ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JOEL KLAASSEN
A while back I mentioned I thought it would be fun to try to make waffles on a George Foreman grill. I never really intended to try it, but did recently by accident.
Our waffle iron and the grill must look a lot alike in the morning. At least they are both white and about the same size.
I grabbed what I thought was the waffle iron, plugged it in and then went about my business of mixing the waffle dough. When it was time to make the first one, I noticed my mistake-but now my opportunity was there.
Make a waffle on the George Foreman.
I poured a cup of batter on the grill but had a little problem. The grill design makes it slant forward so the grease can run off. I grabbed a couple of tea bags to shim up the front legs, and the problem was quickly rectified.
The grill heats from both sides-just like the waffle iron. But to get the cross-hatch pattern, I had to give the little waffle a quarter turn.
It didn’t really look much like a waffle, but it tasted like one just the same.
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I give our downtown street-lighting ceremony this past Thursday evening four gold stars. What a great event for our town.
The weather couldn’t have been better even if we could control it. Everyone I talked with about the evening thought it was simply a terrific event and one that could and should be repeated each year.
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Just wondered what others think about using two bun bottoms and two bun tops on a sloppy joe.
I was going to go ahead with them not being matched up the other evening, but when it came down to it I switched them so each joe had a top and bottom.
It wouldn’t make any difference in the taste but it just isn’t right, I guess.
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If our legislators keep coming up with laws that make life way more difficult than it needs to be-such as with the new sales tax law-it makes more and more sense to me to start thinking about another Boston Tea Party.
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Our community band just keeps getting better and better. They deserve four gold stars, too, for their performance at the lighting ceremony.
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One more thing about last Thursday. Hats off to our volunteer fire department for their assistance in cleaning up the grime from the construction. They worked two nights in a row to make the place shine. Our city fire equipment water power makes a garden hose look like a toy.