Waffles are a tasty treat, whether served for breakfast, brunch or dinner. Dress them up with fruit, flavored syrups or a bit of confectioners' sugar. more »
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Waffles are a tasty treat, whether served for breakfast, brunch or dinner. Dress them up with fruit, flavored syrups or a bit of confectioners' sugar. more »
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A waffle is a batter or dough based cake cooked in a waffle iron patterned to give a distinctive and characteristic shape. There are many variations based on the type and shape of the iron and the recipe used.
Etymology
Wafer and waffle share common etymological roots. Wafre ("wafer") occurs in Middle English by 1377, adopted from Middle Low German wâfel, with the l changed to r. Modern Dutch wafel, French gaufre, and German Waffel, all meaning "waffle", share the same origin. The Dutch form, wafel, was adopted into modern American English as waffle in the 18th century."OED" />Merriam-Webster
History
Medieval origins
The modern waffle has its origins in the wafers—very light thin crisp cakes baked between wafer irons—of the Middle Ages."OED">Oxford English Dictionary Wafer irons consisted of two metal plates connected by a hinge, with each plate connected to an arm with a wooden handle. The iron was placed over a fire and flipped to cook both sides of the wafer. The irons were used to produce a variety of different flat, unleavened cakes, usually from a mixture of barley and oats, not the white flour used today.
In 14th-century England, wafers were sold by street vendors called waferers. to wafers and waferers from The Millers Tale and The Pardoners Tale The modern waffle is a leavened form of wafer.
Medieval waffle law
In medieval Europe, vendors were permitted to sell their waffles outside of churches on saints days and during other special religious celebrations. Competition at the churches eventually became very heated, and at times violent, so that King Charles IX of France imposed a regulation on waffle sales, requiring vendors to maintain a distance of at least deux toises (4 m/12 ft) from one another.
Varieties of waffle
*American waffles are made from a batter leavened with baking powder. They are usually served as a sweet breakfast food, topped with butter and various syrups, but are also foun read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle
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