Thai Waffles

I was a bit nervous when I sent my waffle recipes to Carnival of the Recipes, because it was hosted by Thai Cooking - The Taste of Thailand and it was advertised that the recipes would be "Thai-ish." I was afraid that the host wouldn't be interested in waffles. A few years ago, a recipe I had sent was rejected by a host who hammed a ham theme. That's a way of keeping the Jews out; not a single recipe was kosher.

But good news, the waffles are in this week's carnival, as also are, lots of great recipes.

And to celebrate, watch the waffles appear!

Waffles! Finally

Some of you may remember that my husband won the waffle iron door prize at the JBlogger convention. I told him that it was his. That was months ago, and the gadget has been hiding in the closet all this time.

Today, since my baby is here and his birthday is soon and he has miluim, (army reserves) next week, I decided to debut it. Pictures will be posted another time. I searched the internet for waffle recipes, simple, basic, easy-to-prepare waffle recipes. I don't beat egg whites!

After a while I noticed a basic formula:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 Tablespoons sugar, so sue me I used half a cup
• 2 cups of milk
• 2 eggs, I used 3, since the ones I buy are small
• 1/2 cup oil
• baking powder

Now, I used wholewheat flour, because that's what we have. I also used brown, dark brown, sugar, because it's tastier with the dark flour.

Actually, this is identical to pancakes. So, just think of waffles as textured pancakes. It's all in the "presentation," or "packaging."

Like for a cake, first I mixed the dry ingredients and then added the liquids. I mixed everything but not "too much."

The waffle iron seemed to have lost its instructions, and I tried searching on the internet. I could find the machine, but all it said was:

"Do you want to be the first to report about this waffle maker?"

So, I'm reporting. It's a Krup 2-waffle, and I couldn't figure out how to get the cooking parts out, without breaking the machine. During my internet search I did come up with something similar, where the site had a question:

"How do you clean the wafflemaker if you can't take it apart and can't submerge it in water?"

Good question!

I wiped it all with a damp paper towel, plugged it in, and it began to heat up. No, there isn't an on/off switch. Of course, what can I expect when we got it for nothing?

The first batch is better left where I left it, in the garbage. But after that it got better, though my husband kept asking why it wasn't crispy. Silicon cooking utensils don't get the food as crispy as old-fashioned stainless steel.

We ate them with maple-flavored sugar syrup. So, if you'd like to come for jblogger waffles, please bring some real maple syrup or other/better stuff for the waffles.

Waffling JBloggers

There has been a running joke on some of the jblogs about waffles. I decided to dig in, as long as there's real sweet butter and old-fashioned maple syrup. Yes, a little fruit and whipped cream would be a great addition.

If you're willing to have your waffle feast here in Holy Shiloh, I'll provide the coffee! And I'll even set the table. Just come running and don't forget the waffles!