# Cost of boiling water **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 20, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-boiling-water/984321 "2023-05-20T10:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-boiling-water/984321/23 "2023-05-20T14:12:07Z")
Just for the record, I use my microwave oven to heat up the dishes before serving when I cook something that cools fast, for instance thin fish fillets or small omelettes. Put the dish in the microwave, put a couple of spoonfuls of water it, cover with the next dish and repeat for as many dishes you need. Start the microwave set at high for a minute, leave the door closed when it stops. When the meal is ready, take the warm dishes from the microwave, pour the water away and serve the food. I don’t think this costs me more than 2 or 3 € a year and is worth it. For tea an electric kettle is perfect, specially if you invenst in the ones with adjustble temperature. Some teas only need 60°C\*, others boiling water, others anything in between. Using the right temperature for the different tea varieties is noticeably better. \* I am not asking you to _[convert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-converting-to-the-metric-system/978666)_ to the metric system, it is not a religion, I just ask that if you are interested in how much 60°C are in Fahrenheit, _you_ look it up, not me. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-boiling-water/984321)._