The Washington times., 1927-10-24

Almost any type Of cake batter
may take on waffle form, II mixed
in the usual way and baked, for
the process Is q baking one, OH
the waffle mold instead of In the
oven. 1t saves heating the oven
and 10 done in a very few min.
utes. And waffle desserts made
from cake batters make a brand
new appeal to family appetites.
Families. it has always seemed,
have a great curiosity about cook
ing, especially the persons in fam.
lilies who understand from little
about 1t. Surely to those not
versed in kitchen chemistry. It is
a miracle to see a brownish runny
batter go into the oven in that
state and come out a. light, finely
grained chocolate cake. And it is
wonderful to see the batter mix.
ture go into the waffle iron and
in three minutes come out a honey
comb cake.
An Easy Dessert
With your electric waffle iron,
disable on the dining room table.
stage a real performance with the
family as the audience, by making
| tho dessert. on the table in the
summer time, you may make a
strawberry short cake. Use a
sponge cake batter. as 1T comes
from the iron cover it with crushed
berries and top it with whipped
cream.
Any kind Of berries or fruit
may be substituted. So much for
the summer use Of the waffle iron.
In the winter time there are
many varieties of waffles. There
Is a breakfast waffle. delicious with
butter and syrup and coffee. as an
accomplishment to sausage cakes,
and there are the dessert waffles,
which may be gingerbread, short
cake. or chocolate honey comb.
They are good also for afternoon
tea.
A few words right here about the
operation Of your electric waffle iron
are appropriate.
Heat It Well
First Of all heat it well, from 10
to IL minutes is about right. 1t is
not necessary to oil it except the
first time the waffle iron is used;
| any further oiling is unnecessary.
Do not open your waffle iron while
the waffle is baking: two and a half
or three minutes should be sufficient
time for baking a waffle. You can
usually tell when the waffle is about
done, when there Is no more steam
coming from the iron. Be sure to
put enough batter in the waffle iron
to make nice full waffle, but guard
against putting so much that 1t will
run over. This will depend, Of
course, on the size and shape Of your
waffle iron. A little experimenting
will help in determining the right
amount of batter to pour on the iron
/ in order to fill it exactly without run
ming over. / think the most impor-
tant part in operating an electric
waffle iron Is pre-heating 1t to the
| right temperature. This Is from 10
to IL minutes before pouring the
batter on the iron. as II 1t is not
sufficiently hot the waffles will stick.
A stiff wire brush Is good to clean
the waffle iron, to brush off any
crumbs that may cling to the iron.
Then be sure to put sufficient
butter or shortening in your waffles,
as this will prevent sticking.
One Is born to achieve good food as
one Is born to other happy occupa.
lions and offices in life. The old
| Southern mammies, who were unable
| to write down their priceless recipes,
had an almost divine intuition con-
corning the dishes they concocted.
They knew to an uncanny certainty
| the amount of salt or the pinch OF
| paprika to a given result. They
| could not explain. they simply per-
| ceived and knew, and no amount Of
| watching them at their beautiful
business could reveal the secrets OF
| their unwritten recipes. Through
their kind they passed their good
things on to us.
Out of the South
From out Of the South come some
| of our most delicious waffle recipes
which probably originated in the
kitchens of these old Southern
mammies.
One does not think of waffles
| without coffee. Few coffees are
there that do not represent hours
| of patient work in testing and
blending and rare the persons whc
| have that quick eye and expert
knowledge required to roast coffee
The grades and varieties are legion
Alice Foote MacDougall, in her bool
on Coffee and Waffles says: "Man,
years ago, some trader from tn,
Far East brought an Englishman /;
present. On opening the package
he found one or two pounds Of cur
ious acknowledgment beans, ugly t,
look at, not especially pleasant {,
smell. A less imaginative person
would have thrown them away, dis
gusted. But the Englishman wa
wise and enterprising. He roasted
ground, boiled and tasted thes
beans and realized that a nev
gustatory delight had been intro
duced to the English-speakiny
world. He spread the good news
and little by little, coffee houses
grew and people rejoiced over thu
cup that could cheer and-no
inebriate-but stimulate and Civ,
glow to the hour.
Coffee From East
The first coffee came from tn,
East, Java and Arabia, but they
could not supply the demand ant
so the beans were carried to vas
South America. There on tn,
mountain slopes and in the fertil,
valleys the seeds were planted ant
one Of the greatest industries in al