Things you ponder on your day off

[eclectician]

So there are these bags of stroopwafels made by Daelmans. Each wafel is about 2" round, and the bottom and top cookies line up perfectly and the caramel is spread perfectly to the edge. So I'm fairly sure that what they do is they make a giant sheet of stroopwafel in the factory and punch out the rounds with a cutter

Comments

[novalis]

I have tried three or four types of stroopwafels, and the only ones I liked were the ones that a co-worker brought back from the Netherlands. Today (coincidence!) a different co-worker brought back a different brand, so I tried them -- but they still weren't great.

It was nearly five years ago that I last tasted the good ones, so I can't remember exactly what made them so good. But how are Daelman's?

Also: bake wafels on shaped wafel iron. Put one wafel into ring mold (maybe you lose 1/4" around the edge). Pour on hot caramel, allow to spread to edge of wafel. Place second wafel on top. Chill to set caramel.

[eclectician]

Texture is good, with a pleasant combination of faint crunch and lasting chew, but no real taste of burnt sugar, nor butteriness in the waffle.
Ring molds seem... complicated for an industrial process.

[coraline]

professional nommers. *nod*

[moominmolly]

Nnnn! Why do they not feed it to me?

[eclectician]

Why aren't you in Holland?