Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[pigletto]

I have a question. I was watching a dorm room tour on Youtube with my son while we were researching schools. The girl in the video was American going to school in Canada. She referred to the electric kettle in her room as a “hotpot” .
Is that an American thing? Regional thing ? I’d never heard it before.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I have a question. I was watching a dorm room tour on Youtube with my son while we were researching schools. The girl in the video was American going to school in Canada. She referred to the electric kettle in her room as a “hotpot” .
Is that an American thing? Regional thing ? I’d never heard it before.

American nickname for an electric kettle.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I have a question. I was watching a dorm room tour on Youtube with my son while we were researching schools. The girl in the video was American going to school in Canada. She referred to the electric kettle in her room as a “hotpot” .
Is that an American thing? Regional thing ? I’d never heard it before.

I'm guessing it is a regional thing, though what region, I'm not exactly sure. I have lived in a number of areas and never heard an electric kettle called a hotpot before. I did, however, have a friend from Minnesota that called a casserole a "hot dish." (Totally unrelated, but this made me think of her, because I used to tease her when she said "hot dish.")

I tried typing "hotpot kettle" into Amazon, and while electric kettles popped up, few actually had the term "hotpot" as their descriptor. (Just typing "hotpot" into Amazon, gives you more of the Korean hotpot cooking appliances, not kettles.)

 

[Buzz Rules]

I'm guessing it is a regional thing, though what region, I'm not exactly sure. I have lived in a number of areas and never heard an electric kettle called a hotpot before. I did, however, have a friend from Minnesota that called a casserole a "hot dish." (Totally unrelated, but this made me think of her, because I used to tease her when she said "hot dish.")

I tried typing "hotpot kettle" into Amazon, and while electric kettles popped up, few actually had the term "hotpot" as their descriptor. (Just typing "hotpot" into Amazon, gives you more of the Korean hotpot cooking appliances, not kettles.)

We use electric kettle and hotpot in the USA.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

We use electric kettle and hotpot in the USA.

Okaaaaaaay...

You win, I guess.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Okaaaaaaay...

You win, I guess.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle
It’s sort of a joke at the British. We gave certain things different names than our English overlords after the Revolution to define our own identity. It’s how Americanized English was born.

 

[porschegrl]

I have a question. I was watching a dorm room tour on Youtube with my son while we were researching schools. The girl in the video was American going to school in Canada. She referred to the electric kettle in her room as a “hotpot” .
Is that an American thing? Regional thing ? I’d never heard it before.

Interesting. I had a hotpot in school. I have an electric kettle now. Until you said this, it never occurred to me that they are similar, or possibly the exact same appliance. IIRC, I could make food in my hotpot, like ramen noodles or soup. My electric kettle only boils water (but that may be more a recommendation/limitation of my particular kettle).

 

[mom2rtk]

I have a question. I was watching a dorm room tour on Youtube with my son while we were researching schools. The girl in the video was American going to school in Canada. She referred to the electric kettle in her room as a “hotpot” .
Is that an American thing? Regional thing ? I’d never heard it before.

I am American and had a hotpot in college many years ago. It was one of the few electric appliances we were allowed to have in the dorms. Mine was like a tiny coffee pot that plugged in. You could heat water for oatmeal, cocoa or ramen noodles.

 

[fab1976]

I have a question. I was watching a dorm room tour on Youtube with my son while we were researching schools. The girl in the video was American going to school in Canada. She referred to the electric kettle in her room as a “hotpot” .
Is that an American thing? Regional thing ? I’d never heard it before.

I had a hot pot in my room at Brock university in the ‘90’s! It is similar to a kettle, but had a lid you could remove. It was used to cook pasta or warm up soup.

 

[prairie_girl]

Anything of interest (not political) happen on either side of the border today for anyone?

No, but a lot of political stuff did lol

 

[Buzz Rules]

No, but a lot of political stuff did lol

Does it ever not in either of our countries?

 

[tvguy]

Never heard the term "hotpot" so don't know. And in many dorms forbid any kid of heating device in rooms, so to me that is the thing that stands out.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Never heard the term "hotpot" so don't know. And in many dorms forbid any kid of heating device in rooms, so to me that is the thing that stands out.

I heard it called both in college. Wiki said it was an American nickname for an electric kettle.

 

[pigletto]

I had a hot pot in my room at Brock university in the ‘90’s! It is similar to a kettle, but had a lid you could remove. It was used to cook pasta or warm up soup.

My mom was a prof at Brock

 

[NAB]

Does it ever not in either of our countries?

Oh big stuff going down tonight or over the weekend in Windsor and Ottawa ,we are all just waiting to see how it will turn out.

 

[Moliphino]

We use electric kettle and hotpot in the USA.

It must be regional. I've never heard an electric kettle called a hotpot.

 

[Buzz Rules]

It must be regional. I've never heard an electric kettle called a hotpot.

I went to college in the north east and classmates called it both. They came from different parts of the USA though so…

 

[Buzz Rules]

Oh big stuff going down tonight or over the weekend in Windsor and Ottawa ,we are all just waiting to see how it will turn out.

More of a reason to just watch USA vs Canada tonight and forget about everything else.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Americans, do you know why Halifax sends a Christmas tree to Boston every year?

I mentioned it twice earlier in the thread.

 

[SirDuff]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle
It’s sort of a joke at the British. We gave certain things different names than our English overlords after the Revolution to define our own identity. It’s how Americanized English was born.

You had electric kettles in 1776