Why no electric kettles in the USA?

[Azza ☠]

Do Americans not actually have the electric kettle to boil water for coffee/teas/hot chocolate, etc?

It's a given in New Zealand, since we got rid of the stove top boiling of water back in the 1980s, but some American was utterly shocked by our simple electric kettle and I'm wondering if he's being serious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mtt90Oybi0

Why don't you have electric kettles there?

[Fajita Jim]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

oh just americans don't drink tea?

Sweet iced tea, brah. Make it in a pot on the stove, load it with sugar, shove it in the fridge for a few hours, pour a little bit over a glass of ice.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Sweet iced tea, brah. Make it in a pot on the stove.

hence the lack of kettles... lol

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

oh just americans don't drink tea?

We drink it all baby, I mix tea and coffee and form a super beverage.

no yerba mate?

[Fajita Jim]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Sweet iced tea, brah. Make it in a pot on the stove.

hence the lack of kettles... lol

Well, I mean, I personally steep my teabags for 20 minutes. Once the water reaches boiling, throw some sugar in, stir, let it reach boiling again, turn the flame off and add the teabags.

20 minutes later I remove the teabag, pour the tea in a pitcher, and finish filling the pitcher with cold water from the tap. Stir and refrigerate.

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

You have to be trolling... you do realize they can make all the same appliances for every voltage, you would just buy the right one for the right country...



Do seriously not comprehend how to boil water? It's like 1 to 2 minutes at most for a cup.

Hey you guys might like this channel. I think this is the right video if not he has a lot to go through and I haven't the time atm:

https://youtu.be/7jlQ9S0HvQ0

Lawrence is a right top bloke. Though he doesn't praise Minnesota as often as he should. We are the cultural capitol of the Midwest. We just let the Chicago posers think they are because it's amusing.

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

We drink it all baby, I mix tea and coffee and form a super beverage.

no yerba mate?

Doesn't that stuff cause heart palpitations? I guess its no worse than a monster

[Electric Cupcake]

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

oh just americans don't drink tea?

We drink it all baby, I mix tea and coffee and form a super beverage.

Zymology is gross, but a lot of fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9n2U9srchE

[Fajita Jim]

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:

Lawrence is a right top bloke. Though he doesn't praise Minnesota as often as he should. We are the cultural capitol of the Midwest. We just let the Chicago posers think they are because it's amusing.

It's okay. Down here in the south you're all just 'Yanks' to us.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

More nonsense, if that were true it would happen from all food put in a microwave, because that's all you're doing with everything is heating it by making the water molecules in it move and create friction

Microwave ovens use electromagnetic radiation to heat food.

I mean I'll take the extra 10 minutes to boil some water on the stove and not take that chance my friend

Everything uses radiation. The human body even produces radiation. The only thing that matters is the dose and exposure length.

Microwaves produce less radiation than the lightbulbs you have turned on in your house, the only difference is it's directed in a way that it directly moves the water molecules it's aimed at.

You might as well be scared of any food that's been heated from a heat source. The radiation is gone as soon as it's turned off, the same way light or heat doesn't continue to build up once the source is gone it begins to dissipate.

You would have to be inside the microwave while it was turned on for it to be dangerous, just like you have nothing to fear from a lightbulb unless you touch it directly while it's still hot.

Microwave radiation is only capable of heating materials of sufficient dielectric loss properties; it cannot break molecular bonds, damage DNA, cause things like cancer, or other physiological hazards.

The most it could do is burn you, if you were inside of it; and you have that same danger from every other heat source in your house if you touch it while it's on.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

no yerba mate?

Doesn't that stuff cause heart palpitations? I guess its no worse than a monster

doesn't caffine?

"allegedly"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixlMJE2rpNQ

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

Microwave ovens use electromagnetic radiation to heat food.

I mean I'll take the extra 10 minutes to boil some water on the stove and not take that chance my friend

Everything uses radiation. The human body even produces radiation. The only thing that matters is the dose and exposure length.

Microwaves produce less radiation than the lightbulbs you have turned on in your house, the only difference is it's directed in a way that it directly moves the water molecules it's aimed at.

You might as well be scared of any food that's been heated from a heat source. The radiation is gone as soon as it's turned off, the same way light or heat doesn't continue to build up once the source is gone it begins to dissipate.

You would have to be inside the microwave while it was turned on for it to be dangerous, just like you have nothing to fear from a lightbulb unless you touch it directly while it's still hot.

Microwave radiation is only capable of heating materials of sufficient dielectric loss properties; it cannot break molecular bonds, damage DNA, cause things like cancer, or other physiological hazards.

The most it could do is burn you, if you were inside of it; and you have that same danger from every other heat source in your house if you touch it while it's on.

I haven't used a microwave for years and I don't plan on starting my friend.

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

Doesn't that stuff cause heart palpitations? I guess its no worse than a monster

doesn't caffine?

"allegedly"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixlMJE2rpNQ

MY FRIEND ARE YOU FRENCH CANADIAN?

[Electric Cupcake]

I did try adding some Red Bull to coffee once.

It was gross and I couldn't finish it.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Everything uses radiation. The human body even produces radiation. The only thing that matters is the dose and exposure length.

Microwaves produce less radiation than the lightbulbs you have turned on in your house, the only difference is it's directed in a way that it directly moves the water molecules it's aimed at.

You might as well be scared of any food that's been heated from a heat source. The radiation is gone as soon as it's turned off, the same way light or heat doesn't continue to build up once the source is gone it begins to dissipate.

You would have to be inside the microwave while it was turned on for it to be dangerous, just like you have nothing to fear from a lightbulb unless you touch it directly while it's still hot.

Microwave radiation is only capable of heating materials of sufficient dielectric loss properties; it cannot break molecular bonds, damage DNA, cause things like cancer, or other physiological hazards.

The most it could do is burn you, if you were inside of it; and you have that same danger from every other heat source in your house if you touch it while it's on.

I haven't used a microwave for years and I don't plan on starting my friend.

Well then you must be scared of everything, your cell phone and light bulbs produce more radiation than a microwave.

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Sarge an actual adult American?:

I haven't used a microwave for years and I don't plan on starting my friend.

Well then you must be scared of everything, your cell phone and light bulbs produce more radiation than a microwave.

I live by candle light, and I use a rotary phone my friend.