Friday's Seen Mean Grilling Machine

After stumbling upon this waffle maker on the Web,  I rushed out to purchase one.  Peered into the mailbox, but no stimulus check from Mr. Sun Cho Lee quite yet, temporarily putting the whim on hold. According to the website, the owner of the waffle maker decided to make french toast from some stale brioche instead of being wasteful.  Then had the grand notion to waffle-ize the french toast.  The finished product....a waffled french-toasted brioche caramelized to perfection.  Indeed, there are other possibilities.  For example, toss a manapua on the grill, batten down the hatch, and a few minutes later....a waffled manapua.

Comments

[Ann da sista]

I like the pup you chose to be today. That dog is damn cute. We got a waffle maker a few years ago for Christmas. It's the kind that you flip after you put the batter in and it "locks." Chad was obsessed with it for the longest time - every meal, I was asked the question, "Can we make waffles?" Thankfully, Chad never took to putting non-waffle-batter items in the waffle maker. Please don't tell Chad. I fear the waffle maker will be back out tout suite if you do....

[Kirk]

Hey RONW -It's been so long since I had manapua, I'd probably stand in line for a waffle-sized one!

[Nate]

From my previous days of going to buy manapua at Char Hung Sut (pictue you link to), that wahine, a granddaughter (I think) of the original founder had big ones in her own right!

[RONW]

Hi Ann- Let me just guess....you're commenting from your plush Washington D.C. hotel, replete with free Internet and a thousand other perks. If it doesn't slip my mind, I won't mention the W word to Chad, but isn't a maple syrup tree the official state tree where you folks are living at?

--The thing about waffles, they're as much fun to make as they are to eat, not to mention the satisfaction of casting your own non-metal product in a factory mold, ala, industrial revolution of sorts. I, myself, have never tried a teflon coated waffle maker yet, just the cast iron models that were a pain to clean but did endear a unique flavor.

Hi Kirk- the price of manapua has escalated, at least to what I was use to paying. Cannot buy as much with almost a one to one exchange rate with today's dollar. Just like oil, about to break even another price barrier. As a side note, you still remember the distinction between "mapunapuna" and a manapua.

Hi Nate- the linked photo was off an earlier Mid-Week Magazine (a local weekly) article. So, you recognized the person as the actual proprietor in the photo, they must have make some ono manapua.

[jessica]

what a clever idea, I might try this with my waffle maker

[RONW]

Hi Zacka- Some whimsical ideas really do work, eh.

[pehea 'oe?]

Mr. Sun Cho Lee - now that's funny.

[Nate]

That wahine's mother (original owners's daughter) was still there when I went on my last trip home.

[RONW]

Hi Pehea 'Oe- Well, he does have plenty money. Or was it lychee?

Hi Nate- I bet they recognize you too....after 1000 manapuas.

[pehea 'oe?]

Do you have a report on the SPAM Jam?

[RONW]

Hi Pehea 'Oe- if fact I do have a report on the SPAM jam....I got caught in the traffic jam still being detoured around that section of the main drag which, fortunately fer me in this case is half the length of the annual Hoolaulea. Didn't know that it was on that night, and the local late news didn't even cover it that night. These use to be enjoyable when they started off. But then it got too darn crowded, and became something to enjoy talking about more than being there. Oh, well.