For those under 25 who still eat cup-o-noodles, they make them the microwave. That's also how a lot of people make their tea. It takes about 90 seconds to boil water in a mug.
I didn't realize cup-o-noodles or any of the different brands of "just add water and heat" ramen were only for people under 25. Geesh, no one told me and I'm 65 (not on a pension), still working and I eat them because I like them not because I am on a budget. I need to tell all my kids, siblings, friends, co-workers that are over 25 that we are not suppose to be eating them. My brother and alot of co-workers are gonna be pissed off that they can't eat them anymore because they passed the cut off age!
@@emmef7970 Well damn!! I'm 62. I eat cup of noodles all the time. Now I have to stop? What about the case of them I have downstairs? Should I donate them to a special under 25 food bank? Oh man, my husband is older than me. Wait until he hears they're for 25 and younger. He's just perfected his microwave technique. Bummer.
@@Sharon-pb7so I know right. I guess it's true since harveythepooka says it is. I guess I aged out about 50 years ago. I'm pissed no one bothered to tell me! I must have been making a fool of myself all this time. So sorry you & your husband both find yourselves in the same situation I am in. Scandalous behaviour! Thanks for the laugh, Sharon. :) harveythepooka is a numbnut!
@@emmef7970 I know this is very illegal considering my advanced age but, I bought a bag of dried veggies on Amazon and when I made cup of noodles I add a tablespoonful of the dried veggies and then add the water. I'm careful to only open the lid as little as possible. Then I leave it to soak and I have veggie noodle soup. We won't tell the 25 and under our soup hacks. Maybe he'll discover them when he's 26 or 27. Much too old for cup o noodles. Another hack is to use frozen corn and peas. Cook your soup, make sure you make a little extra. When you pour your water in the soup, don't fill it all the way. Now take the leftover boiling water, put a tablespoonful of peas and another of corn. Put it back in the microwave for a minute. Spoon the hot veggies into the cup. If you have extra water put that into the soup as well. I add a, dash of pepper and the soup is pretty decent.
I grew up in New York, so I didn't see one until I was an adult. New York has very old plumbing, which can't handle the load of extra garbage going down the pipes, so they're not legal there. (They still kind of freak me out, to be perfectly honest. I'm a little afraid of them.)
@@elkins4406 No need to be afraid of them unless you put your hand down the drain and then flip the switch on. I’ve put my hand down the drain many times to retrieve stuff that went down accidentally. No worries because I have to reach across the counter to flip the switch.
I'm 43 years old, been in the US my whole life, and I have never once seen an actual egg cup in the wild. I've seen them on TV, but that's the extent of it. I've never even seen one in a shop, though I can't say I've ever looked either. My wife is from London, so I'll have to agree with you on the tea. Yorkshire tea is the way to go.
@@Jordan-Ramses I haven't seen a egg cup in decades either at Walmart or Kmart... If one can NOT buy it at your local supermarket, it does NOT exist...
0:47 Literally ANYTHING that requires heated up water in America, we have one word for you guys: MICROWAVE. Cup noodles? Microwave the water. Tea? Microwave. Hot chocolate? Microwave. On the rare occasion we use a kettle, it’s a stovetop one and people only do it to feel fancy and extra. No one in America would argue that microwaving water is any worse than heating it in a kettle. You don’t need a million ways to skin a cat, if it heats the water up fast in the microwave, why would we want to do it any other way. It doesn’t change the taste or affect the water or final product in any way shape or form.
6:40 I'm American and filling the sink with hot water and soap and then cleaning them off with a small rag or other cleaning product is how I cleaned dishes when I lived in an apartment without a dishwasher. I've never heard of the other way. Thats weird.
@@gigigemini7433 that's what the hot water, soap and rinse is for, for me anyway. But then again, I live in the desert, where we can't even water our lawns every day, we have assigned days and I NEVER take more than a 10 min shower unless I'm washing my hair. If I let water run, I would feel bad wasting it.
I've seen people with a double sink, fill one side with soapy water to wash, and the other side with rinse water. Once the dis is scrubbed they dunk it in the rinse side of the sink water and put it on the drain board/rack.
I’ve heard them called tea towels a lot in the south. I’ve also heard tea towel used to refer to a special or decorative type of dish towel. I use both words. If it’s made out of toweling, terry cloth, etc. then I call it a dish rag and if it’s made out of like a smooth linen or cotton like the one shown in the video, then it’s a tea towel.
