My very vintage Waffle iron & a recipe

 Making Sourdough Waffles tonight for supper. A show & tell about the waffle maker, a recipe to share, and we can even dip our toes into sourdough making, it isn't as hard as you think. 

 

I posted about this lovely when I first got it, you can find that posting

Vintage Waffle Iron

 

Sourdough Pancakes

 

I will take 1/2 cup of my starter out of fridge to warm it up early in the day, feed it with 1/2 cup flour, and 1/2 cup water (bottled or filtered), let it just sit and feed for most of the day, by the time you are ready to use it, it will have warmed up, then you do this:

 

1 egg

1 tsp salt ( I like Celtic Sea Salt) it has minerals in it.

1 tsp Baking Soda

2 tsp Baking Powder

(omit the above if you are using self rising flour)

1 1/2 cup milk ( I like buttermilk)

2 tbs oil

a splash of vanilla

baking powder

baking soda

Combine well. I let this mixture sit about 1/2 or so till it is nice and bubbly. I did not take a picture of the starter before I added, but here is what it looks like now. Today I used self rising flour and left out the baking powder & baking soda.

 

How to make sourdough starter- Here is where I found the perfect recipe, no discards, no scheduled feedings, it could not be easier. If you have ever attempted or are considering beginning your own sourdough starter  I highly recommend you visit the link below, it will be made clear and you will be on your way. I've had a nice batch going using her method for 1.5 years now.

Our Gabled Home

  

This is circaa 1938 I believe, and in impeccable condition, original cloth cord & light bulb. I like to try to imagine where this came, and thank the homemaker who took such good care of it. Things back then were not dispensable, but were made to last. 

Let's have waffles

We are having breakfast for supper today. 

Using my Vintage waffle iron today has been a new challenge of doing things the old ways. 

Very important, because it is not not stick, it needs to be greased after each waffle.

and a vintage recipe would be nice to go with. I don't expect it is much different then the one I made, flour, buttermilk, baking powder. 

I didn't have on my apron, but I was wearing pearls earrings.

My young son came down, an asked me how old it was, he took a picture and said he was going to post about this 1930's waffle iron. He was amazed it still worked. 

I explained why this works being made in the 1930's is that back then people took care of what they had, they worked hard for what they got, and it wasn't guaranteed  you could get another one. Nothing I have in my home today electrical with last more than 5 years let alone 90. It was made in the USA, stainless steel. 

They did not live in a disposable world in the 1930's, things were made to last, you got your money's worth and then some out of things.

 

 

I've got to hone down a recipe, over all it is a lovely piece of eye candy, and is functional.

Vintage Waffle maker

 Thank you for the comments about the waffle maker. It is so lovely.
Porecelier, they made toasters too. I plugged it in this mornin and it works. Someone either took very good care of things, which they did in times past, or it is made well. I'm in the first catagory, but then things were made to last. At one time it wasn't all about the money and stockholders. Go figure.

I wasn't sure it even worked, and the shoppe I purchased it from on Etsy didn't know, he said he doesn't like to mess around with items that old. I took the chance, I plugged it in today and it lit up, if it hadn't I would still keep it because as he said it is a pretty piece, and slightly rare to find. 

If you missed the original posting you can find it

here

one more picture of it from an angle I didn't get the first time around 

Well, back to the real world, laundry, dishes, and on a fun note moving the hook. I am on the last sleeve of a cardigan/vest I've been working on since last year. To warm to wear now, if the sizing works, the fall or even early spring would be perfect.

                                                              sneak peek... not true to the color

I love this Yarn Hobby Lobby Periwinkle  

 

Well, nice visit. Time to get back to work as I get really tired about 2pm, so I'm burning daylight.