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To be honest, most US homes don't really need one. We're not a tea country and most boiling of water is done in a pot to cook with. It's changing, and I persona
by cguess 11y ago
To be honest, most US homes don't really need one. We're not a tea country and most boiling of water is done in a pot to cook with. It's changing, and I personally love the things (Alton Brown suggests cooking hard boiled eggs in them), but my parents don't even own a kettle I think...
- jahnu 11y agoFair enough :)
- nmrm2 11y agoOr, more accurately, most US homes do have one -- it's in the coffee maker :-)
- kazinator 11y agoI have used a coffee maker just to make hot water. In a hotel room. :)
- jmspring 11y agoWe own a kettle here in California, for tea and press coffee. In the morning, they are quick and work well. Only problems are arguments over too little or too much water. Despite a nice gas stove, the electric kettle is quicker to use. It also has some "brains" in that it shuts down after awhile if not turned off (say 3-5 minutes at desired temp). I don't know how many times I've had things cooking on the stove and forgot about them due to work, etc.
- skrause 11y agoThe main use of my electric kettle is parallel processing for my cooking water. I put one fourth of the cooking water into the pot and turn on the stove, then I put the other three quarters of the water into my electric kettle and turn that on as well. The kettle is usually done right before pot and then I pour all the water from the kettle into the pot. This greatly reduced the time to get boiling water for cooking.