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The Great Debate -4/26- Pancakes vs. Waffles
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Siebzehn50
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Jacobi said:
ConfusingJazz
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I believe people who prefer pancakes are actually just forming a conspiracy so they can drive down the price of waffle irons, horde them, and then sell them back with ridiculous mark up to people when they realize they followed the pied piper into the lake of crappy pancakes.
No, we usually just eat sticks of butter every morning. We just eat pancakes and waffles when want some different flavor for the butter.
Jacobi said:
No, we usually just eat sticks of butter every morning. We just eat pancakes and waffles when want some different flavor for the butter.
Pristine_Condition
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I like 'em all...buttermilk, southern-style pancakes, waffles, french toast.
But keep that powdered sugar, whipped cream and other nonsense away, please. A pat of creamy butter and real maple syrup FTW.
But keep that powdered sugar, whipped cream and other nonsense away, please. A pat of creamy butter and real maple syrup FTW.
Some Swedish company actually, so I doubt you can get one.JGS said:
You could get this instead:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019S0Q5Q/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Gotta go with Waffles here. Good pancakes stand up pretty well but occasionally you get those hotel pancakes. The kind that have the consistency of sawdust and seem to absorb an indefinite amount of syrup, leaving you with a sticky and dry pile of dirt.
It is much harder to fuck up waffles.
It is much harder to fuck up waffles.
lol. dumbest post in this thread.... we also eat butter, lard, and cooking oil for every meal.Jacobi said:
as for my preference, definitely pancakes, but only because every god damn waffle in existence around here seems to be belgian. I probably prefer normal style blueberry waffles over pancakes.
Complex Shadow
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OH god i want pancakes now.Ferrio said:
Siebzehn50
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Stat Flow said:
You don't know what a crêpe is? You're missing out.
Whimsical Phil
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Truth be told, I gotta go with French toast. In fact, I'll go to Black Bear Diner and get some cinnamon roll French toast which uses sliced cinnamon rolls instead of bread.
But if it's a choice between just pancakes and waffles, I'd have to say:
W is for the many ways that you're served
A is for the admiration you deserve
F because you're fluffy, you're flaky, you're fun!
And F is for the flavor that is second ta none!
L is for how light you are, you melt in my mouth!
And E is for eggs--Oh Baby!
Put 'em all together with a how-do-ya-do
Lovely waffles we love-- (Serve me up another please!)
Oh, waffles we love-- (Top mine off with runny cheese!)
Waffles we love-- (Chili waffles suit me fine!)
Waffles we love-- (Wash me down with Aunt Jemima?)
Waaaaaaaffffles, wee love youuuu!
But if it's a choice between just pancakes and waffles, I'd have to say:
W is for the many ways that you're served
A is for the admiration you deserve
F because you're fluffy, you're flaky, you're fun!
And F is for the flavor that is second ta none!
L is for how light you are, you melt in my mouth!
And E is for eggs--Oh Baby!
Put 'em all together with a how-do-ya-do
Lovely waffles we love-- (Serve me up another please!)
Oh, waffles we love-- (Top mine off with runny cheese!)
Waffles we love-- (Chili waffles suit me fine!)
Waffles we love-- (Wash me down with Aunt Jemima?)
Waaaaaaaffffles, wee love youuuu!
Boogie9IGN
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Pancakes or Crepes > French Toast >>>> Waffles
Absolutely
Edit: Though pandan waffles are almost on par with french toast
Edit2: I completely forgot, but the Original Pancake House makes some delicious cinnamon apple pancakes, dutch pancakes, or....*drumroll*...BACON/CLAM PANCAKES
Absolutely
Edit: Though pandan waffles are almost on par with french toast
Edit2: I completely forgot, but the Original Pancake House makes some delicious cinnamon apple pancakes, dutch pancakes, or....*drumroll*...BACON/CLAM PANCAKES
travisbickle
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So the Yanks' obsession with being Scottish has gone as far as removing the word scotch from "scotch pancakes"!!
Apocryphon
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On a rare occasion I will eat Belgian waffles... but other than that none of this awful looking & sounding shit!
I lie... pancakes are fucking awesome!
Jamesfrom818
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Red velvet pancakes from the Buttermilk food truck are awesome.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
Waffles by a landslide. Pancakes are for punk bitches.
