Waffles VS Pancakes VS Crepes

[Nograts]

I'm shocked at how lopsided the poll is for waffles... I thought pancakes would be slightly ahead!

 

[KeithTalent]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyL_cYxV6QA

KT

 

[IGemini]

Waffles! Buy waffles!

Can't pick a favorite, even adding in french toast...but they're all good with real maple syrup.

 

[soulcougher73]

Poll is incomplete without the clear winner French Toast.

 

[KeithTalent]

Poll is incomplete without the clear winner French Toast.

Just vote for the wet blanket option, since most french toast is as appetizing as a wet blanket.

KT

 

[mmntech]

Waffles: crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside, complete with syrup and butter pockets. What more could you want?

Pancakes: Flat and lifeless. Absorbs delicious syrup into its bland core and annihilates it. Presumably sending it to a parallel universe. Lumberjacks only eat them because they have nowhere to plug in a waffle iron in the middle of the forest. Poor lumberjacks.

Crepes: The fruity, pasty white European version of pancakes. Devoid of all flavour. The French waved them during the Battle of Paris to surrender to the Germans.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Arn't pancakes and crepes the same thing? Crepe is just the French word for pancake.


I'll take pancakes over waffles, but, really they're both pretty awesome especially if home made.

 

[Harrod]

Waffles, but they can't be Belgian style.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Arn't pancakes and crepes the same thing? Crepe is just the French word for pancake.

Almost. Pancakes have leavening to make them rise, crepes omit that and have more liquid to stay flat.

 

[phucheneh]

I own 3 waffle-makers, so I guess I'm biased :awe:

That's because no one needs a 'pancake maker' to make pancakes that aren't terrible.

OTOH, waffles require effort to make them good, therefore, they fail.

 

[Kaido]

Arn't pancakes and crepes the same thing? Crepe is just the French word for pancake.

Pancakes are thick & fluffy, crepes are like soft tortillas, only thinner. You usually fill them with cream & fruit, or other sweet stuff like chocolate & fruit & make a little burrito out of them.

 

[Captante]

Light and Fluffy Pancakes ftw.

Rather fond of Waffles as well.

 

[Howard]

It's hard to go wrong with Belgian waffles, but when done right, pancakes and ESPECIALLY crepes are superior. There's a lot to go wrong with the latter two though.

 

[IronWing]

Pancakes = waffles > crepes

 

[DrPizza]

Pancakes = waffles > crepes

Waffles with real freshly whipped creme, fruit, and real maple syrup > pancakes with real maple syrup > crepes with fresh fruit > waffles with flavored HFCS > pancakes with flavored HFCS.


How did it take this many posts before someone pointed out that it depends on the type of syrup?

 

[Kaido]

It's hard to go wrong with Belgian waffles, but when done right, pancakes and ESPECIALLY crepes are superior. There's a lot to go wrong with the latter two though.

Crepes done right are incredible, but I've never been able to replicate the ones you get done by a professional...you'd thin it'd be easy, it's just a flat, flexible pancake essentially, but there's some magic that goes on with it. I've seen a lot of Nutella-filled versions in European street food videos on Youtube, that stuff looks amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZp5PPoYwgU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIJha9Kxm3A

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Waffles are the best by a longshot.

 

[edro]

Since they are all essentially the same ingredients, it comes down to physical size, texture and mouth feel.

I prefer the crisp texture of waffles.
Non-crisp waffles :thumbsdown:.

 

[ControlD]

Pancakes.

Waffles just piss me off, mainly because they aren't pancakes.

 

[KeithTalent]

It's hard to go wrong with Belgian waffles, but when done right, pancakes and ESPECIALLY crepes are superior. There's a lot to go wrong with the latter two though.

This is essentially my thinking. Waffles are so easy, I mean even an Eggo waffle is decent, but doing a pancake right is much more difficult and so much more satisfying when it hits.

KT

 

[ControlD]

This is essentially my thinking. Waffles are so easy, I mean even an Eggo waffle is decent, but doing a pancake right is much more difficult and so much more satisfying when it hits.

KT

Buy the perfect pancake maker. Walmart. Seriously, that stupid thing actually works quite well.

 

[Anubis]

a lot to go wrong in making a pancake?

is this you

 

[IronWing]

Time out! Foul! OP posted a pic from iHop in a food thread. OP is disqualified from food commentary for the rest of the thread.

 

[ControlD]

Time out! Foul! OP posted a pic from iHop in a food thread. OP is disqualified from food commentary for the rest of the thread.

Mmmmm .... I loves me some iHop.

 

[IronWing]

Mmmmm .... I loves me some iHop.

Let's put this in perspective. McDicks makes better pancakes than iHop. Burger King makes better french toast. Hotel lobby waffles are infinitely better than iHop's waffles.