pancakes or waffles?

[Quorra]

  I'm ok with potato cakes, maybe with a dollop of sour cream.  

 

 

Do you mean latkes?

[Buckwheat]

I have never had the thick American pancakes. Are they basically Kaiserschmarrn?

[BlueRose]

I love waffles and hate pancakes, even when we make them at home and it's the exact same batter mix.

[Dr. Pepper]

Do you mean latkes?

Probably.  or a hasbrown.  People call them different things.  I usually just say potato pancake.  

[Underfoot]

I think I got my edit in before you, we'll call it a tie

 

Haha, shoot, I didn't see your edit when I posted! You got it in a minute before me, I think that makes you the winner :P

 

I don't like eggy French toast quite as much, but that's one of the nice things about French toast -- you can switch things up per your personal taste, thus making it the most versatile and delicious of the golden triangle of bready breakfast foods (pancakes, waffles, French toast)

[Lord Flashheart]

On it's own the waffle rains supreme. The pancake is capable of becoming bacon pancakes. The Bacon pancake is the true champion of breakfast foods.


Besides steak.

[Inigima]

Pancakes, waffles, French toast, and crêpes are all delicious. The others, like potato pancakes, are different beasts. In fact, I would argue that crêpes are quite different as well. Of those four, I see no margin in picking favorites. One place I will not compromise is syrup -- if you're using syrup, have some self-respect and use proper maple syrup, not "pancake syrup" from the likes of Aunt Jemima or Log Cabin. I eat them all sparingly, of course, since they're pretty heavy breakfasts. For pancakes I like Mark Bittman's recipe.

If you don't want egg in your French toast, a suggestion: milk, a hint of vanilla, and a little corn starch. Obviously not recommended for the lactose-intolerant. The corn starch thickens it up and gives it the body it needs.

[HexMachina]

I recently started making my very own American pancakes (crepes suck), and they are delicious. With crispy streaky bacon and maple syrup. Yum.

My SO prefers waffles, usually with chocolate and ice cream. Like Helena, I think potato waffles are where it's at.

Potato waffles gone soggy with bean juice is the stuff of my school dinner memories :cool4:

eta: should also add I only like crepes. Do not like pancakes, french toast or sweet waffles

[Mladen]

Potato waffles gone soggy with bean juice is the stuff of my school dinner memories :cool4:

eta: should also add I only like crepes. Do not like pancakes, french toast or sweet waffles

 

My best childhood memory is my aunt making crepes with nutella. Very simple, and yet so delicious.

[litechick]

Let's cut the crap here.  Pancakes, waffles and french toast are all desserts.  If you are going to have dessert as a meal, just own up to it. 

 

Pancakes are the closest approximation to a breakfast food but they are still a dessert.  Putting on a side of bacon doesn't change that fact.

 

If you want strawberries and whipped cream, go right ahead.  Put them on a waffle, what do I care?  But don't claim it as a breakfast meal, at best it is a breakfast dessert.

 

Because I see this distinction, I would endorse pancakes over waffles for breakfast but that doesn't mean that pancakes are superior to waffles.  Also, waffles with fruit are not superior or inferior to shortcake with fruit.

 

Complaints about imitation maple syrup are elitist.  I know people who participate in the gathering of the maple sap and its distillation who still consider real maple syrup a luxury.  It's not poor taste, it's economy.

[deleted01]

My bottle of maple syrup cost me £8. That's real enough for me.

Pancakes & bacon is a very flexible meal. But it's not dessert to me.

[maarsen]

My bottle of maple syrup cost me £8. That's real enough for me.

Pancakes & bacon is a very flexible meal. But it's not dessert to me.

Did you not hear about the Great Canadian maple syrup caper? 

[deleted01]

Did you not hear about the Great Canadian maple syrup caper? 

This sounds interesting. Do go on.

[Arataniello]

Belgian or Liege waffles?  For the discriminating waffle-eater, the difference is important.

[Larry of the Lawn]

Flapjacks and waffles are both delicious when prepared well, and have a million different delicious toppings.  Also, johnny cakes are great too.  

 

A friend's dad used to make pancakes that were crispy on the outside and then runny batter in the middle that were fantastic, although I'm embarrassed to type the name they used for these.

 

I love chocolate chip and banana pancakes, blueberry pancakes, waffles with strawberries and yogurt, chocolate covered waffles, etc.  

 

I call false dichotomy.

[Mudguard]

Belgian or Liege waffles?  For the discriminating waffle-eater, the difference is important.

Liege waffle.

[Baitac]

Pancakes and scrapple!

[Tears of Lys]

Call it breakfast or dessert, waffles are delish. Even when they're bad, they're good.

I'm not a big French toast fan, nor do I like pancakes much. In the case of French toast, I'd just as soon have my eggs unadulterated by bread. And as for pancakes, as someone said upthread, they're tough to get absolutely right.

However, I do make all three. My husband loves them all, whereas I would rather have a simple bowl of Cinnamon Pecan Special K with some good blueberries in season. Or a **genuine** toasted bagel with cream cheese and lox. THAT'S heaven. :drool:

Unfortunately, I usually have the breakfast of champions... coffee.

[all swedes are racist]

All are bullshit. Chug maple syrup straight from the bottle

[Gertrude]

I can't tell you how much I love this board. usually when I see this argued, pancakes are a clear winner and waffles are laughed out of the room.

Yeah, I'm a waffle girl. But as litechick said, they are sweets and I prefer a savory breakfast. I have waffles more for dinner than I ever do for breakfast.