Somebody had been considering what could be worse than microwave tea.
Meal prep
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trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 months ago
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 months ago
There’s nothing wrong with microwaving water. It’s all just getting water molecules to move faster.
nul9o9@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thats how I make my teas. Boil it in a glass measuring cup, then pour it into a mug with the tea.
TechnologyConnections made a video about it.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
microwaving anything is microwaving the water it contains
Baguette@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’ve seen microwave tea as putting the tea bag in the cup and then microwaving it, which is slightly not ideal imo, but to each their own
socsa@piefed.social 5 months ago
Alternatively, the best use of an air fryer.
preussischblau@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Americans will do anything other than buy an electric kettle.
Vespair@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Americans who drink hot tea have them (source: have had one for like 20 years).
Americans in general are just more hot coffee cold tea people. Exceptions abound of course, but in generalities.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I drink hot tea and cold coffee lol. I also drink hot coffee though.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There is literally a kettle on the left lower side of the image (likely deliberately as it seems awkward having it in front of the air fryer like that)
affiliate@lemmy.world 5 months ago
in my experience, it is quite hard to find a place for a kettle that isn’t at least a little awkward
klemptor@startrek.website 5 months ago
OOP uses metric and spells color as “colour”; they’re probably not American.
phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
And you call Celsius centigrade, which means you’re probably not young.
janNatan@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I’ve heard electric kettles are slower here because of the limits of our electrical system. I do have a kettle for the stove, though. I also rarely drink tea.
dan@upvote.au 5 months ago
Standard outlets in the USA are 120v at 15A (1800W max peak, 1440W max continuous). In comparison, standard UK outlets are 230v at 13A (2990W peak)
This also affects other things. For example, standard electric heaters (resistive heat) can’t get as hot in the USA.
jdeath@lemm.ee 5 months ago
my electric kettle takes maybe 20 seconds to get to boiling water here in the USA
nixcamic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My friends just put a euro style 220 outlet on their counter and ordered a kettle online. Since they were building the house new it was basically no different than buying a 110v kettle.
sushibowl@feddit.nl 5 months ago
That’s true, because you use a 110V based system you have less power available to the kettle. It’s still a lot faster than an electric stove though. Not faster than an induction stove, probably.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There’s literally the handle of an electric kettle on the left side.
No this is something far worse: someone in the UK whom has strayed from the light and committed heresy!
May the Tea Gods have mercy upon them, for I shall have none!
RBWells@lemmy.world 5 months ago
We have an electric kettle, husband uses it for instant coffee; before we got together he used the microwave to boil water. The kids use it for tea. I use it for hot water for Moka pot, boiling water for grits, whatever needs hot water.
Electric kettle, microwave, and coffee grinder are the only appliances that live on the kitchen counter, all the other things are in the pantry.
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Implying Americans know what the metric system is.
bunchberry@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I am an American and i own an electric kettle and use it frequently. I switched to an electric kettle after accidentally turning my microwave into a smoke bomb when I put instant ramen in there and forgot to add the water. Now I only make instant ramen with hot water from a kettle or on the stove.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 5 months ago
American here breaking stereotypes i have two electric kettles. A bright orange secura and a nice gooseneck
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Okay this is a shitpost, but ffs don’t try this. That’s a small electric fan-forced oven. There’s a nonzero chance the airflow will splash water all over the inside, which is absolutely not liquid proof. Water + electricity == bad.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I see your point. But how the hell is the mug not going to be hot either and you are able to just lift it out?
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
I mean that’s true too, assuming you don’t destroy your air fryer first.
MadBob@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Are you sure about the waterproofing? You can usually steam in an oven.
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Got an air fryer here with a steamer mode - would be weird to have moisture-sensitive electronics inside the cooking part.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Yeah, its basically just a heating element with a fan, there should be nothing to break even if exposed to liquids.
obinice@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not liquid proof? How can you cook moist things in there then? Or things like chickens or beef joints etc that drip so much liquids?
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Just stick it in a plastic bag, duh
obscur_e@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Magic machine goes bum bum
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Really though, so many Americans would have their cooking lives enriched by an electric kettle.
ATDA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My parents told me, “be careful the heating elements catch fire, there’s little to no safety mechanism, you can’t leave them alone!”
It’s a kettle…
People either don’t know they exist or have some weird thing with them. Gives me the same vibes as cultures that don’t sleep with the fans on lol.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well they aren’t wrong. They just come from a time with a lot less consumer safety. And we’re headed back with fake UL stuff being sold in stores. We kind of grew up in a golden age of consumer safety. we even made jokes about “don’t use grandma’s extension cord”.
Woht24@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not sleeping with the fan on is a way to save face, at least in Asian cultures. In which it’s basically the families out to admit they committed suicide.
