Electric Kettles

[mmotyka at lsil.com]

Great Topic!

Steve Mynott wrote:

> Ken Brown <k.brown at ccs.bbk.ac.uk> writes:
>
> On a tangent a friend claimed Americans didn't have electric kettles
> for boiling water.
>
> Can anyone confirm whether this is true?
>
I have never seen an electric kettle for boiling water for tea. 

Why boil water for tea on a stove or in an electric "kettle" when you
can put a mug of water in the microwave and have it on the verge of
boiling in 60 seconds? Probably uses less energy too. 

Tea you can pick in your back yard.

Mike