No egg cups just because soft-boiled eggs aren’t a super popular way to cook eggs here honestly lol Americans tend to like eggs over easy or hard-boiled, but not both at once 😂
Over easy is really common and you still get to sop up the yoke with toast. If I had to guess, this is the more popular equivalent of egg cups in the U.S.
Eggs are eaten sunnyside up, over easy or scrambled or in an ometlette. I hate soft boiled eggs, and so do most Americans nowadays. I've never seen anyone order them in diners, for example.
Microwaving water makes perfect sense if you know how microwaves work. It's actually a wavelength that is designed to heat water. That is how it cooks food by heating the water inside it. That is why they make those microwaves that turn food. Because people think it's the microwave's fault that the food isn't being cooked evenly when it's because of varying water content. So they put the turning mechanism into there to make you feel better. But of course, not to fix the actual problem.
I have an electric kettle for tea and coffee. It's really useful for oatmeal, ramen, pasta and any other meal that requires hot water. Great if you don't want to spend all day waiting for a pot of water to boil on the stove.
Microwaves are for heating water. I wash dishes in hot water and soap, but run the water in the other sink (there are two) where I rinse them off before putting in the dish drainer. You fry bacon in a frying pan/skillet, then fry your eggs in the bacon grease, and then clean off your plate with the toast,
Stovetop for large quantities, but for small quantities-like if only one person in the family wants tea-you can just put the water it in a glass measuring cup and microwave it for a couple minutes. Boils incredibly quickly.
The egg cup and a soft boiled egg seems like a lot of extra effort when I can make a piece of toast and cook an egg sunny side up or over easy in a pan and just put it on top of the toast on the plate. You still get toast and runny yolk, but you don't need a specialized thing that is only good for holding a soft boiled egg.
We just fry our eggs and throw em on the plate and dip our toast in the yolk that runs everywhere. Cooking your egg in bacon grease just brings em up an entirely new level.
Can I have an AMEN!. Sunny side up, you sop the juice with half a biscuit, then get a little Steen's on your plate and use the other half biscuit to sop.
Ooh.. save your hamburger grease and fry your potatoes in it or French fries.. amazing!... be sure you don't save any watery juice though or it spoils. I just cook burgers first then the potatoes or fries. On grill I'll place French fries on a cookie pan under the hamburgers
I've never even heard of an egg cup. I just have my eggs scrambled or over easy. I mix it with a hashbrown or breakfast potatoes and top it with Cholula hot sauce. Also toast to wipe up the sauce and egg is FANTASTIC
Far more americans would recognize eggs “sunny-side up”-lightly cooked in a pan without breaking the yolk so the yolk and the top layer of white remains soft-or eggs “over easy”-the same but flipped halfway through, so the white cooks on both sides but the yolk remains soft-which gives you much of the same delicious runny-ness to slather on your toast and doesn’t require a special cup as much skill to make sure it’s cooked right as softboiling-since you can watch it cook to the right level in the pan. Though some of the white does cook fully in these two versions so if you want it ALL runny you have to do the work to softboil it properly. Over-easy is more common to order in my part of the US (though i prefer sunny-side for more runny-ness), but sunny-side-up is still very culturally relevant as it stars in a classic stock scene in American road trip movies where someone is dejected and eating at a diner and someone orders for them a special breakfast to try and cheer them up-usually arranged as 2 sunny-side up eggs as eyes and streaky bacon strips forming the smile. The cheer up attempt rarely works in said scenes, as the person who ordered it is generally the cheesy one who might be cheered up by a cute gesture like that, but the person it was ordered for is generally either too depressed for it to help or thinks themselves too “mature” to accept the gesture.
I'm intrigued by the difference between English breakfasts & American breakfasts. My Southern big breakfasts usually include biscuits (not British biscuits), gravy, bacon/sausage, fried apples, fried potatoes, honey, butter, strawberry jam, etc.
