Americans: why don't you use kettles?

[farmerbarleymow]

crispy bacon, but not so crisp its lost all chewiness.

so a little flaccid. Just so long as the suasages are of sufficient girth

But do you prefer the sausages to be juicy?

 

[Miss Caphat]

You'll have to ask Miss Caphat. I'm not from Boston.

and we don't have 'arses' so I wouldn't know

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

and we don't have 'arses' so I wouldn't know

Don't you just hate it when a man mixes you up with another woman? Sheesh!

 

[such and such]

Meanwhile, in Australia, this is what a cordial aisle looks like here

*leaves thread out of fear*

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Meanwhile, in Australia, this is what a cordial aisle looks like here

*leaves thread out of fear*

It looks like cleaning supplies.

 

[laptop]

It looks like cleaning supplies.

Or engine oil...

 

[Miss Caphat]

It looks like cleaning supplies.

It really really does! Such & Such's picture shows one that is called "Pine Lime"

wait, are you guys sure they're not actually cleaning supplies? I think you might be doing hydration wrong

 

[Orang Utan]

It really really does! Such & Such's picture shows one that is called "Pine Lime"

wait, are you guys sure they're not actually cleaning supplies? I think you might be doing hydration wrong

who are 'you guys'? Anyone who isn't American?

 

[Cid]

who are 'you guys'? Anyone who isn't American?

Ozzies. You ever seen 'pine lime' squash over here?

 

[Cid]

Although [completely bloody] 'fruitcup' does seem appropriate.

 

[such and such]

Pine lime is lime pineapple sillies! Cordial in Australia is really a kids drink, hence the lurid colours.

 

[Epona]

That does look like the cleaning products aisle. I also think that what is being referred to as cordials, I would call squash. To me squash is a drink for kids, brightly coloured and vaguely tastes of fruit but is mostly made of additives that is used diluted with water. A cordial is a drink for adults used to add to alcohol to attempt to make hitting the vodka at lunchtime a bit more middle class.

 

[Cid]

Squash:

Cordial:

 

[Orang Utan]

Pine lime is lime pineapple sillies! Cordial in Australia is really a kids drink, hence the lurid colours.

It is in the UK too

 

[Opera Buffa]

who are 'you guys'? Anyone who isn't American?

Wooooah!
Woah!
*Head Sass*
'You people!?!'
'You people!?!'


Surely Pine Line should be named Limeapple?

 

[Opera Buffa]

Or possibly even Pine Lime, to Pinelapple.

 

[Opera Buffa]

Pine Line is most definitely an industrial cleaner, leaving your kitchen and drink a limey fresh

 

[Opera Buffa]

limey

Wooooah!
Woah!
*Head Sass*
'You people!?!'
'You people!?!'

 

[Orang Utan]

Apparently Americans think beans on toast is weird: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/just-wait-till-the-confusion-over-welsh-rarebit-starts

 

[Orang Utan]

And here is yet another relevant Buzzfeed article: http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/w...-american-culture-and-they-totally#.cqokNOYdx

 

[8den]

Pine lime is lime pineapple sillies! Cordial in Australia is really a kids drink, hence the lurid colours.

Yes but making the colours and packaging look like cleaning supplies and marketing them to children is a recipe for disaster.

Its like that company that made jellys in the shape of lego bricks. One look at them and you think "theres a lawsuit waiting to happen"

 

[Epona]

Was there ever any conclusion as to whether Americans used kettles and if not why not? I got bored after the first couple of pages.

 

[8den]

Apparently Americans think beans on toast is weird: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/just-wait-till-the-confusion-over-welsh-rarebit-starts

In fairness someone there showed them beans and toast with cucumber. What is that?

 

[DotCommunist]

In fairness someone there showed them beans and toast with cucumber. What is that?

I recoiled in horror myself. What a way to sell a national treasure of a dish to the Yanqui. Fucking cucumbers.

 

[such and such]

Yes but making the colours and packaging look like cleaning supplies and marketing them to children is a recipe for disaster.

Its like that company that made jellys in the shape of lego bricks. One look at them and you think "theres a lawsuit waiting to happen"

*shrug* Don't ask me why they look like that, wasn't my idea.

 

[Epona]

In fairness someone there showed them beans and toast with cucumber. What is that?

I think it might have been a joke. At least I fucking well hope it was a joke!

 

[8den]

Was there ever any conclusion as to whether Americans used kettles and if not why not? I got bored after the first couple of pages.

Apparently because american homes use sissy puny 120v compared to our more manly European 220v.

Also because tea isn't really a thing there.

 

[Epona]

Apparently because american homes use sissy puny 125v compared to our more manly European 225v.

Also because tea isn't really a thing there.

What does tea have to do with it? I do drink tea, but mostly use my kettle to heat up water - you know when you have to bring a pan of water to the boil to cook something? It takes a fraction of the time in a kettle - boil water in the kettle, pour it into the pan 2 minutes later when it is boiling. If I had to bring an actual pan of water to the boil I think I would die of boredom in the time it took!

 

[panpete]

Ain't read thread cos its a longie, but here is walmarts selection of kettles
http://www.walmart.com/c/kp/electric-kettles

 

[panpete]

Was there ever any conclusion as to whether Americans used kettles and if not why not? I got bored after the first couple of pages.

see my post above, Walmart, a major supermarket (or whatever Americans call them) sell kettles.