Five days of photos: Day 3/5 + Friday's Unscientific Poll

[nanila]

Keiki is very excited about daisy-picking.

And now, a Very Important Waffle question, triggered by disagreement in waffle perception between myself and my British partner.

Poll #17498 Important waffle question

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Waffles:

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They're mostly a breakfast thing
15 (25.9%)

They're mostly a dessert/pudding thing
12 (20.7%)

WHO CARES, WAFFLES ALWAYS GOOD
39 (67.2%)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Alas, they are now in the "unless I really REALLY want one, I will inhale the steam from yours and maybe cadge a bite or two off someone else" category for me, whether that's breakfast, pudding, or any other time.

[nanila]

Oh, I'm sorry waffles are no longer a viable option. :( If it's a gluten thing, maybe you can get potato waffles in the freezer section in the States? They're really common in the UK - easier to find than what I would consider the "usual" kind of waffles!

[azurelunatic]

Carbohydrates - it renders a good many syrup options near-instant headache, and I'm finding that I want to save the limited budget for the stuff I seriously enjoy. Which means waffles only if I'm really REALLY wanting waffles.

Perhaps it's also that I was rarely able to get them nicely crisp as a kid -- we'd always get the timing off and they'd go soggy while waiting to finish the first one.

[aella_irene]

At my parents' house, they were a special Sunday tea treat, made on my father's wafflemaker, which was older than him, but had only the minor issues of unevenly cooked waffles, and a slight chance that the aging electrical cord would catch fire and kill us all.

It died* in 2009, and he still mourns the loss, as more recent wafflemakers just aren't up to scratch.

*My mother put her foot down about risk of death, even as my father protested, "But it was a free gift." It was a free gift in 1946. This encapsulates much of my father.

[pbristow]

"This encapsulates much of my father."

Your father was also a free gift in 1946...? [CROGGLED FROWN]

[aella_irene]

1947, actually. But I was referring to the sense of parsimony (and, later, irritation at the concept of planned obsolescence)

[nanila]

I have sympathy with your father, although my reasoning is usually sentimental rather than frugal. I carted an ancient popcorn popper around the US for years. It had belonged to my grandparents, and had this little tray on top in which you put the butter. For some reason I found it comforting to pour the melted butter over the air-popped popcorn.

I was finally convinced to part with it when the cord sheath melted.

[aella_irene]

We would have been perfectly happy to continue had it a) worked and b) not come with that taste-enhancing risk of firey death.

[azurelunatic]

The butter-melting tray! The ancient family popper had one of those! I still miss that.

[alexseanchai]

Occasionally they are a dinner thing. In fact I think I may have had them for dinner more often than breakfast in the past yearish. But that is always in context of "breakfast for dinner".

[nanila]

I love having breakfast for dinner. My granddad did that once a month, on a Sunday, when I was a child. Pancakes & maple syrup & bacon. :)

[omnipotent]

That sounds like so much fun! ♥

[pbristow]

For many years, I was unaware of the existence of any kind of waffle other than the potato kind, and they just suddenly appeared one day as a different way to have potatoes with Saturday lunch. I objected, on the grounds that I was getting less potato on my plate, and had to bite harder to eat it! =:o}

I think I discovered "ordinary" (sweet) waffles while at university, probably in an eatery somewhere.

[nanila]

I still find it odd that it's easier to find potato waffles than sweet ones in UK supermarkets!

[cxcvi]

Please insert a waffle to receive an answer.

[nanila]

[yvi]

They're an afternoon cake replacement. For Kaffee und Kuchen. That's something we Germans take very seriously ;-)

[nanila]

I do believe you have your priorities right. :D

[redsixwing]

People around me mostly eat them for breakfast. My response to waffles is "you go ahead, I'll make something else."

[nanila]

I'm sure the waffle-enjoyers appreciate having MOAR WAFFLES. :)

[telegramsam]

Chicken and waffles!

(I guess this is mostly a southeastern thing but still... chicken and waffles!)

[silveradept]

Guu enjoys waffles all the time. With a side of Hare.

[liseuse]

I think of them as a 'dessert/pudding' but one that I would have on holiday in Belgium. That is where I first ate one - aged c. 12 - and, actually, thinking about it I can count on one hand the number of times I've had waffles.

[omnipotent]

I can totally feel Keiki's excitement in this picture. I like his outfit here, too.

I mostly had waffles if I ate breakfast at school. It was fun to pour the syrup in one little square and watch it overflow into the next squares.

[silveradept]

A very excited child!

Also, I had waffles today. They were excellent.

[soliano]

I have never heard of waffles being a dessert thing, of course that is because we often serve ours as an entrée all gussied up like a dessert. They are good any time of the day and are very popular now when served with chicken.

Also...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I like to take Scandinavian cold fruit soup, heat it, and pour it over waffles. Because food rules are for people who can't do kitchen chemistry in their heads and have sad boring predictable meals.