My Montana breakfast usually consists of some yogurt with fruit or granola. If it's late enough in the morning, I'll make a fried egg sandwich for brunch. Fry two eggs, top with cheese, sear some ham, and put the whole thing on toast spread with Miracle Whip.
most people will just boil water in just a pot on the stove if they are cooking something. but tea as i said before in the last video, most people will just but some water and the teabag in a mug and just heat it in the microwave
@@TheBeesleys99 yeah it comes from Ramen culture here. Everyone makes it a certain way but in the microwave is the most common. Us Americans use our microwaves for EVERYTHING
52 years US native. I have an electric kettle. I will sometimes use it for ramen, but usually I just microwave it. I do not own a egg cup but my mom and grandparents did. I just soft boil my eggs in an instantpot :) Not rinsing can lead to a nice cozy relationship with your toilet.
Yeah, we've got pot noodles, except they're called Cup O' Noodles. And what we do is use our stovetop kettles and pour the water in that way. (Of if I'm lazy and don't want to wait, just boil the water in the microwave in a measuring cup and pour it in that way. Don't do it often, but I might if I'm in a massive hurry.)
I think people in the U.K. seem to forget one major fact: coffee makeers make hot water. Americans LOVE coffee, so there's a really good chance they have a coffee maker in their kitchen. You put the water in, don't add coffee grounds, and you get hor water for tea! LOL! It doesn't mean that some of us don't have kettles or pots to put on the stove for hor water, or an electric kettle like I do. But I wouldn't use it to make just one cup of tea. I'd use it to make a whole pot of tea, usually for iced tea later. But for just one cup, you just fill up a cup to the brim with water, dump it in the coffee maker, leave out the coffee grounds, and it drips/pours out as hot water. Why clutter the kitchen with even more gadgets if you don't need to?
Unfortunately I've tried that method. The basket that holds your coffee retains that coffee taste. I LOVE how coffee smells but I hate the taste of it. So running water through the Mr. Coffee to make hot water will give you yucky coffee flavored water that's nasty.
American here, and everyone I have ever known has always filled the sink with water to do the dishes. A sprayer attachment is also good to use when scouring the sink after doing the dirty dishes. Yes, I grew up with egg cups and still have them now. The only difference is I've always had egg scissors ✂️ to take the tops off. Keep up the good reactions I enjoy them very much.
I personally have a kettle, but most Americans, especially the younger generation, don't have a stove-top kettle, but instead boil water in the microwave.
A little note on Lawrence if you hadn't heard yet. He originally lived in Indianapolis, but later moved to Chicago. Can't recall the timeline for that, but I think he originally came over to the US in like 2008 or 9. And the move to Chicago was like in 2017 or 18 I believe.
@@maryknight3405 Yep here too! My brother liked the yellow part and I liked the white part, so my mom would split up our dip eggs to each accordingly. I eventually grew to enjoy having the yellow part with the white as I got older.
I feel like washing your dishes in a sink full of water would be counterproductive because after the first dish you are just dipping everything else into dirty water.
@@markhamstra1083 I'd rather pay higher utilities than risk getting sick from a pool of cross contamination. I used to work in food service and the amount of cross contamination in regular kitchens is astounding.
The advantage of hanging your tea town on the oven handle is that a warm oven helps dry the tea towel quicker! I have a set of 8 egg wooden egg cups tuned by my great grandfather! One thing missed is in the UK people often use a plastic tub in the sink instead of using a plug.
I use a stove top kettle nearly every morning. I'm preparing my breakfast while the water heats up, it doesn't take long at all, especially with these electric stove.
I have a plug in kettle, and I order Yorkshire Gold off amazon. Grew up with soft boiled eggs and toast soldiers so I still have egg cups. I was surprised the first time I went to England and saw the laundry washing machine as a combo with a dryer in the kitchen. Also, the freezer and stoves were totally different. I do fill the sink, but always wash the suds off.
@@TheBeesleys99 I've done it in a pinch, but it's actually potentially dangerous. The water could become superheated, meaning that bubbles haven't formed to break the surface tension of the water. If you stick a spoon or something into superheated water, breaking that surface tension could result in it exploding 100C water out of the cup and all over you. It happens rarely, but it can happen if certain conditions are met. Stick to the kettle :)
I personally like coffee but when I drink tea its Green Tea or Irish Black Tea. Japanese tea sets especially are my favorite. The small cups without a handle lets me cherish it more and take it easy. Also when I go camping I make coffee and tea over the fire and its tastes even better.
some one gave me instant tea bags (sugar free) of sweet iced tea. You set the tea bag in cool water and in 5 minutes you have sugar free sweetened iced (add ice) tea. Surprisingly it was really good and tasted like boiled sweet iced tea.
