/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16752864
I have a steel one

Because I have a microwave

>>16752864
what's a good electric kettle without plastic? I've come to the conclusion that I don't want to boil my water in plastic, but it seems like most of them have at least some plastic element that comes in contact with the water

>>16752887
Steel stovetop kettle

>>16752882
yank detected

>>16752864
There was no 2L (67 oz?) glass kettle with a setting for temperature. So now I have stainless steel.

>>16752864
I had one, it broke two days ago.

>>16752864
I have one but a stovetop kettle would in hindsight be a bit better.

>>16752864
The high mineral content in my local water source leaves stains

>>16752952
You're supposed to decalcify them every now and then

>>16752864
Mine's made of diamond.

>>16752864
the plastic lid desu

>>16752882
Haven't had a microwave in years. The most useless appliance I can think of

>>16752864
They're ugly

>>16753002
>I don't use X, therefore X SUCKS AND IS OBJECTIVELY BAD

>>16753002
Take a look in the mirror

>>16753035
>>16753039
Anyone I know who cooks barely touches theirs. I didn't even realize it was missing at my new place until 6 months in. The only thing I want it for sometimes is quick heating a potato

>>16753047
The only use I have ever gotten out of a microwave was to heat up a bowl of soup or some liquid.
Not a fan of microwaves, imo it is the most useless kitchen appliance in a fully functioning kitchen.

>>16752952
Even on soft water, you have to clean the kettle out with citric acid now and then. Every little bit of mineral builds up over time.

consider a water softener while you're at it.

>>16753064
I use half vinegar and half water and boil it. Works fine

whats the benefit of a glass kettle?

>>16753087
Why use an entire bottle of vinegar when a teaspoon of citric acid does the job better?

>>16752864
I do have one. Drinking some green tea atm. #livingmybestlifeyaasqueen

>>16752887
Most of them? Where did the plastic kettle meme come from? I've never seen anyone using an electric kettle where any of the parts touching the water were plastic, it's always steel or glass even in the cheap Walmart shit

>>16753104
Makes a better noise when you chuck it on the floor

>>16753108
1. You don't have citric acid at home
2. You're a little bitch that is scared of accidentally inhaling citric acid
3. You're an idiot that is incapable of proper hygiene so you rub citric acid leftovers from your hands in your eyes
4. You're really, REALLY into vinegar smell

Can't think of any other reasons

>>16753229
>You don't have citric acid at home
It's literally right there in the grocery store, what's your excuse?

>>16753108
Who said anything about an entire bottle?
My water boiler heats from a flat element at the bottom. It takes very little vinegar/water mix to cover it.
Plus a quart of vinegar is like fifty cents and when I'm done decalcifying the boiler with it I can use it on the sink in the bathroom or the toilet or something.

>>16753284
>My water boiler heats from a flat element at the bottom. It takes very little vinegar/water mix to cover it.
You still have to clean the limescale buildup on the walls of the kettle, genius.

>>16753305
Can't say I've ever noticed any.
I don't know why I bother arguing this with you. I don't give a shit what you do with your kettle.

>>16753064
Damn, and imagine all that shit is going in your lungs

>>16753312
I can't cure your blindness over the internet senpai, dunno what you want me to do about it.

>>16753035
>>16753039

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>>16753064
I don't have to do shit I don't have to do what you tell me and I will touch the hot coils and feel the crystals and radiate in their power. I put the pepsi in the kettle and boil it down you say don't hold the switch on but I do it's just a pepsi

>>16753002
>>16753047
Learn to use it properly and you can more easily:
Reheat leftovers
steam vegetables
temper chocolate
even Paul Bocuse used microwaves.

>>16753341
Or, I can just use an oven/stovetop instead of taking up counter space and wasting money

>>16753371
steaming veg in a microwave opens up a hob.

>>16752864
I got memed into buying a soyboy gooseneck kettle for faggy pourovers that turned out to be pointless because the aeropress makes better coffee every time.

>>16753387
Why steam when I can roast or pan fry

>>16753275
Not him but no stores in my area carry it, I've checked literally every one. Had to order it online.

>>16753463
if you don't have a walmart then you're in a shit town.

>>16753396
How fat are you?

>>16752864
>What's your excuse for not having a glass kettle?
Because I don't want my water to be in contact with plastic.