They say if you have a fan on in the night and the door closes, it creates a vortex and somehow sucks out all the oxygen.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My weird thing with them is a lack of counter space
srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Not Usonian but I’ve never understood the electrical kettle, I just use the microwave for infusions and the like. And for everything else cooking related the stove.
Am I missing something?
Mustard@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Yes, kettles are more efficient at boiling water vs a microwave. On top of that, you don’t need to guess the time it’s going to take, it just goes until the internal temperature sensor reads 100degs and it shuts itself off with a little ‘clunk’.
iii@mander.xyz 5 months ago
I prefer kettle as a microwave is slower, and turns ceramic cups into lava.
SirHery@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You can accidentally superheat your water in the microwave.
ATDA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
For me it’s just quick and accurate. Every tool for a job. I can make a cup quickly, to the temp I need (green/black teas, coffees etc.)
No guessing of temps or times. No need to ramp up the stove and burn all that energy.
Venator@lemmy.nz 5 months ago
I think most electric kettles are a bit slower there due to normal outlets only being 110V, but not all kitchens have 20A outlets(probably most do nowadays?), so the kettles made for the USA market tend to be 1.6KW so they can run off a 15A outlet if needed, whereas ones made in the UK tend to be 2KW.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s a lot faster than anything but a microwave. That does a mug of water in one minute. As a trade off it seriously degrades the mug over time.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 months ago
The air fryer either superheats or melts the mug, depending on its material. You either scald your hands picking it up like you would grab it from the microwave, or you burn your house down.
usrtrv@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
120V is the American outlet. Japan uses electric kettles juat fine at 100V. I think the reason they arnt super prevalent is cultural. Not speed.
SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 5 months ago
If all you need is one single mug of hot water, a microwave is the way to go.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 5 months ago
10 minutes to boil a cup of water? How is that considered good in any way?
GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
it’s sarcasm.
Air fryers suck at boiling water. They’re basically anti-microwaves. Everything a microwave is good at, they suck at, and vice versa.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Air fryers are for putting a crust on things. Basicly a miniature convection oven
Toneswirly@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thats why I got a Convection Microwave. Best of both worlds!
iii@mander.xyz 5 months ago
My microwave is bad at walking a dog. Schould I buy an airfryer? Especially in winter, I would like a machine for that.
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Pretty sure that counts as a hate crime against the English
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I played a game online with a British person and another American. British guy was talking about tea time or something tea related. I have always heard that the British took their tea VERY seriously, so I decided to test it. I asked him if he heated his water in a microwave. Don’t ask the British if they heat their water in a microwave. What followed was a man who was very passionate about tea talk just as passionately about his kettle.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Good, they deserve it.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Brb buying an air fryer
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
You have just united the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom blind rage. Congratulations.
toddestan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Boiling a mug of water by blowing hot air on it is going to take a while. My guess is if someone was to try this (which I don’t recommend) it’s going to take longer than 10-12 minutes.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is 100% a meme. There’s a kettle in the lower left corner of the picture, place awkwardly in front of the second frier drawer. and the cup would be scaldingly hot upon removing it from the air frier.
NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
A meme? On a shitpost community? How dare you??
plunging365@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Shout out to Asian water boilers and warmers.
Hot water on demand, no fuss.
itslola@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Asian? I mean, I know they exist in Asia, as I lived in SK and JP when I was younger, but we’ve had them in Australia for as long as I can remember, and I’m in my 40s. Westinghouse, Breville and Philips all offer countertop models, and nowadays you can also get them installed directly into the kitchen sink/counter as part of a water filtration system. (Most people prefer a kettle at home, though - they’re cheaper and less fuss to repair/replace.)
Dasus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Like infrastructure designed for providing hot water (>75C) directly to the kitchen?
Damn, that’s amazing.
We only got saunas.
pH3ra@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Me using a hardware store heat gun:
Patheticisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
y’all don’t stick your soldeing iron inside the cup?
Katana314@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I just bought a new graphics card.
Place the teacup next to the PC exhaust, and let er rip.
socsa@piefed.social 5 months ago
Least redundant air fryer usage.
Bosht@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is as dumb as people ‘marinating’ diet coke by leaving it in the fridge. Can’t level with this level of absurdity.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Coke taste better at room temp anyway.
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is probably just bait but I can’t help myself. A pot of water and a stove would do it in less time and you won’t have to deal with a burning mug.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
But the warm mug helps keep the drink warm. Doesn’t everyone drink their tea/coffee with oven mitts?
Toes@ani.social 5 months ago
Oh using stuff not rated for those conditions could be an easy way to end up with glass in your eyes.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How do you hold the haf mug?
EvilZ@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
Pfff I was wondering whne the mug will explode or crumble in the person’s hands…
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“The downside is that the mug is also 180°C now.”
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
“And it tastes faintly of the bacon I made for breakfast.”
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Nah see they’ve got one of those fancy dual air dryers in the picture. One side is clearly for food and the other for beverages.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
How is that a downside?