Here's how we do the egg cup sorta thing... We soft boil an egg get the shell off it, throw the whole thing in a cup, (like a coffee cup, or mug) then go at it with the toast. No special cup needed.
I actually have an old egg cup that belonged to my grandpa. That was fairly popular pre 60's. Most people have a dishwasher, however, when I wash by hand I rinse off all the food from my dishes first then put them in a sink full of hot soapy water, rinse and set to dry. It's actually relaxing sometimes if you don't have a massive amount.
I’ve always thought a dish towel is for cleaning and a tea towel for cooking, I use a tea towel (doesn’t shed Terry cloth) to cover bread dough, or to squeeze excess water from potatoes for hash browns, etc. To me, the tea towel is a different fabric from dish towel so that there’s no lint left on the food one is preparing.
This was enjoyable. My family is from England. I'm 3rd generation, and my very English grandmother had an electric water kettle. (Bit of fun tid bit: "Chapman's Hill" South of Meopham in New Green Ash is named after my family the Chapman's who lived there.) Anyway my family says, "turn on the tap," "wash up," and "tea towel," and I never knew why until I watched this video. However, I grew up on the prairies of the Heartland where everything was repurposed by necessity, and the tea towel is sometimes called a "flour sack towel." Pioneers on the prairies of America made their tea towels out of flour sacks bc the flour sack was the same linen weave as a tea towel. This was fun to watch as it let me know my English roots haven't disappeared from my family.
Our household are BIG tea-drinkers, unlike lots of American households. Rather than use kettles (stovetop or electric), we have a Japanese Zojirushi at our "tea station" in the kitchen - a lovely electronic device that boils water to perfect temperature and then keeps it at that temp. It decants the hot water at the push of a button, without waiting. You do have to refill it and bring it back up to temp occasionally, but that's easy enough to do *after* you've made your tea and it's running low, rather than before, so you never have to wait. :)
Few people have stovetop kettles anymore. Mostly heat water for tea in mug in microwave. It is rare to find electric kettles & people just run water through their coffeemaker for whole pot of hot water. Only time washing machine is in kitchen is really tiny apartment. Lot of neighborhoods & apartment buildings do not allow laundry to be hung outside. (I use drying racks & shower rod to hang clothes to dry that don't go in dryer.) Amish & Mennonite communities hang laundry outside because they don't have electricity for dryers. Most kitchens have garbage disposals & water sprayers are part of faucet with push button to get spray rather than steady stream. We always rinse dishes with clear water before drying them or putting in dish drainer to air dry. I remember egg cups from 40-50 years ago, but haven't seen them since except in restaurants that serve boiled eggs, which isn't popular here. Don't know anyone who has egg cups in their homes. Toast is cut into triangles & use 3 toast points to dip into runny egg. Tea towel is made of linen or cotton & dish towel is made of terry cloth or cotton/polyester blend. Tea towels tend to be fancier & have nice patterns/designs, whereas dish towels are solid colors, striped, or plaid. Tea towels are better to use on glassware & silverware to prevent streaks & spots. Hanging them on oven handle is a way to dry them faster after use. "Cooker" in U.S. refers to appliance that slow cooks such as outdoor smoker, rice cooker, or pressure cooker. It never refers to an oven. Cooking in an oven is called baking, roasting, broiling, etc.
You don't need an egg cup to dip your toast into an egg yolk. Just a plate with sunny side up or over easy eggs. And when you're done, use the remaining pieces of toast to clean your plate.
You can make hot tea with a coffee maker put your teabags where you normally put your coffee grounds (no filter needed) and run it like you normally would. If you like the spray kitchen function you can probably buy extension nozzles that you can hook up to any sink you already have.
I'm American and I have a stove top kettle, but in my kitchen I also have a water cooler as one often has in a business office, and it has a hot water spout. I use either to make hot water for tea.
