When I was a kid, we had waffles and sausage for dinner almost every week. I loved sausage, especially if it was a little heavy on the fennel. The waffles…well, I didn’t like them so much. I always thought they should be good! Who doesn’t love something smothered in syrup? I tried them with lots of syrup, just a little syrup, lots of butter, a little butter, butter & syrup, but nothing seemed to help. They always gave me a belly ache. I never mentioned that to my parents (I’m really not sure why!); I just said I didn’t like waffles. Finally, after several years (!!) of eating waffles and getting a bellyache, I told my mom. She was properly horrified and said I could make some pancakes to eat with dinner. So, for the past 25+ years, I’ve firmly maintained that I do NOT like waffles.
Then, one day a couple years ago, we were at my parents for dinner and they were having waffles and sausage. I figured I could eat a small piece and then fill up on sausage. So, I ate a small piece…it was REALLY good! No stomach ache at all! I ate another one and possibly another! We have several theories on why they don’t bother me anymore (maybe it was actually the sausage – I’ve since had my gall bladder out, maybe it was the milk in the waffles – this time they were made with seltzer, maybe my taste buds changed). Regardless, waffles show up on our menu regularly now. I always had to borrow my parents waffle iron…then for my birthday, my brother got me my own. It makes two at a time – awesome!
I’ve mentioned before that John comes home with recipes from his speech class. One of them was cinnamon buns made in a waffle iron. We had a package in the fridge that I just never got around to making. So, this morning for breakfast, I made them. It was so easy! Spray the waffle iron, put one cinnamon roll in each section and cook.
The best part is that the icing stays put (at least until you take the first bite).
So, do you like waffles? What other things do you cook in your waffle iron?
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