camping waffles

Recipes that work best for teardroppers

camping waffles

Postby bennelson » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:30 pm

Last summer, my wife and I bought our first house.

We have a small wood stove I used all winter and thought, boy would it be nice to cook on it too. I made grilled cheese on it with my cast iron a couple times.

Anyhow, I found a cast aluminum waffle iron for 50 cents at a garage sale this summer. I thought wood stove waffles would be good.

Well, it's been twice this summer that we went camping and impressed all our friends with waffles made on the Coleman stove.

I just used a plain "powder in a box" mix that you just add a little oil, egg, and milk. Just make sure to use NON-STICK COOKING SPRAY. This IS the secret ingredient.

And don't spray near the stove - cooking spray is really flammable!

Other people may have pancakes while camping, but I felt pretty four-star serving up waffles. So, if any of you see an old-fashioned waffle iron at a garage sale, buy it.
still no idea what i'm doing...
User avatar
bennelson
Teardrop Master
 
Posts: 141
Images: 53
Joined: Sun May 01, 2005 5:49 pm
Location: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA

Postby Mike B » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:31 am

Be careful of aluminum cookware with outdoor fires. It's hard to control the heat of an outdoor fire, and aluminum has a tendency to warp when heated to much. Cast iron is by far the best, but not always easily obtainable.

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID
Mike
Image
Hayden Lake, ID
User avatar
Mike B
500 Club
 
Posts: 549
Images: 2
Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:52 pm
Location: Hayden Lake, ID

Postby bennelson » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:24 am

Hmm. Now you have me questioning if this thing is aluminum or iron...It's pretty heavy, but the few exposed parts of the metal look like aluminum, not iron

The inside of the iron is well coated, the way any cast iron should be.

On both sides of the iron is a small dial thermometer with the markings "cold, cook, hot". All you have to do is keep the thermometer in the middle and the waffles turn out perfect.

But, yes, always be careful of over-heating things on camp stoves. I have actually used my Coleman stove for minor blacksmithing and metal bending. A friend of mine melted my aluminum pie iron melt right off the stick in a hot bonfire once too.
still no idea what i'm doing...
User avatar
bennelson
Teardrop Master
 
Posts: 141
Images: 53
Joined: Sun May 01, 2005 5:49 pm
Location: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA
Top

Postby bennelson » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:26 am

I was using the waffle iron on a camp stove, not a fire.

It CAN be really hard to control heat output from a camp fire. That's why it's always best to cook over coals, not fire.
still no idea what i'm doing...
User avatar
bennelson
Teardrop Master
 
Posts: 141
Images: 53
Joined: Sun May 01, 2005 5:49 pm
Location: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA
Top

Postby Kevin A » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:27 pm

bennelson wrote:Hmm. Now you have me questioning if this thing is aluminum or iron...It's pretty heavy, but the few exposed parts of the metal look like aluminum, not iron


Do you have a magnet handy, you'll know quickly if it's cast aluminum or iron.
"Follow me, I'm right behind you"

ImageImage
User avatar
Kevin A
The other guy
 
Posts: 3222
Images: 289
Joined: Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:16 am
Location: California, Eureka
Top

Postby Ma3tt » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:36 pm

I like da waffles......

Image

My Brother-inlaw demonstrates the flipping techique

Image

Just so you know the first waffle is called the "dog" because that's who gets it the first one is always over/under cooked. I have three Cast Iron waffle makers (one is for sale if so inclined).
Be Good
1967 Siesta del Sobrino "Standy"
If you lived here... you would be home by now.
http://www.Camp-Cook.com
User avatar
Ma3tt
Dutch Oven GURU
 
Posts: 1140
Images: 179
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:19 am
Location: Noodleberry Park. Ca.
Top

Postby bennelson » Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:09 am

Hey Ma3tt,

That is one beautiful iron. Mine is much more modern-looking.

I gotta keep snooping at rummage sales....
still no idea what i'm doing...
User avatar
bennelson
Teardrop Master
 
Posts: 141
Images: 53
Joined: Sun May 01, 2005 5:49 pm
Location: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA
Top

Postby Steve Frederick » Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:56 pm

Ma3tt wrote:I like da waffles......

