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Waffle Day


Waffles; slathered in butter and drowning in maple syrup, Belgian waffles with strawberries and whipped cream, multigrain waffles with healthful ingredients . . .at our house, waffles of any ilk are always appreciated.


But if you want the best waffles and fried chicken, click HERE to check this out! O so Delicious with a hot sauce of your choice! Ari Laing posts this winning combo on – The Well-seasoned Studio


So delicious! Thank you, Ari Laing for this recipe!!!!


If you’re feeling retro, and you want a fun waffle story and an old recipe, here’s an oldie:


From the 1950 Betty Crocker cookbook for a fun story about how waffles were invented (haha). See the picture at the top of page 72. Here’s the rather unlikely tale:


“The first waffle is said to have been made in 13th century England. A crusader wearing his armor accidentally sat in some freshly baked oat cakes. The cakes were flattened and bore deep imprints of the steel links. However, he spread butter on the cakes and ate them. His wife, delighted with the way the butter stayed in the imprints from the armor, made him put it on once a week and sit on fresh oat cakes. The were caller “warfres,” making flat honeyhcomb-like cakes.


Dutch colonists brought their cherished “waffre” irons to America. They were long-handled and very heavy to hold over an open fire.” – Betty Crocker


If you want old timey, maybe try Betty Crocker’s key recipe or variations on the key recipe for waffles on page 72:



WAFFLES: Amount 8 waffles

Beat well: 2 eggs

2 cups buttermilk or sour milk

Beat in: 1 tsp soda

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

6 Tbsp soft shortening (OR - cooking oil)


Beat until smooth. This is a thin batter. Bake in a hot waffle iron.



 

So there you have it!

Waffles and Fried Chicken from the well-seasoned studio with Ari Laing

Waffles and a crazy story in a blast from the past from Betty Crocker

Either way, Happy Waffle Day from common-woman!






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