America we need to have a chat

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Savages!

I'd need the right bread to try beans on toast. I think American white bread would collapse into a gooey mess. Beans are a dessert in Asia; it took some getting used to for me, but I like sweet red bean paste, now, as long as they don't make it American-sweet. That's too sweet for me.

Beans and eggs make a great breakfast taco, although I'd add potatoes fried with chorizo.

Ownership of an electric kettle probably correlates with frequency of boiling water. No one wants to have one in the back of a cupboard, gathering dust.

I thought that leberkase and eggs made a nice breakfast, lunch or dinner. In Germany, we got a selection of cold cured meats. In the Netherlands, they had little tubes of Ossenwurst, which I admit I pocketed and made into a late night snack. I'd like to see how the Japanese breakfast will suit me. I don't normally think of salad in a breakfast, but miso dressing could turn the tables on that notion.

Grits are made from ground hominy, sprouted corn grains. They're like any kind of porridge, and benefit greatly from the liberal addition of butter, salt, and pepper. I'll take a bowl and add a sausage patty then some poached egg on top.

To be honest with you all:I never even heard of "electric kettles" before.

And I hope I never hear about them again! lol!

But seriously:Dont see the need. You can just a put a regular kettle on your electric, or gas, stove anyway.

I suppose that you could say that the American equivalent are electric drip coffee makers. We drink more coffee than tea.

Beans on toast? I think mom served us that a few times. But its not a common thing here in the states.

Ice making machines do fit into the American context better than they would in Britain.

The Brits drink beverages at room temperature which is a LOT lower a temperature then "room temperature" is in America. Britain barely has any seasons. The leaves fall in autumn,but thats about it. It's wet and gray and fifty to sixty degrees all year round (like Seattle or Frisco here)in most of the UK. America is a bigger place with more variety of climates. But all of the climatic zones (hot, cool, wet,or dry) are usually continental (so there is more temperature range over the year in most places in the US than in Britain - except the US Pacific Northwest where the sea has a similar moderating effect on the climate to that of the UK).

So in the US (north or south) you get hot summers (not what Brits think is "hot" which is 70 degrees F, but HOT, like 90 F).
So we Americans got into the habit of putting ice into beverages in the summer. Even into tea.

But it could be worse. They drink beer with ice in it in Haiti. Yuck!

Beans all have subtle differences in flavor. Navy beans are white, but I guess the sauce is red. With some preparations, the sauce will overpower the flavor of the beans.

I like butter beans the best, myself. I think they might be great on some rustic toast.

i'm willing to bet that ancestors on my mothers side tossed english tea into a harbor a few years back...

they were likely a rather defiant bunch as i believe it is their genes that brought me to this forum