Americans: why don't you use kettles?

[Glitter]

After reading the thread I can conclude that Americans really could care less about the topic.

That phrase boils my piss!!!! It doesn't even make sense


(The piss is boiled in a kettle, naturally)

 

[skyscraper101]

Apart from that, I love American breakfasts! It's the choices....all those choices...!

Word. I do love American breakfasts too. And American breakfast/brunch culture generally. Diners, endless coffee, pancakes, potatoes, eggs. bring it on.

What pisses me off in the UK is the distinct lack of breakfast and brunch culture, and particularly irksome is breakfast menus ending at 10am. If I want breakfast, it's usually post 10am and quite often well past midday. I want breakfast when I want it, not when the restaurant dictates I should have it. America tends to be much more cool with that kind of thing.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Word. I do love American breakfasts too. And American breakfast/brunch culture generally. Diners, endless coffee, pancakes, potatoes, eggs. bring it on.

What pisses me off in the UK is the distinct lack of breakfast and brunch culture, and particularly irksome is breakfast menus ending at 10am. If I want breakfast, it's usually post 10am and quite often well past midday. I want breakfast when I want it, not when the restaurant dictates I should have it. America tends to be much more cool with that kind of thing.

Agreed!! We do love our rules here in the UK

I am just remembering the juevos rancheros I had last time I was in the States *drools*

 

[danny la rouge]

I went on a cooking class once and got laughed at for calling my tarte tatins pies.

I must be common

They *are* pies. Those people were pricks.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Agreed!! We do love our rules here in the UK

I am just remembering the juevos rancheros I had last time I was in the States *drools*

Mexican. Mexican breakfasts are ace.

 

[DotCommunist]

I don't think I can handle that much spice and tequila for the morning meal

*eats yogurt*

 

[QOTH]

I recently stayed in a B&B where the previous occupant had either been sick in the kettle or tried to make cupasoup in it. Not sure if this is belongs in a kettle thread or 1st world problems.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

As far as crispiness goes, I've found in US restaurants they love to make it very crispy, which personally I don't like as it seems like overkill and takes away all the succulence and body reducing it to nothing. I prefer bacon to be more juicy and chewy.

No. Bacon should be properly cooked so that it's crispy and has stopped oinking.

 

[wtfftw]

I'd love Mexican breakfast I reckon.

 

[wtfftw]

Also. Breakfast club does all brunch options til 5pm
http://www.thebreakfastclubcafes.com/brunch/

 

[wtfftw]

And you can buy buttermilk here. From waitrose definitely and also probably morrisons.
But yes. Making it is easy.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I like lapsang souchong of a summer's afternoon.

Like drinking bacon.

 

[danny la rouge]

Like drinking bacon.

You've put me off it now.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Is this a skillet? If so, I have one.

That, is a grill pan.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Same difference - one is lumpy and the other not. I've got both types anyhow.

No, its not! There's no substitute for a well seasoned cast iron skillet.

You'all must live in twee little twig huts like hobbits and only cook with a single kettle.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Yuwipi Woman is wavering already. We're doing a good job here.

Naw, I'm just messing with you.

 

[Looby]

No, its not! There's no substitute for a well seasoned cast iron skillet.

You'all must live in twee little twig huts like hobbits and only cook with a single kettle.

I didn't say it was a skillet, Google did.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

One note about skillets in the US. A good iron skillet can be passed down through the generations. I have a couple from my grandmother. Keep them rubbed with oil and properly seasoned they're non-stick and last forever. I don't know how any household could manage without a least one. (Screw Teflon, btw.)

 

[Looby]

I've got my great grandmother's electric kettle. [emoji41]

 

[wtfftw]

Skillets just have higher sides to frying pans innit. Chemistry has one.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Naw, I'm just messing with you.

 

[Pickman's model]

everyone messes with you

then you get riled and we mess with you some more and it's even better

 

[Pickman's model]

That phrase boils my piss!!!! It doesn't even make sense


(The piss is boiled in a kettle, naturally)

i'm not having a cup of tea round at yours

 

[skyscraper101]

I just realised I own kettles in both America and England. And I also own a Kelly Kettle from Ireland, which is the bomb for camping.

I'm like a United Nations of kettle ownership me.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

everyone messes with you

then you get riled and we mess with you some more and it's even better

She'll always regret not buying one.

 

[Pickman's model]

She'll always regret not buying one.

she surely will

 

[kittyP]

One note about skillets in the US. A good iron skillet can be passed down through the generations. I have a couple from my grandmother. Keep them rubbed with oil and properly seasoned they're non-stick and last forever. I don't know how any household could manage without a least one. (Screw Teflon, btw.)

I would dearly love a really decent skillet but they are proper expensive for a good one.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Skillets just have higher sides to frying pans innit. Chemistry has one.

A skillet is made of cast iron rather than steel or aluminium. Cast iron is porous and prone to corrosion, so just like a proper wok it should never be cleaned with water or detergent. A skillet should be cleaned with just a dry cloth, that way the metal will take up some of the cooking oil which eventually forms a natural non-stick surface.

I don't use my skillet much, but for cooking steaks there's nothing else that will do the job.

 

[kittyP]

Skillets just have higher sides to frying pans innit. Chemistry has one.

Frying pans often have plastic handles or plastic parts somewhere or the handle can't go in the oven.
The point of a skillet is so it can be used on the hob and in the oven.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

she surely will

A proper kettle would transform her life in so many ways.