Which one is the best breakfast?
I'm going to be creating and posting these "pickone" images that ask you to choose between two (or more) choices. Hope you guys enjoy it :)
I'm going to be creating and posting these "pickone" images that ask you to choose between two (or more) choices. Hope you guys enjoy it :)
Depends on the quality. High quality French toast can be transcendent. A decent Belgian waffle is always good. Finally, pancakes are like pizza. It's hard to entirely fuck them up, so even crappy pancakes are ok with enough butter and maple syrup.
While I agree with the statement, it’s funny how different I would paint it.
High quality pancakes can be transcendent. Decent French toast is always good. Finally waffles are like pizza (the right toppings can make up for anything). It’s hard to entirely fuck them up, so, even crappy waffles are ok with enough butter and maple syrup.
Imo, you can dip the cheapest wonder bread in beaten eggs, cook it, and cover it in butter and jam and it's still pretty damn good. Even burnt they taste good with syrup
True, given a choice of the three, I’ll take French toast most any time. I like them all though, pancakes have to be good ones, crappy ones are inedible. Waffles are good but unless it’s something fresh or that I put effort into at home, they are essentially eggos.
Really? I was about to comment that French toast is too dependent on the bread and I rarely have bread that works well.
Okay you got me there, whole wheat is definitely a poor choice for French toast. Sourdough is surprisingly good though. I guess my previous comment should've said that even the cheapest white bread is decent for french toast. Obviously good breads are on a different level, but that goes for any food
Huh, I’ll have to try French toast with sourdough. Admittedly haven’t tried, since whole wheat works so poorly
Ironically, I have had some really bad French toast in my day. Like, so bad I hated anything with cinnamon on it for years. For decades, the smell of French toast made me want to vomit. I couldn't even go to breakfast joints that served it.
Completely agree. French toast is so hit and miss I rarely order it. If I trust the place to do a good waffle that's a nice choice but any roadside diner can make pancakes I can choke down.
You realize you can make your own right? Restaurants aren’t the only way to experience French toast.
I agree with you on good French toast.
The best French toast I've had was made of slices of stale, rock-hard French bread soaked to saturation in a cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom seasoned egg and milk solution, fried on a very hot griddle with a generous amount of butter, then served with maple syrup and orange marmalade. It was slightly crispy on the outside and warm and dense on the inside.
Exactly this. There's also the hidden 4th option: Liège waffles. Better than all 3 combined when done right.
Pancakes are outstanding, always top of the list. Lately I’ve been adding chocolate chips, even better
French Toast. I don't care about waffle syrup pockets or fluffy discs, I will die on this hill, French Toast.
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How are you integrating the pancakes?
You could do waffle by cooking french toast in a waffle iron, but if you cook pancake batter in a waffle iron, you just have less crunchy waffles.
Maybe pancake batter cover an already cooked peace of french toast and then cook the whole thing in a waffle iron?
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Crepes (really thin pancakes) are omitted which feels like a crime even though I know it isn't.
It’s its own subcategory, like waffles and Belgian waffles, or French toast and stuffed French toast.
They’re all in the same family, just different species.
Crepes are basically French pancakes, the best way to improve pancakes. Belgian waffles are improved waffles. French toast is improved toast. Does speaking French automatically elevate breakfast or something?
Because all of the others are jealous. Crepes are the svelte supermodels of the bunch. They intimidate those other doughy monstrosities--their proportions shouldn't even be possible.
French toast. I think the egg gives it a bit of a boost.
Honestly, I just looked up recipes for waffles and pancakes. The main difference I'm seeing is some waffles have vanilla extract... and that's basically the main thing. I prefer waffles, largely because of the texture and the little syrup pods, but otherwise I can go with either one.
There was a recent change in the recipe in the mix I usually get. Previously the waffle had more oil and egg, but now they’re the same recipe
Yes, waffles and pancakes are the same batter, they're just cooked differently. Box mixes like usually say pancakes and waffles.
Yeah, but it's the place for scheduling reasons. If Waffle House is closed, we picked the wrong time.
That's why you get Kodiak Protein mix. 14 g of protein in just the mix, make it with milk and eggs instead of water and you've got even more. It's my favorite waffle/pancake mix they are so filling
If you think Americans are bad, check out Italy. Breakfast is small but it's typically a bread product or sugar laden pastry served with espresso or caffelatte. I have celiac and can't drink coffee without spazzing out for six hours, so I skip breakfast.