Ordering Waffles Instead of Pancakes: A Life-Changing Decision
When ordering breakfast at a restaurant, many a decision is to be made. Do you want orange juice, or water? Would you like wheat or white toast? These are important questions, but there is only one decision to make that can change your life. The battle between pancakes and waffles has raged for decades, and many a person has chosen poorly. When confronted with the choice between pancakes and waffles, the proper choice is clearly waffles.
The most obvious reason pancakes are inferior is their unappealing shape. Pancakes are flat and dull, and they let the syrup run all over the plate. This leads to a giant, syrupy mess all over the plate that dries up quickly and gets pretty sticky. Waffles have the delicious squares that trap syrup inside, minimizing the mess and aiding in their clear superiority. These amazing syrup traps also extend to other toppings and flavorings. Plus, the squares are much nicer to look at while you eat your breakfast.
Waffles are also superior at toppings. When you put strawberries on pancakes with whipped cream, you get a soggy mess. The pancakes delicate and soft outer layers are terrible at being a crispy delight. The waffle has a crispiness to it, and it is the perfect pairing with many different fruit toppings. The flavor soaks into the waffle while retaining the crunchy outer shell. Pancakes are just very soggy, and soggy things are not as good as crunchy things.
Brown is not a good color for most foods. It is usually associated with dirt, and dirt is not very tasty. Waffles are yellow, and yellow is a great color for food. It is bright and appealing, and it contrasts nicely with bright red strawberries, or dark blue blueberries. The brown of pancakes seems to just kind of meld in with red toppings, and blue and brown just look awful together. It's obviously just not a good color for a food that is usually paired with toppings.
Pancakes are much better at having things added to them. The flatness of the pancake is great for holding chocolate chips or fruit. Waffles can contain these things, but they must be finely chopped and cannot be left whole. However, you can still put these things on top of waffles, giving you much more control over the amount of extras you get per bite. Considering that waffles must be topped with delicious things and cannot easily have them cooked in, this round would have to go to the pancake.
One thing that pancakes do have waffles beaten at is their superior Frisbee dynamics. If you fling a waffle, the very things that make them great work against them. The force of the air against the squares of cooked batter will slow the disk of food down, causing it to fall much faster than a pancake. This is the only advantage the pancake has in shape, and should be overlooked entirely.
The last advantage a pancake will have over a waffle is the ease of cooking. You just stick pancake batter into a frying pan and flip the thing. A waffle needs a special cooking iron, which can hold onto the waffle and cause undesired tearing. This can cause extreme anguish to the person cooking the waffle. However, this is about ordering food at a restaurant and the cook is safely hidden from view. This makes this a non-issue, but if you were cooking at home the pancake would be the way to go.
Waffles are much more structurally superfluous. Their rigid structure can withstand much more tension when under a load. Waffles are the perfect breakfast fort material. Pancakes would need many more layers to achieve what one waffle could do. Pancakes do not have the little squares, which again is an issue to maximum enjoyment. Cutting the waffle diagonally along the squares will result in even stronger triangles, if you must build a bridge. A pancake bridge would likely collapse under the strain.
Pancakes are not as simple to cut into pleasing shapes. The squares on the waffles are like a grid, aiding the fork and knife in their quest for shapes. Granted, with some care the noble pancake could be formed into many shapes that the waffle cannot. However, pixel art is much easier to make with a waffle than a pancake. It is just much simpler to use the prefabricated squares as pixels than having to measure and cut squares out of pancakes.
The biggest reason pancakes are inferior to waffles lies within the culinary delight known as the waffleburger. This gem of morning delight is a very simple sandwich, consisting of a hamburger between two waffles. This sandwich would be awful with pancakes for several of the reasons I have already brought to your attention. Pancakes would get sticky where you grab the sandwich, as the pressure from your fingers would force syrup up and out. The rigid waffle will allow you a firm grip without the fear of seeping syrups. The waffle's squares also fill with syrup, and grab the hamburger. This ensures a delicious burst of maple goodness in every bite without a slipping burger. A pancake would just let the hamburger slide around, which is a pain to eat.
Waffles are obviously much better than pancakes at just about everything. Their shape, structural capabilities, and use as a sandwich bun just cannot be beaten by a pancake. They also do not get as soggy as a pancake, nor do they leave such a large mess of sticky syrup on the plate. They hold toppings much better, and they look better to boot. The deliciousness of a waffle in the morning just cannot be beaten, and I hope you can see that now.
When ordering breakfast at a restaurant, many a decision is to be made. Do you want orange juice, or water? Would you like wheat or white toast? These are important questions, but there is only one decision to make that can change your life. The battle between pancakes and waffles has raged for decades, and many a person has chosen poorly. When confronted with the choice between pancakes and waffles, the proper choice is clearly waffles.
The most obvious reason pancakes are inferior is their unappealing shape. Pancakes are flat and dull, and they let the syrup run all over the plate. This leads to a giant, syrupy mess all over the plate that dries up quickly and gets pretty sticky. Waffles have the delicious squares that trap syrup inside, minimizing the mess and aiding in their clear superiority. These amazing syrup traps also extend to other toppings and flavorings. Plus, the squares are much nicer to look at while you eat your breakfast.
Waffles are also superior at toppings. When you put strawberries on pancakes with whipped cream, you get a soggy mess. The pancakes delicate and soft outer layers are terrible at being a crispy delight. The waffle has a crispiness to it, and it is the perfect pairing with many different fruit toppings. The flavor soaks into the waffle while retaining the crunchy outer shell. Pancakes are just very soggy, and soggy things are not as good as crunchy things.
Brown is not a good color for most foods. It is usually associated with dirt, and dirt is not very tasty. Waffles are yellow, and yellow is a great color for food. It is bright and appealing, and it contrasts nicely with bright red strawberries, or dark blue blueberries. The brown of pancakes seems to just kind of meld in with red toppings, and blue and brown just look awful together. It's obviously just not a good color for a food that is usually paired with toppings.
Pancakes are much better at having things added to them. The flatness of the pancake is great for holding chocolate chips or fruit. Waffles can contain these things, but they must be finely chopped and cannot be left whole. However, you can still put these things on top of waffles, giving you much more control over the amount of extras you get per bite. Considering that waffles must be topped with delicious things and cannot easily have them cooked in, this round would have to go to the pancake.
One thing that pancakes do have waffles beaten at is their superior Frisbee dynamics. If you fling a waffle, the very things that make them great work against them. The force of the air against the squares of cooked batter will slow the disk of food down, causing it to fall much faster than a pancake. This is the only advantage the pancake has in shape, and should be overlooked entirely.
The last advantage a pancake will have over a waffle is the ease of cooking. You just stick pancake batter into a frying pan and flip the thing. A waffle needs a special cooking iron, which can hold onto the waffle and cause undesired tearing. This can cause extreme anguish to the person cooking the waffle. However, this is about ordering food at a restaurant and the cook is safely hidden from view. This makes this a non-issue, but if you were cooking at home the pancake would be the way to go.
Waffles are much more structurally superfluous. Their rigid structure can withstand much more tension when under a load. Waffles are the perfect breakfast fort material. Pancakes would need many more layers to achieve what one waffle could do. Pancakes do not have the little squares, which again is an issue to maximum enjoyment. Cutting the waffle diagonally along the squares will result in even stronger triangles, if you must build a bridge. A pancake bridge would likely collapse under the strain.
Pancakes are not as simple to cut into pleasing shapes. The squares on the waffles are like a grid, aiding the fork and knife in their quest for shapes. Granted, with some care the noble pancake could be formed into many shapes that the waffle cannot. However, pixel art is much easier to make with a waffle than a pancake. It is just much simpler to use the prefabricated squares as pixels than having to measure and cut squares out of pancakes.
The biggest reason pancakes are inferior to waffles lies within the culinary delight known as the waffleburger. This gem of morning delight is a very simple sandwich, consisting of a hamburger between two waffles. This sandwich would be awful with pancakes for several of the reasons I have already brought to your attention. Pancakes would get sticky where you grab the sandwich, as the pressure from your fingers would force syrup up and out. The rigid waffle will allow you a firm grip without the fear of seeping syrups. The waffle's squares also fill with syrup, and grab the hamburger. This ensures a delicious burst of maple goodness in every bite without a slipping burger. A pancake would just let the hamburger slide around, which is a pain to eat.
Waffles are obviously much better than pancakes at just about everything. Their shape, structural capabilities, and use as a sandwich bun just cannot be beaten by a pancake. They also do not get as soggy as a pancake, nor do they leave such a large mess of sticky syrup on the plate. They hold toppings much better, and they look better to boot. The deliciousness of a waffle in the morning just cannot be beaten, and I hope you can see that now.
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