When making waffles…

Lego Lover requested I make waffles on Tuesday for Canada Day so he could use maple syrup with it. We’d bought some buttermilk on Monday so I thought I’d try a batter with that instead of the standard recipe I’ve been following from the book that came with the waffle iron. I mixed up all the ingredients then got out the waffle iron and was rather dismayed. It looked terrible as it obviously had been put away without being cleaned up. It was quite unusable as it was and needed a really good clean up before I could make waffles. I was rather short on time as I was about to go out so the waffle batter went into the fridge and we delayed the making of the waffles.

The next day I cleaned it up well and left it to dry before using again. Various circumstances meant the Lego Lover wasn’t ready to get his waffles until today. I heated it up and sprayed it before pouring in batter. After waiting for the required time, I opened it up and the waffle was sticking to both sides. I cooked it a bit more but it pretty much had to be scraped off the pan. It was then I remembered that when we got it, it said to season before using. Obviously my cleaning job was too good and it had taken away the seasoning. By the fourth set of waffles it was working much better but the batter was nearly finished by then. I have promised to make more soon.

So a couple of rules for making waffles:

1. Always clean up the waffle iron before putting it away. This avoids nasty surprises when you take it out months later to use and can’t.
2. If you have literally cleaned the waffle iron, make sure you season it before trying to use it or your waffles will stick firmly to the iron.
3. Always clean up the waffle iron before putting it away.