Audrey 18,803 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 That's interesting. The lawyers I know would call you an ass to your face. Only if you really are one. ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
extendedforecast 1,285 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Plants KILL PLANTS if they are fed microwave boiled water? OMG!!!! So, does the microwaved water give weeds super powers so they can choke out all the non-weeds? Is THAT what happened to our back yard? Crazy neighbor people pouring microwaved water on our grass? :confused: We must have the same neighbors. :D I've always suspected they were sabotaging our lawn so theirs would look even better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laura Corin 43,390 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Electric kettle. You know it makes sense. Laura Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stansclan89 51 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Electric kettle. You know it makes sense. Laura Is this in reference to TeA? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peela 406 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Electric kettle. I do not like to use my microwave much. I have seen the little girls experiment where she watered 2 plants, one with microwaved water, and that one died. I replicated that experiment myself and it did not have the same effect. I even spent good money buying 4 potted plants to do it on- it was a bet with someone- and the experiment did not prove my point. But I still don't like using the microwave. You guys are funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laura Corin 43,390 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Is this in reference to TeA? Never felt the need. Laura Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ravin 29,645 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 In my new (to me) kettle on a propane stove at Estrella War. Water for tea in the keurig at home, or the microwave. This thread was just the pick me up I needed before going in to work this morning. Now if there are just leftover Friday donuts (the night shift cashiers usually save some for me), my morning is made! Trying not to think about all the OTHER stuff I have to get done today...it's going to be a LONG day. I envy the night owls just heading to bed right about now. And it's been a very, very long time since I read the Ramona books. Maybe it's time to introduce DD to them... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daisy 65 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) Kettle. And actually I'll use the kettle even for water needed in recipes. It boils a whole lot faster. We drink a lot of tea though. I can't imagine using a microwave. We went to visit my inlaws and they don't have a kettle. O_o I was boiling water in a pot and they couldn't understand why I just didn't use the microwave. SIX of us all wanting tea? Using the microwave would have taken forever. Beside the fact that it is just wrong. You have to have a kettle for a nice cup of tea. Edited February 12, 2011 by Daisy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tabrett 58 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I have an instant hot water devise connected to my sink. If I need hot water for drinks or instant foods, I just have to press the lever. It is my favorite way to boil water!:lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beansprouts 865 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Only if you really are one. ;) :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TXMomof4 570 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Depends on what I'm going to do with it. My first thought was "in a pot." Only if I'm making potatoes or pasta or something that needs to be boiled. When I make my tea, I boil the water in my electric kettle. This. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jen in PA 70 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Kettle here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Miss Marple 1,831 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Ds#3 built himself a pop can alcohol camp stove. He likes to place it on the griddle portion of my stove and light it up. A metal camp cup fits nicely atop the stove. He boils his water for hot chocolate (mix) in this manner. And sitting right next to the little camp stove is a nice red kettle :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mommyfaithe 1,788 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 It depends on what I'm boiling it for. If it's for spaghetti, then in a stockpot. If for a mug of tea, I nuke it. If it's for an actual tea party, then the kettle. :iagree: Hi Bill.....thanks for posting this...made my day. :D Faithe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
newbie 304 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 For drinks , I micro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
In the Rain 221 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 The electric kettle I was SO disappointed to receive as a gift! It seemed utterly useless. I've been using it nearly every day for years. :lol: In fact, it is now the only appliance on my kitchen counter. I love it. :001_smile: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zusjames 10 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Electric kettle... and cordless. I feel so smug... te he. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warriormom 14 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 in a microwave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justamouse 3,930 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 kettle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beansprouts 865 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I am truly confused about the rules for jokes, innuendo, etc., in this forum. One man quotes an anecdote from Winston Churchill and people are offended. But discussion and references to TeA are okay? I am not saying that it bothers me. I'm a midwife. You would have to work hard to offend me. I am saying that I just don't get it. I am sorry to hyjack what was meant to be a light hearted thread, but can anyone explain? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spy Car 21,430 Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 :iagree: Hi Bill.....thanks for posting this...made my day. :D Faithe [insert: hippie smiley flashing you a peace sign here] Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mejane 15 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Why, Bill, are you in hot water again? ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
extendedforecast 1,285 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Either a kettle or a pot. It depends on what I'm making. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicole M 552 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I am truly confused about the rules for jokes, innuendo, etc., in this forum. One man quotes an anecdote from Winston Churchill and people are offended. But discussion and references to TeA are okay? I am not saying that it bothers me. I'm a midwife. You would have to work hard to offend me. I am saying that I just don't get it. I am sorry to hyjack what was meant to be a light hearted thread, but can anyone explain? I missed the Winston comment! So I don't know. But now you're making me wonder: was this a trick question?! Say it isn't so! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beansprouts 865 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I missed the Winston comment! So I don't know. But now you're making me wonder: was this a trick question?! Say it isn't so! Would I do such a thing?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicole M 552 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Would I do such a thing?? I meant was Bill's question a trick question! You, dear, would never do such a thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beansprouts 865 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I meant was Bill's question a trick question! You, dear, would never do such a thing. Not a trick question, but satire. Last night was very entertaining. