Dumplings.

It's okay... I remember being confused too when hearing that word for something completely different in their usage ('biscuits', btw).  What I know as those, or rolls, were the little rounds of bread to have with dinner... not the dessert 'cookies' or, yes, 'wafers'.  But i concur with the others... even not being a Brit, I'd call those dumplings, and thought I read similar usage for over there.   Have to admit never grew up with having them that way, though!  Mostly with meat and gravy, or the classic 'chicken and dumplings'.

'Soldiers' are thin strips of toast, usually for dunking into a soft boiled egg.

'Buscuit'? Hahahaha, it sounds as if a Kiwi were to say 'buzz cut'. Like the hair cut.

You say dumpling, and I think Asia.
Asian food is amazing.

But from the sounds of it, it seems like the only Australian equivilant would be damper - a type of roughly-made bread. But that's not even popular anymore. It's only really cooked when out camping in the bush (traditional camping food = 'bush tucker'), and there's not that many who actually do that anymore.

I think 'damper' would be the answer given, if you asked most Australians, anyway. Either that, or just a blank stare.

A plastic kettle with a plug that you plug into the wall and switch on..

Seems like it would be more energy efficient than the stove top burner for hot tea.
I'll have to look into one.

I have an electric kettle and I think most people do but my sister has one that goes on the cooker hob.

butterfly grl wrote:

Microwaved hot water is not the same as boiled water from the kettle. Don't know why.

The water isn't heated as evenly, and it can actually be dangerous if a bubble forms and explodes.  I try to avoid it if I can.