Waffle Making at the North Fork Siege

[hsifeng]

Adventures in camp cooking are always fun, and sometimes pretty tasty to boot! This past weekend at the North Fork Siege was no exception; bacon/fried bread/Irish cheddar breakfast sandwiches with fresh fruit for breakfasts, bear sausage and root vegetable broth on Friday night, spit roasted mustard and honey coated pork loin and beef with shallots and garlic in red wine on Saturday night, chickpeas with smoked pork necks on Sunday. *YUM!*

And then there was the challenge of the waffle iron.

Every time I bring this item out to an event, I forget one CRITICAL rule: GREASE FIRST, GREASE LAST, GREASE ALWAYS!

*grin* By this I mean, the wafre recipe that I like to use has little in it to keep it from sticking to the wafre maker (even when said maker is pre-seasoned). This lesson leads to much cursing and hot iron cleaning before the follow-up waffles can be made. It is an annoying process, and one I hope to circumvent in future by REMEMBERING to grease the darn wafre iron between each waffle.

Not low fat, but at lot easier to get the waffle out of…*chuckle*




I love the niffty trick of planting the open leg of the wafre iron in the ground to hold the iron upright while you load it...


*sizzle* *sizzle* *pop* *sizzle*


There is a comedy version of this image out there somewhere...shadowd1 ?

Delicious! Especially along with the honey that claughter713 brought!

Thank you again to everyone who came out to the event - it was terrific and I am looking forward to the next one!

Comments

[alysten.livejournal.com]

Those look awesome. Where did you get your iron?

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Ebay, they have a few at any given time and they aren't usually more than $60ish.

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm... waffles. Looks good.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Cheesy waffles, no less! I found out at site that most of the folks there *would* have still eaten them with fish eggs (the 'Fish Friday' version of the recipe). Maybe I'll do that next year...

[virginiadear.livejournal.com]

*Cheesy???* And you're surprised they *stuck?*

I had been wondering if waffle irons aren't dissimilar to crepe pans: they have to be "in condition and in the mood," and the first crepe made is always "for the pan." Sometimes the second and third, and occasionally the fourth ones are, too.

Here's a question, though: You aren't actually *washing* this pan, even if you re-season it, are you?

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

I am not washing the pan, just seasoning it over and over and over. *grin*

Not really surprised that it stuck, just thought it might not since I had JUST seasoned the iron the week before. *eye roll* Lesson learned!

[virginiadear.livejournal.com]

Unless that's a non-stick surface, and it doesn't look as if it was made to be; and if it *is* cast iron, you can scrub cast iron with a paper towel and some salt. Towel should be very slightly damp; get any residual salt crystals off the metal and then give it a wipe with some oil or some bacon fat.
But...I expect you know all this already.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* Non-stick? Nope, that thing is (literally) an antique. The process you described it similar the one I use to clean it after using - with the addition of salt. I have not heard of that before, do you know why it is used?

[virginiadear.livejournal.com]

I know it's used because it's an abrasive but less emphatically so than something like steel wool which you most certainly wouldn't use, and I *suspect* it's used because the sodium in it is highly reactive to water or other moisture, even the water content of fats, and it helps to break down whatever mess of baked on or cooked on batter or grease or what-have-you.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Makes sense, I will have to try that!

[virginiadear.livejournal.com]

Have fun! ;->
Seriously, try not to have to use it in the first place, and then try to use as little as possible.

And make *sure* you dust or wipe away ALL of the salt once you've finished cleaning your waffle iron or skillet or griddle. You can't let salt sit on metal for the same reason it helps to clean it. Eventually a chemical reaction will harm the utensil (or bowl, or whatever it is.)

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Not a problem, thank you for the heads-up!

[virginiadear.livejournal.com]

My pleasure to have performed some small service, ma'am.

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

oh my god. The thought of getting to eat yummy waffles in costume is enough to make me swoon!

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

*passes nummy waffle and warmed honey*

It is a taste treat, I tell you!

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

**wants** Thank you for sharing. I am going to make the waffle cooking outfit complete with the hood!

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to your photos too!