want my own temperature system but as I'm so unimaginative, I'll just add 273 to the Celsius scale.

Don't be silly. The Celsius scale was invented solely for use in kettles - it has no conceivable use in any other area of life.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I had real trouble getting coffee without sugar in Cuba. They have really nice coffee, but always add sugar. If you ask for no sugar, they will often start explaining how it's bitter without it and will make you ill, and will put some in anyway to save you from yourself.

Similar story with Arabs IME. But then they do make very strong coffee.

 

[maomao]

and babies, they need lots of hot water. I've seen it on the telly, must start em on drinking tea early

That's true, how do Americans cope with a home birth? Every Englishman knows the first thing the midwife's going to tell him to do is pop the kettle on.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Similar story with Arabs IME. But then they do make very strong coffee.

I like very strong coffee. Still don't want sugar.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Jesus Christ! It just goes on and on! We don't need kettles of fucking boiling water so we don't make them! How hard is that to understand? And if we do need them for pasta or whatever in which case we'd be cooking it in a pot anyway! Why would we buy an extra appliance for that since you have to cook it in a pot after the water boils?

But boiling the water in the pan takes ages, so you'd really be better off buying a kettle. You'll soon find its a godsend.

 

[fishfinger]

Don't be silly. The Celsius scale was invented solely for use in kettles - it has no conceivable use in any other area of life.

Nah! that Kelvin bloke was an absolute zero.

 

[SpookyFrank]

That's true, how do Americans cope with a home birth?

People cope with things in different ways. We use tea, Americans use high-calibre assault weaponary.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I'm unlikely to any time soon since Americans can't technically travel there. Some people swing through another country, but I'm just a regular person. Regular people get in trouble for things like that.

It is a mad thing about the US. I don't know of any other 'democracy' that restricts travel in this way. Surprised it's not unconstitutional, really.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

It is a mad thing about the US. I don't know of any other 'democracy' that restricts travel in this way. Surprised it's not unconstitutional, really.

I don't know how it is either. I figure if I want to go somewhere the government doesn't approve, it's only my ass I'm putting at risk.

 

[kittyP]

Porkpies are good but the jelly in them, the ones that have jelly, is rank. It's just that to keep pastry dry and meet separated. Some sick people eat the jelly and claim to like it.

I prefer the jelly and pastry bit to the meat bit

 

[Miss Caphat]

But boiling the water in the pan takes ages, so you'd really be better off buying a kettle. You'll soon find its a godsend.

Never. Going. To. Happen.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Never. Going. To. Happen.

I dunno, Miss Caphat, they're beginning to convince me. I might get me one.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I don't know how it is either. I figure if I want to go somewhere the government doesn't approve, it's only my ass I'm putting at risk.

You're safer in many other countries. Reckon you're safer in Cuba than many bits of the US!

 

[xenon]

I prefer the jelly and pastry bit to the meat bit

Oh. I used to think you was alright.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Oh. I used to think you was alright.

Ever got the feeling that you're the wrongun?

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

You're safer in many other countries. Reckon you're safer in Cuba than many bits of the US!

"Safety" is usually the reason they use for limiting travel. There's really very little I'm afraid of. Most people are smart enough not to mess with me.

 

[butchersapron]

We need to talking about boycotting kelvin

 

[Vintage Paw]

Never mind pork pies. Scotch Eggs is where it's at.

 

[Miss Caphat]

I dunno, Miss Caphat, they're beginning to convince me. I might get me one.

Traitor!

I might get one at some point too because I DO drink tea every day but there's a bunch of other stuff I'd buy before even thinking of one such as a bread maker, pasta maker, food processor juicer and maybe even rice cooker.
In the mean time I kind of like the ritual of waiting for the (stovetop) kettle to boil. It normally gives me just enough time to grab what I need for my lunch and put my coat on etc, make my tea in a travel mug and then go. In fact without it I would probably be late to work each day!

 

[SpookyFrank]

Never mind pork pies. Scotch Eggs is where it's at.

Scotch eggs are not as good but they do have a less terrifying fat content.

 

[xenon]

Ever got the feeling that you're the wrongun?

Jesus had days like this.

The grownup one. Your namesake probably just cried and shat himself a lot. Thats more a Sunday thing IME...

 

[kittyP]

Began with a C round here - Corona.

I think Corona did fizzy pop and cordial.
In the glass bottles that you returned to get the pennies back?
I only just remember them.

 

[kittyP]

We Need To Talk About Kelvin.

 

[kittyP]

Do Brits really find it so hard to make boiling water anyway?

A couple of times when we have moved house and either have lost a kettle or can't find one, I have made tea with water boiled in a pan and even in a stainless steel pan, it tastes of cooking and all wrong

I am a tea fiend though and drink at the very least 3 pots (only two cups each mind) a day

 

[DotCommunist]

its always the last thing you pack when moving and the first to be ushered in to the new houses plug sockets. Ditto toaster. Once you've had a round of toast and a mug of tea that load of boxed belongings is getting unpacked hard

 

[Orang Utan]

Traitor!

I might get one at some point too because I DO drink tea every day but there's a bunch of other stuff I'd buy before even thinking of one such as a bread maker, pasta maker, food processor juicer and maybe even rice cooker.
In the mean time I kind of like the ritual of waiting for the kettle to boil. It normally gives me just enough time to grab what I need for my lunch and put my coat on etc, make my tea in a travel mug and then go. In fact without it I would probably be late to work each day!

wait a minute? what? you make tea to take to work? don't they have teamaking facilities at work?
yet another reason why kettles are so necessary - for the workplace

 

[kittyP]

Sugar in tea is even worse than in coffee.

I am with you on this.

I often have under a quarter of a teaspoon of brown sugar in strong coffee but sugar tea, get behind thee Satan!

 

[maomao]

I am with you on this.

I often have under a quarter of a teaspoon of brown sugar in strong coffee but sugar tea, get behind thee Satan!

Agreed but then I also think milk in tea is wrong.

 

[danny la rouge]

I am with you on this.

I often have under a quarter of a teaspoon of brown sugar in strong coffee but sugar tea, get behind thee Satan!

People are mistaken that brown sugar is good in coffee. Only in bad coffee. If you're putting sugar in a good coffee (espresso), it has to be white.