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March 11, 2008

Fully waffle-enabled

Waffle irons get a bum rap from proponents of de-cluttering and home organization, but you know what? When I owned a working waffle iron, I used that sucker all the time.

I've really missed my waffle iron, but wanted to hold out for a model with removable plates that I could clean easily. Surprisingly rare!

So. I found one:

I think it may be the exact same model my mom had when I was growing up. The plates snap out, flip over, and then you can make awesome grilled cheese sandwiches that are all pressed flat. Since I grew up with pressed flat grilled cheese, this is how I believe grilled cheese is meant to be eaten. Even better was when you'd forget to flip the plates before heating the grill, and you'd have to make a grilled cheese on the waffle plates. Awesome.

This one also lays flat, giving you a perfect flat surface for, say, pancakes. A little minimal if you're doing pancakes for a lot of people, but still probably better than trying to do them on the stove in a frying pan.

So, a little pricier than I thought a waffle iron would be, but it's not just a waffle iron, so I guess that's okay.

This weekend's plan is to replicate the bacon waffle I got on my sole trip to Vegas. J says he'll eat pretty much anything I cook, so he's in.

Posted by lisa at March 11, 2008 09:18 PM

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Good for you! I have one of these, too. One side heats faster than the other, so when I make pancakes I use the accountant's "LIFO" method for the hotter side (last on, first off). It makes fine waffles, too, but with waffles comes the "requirement" to fill every dimple with syrup, whereas with pancakes one can just swipe about in the puddle.

Posted by: --Lisa S. on March 11, 2008 10:35 PM

A waffle iron is essential because nothing else makes waffles. And everyone needs waffles at least now and then.

Every had a PB&J on waffles? Yum.

Posted by: Lisa B on March 12, 2008 10:45 AM

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