Mistakes of the Day

I decided to make Belgian Waffles for my son and his sons today.  I was sure they would love them.  I asked the younger son, age 13, to help me and we set to work together.  I asked him if he knew how to separate eggs.  He said he thought he wasn't very good at that.  Therefore, I had him measure the dry ingredients while I separated the eggs.  I broke the second egg yolk and it got mixed into the egg whites.  I had to carefully spoon out as much yellow as I could.  The younger son said, "Maybe I should have separated the eggs."  I agreed.

I chose the wrong sized bowl to use to beat up the milk and butter and egg yolks.  I had to get out a bigger bowl.  This should be a job which used three bowls. The way I did it, I needed five, because I kept getting a bowl which wasn't quite big enough .

The batter was ready, the waffle iron was hot.  I was carefully pouring batter onto the waffle iron. And then suddenly I realized I had filled the surface completely full.  I knew it was far too much batter.  I was being so careful not to spill the batter as I poured it from the big mixing bowl that I completely forgot about when to stop.

As the waffle baked, the batter bubbled and ran from the edges because it was too full.  We had a mess to clean up.  That would have been enough mistakes if that was the last one I made, but two more times I poured too much batter for the waffle.  I just couldn't seem to determine the right amount.  I felt addlepated!

However, in spite of the mistakes, the waffles were superb and we gave them appreciation due their fine quality.  It was a good lunch, --waffles, with whipped cream, blueberries, or with butter and syrup, or just plain.

Posted by: NJ on 7/28/2005 1:37:32 PM , 1 comments