This entire post is dedicated to putting any food [besides waffles] in a waffle maker and seeing what happens. I'll give you a short story of how this came about:
A good friend of mine has to live for a few weeks at a time in a hotel room. He only has access to a mini fridge and a microwave and gets understandably sick of cold cuts and the like. Someone suggested he get a waffle maker and experiment with what can be cooked inside aside from waffles. Then a few of us chipped in and got him an early Christmas gift offfff: a waffle maker!
So. This is one big experiment to see what he could cook [mostly breakfast foods, but who's complaining about that? not me]. Nothing really turned out terribly... just sort of "meh." The thing that was undoubtedly the best was the Crescent cinnamon rolls. [by the way, I'm not claiming originality on any of these ideas. if they weren't already on the interweb, then another one of my friends dreamt them up. just for the record].
First on the docket: eggs. Whisked with a little milk/cream to make them fluffier. This would be best made like an omelette with a bunch of yummy vegetables and some bacon/ham in it, but for time's sake I went very simple. Don't forget salt + pepper.
#2: hashbrowns. This one I like to think of as at least somewhat original. You could do this with the frozen hashbrowns, but of course it would be better with fresh grated potatoes. Again. Tons of salt + pepper needed here. And perhaps butter. They have a greenish-tint because Idaho potatoes were all I had on hand. Red or Yukon gold work best.
#3: Crescent cinnamon rolls. So delicious. So. So. So. Awful for you.
Just bunch four rolls in the center and close the lid and wait for the built in timer. Turned out peeerfect. Better than waffle batter in my opinion.
#4: Grilled cheese! Basically the idea of this is to use the waffle maker in lieu of a panini press. Put the bread in first, one at a time, until it gets only slightly brown. Then put your cheese and any other yumminess in the middle of your bread and squeeze it as tightly closed as you can until the cheese melts and everything is evenly heated. If you cook it too long, the bread will get really weird, dense and generally unpleasant in certain places. Watch out.
#5: Bacon. We just decided to weave the bacon for no apparent reason. It really did help hold it together and keep it from shriveling up into nothing... but it isn't totally necessary. But weaving is always fun............. Until it gets stuck.
But it turned out fine. Just be sure to leave your waffle maker on for long enough to cook any raw bacon bacteria off. And be aware that the grease will make a massive mess. Definitely a good choice to do this one last.
Just have fun with it and don't be afraid to look [and feel] absurd.
Thanks for readin', folks. Happy waffling.
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