Really, all of the sweat breakfasts in America are European imports. And they're usually just one part of the meal anyway, paired with eggs, hash browns, sausage, bacon... Damn it I just ate
I've made it a few times! I'll actually use a dried mushroom powder (porcini) and mix that up with the batter.
Depends where I am and how much I trust the cooks.
If I'm somewhere that I know is good, French toast. Good French toast is the best of all the options.
If I'm somewhere pretty mid, I'll probably go for waffles. Can't reach the same highs or the same lows as FT.
Pancakes are the safest bet. There's less variation than FT or waffles, so even the worst pancakes aren't that bad.
Oh man, the variance you can get on French toast. Sometimes it's heavenly and sometimes it's just so soggy and chewy and tastes like scrambled eggs.
Pancakes are the most consistent, as you said, but even the best pancakes can't beat the average waffle imho.
I would much rather have terrible pancakes than under-soaked, under-cooked French toast with a bad mix and stale white bread.
French toast is always the best option! This is making me want to make some French toast right now!
Same thought here but I'm picking pancakes with soft yolk fried eggs and hot sauce on top instead of maple syrup.
Pancakes, all the time, every time.
If I ever abandon all hope, I plan to eat nothing but pancakes until I perish.
With the cheapass syrup, too -- none of this frilly shit. Just good old American artificially flavored corn syrup over pancakes from a box.
For lunch today, I had leftover chocolate chip pancakes, heated them in the air fryer. And spread peanut butter on them to melt all over!
That sounds amazing! Chocolate and peanut butter (especially melty peanut butter) are so good.
I don’t really like the sweet breakfast pastry concept. I guess waffles, preferable cornmeal or Belgian waffles. I’d much rather have a breakfast burrito with green chile or huevos rancheros though.
This is my main problem with waffles, although I still would order them differently. Trying to make waffles for my kids, I can’t seem to batch them without losing that crispness. Instead of joining the family for breakfast I need to feed the machine and make sure every waffle gets an immediate consumer, so it will be nice and crisp
I make them and put them in the oven at a low heat to keep them warm and crispy.
Also swear by the pam Anderson recipe https://www.recipething.com/recipes/show/35555-pam-andersons-waffles
I have no idea why but my brain added "in bed" to the title and I was like "all those have drippy syrup. I don't want any of those in bed."
I would get waffles, but not those waffles. Gimme the Belgium waffles with the strawberries and whipped cream 🤤
Waffles >> French Toast >>> Pancakes
Not even questionable. Pancakes turn into a disgusting gelatinous mess after like 10 seconds with syrup. They're too dense, so you feel like shit after eating them.
Waffles are the GOAT and I'll die on that hill
Put some peanut butter on the pancakes and then syrup on that. You get extra protein and your pancakes don't get soggy. Also it's delicious!
I'm a grown man but when I bring my kids to my mom's and we stay over she busts out the pancakes. Crispy edges, fluffy in the middle, the size of dinner plates. And you gotta dip in syrup, don't pour it over. And don't cut it up, just fork out a piece when it's time to eat.
Won't disagree about feeling full after, but I wouldn't eat any of these on the reg.
You're correct but I still love me some pancakes. Even if they literally always make me feel gross after eating.
Flat Food propaganda! Don't fall for this thinly disguised attempt to lead you away from the one truly spherical breakfast or anytime food, namely Aebleskivers. Eat them sweet or savory, eat them all day long!
I had never heard of these before! They look just like those desserts you get at the Indian restaurant!
LoL, I went searching for Indian Deserts (https://www.sotc.in/blog/indian-holidays/deserts-in-india)
Do you mean Ladoo? Gulab Jamun (my favorite)? Rasmalai? For minimizing surface area to volume ratio, it's spherical foods for me. :-D Ooh, I just found Bengali pantua - "soft, spherical dessert that is entirely drenched in cardamom-and-saffron-flavored sugar syrup."
Ooh, sounds tasty! Let's go get some! "Unni appam, (Malayalam:ഉണ്ണിയപ്പം) is a small round snack made from rice, jaggery, banana, roasted coconut pieces, roasted sesame seeds, ghee and cardamom powder fried in oil.[1] Variations of this organic and spongy fried batter using jackfruit preserves instead of banana is common from the late 90s. It is a popular snack in Kerala. In Malayalam, unni means small and appam means rice cake. "