# Stuffing waffles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695 "2017-11-25T19:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/1 "2017-11-25T19:03:52Z")
So I have a new [waffle iron](https://www.riteaid.com/shop/proctor-silex-belgian-waffle-baker-durable-1-baker-0364967). For $16, I couldn’t resist. I made my first waffles a couple of weeks ago. (Of course I’ve had waffles. But aside from an automatic waffle maker at a hotel about four years ago, I’ve never actually made waffles.) Today I used the waffle maker for the second time. I made stuffing waffles. I put some stuffing leftover from Thanksgiving into one side of the maker, and let it cook. When it was done, I made an over-easy egg in a pan. Stuffing waffle on plate, egg on stuffing waffle, break the yolk and let it run all over the place. It wasn’t bad. Not _great_, but not bad at all. Just a little boring. I liked the crispy stuffing, but I think the stuffing tastes better with giblet gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/2 "2017-11-25T19:43:05Z")
So you make the stuffing waffle, and then you pour gravy on it. Sounds like a plan to me. (and why haven’t I heard of this idea before?) ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/3 "2017-11-25T19:58:38Z")
So let me get this straight - mr. singular is currently on a waffle binge and I might try this on him. You put stuffing on the waffle plate instead of batter? Sounds good. Then an egg instead of syrup. Not sure about that part - I might go with gravy with turkey shards. But I’m intrigued and will experiment. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/4 "2017-11-25T20:21:20Z")
NPR did a blurb about this yesterday. The conclusions seemed to be: “it’s not as bad as it looks”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/5 "2017-11-25T20:34:33Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > So let me get this straight… You put stuffing on the waffle plate instead of batter? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/6 "2017-11-25T20:41:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yes. I wasn’t sure I got the details from that radio show correct, but it sounded like they were using left-over, uncooked stuffing. That is, stuffing from the bag that wasn’t used on T-Day. Is that right? I mean, you can surely do it with left-over, cooked stuffing, but they seemed to be claiming that the “real” way to do it was to use the uncooked stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/7 "2017-11-25T20:44:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I wasn’t sure I got the details from that radio show correct, but it sounded like they were using left-over, uncooked stuffing. That is, stuffing from the bag that wasn’t used on T-Day. Is that right? I mean, you can surely do it with left-over, cooked stuffing, but they seemed to be claiming that the “real” way to do it was to use the uncooked stuff. I didn’t hear the story. It never occurred to me to use uncooked stuffing, as any stuffing would be made on Thanksgiving and there would only be cooked leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/8 "2017-11-25T20:57:40Z")
[Here is the transcript.](https://www.npr.org/2017/11/24/566387408/what-to-do-with-your-leftover-thanksgiving-stuffing) I think I misunderstood what they were saying because they talked about pouring it out of a bag. I took that to mean uncooked, but I think they had cooked stuffing in a bag. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/9 "2017-11-25T21:02:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So you make the stuffing waffle, and then you pour gravy on it. Sounds like a plan to me. > > (and why haven’t I heard of this idea before?) Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/10 "2017-11-25T21:27:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > [Here is the transcript.](https://www.npr.org/2017/11/24/566387408/what-to-do-with-your-leftover-thanksgiving-stuffing) I think I misunderstood what they were saying because they talked about pouring it out of a bag. I took that to mean uncooked, but I think they had cooked stuffing in a bag. **SHAPIRO:** OK, the waffle iron is hot. I have a bag of leftover stuffing here. We’re going to give this a try. I just pour on the stuffing out of the bag. And now I’m going to close it up and crush that stuff down into that waffle iron. **HU:** Meanwhile, in a separate pan… **SHAPIRO:** Now for the egg. \ **HU:** Pop it on a plate. Top it with that egg. That’s exactly how I did it. Only, I took the stuffing out of a container instead of a bag. . ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/11 "2017-11-25T21:35:52Z")
No egg, gravy. I’ve had these before at a restaurant. IIRC they made turkey sandwiches out of them. Stuffing waffle - turkey - cranberry sauce - waffle, with a container of giblet gravy for either dipping or pouring over the whole thing. Not bad at all for leftovers. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/12 "2017-11-25T21:48:05Z")
☹ I was expecting a stuffed waffle, like a waffle version of a jelly donut or something. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/13 "2017-11-25T22:01:53Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > … or something. A real man knows how to ‘stuff a waffle’. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/14 "2017-11-25T23:23:11Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > ☹ > > I was expecting a stuffed waffle, like a waffle version of a jelly donut or something. [Stroopwafel!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/15 "2017-11-25T23:34:55Z")
Once the stuffing is gone, Tater Tots! (and cheese) to keep the waffle iron busy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/16 "2017-11-25T23:36:31Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Stroopwafel!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel) [Junkwaffel](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4bRF2ESKpV8/Ti9mhaJ6nTI/AAAAAAABUHg/AHqCqoviQOI/s1600/junkwaffel_01_a_1971_bode_cv.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/17 "2017-11-26T00:07:14Z")
I wonder what it’d be like to use focaccia dough in the iron to make focaccia waffle sammiches. Roasted red pepper, goat cheese, basil, onions, a drizzle of vinaigrette… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/18 "2017-11-26T00:08:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > No egg, gravy. > > I’ve had these before at a restaurant. IIRC they made turkey sandwiches out of them. Stuffing waffle - turkey - cranberry sauce - waffle, with a container of giblet gravy for either dipping or pouring over the whole thing. Not bad at all for leftovers. Nobody has tried fried chicken and stuffing waffles yet? It’s only a matter of time. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/19 "2017-11-26T00:14:45Z")
Thanks all. Now I’m starving. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695/20 "2017-11-26T01:23:44Z")
I’m thinking that my waffle iron may see some action sometime soon. Maybe an open face turkey sandwich. On a waffle, with gravy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695.md?page=2)