Waffles are better than pancakes

I argue that pancakes and waffles are largely each others equal, but pancakes might be slightly better.From Merriam-Webster's dictionary:pan·cake: a thin, flat, round cake that is made by cooking batter on both sides in a frying pan or on a hot surface (called a griddle)1. Nutritional value:The batter or dough for waffles and pancakes is almost exactly the same. Waffle batter tends to contain a little more fat. http://www.thefreshloaf.com... "It's true that waffles call for more fat than pancake batter, but the reason is not to make it stick less to the iron." We know that there are fats with ill effects on health, so keeping the amount of fat down has health benefits. From a purely nutritional point of view, both waffles and pancakes are tied, with a slight benefit to pancakes for containing less fat.2. Availability:Pancakes can be made anywhere, as long as there is a heat source and a flat object. Every household should contain a pan or griddle and an oven.In order to make waffles, you need a waffle toaster / waffle iron. This needs to be bought, sometimes repaired and replaced, which produces additional costs in material and electricity. Electricity is something we should use sparingly, to conserve resources.Whenever you wake up with an appetite for pancakes, no matter where you are, you will be likely to get pancakes, even on a trekking hike. You basically only need the flour and some water: http://nobreadisanisland.blogspot.co.uk...Waffles? Not so. Waffle dough will not work without eggs. Which means you can still have pancakes when you've run out of ingredients for waffles. Surely, this makes pancakes superior.So, pancakes clearly win when it comes to availability, access and cost.3. VariabilityPancakes come in countless varieties, far more than waffles.Throughout the world, pancakes made of different dough and batter are eaten under different names: chapatti, tortillas, crepes - you name it. For inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org...They can be made with any flour, resulting in different tastes for every occasion.They can be rolled up to contain even more syrup and whole fruit: http://www.myrecipes.com...In Northern India and Africa, pancakes are used as edible spoons. See http://2.bp.blogspot.com... from http://globalbhasin.blogspot.de... . So, when you're done, all you have to do is clean a few plates and the pan. If you make waffles, it's always a real problem to clean the toaster. Especially older models where you can't remove the irons, because you can't just drop it all in the water: the stuff has electrical parts that might suffer from the moisture.Tortillas are pancakes by definition. They can be used as wraps, containing lots of delicious stuffings, whereas waffles are quite limited in their capacity to hold a larger amount of food. Who cares about a few drops of syrup? I'm talking about a whole sliced chicken breast, tomato and lettuce.Waffles are too thick to be rolled up. They fall apart at the thin seams when you try to roll them.So, this is clearly a win for pancakes.4. Historic valuePancakes are one of the oldest forms of nutrition of mankind. " Pancakes are ancient food. The word pancakes appears in print as early as 1430. Pancakes may have been around since Neolithic humans domesticated einkorn wheat, ground it into flour mixed with bird’s egg and goat’s milk and poured the batter on a heated rock. It happened before there were pans and long before ovens. The ancient cooks dropped a little gruel on a hot rock of campfire, resulting in thin cakes that were tastier than plain gruel or cakes cooked directly in the embers of the fire. Perhaps because of this ancient lineage, pancakes are associated with rituals in many countries – Shrove Tuesday, Candlemas, and Chanukah to name a few." http://www.world-foodhistory.com...http://www.foodtimeline.org...Baking pancakes makes us one with our ancestors, connects us to our roots, just as eating them together does. Thus, pancakes are associated with several celebrations. In the UK, pancakes have their own "Pancake day" - Shrove Tuesday.Waffles are not nearly as old: http://www.thenibble.com...http://www.foodtimeline.org...These sites clearly list ancient Greece as origin of the waffle baked from both sides simultaneously. So, the waffle is much younger, making it of less historic impact.It is now evident that there is "superior reasoning" that pancakes are better on multiple levels, as demanded by my opponent.In order for each of us to have the same amount of rounds, I will reserve my rebuttal for the next round. It seems only fair.