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I need to stop reading these thrillers. I just thought they were so many implausible twists in this, a so-so because I kept going until the end.
Do Americans really not have kettles? Is this real?
CSeydel Some of us do, but I would say it‘s not that common. 1y
TrishB @CSeydel 😱 how do you make tea ☕️ please don‘t say in the microwave because I always thought that was a joke! 1y
CSeydel I think most Americans don‘t drink tea every day. I drink coffee, and the machine boils the water. When I make tea, though, I do heat the water in the microwave. 1y
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CSeydel (I think it‘s a myth that water heated in the microwave tastes different than water heated over a burner, although I know this is a subject of lively debate!) 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I could not finish this one. I won‘t say too much lol 😂 I loved No Exit, but this one was too over the top!! 1y
TrishB @CSeydel it‘s the tea bag put in afterwards that probably makes it taste different! Also the water would be boiled in the kettle in the U.K. not on the burner. 1y
TrishB @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I refrained from giving it one star! 😁 1y
CSeydel Oh! The kettle I have sits on the stovetop, like a saucepan. 1y
DivineDiana I use a kettle when I make tea! 🙋♀️ 1y
TrishB @CSeydel it‘s electric kettles here 😁 here it‘s very 1970s to put a kettle on the burner. Funny isn‘t it 😁 1y
TrishB @DivineDiana I‘m popping into yours for tea then 😁 1y
CSeydel Oh, of course! That makes sense - just like I use an electric coffeemaker, since it‘s coffee I made daily. We often use our kettle to boil water when we‘re camping, so electric wouldn‘t be much good. 1y
CarolynM I don‘t think they have toasters either. I don‘t know how they survive🤣 1y
IndoorDame Most Americans have stovetop tea kettles not electric water boilers. They take way longer, but I‘ve almost never been in a house here without one. 1y
Bookzombie @CarolynM Who doesn‘t have toasters? 🙂 I‘m in the US and have an upright toaster. When I was growing up we always had a toaster oven. I don‘t have an electric kettle though, but I‘m not a hot tea drinker. 😬 1y
BarbaraBB Great discussion 😀 and I totally feel you about having to stop reading this kind of thriller! 1y
CarolynM @Bookzombie I‘m glad to be wrong about that🙂 1y
intothehallofbooks I have a toaster, I use it often! I don‘t have a kettle because I don‘t really drink hot tea. It‘s fine, but I drink coffee daily which I make in my electric coffeemaker. When I choose to drink tea, it‘s sweet tea with ice and lemon! I cannot think of a time I‘ve seen anyone use a kettle in real life. I‘m in NC. 😊 1y
Cinfhen Ha!! This conversation is hilarious 😆 so….I never used a kettle in the US or in Israel…I have a hot water urn which i use for making tea or hot cocoa and my toaster oven @CarolynM is strictly for toasting or warming but never for actual cooking/baking!! (edited) 1y
Cinfhen As for this book…. I HATED No Exit, I thought it was sooooo over the top…I can‘t believe he actually out did himself😜Even at 99p it‘s just not worth it 😂 1y
CarolynM @Cinfhen A toaster is for making toast, you can‘t cook in it! Are we talking about the same piece of equipment @Bookzombie @intothehallofbooks ? 1y
TrishB @CarolynM I‘m going to have to plan ahead when I go to the US- no tea or toast 😱 1y
TrishB @Bookzombie @Cinfhen I‘m totally confused as to what a toaster oven is! 1y
TrishB @intothehallofbooks 😁 a Brit would never think you meant cold tea if you are talking about tea! 1y
TrishB @IndoorDame that‘s where it came up in the book- she was trying to boil water and it was taking so long on the stove that I was thinking just put the (electric) kettle on! (edited) 1y
TrishB @BarbaraBB why they have to write so many stupid twists! I think I‘m done now! 1y
TrishB @Cinfhen I‘m glad it was only 99p! 1y
CarolynM My daughter loved the summer she spent on Cape Cod, but by the time she reached the UK she was desperate for tea and toast🤣 1y
IndoorDame @Cinfhen my sister in Israel calls her hot water urn the kumkum and I can‘t figure out what that word means!? Is it one of those things about the sound it makes? 1y
AlaMich I‘ve had an electric kettle since I visited Australia thirty years ago and first encountered one. Ironically, I use it to boil water to make coffee in a French press (and occasionally tea). (edited) 1y
batsy I first became aware of this on twitter and it kind of blew my mind. There was major kettle discourse 😂 1y
BarbaraBB What is a toaster oven? I have no idea either @CarolynM @TrishB … in Holland we toast bread in a toaster and we make tea jn an (electric) toaster. We hardly ever use a magnetron at all. Most people have one but have stopped using it after the baby bottles were done with 😀 1y
TrishB @batsy I love that, major kettle discourse 😁 1y
TrishB @BarbaraBB I‘m learning so much! 1y
Caroline2 I just finished this one too. I really liked it in the beginning, reminded me a bit of Misery. But yeah, then it went too far and twisted it self into a pretzel till I was just rolling my eyes and sighing. 🤦♀️ 1y
TrishB @Caroline2 I love that description 😂 1y
Cinfhen Hahaha!!! They do call an electric urn a kumkum @IndoorDame but I honestly have no clue why 🤷🏼♀️!!! It usually heats up 16oz of water in about two minutes- so enough for 2 cups…I don‘t use that. I have a big urn for hot water which boils about 5 liters of water and then there is a setting to keep it hot. I keep it on all winter but I really don‘t use it during the warmer months because I prefer very cold water!! For coffee I use a Keurig (edited) 1y
IndoorDame @Cinfhen I‘ve seen those larger ones. My mom runs one through Shabbat every week. So clever to just keep it on all winter! Never even occurred to me to do something like that even though when I lived somewhere with a wood burning stove for heat we just kept an old fashioned cast iron kettle on top and I loved having ready hot water all winter. 1y
Cinfhen So your mom uses a Shabbat pot @IndoorDame my mom too! It‘s actually the perfect insta hot😉 1y
IndoorDame @Cinfhen hahaha of course it‘s called that! That‘s perfect 😆 1y
CarolynM @AlaMich Every hotel room in Australia (and most I‘ve been in in the UK and Europe) has one and a selection of tea bags, instant coffee and often a biscuit (cookie) or two. I‘d have been shocked not to find one in my US hotel rooms if I hadn‘t been warned🙂 1y
AlaMich @CarolynM They are so much better than stovetop kettles! If you don‘t take those off the stove, they will burn themselves dry. 1y
Centique @CarolynM yes! When i first went on a business trip to the US, (chicago in 2000) i was like “where the heck is the kettle?” There was a filter coffee machine i had no idea how to use. So i asked room service for a cup of tea and got a mug of hot water and some kind of lemon teabag. So funny and naive that i had assumed the whole western world has english breakfast tea. 😂😂 1y
TrishB @Centique until yesterday I still maintained that naivety, but now I know there‘s no guarantee of a kettle never mind a tea bag!! @CarolynM I‘m well warned now. 1y
LeahBergen I‘m loving this discussion and must chime in. 😆😆 Here in Canada, I grew up with electric kettles (at home and at my Nan‘s) but always wanted an old-fashioned, stove-top whistling kettle. Well, I have that now (a nice Le Creuset one) but also have an electric kettle which has a temperature control for different types of tea (black vs green, etc). And we have ALWAYS had a toaster. I even have one in my camper trailer. 😆 @CarolynM 1y
TrishB @LeahBergen love it 😁 I‘m assured of my tea and toast in your house then! 1y
LeahBergen @TrishB You certainly are! 😄 1y
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