5 Ways British and American Kitchens Are Very Different!!! American Reacts

American Reacts to 5 Ways British and American Kitchens Are VERY Different!!!
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Original Video: @LostinthePond
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[annbottelli]

I'm British but have always rinsed the dishes, I agree that an un--rinsed plate could make food taste " soapy"!

[anitawhite]

I think it is about time 'Laurence' from Lost in the Pond came back to the UK to see how things are done in a UK kitchen - He's lived away from the UK for over 13 years!!! We do have mixer taps in the kitchen, and surprisingly in the bathroom. We do have dishwashers, but those that don't, usually wash and rinse the dishes. Most new houses now have a Utility room for their washing machines and dryers.

[julietessam]

I can't believe American's don't know the delights of a soft boiled eggs with soldiers. 😯 They are so yummy. Just needs a little salt. JT you should do a video making some. 😉

[anta]

One of my favourite childhood memories is having breakfast with a soft boiled egg in my very own personal egg cup (each family member had a different kind/decorated one) and an army of soldiers (strips of hot buttered toast) to dip in it. Da bomb! 🥚

[Aeronaut]

It's only Mothers day for Americans, it's the 19th March in the UK.

[veronicaelsegood]

I'm British and I rinse my crockery, cutlery and glass wear after washing them up.We've become quite modernised these days and some of us even have fire! We were quite excited when that became popular.🤣

[valeriedonaghy]

When we went over to visit my son and family in the US my husband couldnt believe they didn't have egg cups, so next trip over we had to take novelty egg cups, my grandson loves his boiled eggs and soldiers and wanted them all the time.

[MajorMagna]

I'm English and I've always rinsed the dishes so... I dunno, this guy's some kind of savage :P

Another difference in the kitchen is that we don't, in general, refrigerate eggs. We also sometimes call the stove/stovetop a "hob".

And of course, when it comes to doing the dishes, Brits often have a plastic "washing up bowl" that's kept in the sink. I think it's done to reduce the need to clean the sink (especially older style stone sinks).

[no-oneinparticular]

Whistling kettle, last one I had was in 1969. I love electric kettles. 🇬🇧. I had a washer dryer in the late 80s, but if one part breaks, the other is useless. Prefer separate so if one of them goes wrong, If i hand wash I can still dry, or line dry if I machine wash. Always the chance they'll both break down at the same time, but not likely.

[bantononabike]

Of course we have refrigerators! Everyone has them in UK!

[oldman]

One of the big differences (of many) between the US and the UK is the quality of water.
I’ve been to a number of places in the US, east and west coast, north and south and the tap water in all places is absolutely awful.
In Britain, tap water tastes the same as bottled water.
What the heck is going on in the US?

[Kari_Bex]

My electric kettle boils a cup/mug of water in 45 seconds. Which is far more energy efficient than a stove stop kettle - especially if you have an electric stove. I have a spray attachment on my mixer tap.

[juliajules]

You only need to press start once on a washerdryer and it automatically dries after it has washed the clothes. The more recent washerdryers are quite good.
I have always rinsed the dish soap (washing up liquid in the uk) from my dishes. I don’t want to be eating detergent! If you are worried about watermarks, maybe dry them with a tea towel rather than air drying.

[StateOfMind]

I live in New Zealand. It's an interesting mix-mash of UK and American in pretty much every areaa. We say Tea Towels and use egg cups but we also have seperate laundry rooms and waste disposal sinks. We have the mixed temp taps but also use mostly only electric kettles.

[dataterminal]

Tea towels have an interesting history to them. You'll notice all tea towels have a design on them, yours is novelty, but in the past they'd be handsewn and will have been embroidered with a recipe or maps of where the the man of the house works along with a local landmark. Mainly because a lot of places didn't have road names and people couldn't read the ones that did. Remember at these times people were still riding around on horse back or walking places.
If someone came looking for the husband, the wife would be able to make them a cup of tea (they may have been walking for several miles), and show them where he worked on the make shift map on the tea towel. This is one of the reasons why tea is so involved in British culture even to this day.
But it gets more interesting still! Tea towels were used as the original tea cosy to keep a teapot warm. It was wrapped around the pot and insulated it so a large amount of tea could be brewed in one go. There wasn't electric and in the summer months having a fire going all day wasn't the best option. Tea always was an option though.
So because tea was expensive back then, any excess tea that dripped while pouring would be soaked up with the 'tea towel' and at the end of the night, the family would drain the towel of excess tea, really strong at this point and add more milk to it creating a very milky, but strong eat to drink before heading off to bed.
In the morning a freash brew would be made and the damp tower put around the tea pot again, drying out and repeating the cycle.

[davidtrotter]

It’s true that years ago taps were separated with hot and cold in the UK because of the way old houses water storage was installed. But we have one tap for hot and cold water now and have done for decades. Many homes in the UK have separate laundry rooms as well now, especially in new builds.

[wheeldesire]

A "cooker" is usually a free-standing unit that has the oven, hob, and usually grill, all built into one thing. An "oven" is usually a built-in appliance without the hob. Like the oven part is a component, and a cooker includes an oven plus some more.
I think you've got a cooker, from what I recall.

[jonbolton]

I can confirm that there is no need to rinse the washing up, you aren't left with the taste of Fairy Liquid (main brand of washing up liquid). It is more common to have a large plastic washing up bowl though that you put inside the sink, rather than filling the sink itself with water. Even though the guy didn't specify, those of us who have a separate clothes dryer tend to keep that in the kitchen too beside the washing machine.

[HighHoeKermit]

We don't do the same Mother's day JT.. ours has been and gone already.
Stove-top kettles used to be the norm in the UK, maybe 40 years ago. However, because our electrical supply is 230/240v, an electric kettle actually boils much quicker than in the US.. and very much quicker than a stove-top one. Most can boil 1 or 2 cups worth of water in about a minute. They don't need to whistle as they turn themselves off and some also beep to alert you it has finished.
Some people do have sprayers on their kitchen sink... and I've personally always rinsed the soap off my dishes and only recently learned that we're known as a nation that allegedly doesn't.
Soft boiled eggs in egg cups used to be a fairly common breakfast, though it's been a while for me personally

[cubeaceuk]

When we moved into our house it had a separate utility room with the Washer and dryer but we moved them both into the kitchen. The utility room is larger than the one you showed us and is now my 'Studio' for audio and video production.
We have always had mixer taps but a single kitchen sink. Mainly we use a dish washer though for most things. I don't know anyone that doesn't have at least one egg cup. My parents used a gas kettle for a stove but I have always used electric kettles. People who have modernised their kitchens sometimes now have a shower tap or even a tap that produces boiling water on demand. You can also get plumbed in filters for cold water for additional purification for drinking water.
A lot depends on how much you can afford to spend and the size of the kitchen. Great video as always.