Liege Waffles
In Eugene the last couple years a new food slowly surfaced. Off The Waffle opened and introduced me to the greatest waffles ever made. I've since moved back to Portland, and here I was dying to have a Liege waffle.
First, Liege waffles are one of two kinds of waffles from Belgium. Often when you get a "Belgian Waffle" you are ordering a Brussels style Belgian waffle. Both Brussels and Liege waffles are named after cities and are both Belgian waffles. True belgian waffles are also prepared as a dough, not a batter, but are still cooked in a waffle iron. The most notable difference between a Brussels and a Liege waffle is that Liege waffles use pearled sugar, kind of like broken sugar cubes, to create a carmelized, crispy sugar shell on the outside of the waffle. It is a delightful taste and I'd reccomend getting one made by a professional, but if that is not possible the next best option is to make it yourself.
This is where I come in. I made some today and they came out wonderfully. I found a recipe through google, but couldn't find pearled sugar. Instead I bought sugar cubes and broke them into pieces (~1 cm). Everything else is pretty standard cooking/baking supplies. I hope you enjoy!
(recipe after the break!)
Fried Computer
Unlike last month's post of the same name, this is actually the recipe for a delicious robot snack.
Do you have friends who think they're robots? Do you have friends who don't accept that they're robots? Well, you're in luck. What follows is the traditional Cleverpork recipe for Fried Computer, a delicious robot snack.
Flavors of Chile: Crudo
As mentioned in my previous post I used to be a vegetarian before coming to Chile. I felt that it would be impossible to fully experience the culture here and, more importantly, it would be impossible to eat anything that I didn't prepare myself. Since I want to fully take advantage of my current meat-eating I have been trying to sample as much of the strange local cuisine as I can, which I will then be reporting in my new "Flavors of Chile" articles.
Every time a bell rings…
...a vegetarian gets his wings...
And by wings I mean this:
Bread - Pesto - Onions - Cheese - Bacon - Burger - Bacon - Cheese - Burger - Bread