Waffling. (What's New?)

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* After serving the first breakfast utilizing our new waffle maker, the question was raised as to how long this treat has been available. A bit of research led to the discovery that waffles have been around since about 1744, making them older than the nation in which we were eating them. Yet, we mused, the process continues to undergo refinement and improvement. Having worked up an appetite with all this, we whipped up a new batch, added butter and syrup, and went on to other subjects.

The object that triggered this admittedly less than weighty discourse was the Classic Waffle Maker from Cuisinart, East Windsor, N.J., which has merged modern technology with a classic procedure …