Cooking potato waffles?

pmy.murphy

Should they be defrosted for a while or can you put them straight in the oven from the freezer, theyve been defrosting for about 20 minutes now. Would that be ok?

Dizzyblonde

The instructions are on the packet - they're cooked from frozen.

dipdip

I always cook them from frozen.

When I'm feeling lazy, I put the toaster up to its highest setting and put them in. When it pops up, I turn them upside-down and put them down again.

They always come out perfect.

duploelabs

A new high for this forum

awec

Whack them in the toaster.

Thought this thread was going to be about making your own waffles from scratch.

Smiles35

Suprisingly they can be microwaved. They should put that on the box.

Lovely Bloke

duploelabs wrote: »

A new high for this forum

don't be so snobby.

the beer revolu

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

don't be so snobby.

Come on, there are instruction on the box.
I don't think BC was being snobby - everyone loves potato waffles!

Lovely Bloke

the beer revolu wrote: »

Come on, there are instruction on the box.

If he's like me though, he'll get home from the shopping and get rid of all the cardboard packaging to make more room in the freezer!

Thoie

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

If he's like me though, he'll get home from the shopping and get rid of all the cardboard packaging to make more room in the freezer!

And that's why we cut the cooking instructions off the box, and put them in the freezer bag with the items. We also write the date on it too. And sometimes, depending on how vague the items look, we write what the hell it is on there too. Nothing more exciting than playing freezer roulette.

awec

Is there anyone who doesn't appreciate a good potato waffle?

Birds Eye are definitely the creme de la creme of the potato waffle world. With lashings of tomato ketchup.

I prefer mine a light golden colour, my girlfriend prefers them a darker colour. How do you like your waffles?

ForeverYoungx

my friend does hers in the toaster

rubadub

It might not be good to toast them in a toaster, I have done it myself though.

If you grill them on tinfoil you will see oil left over. This oil would be falling onto the base of your toaster and all the crumbs may be sticking to it and the oil might go manky.

There is also a new trend of people putting toasters on their sides to toast cheese on bread/toast. If the cheese fell in it would cause trouble, but even if the toaster is on its side with no cheese it might get hotter than it was designed for in some spots.

Honey-ec

awec wrote: »

I prefer mine a light golden colour, my girlfriend prefers them a darker colour. How do you like your waffles?

Golden-brown, topped with jalapenos and a thick layer of extra-mature cheddar, then whacked back under the grill for another few minutes.

Best hangover cure ever.

rubadub wrote: »

It might not be good to toast them in a toaster, I have done it myself though.

If you grill them on tinfoil you will see oil left over. This oil would be falling onto the base of your toaster and all the crumbs may be sticking to it and the oil might go manky.

The crumb tray of my toaster slides out, I just give it a wipe after doing the waffles. Seemples.

Lovely Bloke

I feckin hate them

Dolbert

The Lidl ones are nicer than Bird's Eye!

awec

Honey-ec wrote: »

Golden-brown, topped with jalapenos and a thick layer of extra-mature cheddar, then whacked back under the grill for another few minutes.

Best hangover cure ever.

This sounds pretty good! I love waffles, I love cheese, and a bit of kick can do no harm.

This is going on the list.

ArtyC

Toaster.... Fast satisfaction

Dizzyblonde

Waffle sandwich ftw

Grilled until golden then placed between slices of buttered sliced pan (you'll need one and a half waffles). With salt, vinegar and ketchup.

all_smilz

I always toasted em. Nop rpobs

I grill 'em bake 'em fry 'em eat 'em - they're wafflely versatile.

April O Neill

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Waffle sandwich ftw

Grilled until golden then placed between slices of buttered sliced pan (you'll need one and a half waffles). With salt, vinegar and ketchup.

Oh my god. :eek:

Putting vinegar on waffles never occurred to me even I love it on chips.

I'm so doing this!

Mr Simpson

Waffles with vinegar and fried eggs. Nommmmmnm

Thoie

Mr Simpson wrote: »

Waffles with vinegar and fried eggs. Nommmmmnm

Waffles with eggs that have been poached in vinegary water, so you get the perfect balance of white to yolk with each bite.

hardCopy

Two waffles together, colored crispy in the toaster, sandwiched around a pile of grated cheese, pinch of salt on too

TeletextPear

Waffles, beans and a fried egg, just like the picture on the box

rubadub

I used to crack an egg on top of them when they were done, it would pour through & fill the holes.

Faith

TeletextPear wrote: »

Waffles, beans and a fried egg, just like the picture on the box

Hard to beat that, tbh.

Tree

grilled, then add a slice or two of pepperoni, toast that a little (i like peperoni crispy), then cheese on top and back in teh grill (the sliced meat stops teh cheese escaping into the grill pan.

Spanish Eyes

Toasted in those toast pocket thingys in the toaster. no mess no fuss.

Then a fried egg on top. Drool.

I don't have any waffles in. What will I do now!

livinsane

Waffles and a tin of Heinz spaghetti. Lived on it as a child. My friend actually made it for my birthday one year. One of the most heart warming moments of my life.

MurdyWurdy

I also like mine in a sandwich - with batch bread, real butter and loads of salt

/drools

fussyonion

Tried them in the toaster, don't like 'em that way.
Perfect grilled, til they're nice and golden brown..on the dark side, with a bit of salt and then cut each "window" out and eat each window one by one.