>>16753506
I'm 180 at 5'10". Be more active

>>16752864
I'm straight

>>16753497
I have a Walmart, but I don't know how to explain to you that different Walmarts stock different things

>>16754297
You're fucking dumb. it's a common item.
It's like saying "my walmart doesn't stock salt"

fuck off

>>16754323
>it's a common item.
It's really not

>>16752864
None. I own one. Love me some teas and shit.

>>16752882
Do dumb Americans really?

>>16752864
I have a metal one and I don't need two

>>16753314
I don't breath water faggot

Had one, instantly looks like shit even with the slightest amount of calcium in the water.

>>16752864
They don't make gooseneck glass kettles. I don't just drink tea, I also make pour-over coffee.

>>16754971
They do though.

>>16753002
frying pan or oven for every leftover? exhausting

>>16752864
They make my dick too hungry

Are you all retarded or something? Am I the only person on the board that just uses a stovetop kettle like a real human and not some faggy """artisanal"""" glass pot that I have to plug in but it's better because I can avoid muh toxins and shit? Fuck off.
People have for a hundred years just filled up a kettle with their nearest water source, boiled it when needed and refilled only when the level got too low. If it worked for my grandad who fought the Japs on Iwo, it's good enough for me.

>>16755150
fucking based

>>16752864
it does a worse job of boiling water since the glass has to heat up too. since all these were made to do is boil water, why buy a slower one? no glass goosenecks either.

>>16752864
i'd break the fucking thing

>>16752887
Do you post this same thing often in kettle threads? I can’t imagine there’s a large number of people so paranoid about their water contacting any form of plastic or polymer.

Sorry, but you’re out of luck. Basically any and every electric kettle at least has a plastic component which will briefly touch your water when you pour it; even if it’s otherwise stainless or glass, plastic will usually form part of the lid, or part of the hinge mechanism with a hinged lid, and is most likely what the filter thing by the spout will be made of aside from the metal mesh (if the kettle has one).

>>16753221
>Where did the plastic kettle meme come from?
You’d be surprised. With any non-luxury hotel I’ve stayed at in Japan, more often than not the kettle in my room was entirely plastic aside from the metal heating element.

>>16755150
The American electrical grid and most houses built before the turn if the century aren't up to code for actually running an electric kettle and people regularly complain that they trip the fuse box.

However, if you are in a modern building then there is literally no excuse not to have one.

>>16755350
Even in modern houses this can be a problem. My house was built in 2004 and running my microwave & electric kettle at the same time trips the fuse box.

>>16752864
my ex took it

>>16755168
Mang listen, I know it's boomer tier to say shit like this but it's true. My granddad was a nearly 18 year old high school senior when Pearl Harbor happened, and only waited to enlist because his father figure told him he wouldn't sign off until he had a degree. June 1941 and he was in the USMC 4th division training.
This man was a literal wire runner in Pacific Island hellsscapes for four years, including Iwo Jima, Guam and Saipan among others. Imagine running in uncleared enemy territory to lay cord for a shoddy walkie talkie and just praying you didn't get gored by some Jap faggot. I can't but holy shit is it amazing to me still.
So I live under the idea that if my granddad who was raised in boarding schools until 10 and didn't know his father until much later, and who was raised by his aunt and uncle, who still felt enough faith in his nation to want to give up his life for it, found it good enough than so can I, his shamed mixed race, fat, weeb descendant

>>16755111
I hardly have leftovers unless it's stew or chili or something which I heat back up in big batches for dinner the next night anyway

>>16755150
Cringe

>>16755321
Every single electric kettle I've ever even considered buying was 100% steel in every place that was even close to touching the water. You can get them for like $20 all over the place, what the fuck is wrong with Japan.

>Are you all retarded or something? Am I the only person on the board that just uses a stovetop kettle like a real human and not some faggy """artisanal"""" glass pot that I have to plug in but it's better because I can avoid muh toxins and shit? Fuck off.
>People have for a hundred years just filled up a kettle with their nearest water source, boiled it when needed and refilled only when the level got too low. If it worked for my grandad who fought the Japs on Iwo, it's good enough for me.

>>16752864
Last glass kettle I had started leaking.
They have a seal between the wall and heating element and it's prone to giving out.