I just replaced an old faucet in my kitchen that had separate hot & cold taps with one that has them integrated with a sprayer. I LOVE it. I've seen an egg cup in a friend's collection, but I've never has an occasion to use one since I like hard boiled eggs. Soft boiled eggs go in the trash >.> I prefer to wash my dishes by hand, even if I have a dishwasher. I like under running water, my mom prefers a sink full of warm, soapy water. And we dry them with a cup towel, but sometimes with a dish towel ;)
For egg preparation in my area, no need to cut the toast because we fry our eggs either over easy, or medium, eat it with a fork accompanied with sausage or bacon, or both which can be dipped in the yolk, and once eggs and meat are eaten, we mop up our plates with our toast...so the only dish we need is our plate really...and most typically our toast is buttered, as well as some who aren't too keen on yolk may add some jam or jelly to their toast. Buttered toast with jam is quite good.
I grew up in the 1970’s. My dad always had a soft boiled egg for breakfast in an egg cup. And we always had both a coffee pot and a tea kettle to heat water on the stove top, because we enjoyed both (and still do).
We had egg cups when i was young. But we usually fry the egg what we call over easy. The yolk is cooked but runny. Then you put the fried egg on buttered toast. Also use the kettle on the stove for tea, soup in a cup or anything you need hot water for.
I’m here for egg cups. Never had one and I don’t know how to cook one. 🤷🏻♀️ I have “dippy eggs”. It’s pretty much the same, but without the cup part. They’re called over easy or fried. I’ve seen so many egg cups in my life, but never knew what they were for. Now I know. Thank you!
Standard outlets in North America were traditionally limited to 1800W, and while 2400W outlets are more common now, kettles that exceed 1500W are extremely rare. For a Brit used to a standard 2800W kettle, you'll notice immediately that North American kettles, with their 1500W elements, are considerably slower to boil. Using the high-powered 240V elements (or gas, etc) on the hob makes for a much faster cup of tea. We have egg cups in Canada - toast soldiers were pretty common breakfast when I was a kid. We also say "tap" instead of "faucet" and generally do dishes in a sink of water, like Brits, and we definitely call it a "tea towel".
Most people I know including myself just heat up a cup of water in the microwave for tea. Things like cup of noodle also in the microwave. I did have an electric kettle in my dorm room in college because we weren’t allowed to have microwaves and I was too lazy to go downstairs to the cafeteria to use one.
I can't even imagine having your clothes washer in the kitchen. Why would you want to deal with your dirty laundry near where you prepare your food? Very unsanitary. In fact, I doubt that would even pass a Health Department Inspection at a restaurant.
I've seen it. I'd guess the houses were built...maybe the 50s or 60s. It could be early 70s. House building was interesting in the early 70s, due to the energy crises. If the house had gone through any update, which is likely, most owners did something else with the washer/dryer. Moved it, if possible. Put it behind closet doors.
When I was a child in Indiana I lived in a very small house. The washer and dryer were in the kitchen, off on the end. I'm sure it is because all the plumbing is on the same wall as the sink. In a larger home, there is either a separate laundry room, or the washer and dryer is in a basement.
Tea.... of course, every day. I use my stovetop kettle. I love soft boiled egg- I do have a egg coddler, but no egg cups. I just peel my eggs and put them in a small plastic dish, cut it up and dunk my toast in it, or spoon the egg on top of the toast.In the US, folks tend to like scrambled eggs or fried eggs, not soft boiled. I have always had garbage disposals and I love my sprayer hose.
Lol, my mom had a couple of egg cups. But they were just used as nic naks. After the "Boston tea party" coffee did become the drink of choice. I do like the stove top kettle for boiling water to make pitchers of sweet tea. However, majority of us homes have electric coffee makers. You can just run plain water through for hot water or I've occasionally placed a few tea bags in the filter area, pressed the strong brew setting and there you have a pot of hot tea that you don't have to strain. Nobody wants to eat off dishes that will make food or drink items taste like dish soap. But most houses have double sinks. Fill one side and wash, and then when you have a few clean items in the other side, then rinse and place in the strainer.
We have egg cups in America! The best ones flip- one side for soft boiled eggs, and the other for hard boiled eggs. This type is quite convenient, and means you do not have to purchase both types. As for tea kettles- almost everyone uses the stovetop model. Electric kettles are considered old fashioned in the appliance world.
Here in America we really don't drink much tea. And if we do it's iced sweet tea. Yes we eat noodles and spaghetti and all that stuff but we use a stove top and a regular 4 to 8 cup pan thing. It's like about 7 inches across and 6 inches tall.
