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Subject: Re: Waffle maker
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:52:39 +0000
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:47 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2025-02-21 5:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2025-02-21, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I think that few people use waffle irons often enough to bother getting
>>> or keeping a waffle iron.
>>
>> Then again, a few people get and keep waffle irons and only use
>> them once or twice a year.
>
> I think that would qualify as not using them enough to bother having
> one.
>>
>>> My wife and I have one and use it quite often.
>>> While I am happy with pancakes my wife really likes waffles. Pancakes
>>> are a snap to make from scratch but waffles are considerably more work.
>>> The eggs have to be separated and the whites beaten then folding into
>>> the batter.
>>
>> That's a choice, not a necessity.
>
> The separated egg? Of course you can save the work and skip that part
> but it does make a world of difference to the texture.  They are lighter
> and crisper. That is what my wife especially likes about waffles.
>
>
>>

I have folded beaten egg whites into waffle batter. I've also made
waffles that are leavened with yeast. They are good. I've gonna have to
make me some. These aren't waffles, these are hash browns.

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