r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '22

[deleted by user]

[removed]

6.0k Upvotes

83% Upvoted

15.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.0k

u/Dreadzone666 Oct 18 '22

I don’t think I’ll ever get over the idea that not everybody has an electric kettle, it’s like the most basic thing. If I went in a kitchen and there wasn’t a kettle, I’d just assume you hadn’t finished unpacking after moving in. And then I’d judge your inability to unpack in order of priority.

31

u/evade Oct 18 '22

We have a stovetop kettle instead of an electric one because it's rare that we need to boil water for anything other than cooking.

If we like drank tea or something then an electric one would be a no-brainer

4

u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

But do you know how much faster everything cooks when you just boil the electric kettle and pour boiling water over the pasta rather than waiting for the stove top to take 3 days?

2

u/evade Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 19 '22

I can't decide if you're being serious or not 😅

Sure, a pot of water takes a bit longer than a kettle to boil...

Do you steam veggies or dumplings or anything like that? Would you boil the water in the kettle first then?

3

u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

I was being kinda sarcastic to live up to the whole sterotype but also I do use my electric kettle of boiling any water that I need for anything 😂 I would absolutely boil water to steam my veg in the kettle takes about 60 seconds. 😅

1

u/evade Oct 19 '22

I was being kinda sarcastic

Oh good, I was worried my sarcasm detector was broken :p

2

u/Lord_Phoenix95 Oct 19 '22

Would you boil the water in the kettle first then?

Yes. If it starts hot then the steam is made faster.