Re: Internal wiring of USA v UK mains plug

[Hal Murray]

So you need pots and pans with heatsink fins on the bottom. ;-)

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.

 

[Spurious Response]

I'd love to see your proof. A 'two quart' saucepan will have *vast* heat
losses. A decent electric kettle can cope with just one cupful of water if
that's all that's needed.

Except that you cannot place your veggies in there, or any other
cooking need.

Some people do more than drink tea. We use continuously boiling water
for many cooking needs, and those are the only needs I have, and my cup
of tea works just fine with water that only takes a few minutes to boil
over a trickle flame.

I know how to apply heat to a surface and waste very little.

 

[Tam/WB2TT]

Join the club. My stupid reply was in response to the stupid comment from
Spurious response.


Thinks. In the UK a kettle is only used for boiling water. Usually for
making tea or instant coffee. Do you guys call some form of general
cooking utensil a kettle too?

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). I may
be wrong, but to me a kettle is a pot with a wire handle like a bucket. No
reason you could not cook spaghetti in it, if you found one.

I am still trying to figure out what the previous poster meant by aligning
the pasta.

Tam

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

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). I may be wrong, but to me a kettle is a pot with a wire
handle like a bucket. No reason you could not cook spaghetti in it, if
you found one.

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.

I am still trying to figure out what the previous poster meant by
aligning the pasta.

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

 

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

I am still trying to figure out what the previous poster meant by aligning
the pasta.

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.

 

[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.


--
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

 

[Ron(UK)]

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.

True audiophile pasta (that`s OFP) is time aligned and by the science of
chakra, the molecules are arranged to that it not only cooks to
perfection everytime but never ever sticks to the pan.

It is of course somewhat more expensive than the common or garden lo fi
pasta.


Ron(UK)

 

[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.

 

[Ron(UK)]

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.

Interestingly, Coffee was commonly drunk in England long before tea
became fashionable.

Ron(UK)

 

[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.


--
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

 

[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.

--
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.