Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 06, 2019

Reason #1….the kitchen

Yeah, my ears (and now my nose) are burning.

“I remembered!”

I remembered and then thought of the frozen fluffy ones. They’ll do and no mess.

Just make crispy pancakes, then step on them with lugsole boots.

The last one, when you’re done, is always the perfect one.

Boy, I’m glad I saw this before deciding what to make for breakfast.

Janis: “Arlo, ANOTHER fine mess you have gotten us into.”

Sundays are pancake days. Have a waffle iron , haven’t used it in years. Hubby wants to get a Belgian waffle maker. Something else to put on the shelf .

Even better – my waffle iron has removable plates that go in the dishwasher,

Waffles, you say?

youtube.com/watch?v=8HOIXJ2EJxw

WAFFLES!

What is so flipping hard about waffles? Flour, baking soda, eggs, buttermilk. Mix together in a bowl. Pour into iron. But that said, I buy pre-made. Threw my waffle iron away in rage after the hundredth second degree finger burn.

And now she just remembered why.

Better yet….Short drive to the nearest breakfast restaurant….no mess at all!

We have one of these, and it is GREAT! Hungry Jack pancake mix, just add an egg, and vanilla to the mix. Super easy… Arlo is making this too hard! https://www.bydash.com/product/dash-mini-maker-waffle/

Nice try champ!

OK, today was a belly laugh for me. I guess it’s because I can relate to Arlo with this one.

Out of practice or out of his mind?

Leggo my eggo!!

You mix yeast waffles the night before and clean up the mess. Nothing but the bowl, waffle iron, and ladle for the next morning.

Janice the kitchen fairy will clean up the mess. At least that’s the way it works in my house.

There’s probably Eggos in the freezer.

Lego my eggo

We had homemade Belgian Waffles using that Belgian waffle mix last week. They made a delicious dinner but next morning both of us had elevated levels on our blood sugar readings. We obviously can’t make the waffles a regular thing but with some extra exercise and a careful diet that day, I think we can repeat them sometimes.

This is precisely why God created IHOP.

Mise en place

A message of caution for those potential waffle iron gift buyers this season.

The hardest part is getting the waffle iron out of the back of the cupboard after moving several other things out of the way. Pancakes are much easier.

“…I just remembered the answer.”

I’ve never had a mess like that either.

I mix up the batter, then heat up the waffle baker. When the bacon or sausage is almost done on the stove I pour the batter, & a minute later breakfast is served.

At least when Arlo said, “Why don’t we ever make waffles any more?”, he didn’t glare at her. He got up and made them (or tried) himself.

Great drawing transition from dark to kitchen light. Especially Janis in panel two.

Bah! Waffles are easy. I used to make ’em from scratch about once a month and froze them for week day toaster waffles. Measure our all your ingredients ahead of time, combine dry ingredients together, combine wet ingredients, add wet to dry, mix until just combined, and let sit for a couple of minutes while the waffle iron preheats and you load the dishwasher. Use a measured disher and a digital timer to ensure consistent waffles.

Unless the waffle iron is as old as the hills, then you get that mess as a waffle. The cook is just disorganized !

Last week husband said – we have eggs left over from Thanksgiving (buy a dozen as smallest can buy for two eggs for holiday dishes and eventually the rest are generally thrown out ), let’s have eggs for dinner.

After we finished cooking them and stuff to eat with them and had eaten them – “boy that’s a lot of time for a little food”. Which is always the result of eggs for dinner.

This year I am going to freeze the leftover eggs before they go bad and use them for Passover in the spring and then toss the leftover ones out.