slo’s WEDNESDAY 5/14 poll - Waffles 🧇

[soccerdad72]

What are hotel waffles?

Some of the hotel chains that offer free breakfasts will have waffle makers as one of the offerings.

 

[soccerdad72]

Oh, and my answer to the poll is 'yes - all of the above'. I don't eat frozen waffles all that much, but will occasionally. But all of the other options, yes, yes and yes.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I bought an electric waffle iron from Aldi’s on a whim. It cost about 20 bucks and to my mind that’s all they should cost much like toasters

Useful for the occasional want and great when using KA Belgian waffle mix. Now I can have them as crisp as I want them.

 

[lovin'fl]

Selected other. Not a big waffle eater. But of all, I guess it actually prefer the frozen ones. But rarely ate waffles and will eat them less now that I am trying to cut the gluten.

Now, stroopwaffles (cookie)....mmmmm, they are so yummy. But, not on my diet anymore. Boo.

 

[fla4fun]

I will occasionally eat hotel waffles or restaurant waffles, but prefer French Toast given a choice.

 

[Micca]

Like them, don't have them often, enjoy pancakes more. We have two Mickey Mouse waffle makers if we decide to make waffles.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I really like waffles. Have had them in restaurants, hotels. Don't recall at anybody else's house. Well, maybe at Vince's he loves to cook. And I make them at home. Waffles anytime, but don't have them often.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

We have a “breakfast dinner” every so often and I’ll break out my Belgian waffle maker and make some waffles. They’re really good but nothing beats Mickey waffles! There’s not a waffle on earth that compares to those, and not just because you’re eating them in Disney World (although that helps) but they’re just so good.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I like a waffle sometimes. I can't be bothered to make them homemade in a waffle iron; I just pop a couple in the toaster.

 

[hhisc16]

Only at Waffle House!

 

[Kae]

I got a good waffle maker for Christmas a couple of years ago & the Krusteaz Waffle mix, and oh my so good. I do Berries and whipped cream. Sometimes I do the Kodiak Chocolate mix ,and that is good too.

 

[Dan Murphy]

A short, topical story.

In the later days of my working career, I had a client who was a sales rep for the Golden Waffle Company, which had/has like 90% of the commercial waffle market, restaurants and hotels (lodging as they call it). This was maybe 10 years ago. He told me that the company's 'pitch' is that as long as a customer bought their mixes from Golden, Golden would give them the waffle making equipment, with repairs and/or replacements if needed, no charge. He said that waffles were the highest margin item for a restaurant, almost all profit, or lowest cost item for a lodging establishment. Again, maybe 10 years ago, he said that the cost to the customer, for a mix just needing water was about 18 cents per waffle. If customer added their own milk, cost per waffle was about 14 cents. At the time, waffles were about $6-8, (now maybe $10--14).

https://www.goldenwaffles.com/pages/waffle-program-for-lodging

https://www.goldenwaffles.com/pages/waffle-program-for-restaurants

 

[MIGrandma]

I don’t care for waffles, I’m a pancake girl. DH eats them when we stay at a hotel that has them on their breakfast buffet.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I like any waffle (except Waffle House - they are raw or burned).

Of course Mickey Waffles are the best.

 

[TippyThomas]

I don't really like waffles. I'm more of a pancake person myself.

 

[amcnj]

I like waffles. These days I usually only have them at hotel breakfast or restaurant brunch set ups that include a waffle iron.

I also used to love waffles and ice cream at a certain boardwalk stand.

 

[tvguy]

Love waffles. Most frequently they are Mickey waffles made at home with real maple syrup. Diabetic, so don't have them often. Like frozen ones too. I have had hotel waffles once, the time we stayed at an Economy 8. Most of the hotels we stay at have the magical pancake machine, not waffles.

 

[design_mom]

Breakfast is NOT my favorite meal of the day, but waffles are probably my favorite breakfast... especially with a nice fruit topping and a side of crispy bacon.

I will sometimes get a waffle if we go out to breakfast with someone. I have one of those flip-it-over waffle makers for home, too. I rarely make a big breakfast except holidays (and sometimes not even then), but I used to use it occasionally for breakfast-for-dinner. However, now that we're empty nesters I hardly ever do. DH prefers pancakes or french toast to waffles. Both of those are easier to make and waffles seem like a lot of work when I'm the only one who really likes them... so I don't make them.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I enjoy waffles, but I don’t often have them. We don’t own a waffle iron.

 

[Imzadi]

I was gifted a professional quality, hotel-style, double side waffle maker, which flips over so a second waffle can be made at the same time. Plus it has a temperature control, so the waffles can be be cooked to the exact crispiness one wants without burning. I set mine to extra-crispy.

However, it takes up too much counter space and is a pain to drag out and set up. Yet, I'm unwilling to give it up just yet as it is a dream waffle maker.

I also got two Dash mini waffle makers which make about 4" waffles. I love them. I can make both at the same time and the mini waffles bake up really quickly.

I use Kodiak Cakes High Protein waffle mix and Cary's sugar-free syrup, so waffles do not spike my blood sugar anymore and I'm able to have them again. Yes, I'd say I LOVE waffles.