Breakfast Gauffres

gauffres
(from Godey's Ladies Magazine, edited by Sarah J. Hale, 1864.)

Ingredients:

6 eggs​

1/2 lb. butter​

1 pt. cream​

1/2 lb. butter​

yeast​

rosewater​

rind of lemon​

Instructions:

Take six new-laid eggs, one half pound of fresh butter, one-pint of cream, one half pound of flour, a little yeast, and the rind of a lemon. Beat up the yolks of the six eggs with the butter, and add the cream, the flour, a teaspoonful yeast, a little salt, a little rosewater, and the grated rind of one lemon. Mix all by beating up the batter thoroughly, and set it in a warm place, to rise, for an hour. Whisk up the whites of the six eggs and mix them with the batter, and bake the gauffres over a small stove till they are crisp.​

Waffles, Yum!

Both waffles and pancakes were of Dutch origin. "Gauffres" is the French word for waffles!

Wanted to publish this recipe for National Waffle Day, August 24th.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Thank you for this great recipe!
In France and Belgium they do the fluffy ones but also a thin and crisp variety. I like both. Only thing is, I could eat 10 pieces of the small crispy ones and still would like more!

 

[donna]

Bumping this old recipe for Waffle Day, August 24.

 

[Shalom Hobbitess]

I like to make bacon waffles for my "main dish" (just lay strips of bacon over the batter before you close it up) and then chocolate chip waffles with whipped cream for dessert.

In the Civil War era (and far earlier), the Pennsylvania Dutch would have waffles with chicken gravy. I quite like savory waffles or pancakes, and when it's hot, it's nice to have a quick bread without having to warm up the oven. Some people had gas stoves (which used coal or wood gas) by the Civil War era, in which case I'd think making pancakes or waffles would keep the kitchen cooler, but I'm not sure how much difference it would make between cooking in or on the stove if you're talking wood burning. Wood stoves just plain sound hot!

 

[donna]

It is International Waffle Day (March 25). Have some waffles today. They are good for supper as well as breakfast.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

It is International Waffle Day (March 25). Have some waffles today. They are good for supper as well as breakfast.

Always !

Just don't forget the bacon.

 

[TheThirdDay]

Trust me, I was stationed in Belgium, and if you've never had a hot gauffre from the little stands which are all over Belgium, you got a lot coming to ya.

 

[JerseyBart]

And now I want a waffle. I can't get a waffle, but I want a waffle. Thanks!!!

 

[J. D. Stevens]

On November 7, 1863, Philip Gathings wrote a letter to his wife Elizabeth in Hill County, Texas. Philip, a member of the 4th Regiment Calvary Texas State Troops, was stationed in Galveston. This letter provided Elizabeth an itemized list of various items he had purchased, the price he paid for each, packed in a wooden keg, and sent to her via a freighter returning back to the area. Most of the items Philip purchased were things difficult to obtain at this time of the war in the remote part of central Texas. One item has always stood out to me more than the others. Philip wrote he purchased a "wafer or wawful iron" for $10. It appears he wasn't exactly sure what to call this new cooking contraption. Maybe when Philip returned home at the end of the war, Elizabeth used the recipe above to fix wawfuls for his first home cooked meal.

The "wawful" iron in the picture is found at the Texas Civil War Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas. It belonged to Dr. Donnan, a surgeon in General Forest's Cavalry. He carried it during the war.

 

[donna]

That is neat waffle iron. Love it has recipe with it.