Image

My Brother-inlaw demonstrates the flipping techique

Image

Just so you know the first waffle is called the "dog" because that's who gets it the first one is always over/under cooked. I have three Cast Iron waffle makers (one is for sale if so inclined).

Where could someone get one!! :worship:
Blessings, Steve
Adirondacks, Upstate New York
Building Journals
The Shop Manual's 8-years old!! Thank's everyone!
New! 'Rondack Lodge Plans!Order Here!
Image
User avatar
Steve Frederick
Custom Teardrop Builder
 
Posts: 1984
Images: 29
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:02 pm
Location: Upstate New York, Adirondacks (Great Sacandaga Lake)
Top

Postby Ma3tt » Sat Sep 24, 2005 9:20 am

Go to ebay type in Waffle Iron collectable ones go for $100-200 a regular griswold in great shape goes for aroun $50 + shipping and it is cast iron so thats aroun $20. I got one at a antique store, one off ebay and my mom found a very collectable one at a thrift shop. Good Hunting.
Be Good
1967 Siesta del Sobrino "Standy"
If you lived here... you would be home by now.
http://www.Camp-Cook.com
User avatar
Ma3tt
Dutch Oven GURU
 
Posts: 1140
Images: 179
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:19 am
Location: Noodleberry Park. Ca.
Top

Postby gailkaitschuck » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:43 am

Do a search (ebay, etc.) under Belgian Waffle Irons.

My mother is from Belgium and I can remember as a teen visiting there with her and seeing "real" Belgium waffles made and sold in department stores using cast iron waffle molds cooked in a pizza-like oven. The original molds were made to cook over a fire and not via electricity.

Because every good Belgian daughter needs to know how to cook Belgian waffles, she gave me a cast iron one for a Christmas present.

Gail
Teardrop Momma
gailkaitschuck
*Pasta Mama
 
Posts: 329
Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:08 pm
Location: Augusta Georgia
Top

Camping Waffles

Postby gerry boucher » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:44 pm

Here is my grandmother's waffle recipe. It makes the crispiest waffles I've ever had.

2 eggs
2 cups milk
2T sugar
2 cups flour

Beat well and stir in 4T melted butter.

makes 3 1/2 square waffles
User avatar
gerry boucher
Teardrop Master
 
Posts: 105
Images: 55
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:28 pm
Top

Re: Camping Waffles

Postby Chef » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:08 am

You can find a new stovetop Belgian Waffle Iron at Nordicware:

Waffle Maker
Eager to Learn
User avatar
Chef
Donating Member
 
Posts: 34
Joined: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:14 pm
Location: Long Island, New York
Top

Re: Camping Waffles

Postby JunkMan » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:23 pm

Chef wrote:You can find a new stovetop Belgian Waffle Iron at Nordicware:

Waffle Maker


We picked one of those up at a 2nd hand store last winter, and love it. Think we paid a buck or two for it, bought it with camping in mind, but have used it at home several times.
Jeff & Odie
Black Hills of South Dakota
User avatar
JunkMan
500 Club
 
Posts: 974
Images: 50
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:21 pm
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Top

Postby AmyH » Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:34 pm

I just found a really nice looking cast iron one through Lehman's: here. For $20, I just had to pick it up. All this talk of waffles has me obsessed! :lol:

Amy
Amy
"...follow humbly whereever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or else you shall learn nothing." T.H. Huxley

Photo Log
Camping Trips with the Tear
User avatar
AmyH
*The 300 Club
 
Posts: 624
Images: 4
Joined: Sat May 15, 2004 8:35 pm
Location: Shoreline, WA
Top

Postby Chef » Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:51 pm

AmyH wrote:I just found a really nice looking cast iron one through Lehman's: here. For $20, I just had to pick it up. All this talk of waffles has me obsessed! :lol:

Amy


That's areally nice one and a good price :thumbsup:
Eager to Learn
User avatar
Chef
Donating Member
 
Posts: 34
Joined: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:14 pm
Location: Long Island, New York
Top


Return to Recipes by and for teardroppers Cookbook #1

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest