Expermental Waffle Batter
I was watching Jacques Pepin, when he was creating a batter to dip and fry apple slices. He put all his dry ingredients together and then added a tiny bit of soda water and used a Whisk to blended. he said by whisking it this way, you beat out all the little tiny "globbie" pieces that you would get if you poured all the liquid into the dry ingredients at the same time. I tried it and it worked fine.
However, my point is in regards to the soda water. I happen to have some flavored drinking water in the refrigerator that has a coconut flavor. So I used this in place of all the other liquid ingredients (except for the oil and egg), and it gave it a really nice flavor.
I like to experiment with Waffle or pancake batter. Sometimes I use jam and jelly; yogurt; a single shake of nutmeg, cloves, allspice and a goodly shake of cinnamon.
In addition to the usual blueberries, blackberries, peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chips, etc., I've added all kinds of leftovers.
Anything that's liquid and anything that is not sour, including small amounts of gravy (I know, I know but try it first) can be added.
I'm not sure if it was here on LiveJournal or if it was somewhere on the Internet but someone wrote that his or her grandmother was always adding leftovers from "last night's dinner". So before you throw it out, try mixing it into your pancake batter.
I even add different things, in very small amounts of course, to the mixture in my bread machine.
The hint of a coconut flavor in those waffles this morning was wonderful.
However, my point is in regards to the soda water. I happen to have some flavored drinking water in the refrigerator that has a coconut flavor. So I used this in place of all the other liquid ingredients (except for the oil and egg), and it gave it a really nice flavor.
I like to experiment with Waffle or pancake batter. Sometimes I use jam and jelly; yogurt; a single shake of nutmeg, cloves, allspice and a goodly shake of cinnamon.
In addition to the usual blueberries, blackberries, peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chips, etc., I've added all kinds of leftovers.
Anything that's liquid and anything that is not sour, including small amounts of gravy (I know, I know but try it first) can be added.
I'm not sure if it was here on LiveJournal or if it was somewhere on the Internet but someone wrote that his or her grandmother was always adding leftovers from "last night's dinner". So before you throw it out, try mixing it into your pancake batter.
I even add different things, in very small amounts of course, to the mixture in my bread machine.
The hint of a coconut flavor in those waffles this morning was wonderful.