Internal wiring of USA v UK mains plug

[Michael A. Terrell]

You do pasta in a kettle? Have you some secret way of getting it to align
so it can be poured?


You've found a source of open kettles then? Is this a US thing? I don't
think they would conform to UK H&S regs. Do you dip the cup into them to
get the boiling water out?

Why all the arguing? Just heat tha damn water in the microwave.


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[John Larkin]

Why all the arguing? Just heat tha damn water in the microwave.

The brits drink huge amounts of tea because their coffee is so bad.

John

 

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

The brits drink huge amounts of tea because their coffee is so bad.

Not since the 1960's. Of course I think there was good coffee long before
then, when was Andalucci's (on Shaftsbury Avenue) founded?

Of course since London has as many Starbuck's as any other large city,
you may be right.

Geoff.

 

[Rich Grise]

You do pasta in a kettle? Have you some secret way of getting it to align
so it can be poured?


You've found a source of open kettles then? Is this a US thing? I don't
think they would conform to UK H&S regs. Do you dip the cup into them to
get the boiling water out?

In the US, a dedicated electric kettle is rare - you're much more likely
to see an electric skillet(frying pan). To boil water, we use a kettle on
the stove-top:
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=289833

But for pasta and soup and stuff, we use an ordinary cookpot on the
stove.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

If pasta is not aligned properly in relation to the Earth's magnetic
field then it will not cook properly. That's why sometimes it comes
out perfect and other times it comes out mush.

You don't know how to properly check spaghetti. Every few minutes, pick
a strand out of the pot and throw it at the wall. When one sticks, the
spaghetti is done. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In the US, a dedicated electric kettle is rare - you're much more likely
to see an electric skillet(frying pan). To boil water, we use a kettle on
the stove-top:
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=289833

Looks just like many an electric UK kettle then - although jug types are
also popular.

But for pasta and soup and stuff, we use an ordinary cookpot on the
stove.

As I'd guessed. Dunno what Mr S Response was on about.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Having bought multiple cooking utensils in the past few years, I don't
recall seeing one in a box that said "kettle". From what I can gather, that
is pretty much an archaic term, and only used in a context such as tea
kettle; however, the latter is just as often called a tea pot. If I look
around in a store, they will have things called sauce pans (nothing to do
with a pan), stock pots, and Dutch ovens (nothing to do with an oven).

A "Dutch Oven" is a cast iron pot with a heavy cover made you use in
an open campfire. You can use it as an oven to bake bread over a bed of
hot coals. It can also pe used to cook soup, stew or Chili while away
from a conventional kitchen.


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prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

The brits drink huge amounts of tea because their coffee is so bad.

John

There are a few of them who should get a mouthful of water, insert
the tea bag, then microwave their heads. Instant tea, and one less
troll.

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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[John Larkin]

There are a few of them who should get a mouthful of water, insert
the tea bag, then microwave their heads. Instant tea, and one less
troll.

There is the charming British expression "Oh go boil your head,
Bertie."

John

 

[Spurious Response]

Usually for
making tea or instant coffee

3kW to make tea or coffee?

Bwuahahahahahahaha!

Talk about waste. Ol' Gore would be over for a party to join you, if
you let him have a news broadcast of how much electric gets wasted in UK
kitchens, he'll fly over (wasting fuel) and have tea with you (wasting
power).

 

[Spurious Response]

bullshit.

You have never seen plastic come to a melting point on its surface, and
stay that way for minutes until someone or something touches it and sinks
the heat away?

Yeah, you did just shit a pile, bully boy.

 

[Spurious Response]

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:41:33 -0500,

http://www.trailspace.com/gear/jetboil/group-cooking-system/


I found that while looking for this
http://www.msrcorp.com/cookware/heat_exchanger.asp
It goes around a pot to get better heat transfer.

Looks cool, as well as fully functional.

Double overpriced, however.

 

[Spurious Response]

If it were spaghetti, so it could be poured out of the spout?

Here, a kettle can be anything from a tea kettle to a giant two foot
deep pot for LA Gumbo.

 

[Spurious Response]

If pasta is not aligned properly in relation to the Earth's magnetic
field then it will not cook properly. That's why sometimes it comes
out perfect and other times it comes out mush.




Geoff.

You have to cook it under your scaled replica Cheops pyramid at the one
third height level, while wearing your pyramidal foil hat with Salvador
Dali on the widescreen in the living room.

Don't forget all of the Mayan culture wall hangings.

 

[Tam/WB2TT]

I think the UK definition means a container with a spout and handle. But
most would consider it the safest way to boil water and fill a cup etc
from it - saucepans are less than ideal for this.


If it were spaghetti, so it could be poured out of the spout?

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If all else fails, read the instruction book. I didn't see anything in the
cookbook about pots/pans, but according to Webster's Dictionary a kettle is
a bowl shaped metal utensil. I take that to mean it has a rounded bottom,
like what one would use for making witches brew. Probably not useful on an
electric stove.

Tam

 

[Spurious Response]

Why all the arguing? Just heat tha damn water in the microwave.

Describe the mechanism by which it heats.

Hint:

The word for today is hysteresis.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

There is the charming British expression "Oh go boil your head,
Bertie."

See? They were aHEAD of their time! ;-)


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Eeyore]

In the US, a dedicated electric kettle is rare - you're much more likely
to see an electric skillet(frying pan). To boil water, we use a kettle on
the stove-top:
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=289833

A quick Google showed no shortage of the type we have here.
http://www.amazon.com/Proctor-Silex-K2070-Automatic-Electric/dp/B00023XCWS

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

Having bought multiple cooking utensils in the past few years, I don't
recall seeing one in a box that said "kettle".

You're not familiar with these ?

http://www.google.com/search?&q=electric+kettle

Graham

 

[Paul Burke]

Having bought multiple cooking utensils in the past few years, I don't
recall seeing one in a box that said "kettle". From what I can gather, that
is pretty much an archaic term, and only used in a context such as tea
kettle; however, the latter is just as often called a tea pot.

There is a crucial distinction between the kettle, in which the water is
boiled, and the teapot, in which the tea is brewed (infused). If you've
been putting the tea leaves (or even bags) in the kettle, it's no wonder
the Americans prefer coffee.

There are other kinds of kettle, with neither side- handle nor spout,
but that's a different kettle of fish.

Paul Burke