I can’t find a waffle-maker anywhere at a reasonable price. I’m scouring the internet now. In a week of checking shops all over the place I managed to find ONE waffle-maker, for the low low price of £49.99!
Martin said something about waffles not being very English. But I think he was eating something called “Cheesy Footballs” at the time, so I’m not so sure about the culinary expertise there..
Needless to say, there are no waffle-mixes in the food shops either. So I am calling on volunteers to post their favourite waffle recipes! Help me out here, please!
(Edit - PS, I hope everyone knows I’m kidding about the “problem” - I love it here!)
“20 most popular sandwich/waffle makers out of 21 total”
“Find Maker Type
Sandwich Toaster (21)”
I guess that means 21 of the 21 results are sandwich makers!
Amazon.co.uk was similar. It combined waffle makers and doughnut makers. Four results. Two were wafflemakers - but discontinued. It suggested I buy them used.
You just get a decent pancake mix, add an extra egg, and make it a little more liquidy. Then, make sure the waffle iron is hot, and don’t open it too soon.
Of course, if the only available waffle iron is too pricey just punch holes in your pancake.
Books..on Amazon UK. Waffles..potato waffles and those spongy cakey things are in most supermarkets, but you haven’t lived until you’ve tried freshly made warm Welsh waffles…
Our family favorite is straight out of Good Housekeeping. Its for the little-holed waffles, not the Belgium type. To be honest, we have a hard time finding the right waffle maker here too. There is only one that we know of that makes them good. You could always get a U.S. one and use a voltage converter.
Buttermilk Waffles
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp double acting baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups buttermilk
1/3 cup salad oil
2 eggs
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Pre mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with a whisk
Add buttermilk, oil and eggs. Beat until thoroughy blended.
Pour onto waffle maker etc.
If they dont’ sell real maple syrup in the U.K., have someone send you some.
When my Irish friend was in chef’s school (in Sligo) she wrote my mom saying they were going to study waffles in school - so “what’s a waffle?”. She had never even heard of waffles before. So I would guess they aren’t very popular.
No waffles!!?? That would mean no Waffle House restaurants either!! As someone from Georgia, who lives within walking distance of, and frequently visits, the site of the first ever Waffle House restaurant, I find that intolerably uncivilized!
No waffle irons on ebay? I have two at the house and one at my mom’s I picked up in yard sales for about a buck apiece. I use buttermilk and biquick and eggs for the batter. Some sourdough mixed in makes it interesting too.
Yes, oodles of them on ebay. Some people like the old cast irons ones better than modern plug ins, btw. I’ve used them, although I don’t own one. (cast iron)
Sounds like you should be studying in Belgium. You can’t get away from waffles. Great beer, too.
Let me add my voice to those suggesting an old-fashioned cast-iron stove-top waffle iron. They call them irons for a reason – they’re not supposed to be made from aluminum and teflon, or worse yet, the chrome-plate things.
No waffles!!?? That would mean no Waffle House restaurants either!! As someone from Georgia, who lives within walking distance of, and frequently visits, the site of the first ever Waffle House restaurant, I find that intolerably uncivilized!
I LOVE the Awful Waffle. Don’t have them up here so I go to them whenever I’m south.
Cook 'em, grill 'em, bake 'em, fry 'em, waffley versatile!