Sweet iced tea is disgusting. I ordered iced tea in Georgia once and almost gagged. First I thought they brought me someone else's tea, but that didn't make sense because no one pre sugars any tea that I know of. I remember telling the waitress that my tea was full of sugar. She said that's how it comes. Well, UGH. So I got a diet coke instead. I learned to never order any tea down south without asking first.
Near where I live is a tea company, so that brand sells well (Celestial Seasonings) but green tea is super popular above all, but I think my state (Colorado) drinks more tea than other states. Ya, very weird to have a washer in the kitchen.
I am from America, and I have always loved tea. But recently I have discovered the joy that is Yorkshire Tea, sadly we only have the original red label in our local store here (which i love), so I am now ordering all different types of this delicious tea brand directly from England! lol Seriously. I may have a problem. :)
I use electric kettles. I rarely drink tea but I don’t mind it. Electric kettles are awesome though, they are so fast and can be used for all kinds of stuff. So some of us use them over here
Did I hear correctly? In the UK they don’t rinse the soap off the dishes before putting them in the dish drainer?! I was raised that if you don’t rinse the soap off it was just asking for diarrhea next time you ate off them!
I don't know about Indiana, but here on the West Coast, we do have electric kettles. We have both a stove top and an electric kettle in our house. By the way, we don't have an electric coffee maker. I use the kettle to boil the water, then pour it over the coffee grounds in a stainless steel 'filter' on top of a glass 'jar'. For me, a tea towel is a kind of kitchen towel that's made of linen. Otherwise, it's a kitchen towel or dish towel. We hang the kitchen towels on the handle of the oven door. Faucet or tap--both are used. I use both words completely interchangeably, although the handle for turning on the water, I call the faucet handle, not the tap handle. Ours are separate for hot and cold, not mixed. Our sprayer however is on the tap itself. It has a fixture at the tap opening that turns the water to a spray if you pull down on it. Egg cups are also not unusual at all here. We have some in the kitchen, but they are metal and not ceramic. I've seen many homes with ceramic egg cups, though. This British guy in the video is apparently in Indiana. I don't know much about kitchen culture in that part of the U.S. In smaller apartments/flats the washer/dryer are in the kitchen or very near it. In most single family homes, they are not. We have a laundry room with a washer/dryer and utility sink.
I've had a couple electric kettles in my house that my mom bought . And when I was younger, I would put my mug in the microwave and wait for the water to boil. I have used a stovetop kettle for several years.🥚 cups just aren't as common stateside as they are in the UK. For those who do eat cup of noodles, they can boil the water on the stove and pour it in or will put the Cup of noodles in the microwave. For all the tea that isn't drank by my fellow Americans, I make up for it with all of the tea I drink in a year. Another kitchen lingo difference between UK and US kitchens Is what the heating element at the top of the oven is called. We call it the broiler and Brits call it a grill. Of course, a grill to an American is what[ is cooked on outside on 4th of July, Labor day, Memorial Day and in some parts of the country, President's Day ( since President's Day is in Feb and it snows in 2/3 of the country that time of year).
I've only ever hardboiled an egg. Didn't even know softboiling them was an option. Cooking the egg over medium or over easy is how we get the delicious yolk on toast.
here in the US, they also have teabags made specifically for your coffee maker, by lipton brand at least in my area, I believe there are K cups as well.
I drink tea literally every day and yes, I use the stovetop version of a kettle. Some people microwave their water to get it hot which to me is DISGUSTING.
@@emmef7970 It doesn’t mix and aerate the water the way a kettle does. It’s a matter of firm opinion (but not scientific fact) among some tea drinkers that this makes a difference that they can taste. But if you really care about that subtlety, then you can accomplish the same thing by pouring the microwaved water back a forth between two cups a couple of times.
@@markhamstra1083 Since I know what the word aerating means - condensed definition "introducing air", the first theory regarding a microwave vs kettle made no sense since there is no air being introduced. I decided to do some research (because I'm like that). I could find no reference to microwave vs kettle heated water and aeration in over 20 articles I read concerning aerating tea or coffee. The 2nd theory regarding the 2 cups appears to have a basis in truth but is used for coffee only for the purpose of obtaining the foam some people like in their coffee. In terms of TEA lovers, I'm sorry to say the ONLY reference to aerating tea I could find is used for tea composting with worms for garden fertilizer! So I'm going to call B.S to any tea drinker that says a kettle is better than a microwave for heating water. I'd venture a guess that it's just psychological! Sounds like the "placebo effect" to me.
