This site is written by an American, right? Because he (she?) has no idea who Mr. Dressup is, and that is inconceivable to me.
Omgeeee. I loved me some Mr. Dressup as a kid! And the Polkadot Door. I grew up in a little border town in northern ny and forever (like until cable was invented) we only got Canadian tv. CBC and CJOH. Love Max Keeping.
Can some Americans chime in on the kettle issue? Do you really not boil water in a kettle? I'm flabbergasted by this for some reason.
We always use a kettle (live in Indiana) to boil water for tea. The only thing I use a microwave for, is to melt down butter for cooking or for microwave popcorn.
Can some Americans chime in on the kettle issue? Do you really not boil water in a kettle? I'm flabbergasted by this for some reason.
i have a stovetop kettle, electric kettle, had a zojirushi hot water boiler/keeper warmer (rip), and a microwave. i use the stovetop kettle about half the time, microwave the other half of the time.
i can actually control the temperature of the water better to match what kind of tea i'm drinking in a microwave . as in less hot than MUTHERFUCKINGBOILING hard enough to make the kettle whistle for white & green teas.
if i ever make tea to drink on my commute, i just nuke it in my plastic commuter cup, drop the teabag in, and go. so much faster. and yes, my tea tastes kinda plasticy and meh when i do this.
Electric kettles are not common here but you can get them. In our experience they aren't as good as the Inez we had when we lived in the UK. My British in laws refuse to microwave water when they make tea here 8,743 times a day while visiting and instead boil it in a kettle on our drive, which takes forever. Why is the microwave so weird?
Post by PeonyParty on May 31, 2013 22:23:03 GMT -5
We use a kettle on the stove (Live in NC). I have debated getting an electric one but we wouldn't use it enough to warrant getting one and the space it would use. Listen, I just found out last week that parts of Canada still have access to Fruitopia. Where do I sign up to be Canadian?
That was so cool! They forgot ketchup chips! Or maybe you guys do have them in the US now. Or reading fail. We don't have milk bags here or supply teachers. West coast.
Mr. Dressup was the best. He had a tickle trunk!! I never realized toque was a Canadian thing. It kind of made me laugh when I thought about it.
I'm seriously amazed at all the differences!! I hate having to get jugs of milk in the states. They are so hard to pour! I can't even start on the tea kettle. Everyone has one!
I haven't seen a bag of milk since I was 6. I think we've always bought jugs or cartons of milk. Well, except for that short period of time when we had a milkman. Anyway...
I grew up in Canada, but have lived in the States since just before high school. Never before have I seen so clearly why I want to spell things "wrong" or have a way of talking that's just a bit different.
I still say grade 4 instead of 4th grade. I still think of them as Girl Guides. I kind of miss having access to a small, shitty cabin with lots of spiders. I am, however, glad I no longer have to get my milk in a bag.
Post by littlesthobo on Jun 1, 2013 2:27:15 GMT -5
I grew up in Ontario but lived in BC for a few years. I was working at a Starbucks and was made fun of for talking about how we have milk bags in ON (they do jugs). Then one day I found a couple of these:
And I was like, "why the hell do you have these if you don't have milk bags?" My boss looked at me like I was crazy and said, "uh, that's a letter opener." LIKE HELL IT IS!
I think what you have to remember is that most Americans don't drink tea. So when they need boiled water for a hot drink once in a blue moon it's fastest to do in the microwave as opposed to the stove.
I would guess most tea drinkers own kettles of some sort.
Also some of these I would not call Canadianisms but British Commonweathisms.