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Ach! I forgot you don't have electric kettles in the US because of some crappy power supply issues! When making any kind of pasta, I boil the water in a kettle
by GordonS 6y ago
Ach! I forgot you don't have electric kettles in the US because of some crappy power supply issues! When making any kind of pasta, I boil the water in a kettle first, then pour it into a pan on the hob (aka stove) - so pasta starts cooking in 3m or so.
Anyway, without a kettle I guess it's still doable around the 20m mark, as long as you have a gas or induction hob, and while the pasta is cooking you grate the cheese and make the sauce.
And on the sauce, I make a roux, add full-fat milk, add the cheese and season - easy. If you want to get fancy, chopped onions and chunks of pre-cooked (or tinned) ham mixes things up.
- cbm-vic-20 6y agoElectric kettles aren't that rare here in the states...
- SECProto 6y agoElectric kettles are much less powerful on a 120v circuit (US household) than a 240v circuit (ie uk). A quick look at an online retail shop confirms british kettles are rated at 3000W, while american ones are 1500W. I actually have a bit of a hack when I'm in a major rush - I'll put half the water I need in the electric kettle, and half on the stovetop.
- wavefunction 6y agoMy 120v kettle is definitely faster than itself plus some stove-top boiled water, strangely enough.
- drewzero1 6y agoYeah, the maximum rated output for a standard US electrical outlet is 1500W. Alec Watson of the YouTube channel Technology Connections[1] did an interesting video a while back about the fact that basically all plug-in electric heaters sold in the US output 1500W. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jmSjy2ArM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jmSjy2ArM
- zwily 6y agoMy induction stovetop (in the states) can get a big pot of water boiling in less than a minute.
- vlod 6y agoAs a Brit in the US, one of the first things I got 'straight off the boat' was an electric kettle. Surprisingly they work exactly like you'd expect. :)
- laurencerowe 6y agoKettles are noticeably slower in the US (heating at about half the power.) Still more convenient than the hob for a cup of tea but not much faster timewise for heating a pan of water.
- wavefunction 6y agoI have an electric kettle on my kitchen counter-top that I use for tea every day. In America!
- jdminhbg 6y ago> Ach! I forgot you don't have electric kettles in the US because of some crappy power supply issues! We do have electric kettles, although I take it they don’t heat as fast as yours due to the difference in power supply. That said... I’ve never seen one (in the UK) big enough to heat enough water to properly boil pasta. They’re like one quart or 1L at the most...?
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoI've normally had 2-litre electric kettles...
- DanBC 6y agoUK kettles are normally about 1.5L to 1.8L