in early december, i decalcified my electric kettle. it looked good, only, after a couple of uses, it died. since then i had resorted to either boiling water in a pot or nuking my tea water in the microwave oven (yuck!). finally, yesterday, i had enough of such ludicrous nonsense so i went to buy a replacement kettle. holy camoley! while i find the prices still reasonable the choices ranged from bizarre to fancy. the one i finally settled on buying was a 1.7L glass and stainless steel cordless kettle for $29. when switched on, there is a blue LED light and you can watch the water as it boils. whatever happened to 'the watched pot never boils"!
when i came out of the store, the heavy fog that had been enveloping the city (for a century it seems) was starting to recede. the belfry of the holy name church caught my eye. with the receding fog, and the light from the belfry, i thought it lent an eldritch feel to the structure that's actually more sinister than holy.
Yeah, just a little creepy! Next Halloween you could ETSOOI that into something truly horrible.
You know. It’s not so much that a watched pot never boils, but an unwatched pot boils over. I suppose that’s where the kettle comes in—better containment and a built-in alerting mechanism. Otherwise I agree with Katy @grammyn
Well, sorry to contradict, but I don't think it looks evil or creepy. It just looks old. I do like how the bell tower is illuminated.
Katy (@grammyn) and Mary ( @mcsiegle) you just have to try it. One think, microwaved hot water doesn't stay hot. It's convenient but tea bags/ tea just doesn't steep the same. I don't know about an electric kettle. I have a whistling kettle on my stovetop. Didn't think I'd use it enough to buy an electric kettle.
January 27th, 2024
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Somebody’s gonna have to explain to me why the way water is boiled makes a difference in your beverage
You know. It’s not so much that a watched pot never boils, but an unwatched pot boils over. I suppose that’s where the kettle comes in—better containment and a built-in alerting mechanism. Otherwise I agree with Katy @grammyn
Katy (@grammyn) and Mary ( @mcsiegle) you just have to try it. One think, microwaved hot water doesn't stay hot. It's convenient but tea bags/ tea just doesn't steep the same. I don't know about an electric kettle. I have a whistling kettle on my stovetop. Didn't think I'd use it enough to buy an electric kettle.