in hommage of waffles

Due to having only one waffle iron our restaurant at this time, our brief love affair of brunch waffles has ended. We are still doing the glorious chocolate waffle for dessert but have ended the weekly waffle specials… we have other wonderful brunch carbs, like perfect pancakes, and tropical coconut French toast, but I just thought I would post about this last fantastic strawberry waffle that I had before getting cut off!

So in my world fruit waffles are the only way to go. There is no exception. Real waffles have fruit, end of story.

The picture above was my very yummy Saturday strawberry waffle.
Fresh berries, whipped cream, syrup- piping hot. With strawberries also in the batter.

Folks over at crispy waffle have some great waffles and food thoughts
Crispy Waffle.com

and bead and breakfast.com has great waffle recipes that you can try at home.
B&B Waffle Recipes

And now for more waffle facts than you would ever need to know or believe

THE HISTORY OF THE WAFFLE
In ancient times, the Greeks cooked very flat cakes between two hot metal plates. This method of cooking continued throughout the Middle Ages by the obloyeurs who made all sorts of oublies that were flat or rolled into horn shapes.

1200s: The oublie became the waffle when a craftsman had the idea of forging some cooking plates reproducing the characteristic pattern of honeycombs that at the time were called gaufres (from the Old French "wafla.").

1620: The Mayflower Pilgrims spent time in Holland before their journey in 1620. It was the Dutch "wafel" that they brought with them that became our waffles.

1735: The word "waffle" first appeared in English print. By the end of the 1700s, waffle parties were a popular form of entertainment.

1789: Thomas Jefferson returned from France with a waffle iron, a long-handled patterned griddle that encloses the batter and gives it its characteristic crispness and shape.

1911: The first known photograph is taken of a prototype General Electric waffle iron.

1955: The first Waffle House opened in Avondale Estates, Ga. (a suburb of Atlanta, Ga.). Today, there are more than 1,300 restaurants in 24 states.

1960: Maurice Vermersch debuted the "Brussel waffle" at the Brussels World’s Fair. The Belgian restaurateur decorated these big, yeasty waffles – his wife’s special recipe – with whipped cream and strawberries.

1964: Business was so good in Brussels that Vermersch decided to head to New York for the 1964 World’s Fair. In New York, he changed the name of his concoction to the "Belgian Waffle."

2001: Waffle House Restaurants, sellers of more than 442 million waffles in its 46-year history, launches National Waffle Week – recognizing the world’s greatest concoction of flour, eggs and cream.
for some fun try some waffle hypnosis i'm getting hungry.......... must have waffles.