I haven't looked too extensively and I'm sure there has to be somewhere that sells tofu but while I've seen a lot of veggie stuff, I don't believe I have spotted a single block of tofu on my traveling. I've been a lot of smaller towns but I didn't see any in the few stores I was in that I would expect it in in London even. Personally, I'll bulk mail order the vacuum packed kind. It would probably be cheaper than anything you would have to track down in a specialty store.
Yeah, normally I go with vacuum packed stuff, but some of the recipes I have specify non vaccum packed. But ah well, I'll probably experiment with whatever I can get my hands on all the same. Thanks for the suggestion!
Sainsbury's or Tesco normally sell Cauldron firm tofu, but I assume you must have tried those already. Definitely try Waitrose if you have one. Sometimes silken tofu is in the baking isle. Try Holland & Barrett and other health food shops too, as they often have a good selection of veggie/vegan meat substitutes.
I can occasionally get hold of the Cauldron in my local Tesco but it's hit or miss for some bizare reason, literally one week I can buy as much as I want, the next week no one has even heard of tofu and it's not on their stock system. I don't think we have a Waitrose, but I'll definietly keep my eye out for one. Thanks!
Baking aisle! I have absolutely never thought to look there. Brilliant, the reason I wasn't seeing it for three months was probably because I just was looking in completely the wrong places.
It obviously doesn't have any kind of indicator light on it, so I can't be 100% sure how hot it got but I left it on the heat to get hot as long as I would say a wok or something. Probably about 5 minutes, but I wasn't timing it.
Ok. I know that if I don't preheat my skillet enough so that a few drops of water dance and sizzle when I flick them onto it, things stick really badly. So I though that might be part of the problem.
Well, the first waffle I make is always a sacrifice to the Unruly Waffle Iron God™. That first one NEVER works. It's always burnt. :/
I preheat like catnip13 does and then spray with non-stick cooking spray. I use about 1/3 - 1/2 c. batter and keep the iron closed until it stops steaming around the seams. That's usually a good sign that the waffle is getting done. If I can't open the waffle iron easily, I give it another minute as that usually means it's not done yet.
Typically I pop the iron open and the waffle sticks to the top side. I gently pry off with a fork and bam. Waffles.
Re: Hrm...likethepaintSeptember 14 2010, 06:35:42 UTC
I did wait until it stopped steaming at all, perhaps the stove was turned up too high so the outside cooked quicker than the inside?
I'll keep experimenting, I just wondered if there was a thing everyone knew to do from having waffles their entire lives that I'd missed completely. Thanks!
when you say turned it do you mean you flipped the waffle? You don't need to do that with any of the waffle makers I've ever seen. But maybe if you're using some non standard waffle maker it could be the problem? I made the recipe last week and once I remember to spray the iron and not overfill it worked out nice. The first one split in half between the top and bottom parts of the iron though...
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I preheat like catnip13 does and then spray with non-stick cooking spray.
I use about 1/3 - 1/2 c. batter and keep the iron closed until it stops steaming around the seams. That's usually a good sign that the waffle is getting done. If I can't open the waffle iron easily, I give it another minute as that usually means it's not done yet.
Typically I pop the iron open and the waffle sticks to the top side. I gently pry off with a fork and bam. Waffles.
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You're undercooking and that's why the sticking/ripping apart thing happens.
The time it burnt you probably didn't have enough batter.
Try the tips above and see if it helps. Waffle irons can be persnickety.
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I'll keep experimenting, I just wondered if there was a thing everyone knew to do from having waffles their entire lives that I'd missed completely. Thanks!
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The Unruly Waffle Iron God™ claims another sacrifice. ;)
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