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teachin'Mine 1,888 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Sounds nice! Bill (non-troublemaker :tongue_smilie:) Okay fess up. What did you do with the real Bill??? :D We also use a regular kettle with the obnoxious whistle. :) ETA: Oh no - I just read the previous posts - this was about boiling water and not making tEa - wasn't it??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicole M 552 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Not a trick question, but satire. Last night was very entertaining. Oh! And again, I miss the crucial bit. No wonder my clever allusion to homo-eroticism in Moby-Dick met with not even a tiny snicker. Nicole (who is still not recovered from two and a half hours of early music sans reading material, and who must now rally herself for a long day of stage managing the Vagina Monologues, and who wonders if, at this moment, any method of boiling water would provide coffee fast enough) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akmommy 17 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Well, akmommy whose not much of a tea drinker, but does enjoy a good cup of tEA believes that the best boiled water is made over a campfire surrounded by good friends she settles for the microwave when pouring it in or on something and the stovetop for other purposes. Often she finds herself in hot water without microwave, pot, or campfire, but that's another story. Also, don't you know Ramona is bad! It encourages children to be, well... Childish (says the woman who was weaned from picture books to chapter reading every Ramona book she could get her hands on). Akmommy (who has never even attempted to read Moby Dick) P.s. I think that just about covers it. :lol::lol::lol: Thanks for the Saturday morning laugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ereks mom 461 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 We use the Hot Shot for heating up to 16 oz. of water for making hot tea and hot chocolate, as well as for oatmeal, grits, and cream of wheat. If I have to boil a larger amount of water--such as for cooking pasta--I use a pot with lid and heat the water on the stove. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elegantlion 21,723 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I have an instant hot water devise connected to my sink. If I need hot water for drinks or instant foods, I just have to press the lever. It is my favorite way to boil water!:lol: Coveting your tea making abilities, not not that teA!!. Okay, coveting your hot beverage making abilities. I use a pot or the microwave or the coffee pot. I'm sure I'm breaking some law of the seventh dimension by contaminating my coffee pot with tea and tea with the residue from the coffee pot. After spending six hours watching the people of the Himalaya (ala Michael Palin's Himalaya) heat their pots with yak droppings I'm just glad I can use something that requires electricity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caitlinsmom 268 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 In a pot or a saucepan, never a microwave. We don't own one so its not even an option. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OnTheBrink 1,932 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Plants KILL PLANTS if they are fed microwave boiled water? OMG!!!! So, does the microwaved water give weeds super powers so they can choke out all the non-weeds? Is THAT what happened to our back yard? Crazy neighbor people pouring microwaved water on our grass? :confused: Is it bad that I water my plant at work with left over diluted diet pepsi or iced tea? The plant seems to be thriving, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beansprouts 865 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Is it bad that I water my plant at work with left over diluted diet pepsi or iced tea? The plant seems to be thriving, though. Do you suppose they like coffee? What if it was warmed in the microwave? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmermom3 13,947 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 In high heels and nothing else.;) Well, what kind of an answer did you expect for such a lame thread topic? I've been reading White Jacket. Freaking hysterical. Bill I told you so. Nah.Nah.Na Nah. Nah. Told you so.:D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Night Elf 9,900 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I don't think I've boiled water in a long time. DH does the cooking. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lolly 4,667 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I heard a talk by a health-guru once and he claimed plants fed water boiled in microwave ovens (and then cooled) killed plants. And we all know health-gurus are always right :tongue_smilie: Bill (afraid of those new fangled things) And you were going for noncontroversial? Up, the little warning light on the iPad tells me the battery life is almost gone. So it's time to say Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Red Balloon.... Bill They make this little thing called a recharge... I do still have 4% battery life :D Bill Just sayin'...recharge. Plants KILL PLANTS if they are fed microwave boiled water? OMG!!!! So, does the microwaved water give weeds super powers so they can choke out all the non-weeds? Is THAT what happened to our back yard? Crazy neighbor people pouring microwaved water on our grass? :confused: WHoa! Missed that. Good reading skills you have there.:lol: I boil water by using the instant hot by the sink. It comes to a boil really fast that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jann in TX 3,191 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I have a hot-water dispenser built into my sink... I drink a LOT of hot tea... Besides beverages-- it comes in handy when cooking (takes a minute or less to get it to a full boil), making Jell-o and even cleaning the counters! I've had one in all of the houses we have lived in for the past 21 years! If I did not have one I would use a very nice kettle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lolly 4,667 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I have a hot-water dispenser built into my sink... I drink a LOT of hot tea... Besides beverages-- it comes in handy when cooking (takes a minute or less to get it to a full boil), making Jell-o and even cleaning the counters! I've had one in all of the houses we have lived in for the past 21 years! If I did not have one I would use a very nice kettle. We very talented water boilers are coming in a bit late.:D I approve of your method, btw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spy Car 21,430 Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 I told you so. Nah.Nah.Na Nah. Nah. Told you so.:D You were ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aubrey 1,032 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I talk about shopping carts and politics here. Oh, not that kind of hot water? :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dirty ethel rackham 12,110 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 For tea or something to be poured, I use a kettle. For potatoes, rice or any other application, I use a pot with a lid. I've only ever used a microwave when we didn't have a stove. I hated it because it would get really hot, but wouldn't boil properly - something about surface tension. Plus, I got this ugly scum on the top of my tea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kalanamak 861 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Why, Bill, are you in hot water again? ;) Being dredged through it on a string.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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