For years Herself and I have had stovetop kettles. A Dualit one at home (natch) and a natty French job at the beach. They are solid workhorses of the kitchen, slow, dependable, practically indestructible.
Which is all very well. But sometimes you just want a quick cup of tea. Or some boiling water to put pasta in, or you forget that the recipe needs stock and everything else is ready... know what I mean?
Electric kettles are (mainly) pretty ugly. They're temperamental too. But they're FAST.
When I suggested to Herself the other day and not for the first time, that now I have attained my majority and become a tea drinker like my Irish forefathers, maybe it was time for an electric kettle, Reader, it was not a pretty scene. Words were exchanged.
I left it after that. Choose your battles, I say.
But she came home from John Lewis (see previous blog post) yesterday with a small, rather pretty, electric kettle. She's a sweetheart, isn't she?
Now I can have a quick cup of tea. I boiled two kettles yesterday for pasta and the food was on the table before the old kettle would have had time to gird its loins. I will miss the old kettle - and I'm fully aware that I have sacrificed aesthetic pleasure for callow convenience - but even in this house full of beautiful things, sometimes you just need a bloomin' electric kettle!
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that is so funny. we have done the same thing. the old kettle is on top of the kitchen cabinet. sad but the house is full of happy tea drinkers!
ReplyDeleteI would recommend coming at the problem from the other direction and replacing the method for heating altogether: The Induction Hob. Specifically Neff. A stovetop kettle on a Neff induction hob will boil faster than an electric one. I know this, because I clearly have too much time on my hands, but it is a fact nonetheless. And I don't want any uninformed pfffing about cooking with gas being far superior. Rapid heating, twice as fast as gas. Improved thermal efficiency. Greater heat consistency. Precise control. Yet it generates no heat itself. Why wouldn't anyone want something that clever in their life?
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