TIL you americans don't own electric kettles and microwave water instead

[galv]

So today an American told me that they didn't own an electric kettle to heat water. I definitely thought 99% of the developed world owned electric kettles at this point. Imagine the culture shock when I realized this is actually a thing here in the States.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/r...e/news-story/5dc53815b30d210b122f614f92011be6

Wtf is wrong with y'all. It's like $5 for an electric kettle.

 

[Futureman]

I heat my water on the stove top you freak.

 

[Border]

Why would I want yet another bulky appliance in my kitchen?

 

[Kasai]

Uh, I have a teapot, and it goes on my stove

Is that odd?

 

[Ferrio]

I own one but rarely use it, I'm sure that'd be the case for most Americans when hot tea isn't as big over here. It just takes up space and is semi redundant, so just using the microwave instead is understandable.

 

[Seda]

i have a kettle it's pretty useful

 

[Mahonay]

I boil water on the stovetop.

 

[odiin]

We're not big tea drinkers.

 

[Strangelove_77]

I just use the stove. It's incredibly easy.

I also live in Texas where we favor iced tea and iced coffee cuz it's hot as shit.

 

[4859]

I have a stove top kettle.

 

[Anoregon]

Oh boy it's this thread again, time for some rationale and non-hyperbolic discussion.

 

[Transistor]

I heat my water on the stove top you freak.

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Yep

 

[Rainy]

I have a kettle. Girlfriend has one too. They're convenient.

 

[ChrisD]

I just heat it in a pot on the stove. Have never seen someone microwave water.

 

[Deleted member 1086]

never heard of anyone microwaving water, always did it on the stove top

 

[Wamb0wneD]

Almost as weird as the pissing in the shower thing, but I guess that's not an American thing.

 

[bossmonkey]

If I need hot water that badly I'll just buy a coffee maker.

 

[Orayn]

I use a normal-ass kettle on my gas stove, it's faster than most electric kettles because one of the burners is huge.

 

[Mad Max]

Electric kettles don't work too well on 120V, so they're not much faster in america than using other methods of getting water to boil.

 

[giancarlo123x]

One American told you some stupid shit so everyone does it? Great job op.

 

[Sun's Resting Place]

I'm American and I've never seen anyone in my life microwave water unless it was water poured into a cup noodles cup.

I've only ever seen electric kettles like the one I have or boiled in a pot on a stove.

 

[Radicality Incident]

I mean Americans just don't heat water as frequently because we don't drink as much tea. Most Americans drink coffee from an automatic drip machine which handles the water on its own. I make pour over coffee when I'm not making espresso so I have an electric kettle for that, but for the average American its pretty unnecessary.

 

[srhltmr]

TIL one person not having something means we all don't.

 

[Rangerx]

There was around five threads about this on gaf. Yes Americans are abnormal, we know this :p.

 

[Coolverine]

who the fuck microwaves their water? MAYBE employees at an office without a stove/kettle option, but this IS NOT a wide spread American thing.

 

[Z-Beat]

No, no we don't. We put it on top of the stove like sane people.

 

[Mortemis]

I heat my water on the stove top you freak.

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This.

Been thinking of grabbing an electric kettle, but I just haven't gotten motivation to do it. A stove top kettle works fine.

 

[FlipSider]

nobody microwaves water

 

[galv]

Oh boy it's this thread again, time for some rationale and non-hyperbolic discussion.

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"i have an electric kettle and it does a fine job, but i'll never understand the outrageous overreaction a lot of euros have towards americans microwaving water. Like it's not a big deal at all."

It is a big deal.

 

[thesoapster]

I bought an electric kettle after visiting a European friend's house. I wanted that black magic power.

 

[Clydefrog]

I'm American and I have an electric kettle

 

[Deleted member 11413]

People who drink tea have electric kettles.

A lot of Americans dont drink tea though.

 

[mrmoose]

With the air fryer, the Instant Pot, the Sous Vide container, and the waffle maker there's no room on my counter for something that can only heat up water.

As an Asian, though, I do find it odd if your kitchen doesn't have a device that is dedicated to making rice. Preferably one that uses fuzzy logic.

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

no one heckin microwaves water ya big dumbo.

 

[pezzie]

I have an electric kettle, but when I was in college I would microwave water when I was making a cup noodle.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

As an American, I microwave all liquids before drinking them.

 

[Pandora012]

I have a kettle and heat it over a stove top. If I don't have a kettle, I just heat water in a pot.

 

[Depths]

We use the stove. I've never seen anyone boil water in a microwave.

 

[Husker86]

I do.

 

[Sgt. Demblant]

I have witnessed non-americans microwave water.
So... Yeah. Today you learned nothing in particular OP.

 

[Doomsayer]

Who the fuck microwaves water?

 

[BLLYjoe25]

lol at all the americans "i use a stove top kettle". as though that is normal. we used them too...decades ago lol.

 

[Br3wnor]

Love my electric kettle, also have a teapot and could use the stove but kettle is much faster.

Fuck microwaving water or any liquid. My father in law microwaves hours old coffee and it's Fucking disgusting.

 

[Heynongman!]

I do this when I don't have time for the stove.

Honest question: why is it a problem? Microwaved water isn't going to kill me

Microwave haters all up in here

 

[TheWooniestWoona]

Stoves exist.

Also tea sucks, so I don't need to boil water very frequently for drinks.

 

[onadesertedisland]

Why do I need so much hot water? I have a coffee maker.

 

[Nerdyone]

I heat my water on the stove top you freak.

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Same here

 

[Grisby]

Someone hold my biscuits I'm about to get patriotic in here.

But seriously I just boil it on the stove.

 

[okayfrog]

Why would I waste an outlet for boiling water when I could use my stove?

 

[Imperfected]

We don't refer to an entire meal as "tea" so we're generally okay without a specific-purpose electric kettle.