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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Subject: Re: Waffle maker
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:00:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-02-21, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2025-02-20 10:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 2/20/2025 5:03 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>
>>> I was thinking I'd like the B&D model if I were on the
>>> verge of trotting down the aisle.  Both could be having
>>> breakfast together instead of one chowing down while the
>>> other person is still waiting on their waffle to cook.
>> 
>> I have a very old chrome looking waffle iron from the 1950's that makes 
>> two (square) waffles at a time.  I vaguely remember my mother using it 
>> when I was a kid.  For some reason she kept it forever and I wound up 
>> with it.  I don't feel like dragging it out of the pantry to check the 
>> brand or snap another pic of it.  It's very retro.  Cooking waffles are 
>> simply not that interesting to me.
>> 
>
> 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.

> 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.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton