Not recommended.

[rivka]

I singed the hem of my sweater while making tea this morning.

As best as I can figure out, it slipped under the teakettle and into the flame while I was stretched up trying to extract a teabag from a box in the cabinet over the stove.

Fortunately, it didn't actually catch fire - it just browned, and smelled horrible. But it made for a pretty troubling mental image. (Sweater in flames! Burned baby! I've never used a fire extinguisher!)

This is why British folks use electric kettles, isn't it?

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

"Stovetop" as a name works if it's actually the top of the stove, but not if you have an ultra-clever kitchen like my friends S&P, where the hob is separate.

*thinks*

I think I would still call it a stovetop. "She's got a little galley kitchen, and there's just a stovetop, no oven."

Maybe.