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a griddle that turns batter into a grid because flat bread was too humble to brag.
means A hinged cooking appliance with two patterned plates that press and bake batter into a gridded waffle.
from "Waffle" came into English in the early 1700s from Dutch "wafel," a cousin of "wafer" and German "Waffel" — all likely tracing back to a Germanic root meaning "weave" or "honeycomb," which is exactly what that grid of cells looks like. "Iron" simply names the metal the plates were originally made from, the same way a flatiron or branding iron does. So the whole thing is honest description: a weave-cake baked between two irons.
- Patent date
- First US patent issued August 24, 1869
- Shoe origin
- Nike's first soles were poured in one
- Belgian myth
- Belgian waffles were named at a 1964 World's Fair
- Heat trick
- Deep pockets cook crispy outside, fluffy inside simultaneously
- Maillard machine
- Browning is chemistry, not just burning
belgian waffle maker — traditional deep-pocket waffle iron from belgium, used since the 1958 world's fair in brussels to make belgian waffles commercially
cuisinart waf-150 double — best-selling dual waffle iron model that produces two 4-inch round waffles simultaneously, dominant in american kitchens since the 1990s