page 1122 – absolutely focused
(Historical Notes: More rehashing of old jokes, though in this case Past Me seems to have been having more fun with the snack machines than writing the actual comics. “Planet Pops” are obviously a reference to the Jenna Patreon comics, but “Constantly Screaming Vegetables” is an especially funny one, if I do say so myself.)
Plain Pancakes and Plain Waffles would actually likely taste quite similar. There’s supposedly some difference, sure (I have never had waffles, let alone plain waffles, so I can’t say anything on that front), but they are made from the same ingredients, and can be made from the same batter (though I suspect that would make dense pancakes and floppy waffles). So I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there’s an easy addition to pancakes that would simulate the minor change in taste for waffles while keeping them light and fluffy.
Now I just want some waffles
Must be another of those regional differences, I thought *everyone* had had waffles. Not being either a foodie or a cook, and having little interest in food in general, I had no idea of the difference, but according to the infallible internet, waffles have more sugar and more fat (in addition to, of course, a different preparation method producing a different texture.) According to internet foodies, each CAN be made out of the batter for the other, but one should NEVER do this. Because foodies. *rolls eyes*
And, yes, this also makes me want waffles. with pancakes on them.
And I want the waffles to be made form pancake batter, and the pancakes to be made from waffle batter! Just to infuriate the foodies. Anything that infuriates foodies is 200% more delicious to me.
Honestly, my gut reaction was to say that waffles and pancakes taste significantly different… but it’s been so long since I’ve had either, and I’m chronically bad at putting tastes into words (clearly not a foodie either), I figured I wasn’t exactly in a position to argue the point.
I think much of the problem is that very few people eat either with no toppings on them at all, and they put different stuff on them, so probably almost nobody actually knows from memory what they both taste like, individually, completely plain, unless they specifically made some of both just to make that comparison.
Which I now need to make a note to do. I suffer from the same curse as Avatar. MUST know answer to irrelevant question.
I didn’t look for long myself, but I suspect that making Pancakes with Waffle Batter and Waffles with Pancake Batter would make terrible versions of both. Pancakes made to be soft and fluffy, with their batter reflecting that, while Waffles are supposed to be solid? Hard and crunchy? Keep their form. Waffles are supposed to be able to easily keep their form, even with things on top of them.
This means that making pancakes with Waffle Batter would produce annoyingly hard pancakes, while making waffles with Pancake Batter would produce weirdly floppy waffles. Neither of which seem like they’d be as appealing as properly making the thing you were making, especially if you’re used to the thing you’re making.
Fortunately, in the unbelievably distant super-advanced ultra-space-age Far Out There Future, Mad Scientists, after generations of struggle and toil and various horrible atrocities, have finally achieved mankind’s most sought for dream – they have managed to create a single batter capable of making both excellent Pancakes and excellent Waffles simultaneously!! (not to mention the rarer but still delicious Wancakes and Paffles.)
Of course, it’s made out of Xal-gox.
That just tastes like Xal-Gox, not Pancakes or Waffles. Sure, it’s sweeter than it looks, but it’s still the wrong taste for this discussion.
I’m absolutely certain that Xal-Gox can be bred to taste like whatever we want them to taste like. Their taste versatility is probably much of the reason why they are so popular as an ingredient in pretty much everything.
Something something tastes like chicken
So THAT’S why Layla likes the taste of Xal-Gox! One of the standard flavours is close enough to meat that she enjoys it.
Well, of course it’s not like there’s only one flavor for meat – there’s Pork Xal-Gox, Fish Xal-Gox, Chicken Xal-Gox, Beef Xal-Gox, Angus Beef Xal-Gox, Grass-fed Angus Beef Xal-Gox, Organic Free Range Grass-fed Deluxe Beef Xal-Gox, Spicy Chipoltle Barbeque Organic Free Range Grass-fed Deluxe Beef Xal-Gox, etc. There is absolutely no truth whatsoever to the Urban Myth that they’re all grown together in one giant identical flock and just labeled and packaged differently. nope. Not at all.
(Presumably, the equivalent phrase to Blitz’s reference above that is used in the future when someone has trouble describing the taste of some random food item is “Tastes like Xal-Gox”)
Hm… So is that bit of technobabble from Tax how she seems to know things ahead of time?
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe, to a certain extent 🙂