"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 8:43:55 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 8:18:30 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> > wrote:
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> > > We use an electric tea kettle too,
> >
> > Another fool....spending extra money just to boil a cup or two of
> > water. LOL.
>
> There's a cultural aspect to this electric kettle thing. My guess is that
> many homes in the UK will have one of those and it's similar to how the
> Japanese will have automatic rice cookers. The ones that I saw in the UK
> was
> just spiffy. It used induction heating and could boil water fast because
> they operate at a higher wattage than American - 3000W!
>
> The Japanese also like to have hot water on hand. They favor insulated
> vacuum pots rather than the ones the Brits use. These pots are probably
> popular because these cultures are likely to drink tea at any time of the
> day. Americans don't use these things because they drink coffee. They
> mostly
> make coffee in the morning or purchase coffee when they need to during the
> day. You think they're stupid because you're not a tea drinker.
>
> ==
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> We don't drink tea, but D does drink instant coffee. We do have an
> electric
> kettle AND an electric rice cooker)))

In the US, the hotel rooms will usually have a drip coffee maker. Not so in
the UK. Luckily, we had plenty of hot water and that instant coffee stuff
was really appreciated! We drank a lot of it.

We have an electric kettle in a box in the kitchen. My daughter must have
gotten that one. I have no idea what we can do with it since I only boil
water in the mornings. To boil water, I use a saucepan - odd as that seems.
My inventory is one electric kettle in a box and zero rice cooker. That's
kind of messed up.

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lol each to his/her own as they say))

Btw just to boast here a wee bittie ... I have 3 rice cookers <g> At home a
small one and a large one, and one small one at the caravan)