Had them most days as a kid..usually with a grilled pizza, remember those?
Soft based cheese and tomato pizzas, in a red plastic bag that tied at the top (10 in a bag) and you grilled them for about ten minutes.
Ah childhood dinners!

TheBoyler78

I'm getting hungry now reading this thread. 2 waffles with a fried egg, bacon and red sauce sandwiched together - yumm. :-)

Digs

fussyonion wrote: »

Tried them in the toaster, don't like 'em that way.
Perfect grilled, til they're nice and golden brown..on the dark side, with a bit of salt and then cut each "window" out and eat each window one by one.

Had them most days as a kid..usually with a grilled pizza, remember those?
Soft based cheese and tomato pizzas, in a red plastic bag that tied at the top (10 in a bag) and you grilled them for about ten minutes.
Ah childhood dinners!

Jesus I LOVED those pizzas!!!

seosamh1980

fussyonion wrote: »

Had them most days as a kid..usually with a grilled pizza, remember those?
Soft based cheese and tomato pizzas, in a red plastic bag that tied at the top (10 in a bag) and you grilled them for about ten minutes.
Ah childhood dinners!

Jeez serious health food in your house so! Who needs veg and nutrients when you have carbs and processed crap?!

Faith

seosamh1980 wrote: »

Jeez serious health food in your house so! Who needs veg and nutrients when you have carbs and processed crap?!

Nobody cared about that kind of stuff in the 80s!

TeletextPear

fussyonion wrote: »

Tried them in the toaster, don't like 'em that way.
Perfect grilled, til they're nice and golden brown..on the dark side, with a bit of salt and then cut each "window" out and eat each window one by one.

Had them most days as a kid..usually with a grilled pizza, remember those?
Soft based cheese and tomato pizzas, in a red plastic bag that tied at the top (10 in a bag) and you grilled them for about ten minutes.
Ah childhood dinners!

LOVED those pizzas! Used to get the ham and mushroom ones as a treat on a Friday. Afraid to try them now in case they taste awful and I ruin a childhood memory

rubadub

Those stacks of 10 pizzas are still around.

I remember getting our first microwave and doing them in them, and having to let them go luke warm before I was allowed eat them -since microwaved food would cook your insides -FACT! :rolleyes:

omb0wyn5ehpij9

fussyonion wrote: »

Tried them in the toaster, don't like 'em that way.
Perfect grilled, til they're nice and golden brown..on the dark side, with a bit of salt and then cut each "window" out and eat each window one by one.

Had them most days as a kid..usually with a grilled pizza, remember those?
Soft based cheese and tomato pizzas, in a red plastic bag that tied at the top (10 in a bag) and you grilled them for about ten minutes.
Ah childhood dinners!

Digs wrote: »

Jesus I LOVED those pizzas!!!

I used to love them as well! I actually had them a few years ago and they were still tasty

MissFlitworth

seosamh1980 wrote: »

Jeez serious health food in your house so! Who needs veg and nutrients when you have carbs and processed crap?!

Faith wrote: »

Nobody cared about that kind of stuff in the 80s!

We had a lot of stodgy carb meals too as not a single one of us (bar my little sister, the lick ) would touch a vegetable that wasn't sweetcorn. Very fond memories of those little pizzas and managed to avoid scurvy somehow

Digs

Where can you get them?? My Mam was a bit of a health nut so only got them when she was away and dad was in charge but now I'm the Mam I get to eat what I want

Wouldn't mind a trip down memory lane! My husband was saying how much he loved them too, he got them all the time though

fussyonion

seosamh1980 wrote: »

Jeez serious health food in your house so! Who needs veg and nutrients when you have carbs and processed crap?!

Listen here, we DID have nutritious meals..my mother cooked us home-made meals with lean meat and veg ALL the time, but we also had days when had waffles and those little pizzas.

I never said it was the only thing I ate, and you must remember..I grew up in the nineties..there was no Jamie Oliver preaching to the masses about what to eat.

There was no daily bulletin about chocolate/Coke/alcohol/ciggies/fruit/veg/chemicals being bad for you, like there is nowadays.
Back then kids ate processed food regularly BUT kids also played outside from morning til night and we were never overweight.

What have you got now?
Kids who are force-fed broccoli and never allowed to have a bag of crisps because their yummy Mummy has bought every single book Jamie Oliver has ever written.

You also have kids going to McDonald's not once a week, but several times a week.

Kids eat much more junk food nowadays; big Subway rolls, big bags of chips, potato wedges on breadrolls, and they don't burn those calories off...they sit at home and play Halo or Call of Duty.

So if being a kid in the 90's meant eating grilled pizzas and waffles, and staying out until it got dark, burning off calories as we played, then I wish I was a kid in the 90s again.

Dizzyblonde

I totally agree, fussyonion, it was the same story with my kids. I cooked wholesome food and also gave them pizzas etc. They were active and healthy and never overweight.

Mrs Fox

I've never ever had potato waffles, until this thread popped up. Went to get a box of Birdseye PW, had it with leftover bolognese I made the night before. Not bad. I tried the toaster method and it turned out ok. Maybe nicer in an oven grill but I can't use it when the kids are around as they are quite low and easy or them to reach.