Waffles or Pancakes?

[cjmodulus]

So I was at a jazz camp last summer, and on the first day the conductor of our ensemble asked us to state which we prefer as a 'get to know you' type of activity. I was shocks that the only people who picked pancakes were me and the pianist. Are we weird?
Anyway, it's been a long time since then, but the question still pops into my head every so often, so i thought I'd ask it here.

[warwick.hoy]

Pancakes get too soggy for my liking,....Waffles FTW.

[jmattbassplaya]

Waffles just taste better to me and aren't nearly as 'heavy' on my stomach. I feel like puking after eating pancakes, but never have any issues with waffles.

[TJ55]

Everytime I have the hankerin' for some pancakes, I can only eat a very small portion before enough is enough. Waffles have the same effect, although to lesser degree, so I went w/ waffles.

[warwick.hoy]

That too,....

Light and fluffy waffle?

Or a brick of carb cakes?

Usually after eating one pancake I'm ready to go back to bed.

[fourstringdrums]

French Toast

[Passinwind]

Crepes, or popovers.

[Bipslapper]

So far, waffles are kicking pancakes' arse......(updated 4/11/2011 @ 12:32) stay tuned.......................... (oh, edit- I vote for waffles and more waffles)

[UncleFluffy]

Bacon + cheese omelette - I'm all about the protein fix first thing. Carbs aren't enough to start the engine properly.

[bassteban]

So far I'm the only one to vote pancakes. I prefer them as they seem to say hot longer. Had some as a side w/a monster omelette yesterday.

[Auzzie-Phoenix]

WAFFLES!!!

[superfunk47]

You know, it's funny you should ask - there are few things I'm more passionate about. For years, I was all about pancakes. Every special breakfast would be pancakes (with chocolate chips whenever I could get them). Then I discovered waffles. For me, they wound up being easier to make, especially since I usually want chocolate chips in them, if I have a choice. Pancakes never would behave for me as I was making them.

But the thing is, some places make better pancakes than I do waffles. In those cases, my preference is, of course, pancakes. (If any TBers live around or have been through North Bend, WA, Twede's makes some divine pancakes. And they're huge.)

Thus, your question is impossible to answer so simply. I demand a more thorough, scientific poll!

[Chebass88]

This needs some clarification.

Pancakes - from scratch or from a box mix?
Waffles? also from scratch? a box mix? frozen?

For me, home-made pancakes trump frozen waffles, but home-made waffles trump pancakes (Assuming both are made properly, from scratch, without lumps of flour and also cooked properly...). The stuff from box mixes is a good approximation, at best.

With butter and good (and warm) maple syrup (not that chemical HFCS garbage...), each little square in the waffle is a little puddle of tastiness.

[warwick.hoy]

From scratch. If you know what you are doing there is no need for box mix anything.

I actually made waffles twice this weekend.

Saturday = mix up the batter and make 4x waffles for the wife and I,...seal remaining batter and put in fridge.

Sunday = pull remaining batter from the fridge,...give it a good stir to knock down the bubbles and fire up the iron.

4 strips of Bacon "on the side" (lets face it the bacon is the main course here) for both days.

I actually recommend that you make the whole batch,...you can freeze the remaining waffles and toss em in the toaster later in the week. That will keep you from wasting any batter as it doesn't keep long. A day is stretching it and that's if you seal it properly (tupperware container with plastic wrap then the lid).

[champbassist]

TBQH, I prefer carrots over the other two any day. And I'm not kidding.

[Phalex]

I love them both, but I don't have a waffle iron. That means I don't get waffles very often. They say abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, so at the moment I'm going with waffles.

[Kwesi]

Holy crap, I thought pancakes would've swept waffles! Man, OP, maybe we are weird, lol.

[jp58]

Waffles are pancakes that evolved onto something much, much better.

[5StringBlues]

"There so light and fluffy white,we'll raise a fortune by tonight."

[stevetx19]

IF we are talking about fresh Belgian street sugar waffles, then waffles all the way-no contest. Dorm/hotel "continental" bar waffles covered in syrup are not particularly good(IMO). But neither are dorm/hotel pancakes.

It's hard to find the best kind of waffles around these parts, and real pancakes are not a bad substitute....but they are indeed a substitute.