For me the acceptable waffle ratio is just far too low. In my experience itâs like 10:2:1, shitty:acceptable:really good.
Thatâs a bad ratio. For pancakes, itâs always like 1:10:2. Pancakes are really hard to fuck up, most fall in the average range, but occasionally theyâll be really great.
I concede that potentially the best waffle encountered in the wild might beat the best pancake, but itâs like finding a diamond in the rough, but the rough is just full of human feces you have to dig through. Bad waffles are really bad.
Bizarrely, the best brownie I have ever had in my entire life, was at Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai, India
It was a âSizzling Brownieâ
A Sizzling hot plate, with a large brownie served on it, vanilla ice-cream scoops on top, and drizzled over that was a chocolate sauce; the hot plate warmed the brownie through, which melted the ice cream and the overflow chocolate sauce caramelised on the hot plate
The ice cream was packed separate from the brownie. Youâd microwave the brownie til it was super hot, and then plop the ice cream on top. I have really fond memories of those, but havenât seen them in a long, long time. They tasted pretty good, but the ice cream was bottom of the barrel quality.
Thatâs exactly the problem, the potential ceiling for goodness is way in favor of waffles, but you can make a decent pancake anywhere thereâs a hot surface
Not entirely lost. I have a cast iron wonderffle for making stuffed waffles. And a cast iron Griswold waffle iron. Treat them right and they make the best waffles.
Of course you need to use a good waffle batter recipe as well.
I will say⊠I make an exception for waffles under one circumstance.
When theyâre the big chonky ones that contain meat or some other breakfast food item
I cannot express how much I need that in my belly rn. Iâm on hour 11 of a 16 hour shift, hungry as a mf. I cannot wait until 6am when I get to leave here and stop at the nearest restaurant to stuff my face like a malnourished wildebeest.
But to answer your question, yes, absolutely, without a doubt.
They donât want their citizens leaving the USA to see that the grass can be greener elsewhere
For NZ
It takes about 2-3days urgent service here, at twice the price, and the say about 4 weeks for standard service, but realistically, it only takes 1-2 weeks
I remember my Aunt was living in the USA many years ago, mid-90âs or something I think it was, and she went to buy a bottle of wine or something in some shop close to where she was living. The lad behind the counter asked for ID and she gave him her passport. The guy didnât know what it was.
We have a same day turnaround for a new passport, but the appointment fee is really high. Though most of the time it takes less that a week so I rarely know of anyone who actually needed it.
If thereâs something Iâve learnt from traveling, talking to people, and speaking three languages, is that the grass is the same shade of green in most placesâŠ
If anything, I love the individualistic American culture. Moving there is tempting even with the existence of the IRS.
I wonder if there are other individualistic countries but with lower taxes and without the crazy academic left? Please donât lynch me.
I love french toast. Is it different over in the US to what I know it though. I think I remember watching something on tv before and someone was eating french toast but it has powdered sugar and syrup on it.
To me, french toast is just egg abd milk mixed and bread dipped into then fried. Is that different for you? or am I just misremembering.
Yeah egg and milk is the basic french toast. Some people add cinnamon and nutmeg for more flavor, like my family did when I was growing up (if we didnât have nutmeg, weâd use brown sugar). The powdered sugar and syrup is definitely a must as well.
Apparently they call it âeggy breadâ in the UK, that kinda threw me off when I heard that.
For a first-time passport application, itâs normally the equivalent of 156 euro, and expedited service is an extra 57 euro. However, the expedited service only gives you 5-7 weeks rather than the 8-11 of standard service.
To add insult to injury, if you want fast shipping in addition to expedited service, itâs another 17 euro for 1-2 day shipping (after the 5-7 weeks of expedited service).
You can go to a passport office to get extra-fast service, but there arenât many of them (aka must travel), and you still need an appointment. They only issue one for emergencies in that case, something like a funeral overseas.
Iâd imagine I only got mine in 4 weeks b/c they werenât super busy, and all of my documentation was well organized.