@@emmef7970 The claim is not about the condition of the finished drink, but about the condition of the water before brewing/steeping begins. Other than the ability to produce water of a more precise temperature less than the boil the way many electric kettles can, I also find the arguments against microwaving water for tea pretty unconvincing.
I grew up eating juicy egg sandwiches, we cook the eggs in pan, season with salt and pepper until the white is cooked but the yolk is still runny. We put them between two pieces of toast. It can make a mess but it's so Good!
Around here egg cups and soft boiled eggs are considered a special occasion type thing when mom's feel like doing a special breakfast. I saw them more as a child when mom was a homemaker.
I don't often drink hot tea, but I have an electric kettle. I use it for oatmeal, cream of wheat, coffee in my French press, etc. Never had an egg cup, they look like a pretty neat knick knack though.
The only time you get water stains from drying dishes is if you have a contaminated water supply. I've never had water spots on my dried dishes but I do have fairly good city supplied water.
I have to admit that the first time I ever saw an egg cup was in the movie "Call Me By Your Name". It looked like an interesting and convenient concept. I didn't know what it was called until I watched this video together with you.
In the US the microwave took over the job of heating water for most smaller things years ago. It is quick, efficient and does not heat up the house like oven or stove top burner elements do. This is important for many states in the warmer seasons.
Electric kettle or boil the water in a saucepan. I love Irish black breakfast tea. Now that I have a Keureg, I just use that for the hot water. I do not use a dishwasher, nor a garbage disposal. One of the biggest differences is the size of the refrigerator.
I like to use my stove top kettle (tea kettle) for a cup of tea or instant noodles, etc. My dad uses the microwave to heat his water and my daughter uses the coffee pot to heat water or to make a whole pot of tea. If necessary it will also work to make a pot of coffee
I wash my dishes in a double basin sink, filling one basin with hot water and dish detergent and having a dish rack inside the other basin where I rinse the dishes off and then just let air dry. Never owned a dishwasher. I use the sprayer to rinse the suds out of the sink when I empty it of dish water. Never had a garbage disposal either. Usually just fed the leftovers to neighborhood dogs.
Have always had a garbage disposal and generally a sprayer. My mother always had a kettle for the stove. I either used the stove or microwave to heat up water depending on how much water I was heating up. I think maybe a year or two ago my wife bought an electric kettle. I don't think I have ever called it an electric kettle till just now LOL! I think I just called it the water heater. No egg cups. Towels were either tea or dish towels which were either on the stove door or looped over the drawer pulls (never had knobs).
We dip our toast in egg yolk, but we usually make the eggs poached or sunny-side up instead of soft boiling. I like to crack them onto a hot skillet, spoon in about a tablespoon of water, cover tight, set a timer for sixty seconds and they're done. Sprinkle a little black pepper if you like. Then you can dip your toast in the yolk, or I like to put the whole egg right on top of the slice of toast and eat it with a fork. Damn that sounds good. I wish I wasn't out of bread.
Lol, sorry Beesley I can't eat my eggs like that. I usually scramble my eggs, have sausages and toast with jam on it, and my coffee. I have seen those before but never knew what it was used for.
I use an electric induction kettle every day to heat up water for soups, and tea, etc. Induction cooking is much faster at heating up water than electric stoves or gas stoves. I even bought 2 induction mini stoves that I now use to do all my cooking with pots and pans.
New Subscriber, because you actually read the comments, cause you answer people. An egg cup to me was what we used to color eggs at Easter: not at all like what he shows. We always rinse our dishes and subce we have a well fir our water, we use running water not a sink full to do dishes. Live on border of Ohio and West Virginua so my typical breakfast growing up was thin pancakes, bacon or sausage, eggs (over nedium) on top with syrup or honey and butter. Saturday was sausage gravy and biscuits with bacon and over medium eggs. Sunday was French Toast which my Dad called 'Egg Bread' but Mom called "French Toast" with Sausage and biscuit sandwiches. 😀 my Mom did not work... we always had a huge American Breakfast.