Which one is the best breakfast?
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Depends on the quality. High quality French toast can be transcendent. A decent Belgian waffle is always good. Finally, pancakes are like pizza. It's hard to entirely fuck them up, so even crappy pancakes are ok with enough butter and maple syrup.
Imo, you can dip the cheapest wonder bread in beaten eggs, cook it, and cover it in butter and jam and it's still pretty damn good. Even burnt they taste good with syrup
Really? I was about to comment that French toast is too dependent on the bread and I rarely have bread that works well.
Okay you got me there, whole wheat is definitely a poor choice for French toast. Sourdough is surprisingly good though. I guess my previous comment should've said that even the cheapest white bread is decent for french toast. Obviously good breads are on a different level, but that goes for any food
Huh, I’ll have to try French toast with sourdough. Admittedly haven’t tried, since whole wheat works so poorly
Ironically, I have had some really bad French toast in my day. Like, so bad I hated anything with cinnamon on it for years. For decades, the smell of French toast made me want to vomit. I couldn't even go to breakfast joints that served it.
Completely agree. French toast is so hit and miss I rarely order it. If I trust the place to do a good waffle that's a nice choice but any roadside diner can make pancakes I can choke down.
You realize you can make your own right? Restaurants aren’t the only way to experience French toast.
I agree with you on good French toast.
The best French toast I've had was made of slices of stale, rock-hard French bread soaked to saturation in a cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom seasoned egg and milk solution, fried on a very hot griddle with a generous amount of butter, then served with maple syrup and orange marmalade. It was slightly crispy on the outside and warm and dense on the inside.
Exactly this. There's also the hidden 4th option: Liège waffles. Better than all 3 combined when done right.
I believe I'm obligated to vote for pancakes
Pancakes are outstanding, always top of the list. Lately I’ve been adding chocolate chips, even better
French Toast. I don't care about waffle syrup pockets or fluffy discs, I will die on this hill, French Toast.
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Do you like pancakes? (Yeah, we like pancakes!) 🎵
Do you like French toasts? (Yeah, we like French toasts!) 🎵
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Por que no los tres?
How are you integrating the pancakes?
You could do waffle by cooking french toast in a waffle iron, but if you cook pancake batter in a waffle iron, you just have less crunchy waffles.
Maybe pancake batter cover an already cooked peace of french toast and then cook the whole thing in a waffle iron?
I hadn’t thought that far ahead, however, challenge accepted.
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Waffles. Belgian waffles. Soft, crisp, chewy... Mmmmm
Best for maximizing surface area to volume ratio! The least flat choice!
Crepes (really thin pancakes) are omitted which feels like a crime even though I know it isn't.
It’s its own subcategory, like waffles and Belgian waffles, or French toast and stuffed French toast.
They’re all in the same family, just different species.
Tell me more about breakfast food taxonomy
Crepes are basically French pancakes, the best way to improve pancakes. Belgian waffles are improved waffles. French toast is improved toast. Does speaking French automatically elevate breakfast or something?
Because all of the others are jealous. Crepes are the svelte supermodels of the bunch. They intimidate those other doughy monstrosities--their proportions shouldn't even be possible.
French toast. I think the egg gives it a bit of a boost.
Honestly, I just looked up recipes for waffles and pancakes. The main difference I'm seeing is some waffles have vanilla extract... and that's basically the main thing. I prefer waffles, largely because of the texture and the little syrup pods, but otherwise I can go with either one.
Put some vanilla and cinnamon in your French toast eggs. It will blow your balls off.
There was a recent change in the recipe in the mix I usually get. Previously the waffle had more oil and egg, but now they’re the same recipe
Yes, waffles and pancakes are the same batter, they're just cooked differently. Box mixes like usually say pancakes and waffles.
French toast. Fight me. We'll meet up at Waffle House as is proper.
They call it Waffle House for a reason. Just saying.
Yeah, but it's the place for scheduling reasons. If Waffle House is closed, we picked the wrong time.
Because French Toast House doesn't roll off the tongue.
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Those seem like desserts. Carbs, sugar, and cream. Not an ounce of protein.
That's why you get Kodiak Protein mix. 14 g of protein in just the mix, make it with milk and eggs instead of water and you've got even more. It's my favorite waffle/pancake mix they are so filling
Who the fuck eats that much sugar for breakf....
Oh it's them again 😂
If you think Americans are bad, check out Italy. Breakfast is small but it's typically a bread product or sugar laden pastry served with espresso or caffelatte. I have celiac and can't drink coffee without spazzing out for six hours, so I skip breakfast.
Really, all of the sweat breakfasts in America are European imports. And they're usually just one part of the meal anyway, paired with eggs, hash browns, sausage, bacon... Damn it I just ate
You do realize Americans aren't out here having pancakes every single morning, right?
French Toast should be a savory dish. I wouldn't eat any of these.
Is savory French toast a thing? I'm intrigued. What kind of flavors does it go with?
I've made it a few times! I'll actually use a dried mushroom powder (porcini) and mix that up with the batter.
You sound like a blast to hang out with
I am; for example, I make kickass breakfasts.
I doubt that considering you think French toast is savory.
And won’t even tell us what you make it with
French toast all day every day
French toast is always the best option! This is making me want to make some French toast right now!
None. All of those are way too sugary
French toast doesn't need to be. I just use bread, egg, milk, and cinnamon.
Everyone talks about cold pizza, but cold French toast is pretty great too
Same thought here but I'm picking pancakes with soft yolk fried eggs and hot sauce on top instead of maple syrup.
Your life is sad.
I prefer not feeling like shit for the rest of the day after I eat.
Go see a doctor because sugar doesn't do that.
wrong.. it's about feeling good after you eat..
You can make good French toast and just use chopped fruit on top
If pancakes make you feel bad you need to see a doctor. Get a blood test.
Depends where I am and how much I trust the cooks.
If I'm somewhere that I know is good, French toast. Good French toast is the best of all the options.
If I'm somewhere pretty mid, I'll probably go for waffles. Can't reach the same highs or the same lows as FT.
Pancakes are the safest bet. There's less variation than FT or waffles, so even the worst pancakes aren't that bad.
Oh man, the variance you can get on French toast. Sometimes it's heavenly and sometimes it's just so soggy and chewy and tastes like scrambled eggs.
Pancakes are the most consistent, as you said, but even the best pancakes can't beat the average waffle imho.
I would much rather have terrible pancakes than under-soaked, under-cooked French toast with a bad mix and stale white bread.
In these quantities depicted, or just in general? Because that'll be a factor.
There's a ton of each option. It's all you can eat
Definitely going with the French Toast then!
I don’t really like the sweet breakfast pastry concept. I guess waffles, preferable cornmeal or Belgian waffles. I’d much rather have a breakfast burrito with green chile or huevos rancheros though.
Pancakes, all the time, every time.
If I ever abandon all hope, I plan to eat nothing but pancakes until I perish.
With the cheapass syrup, too -- none of this frilly shit. Just good old American artificially flavored corn syrup over pancakes from a box.
For lunch today, I had leftover chocolate chip pancakes, heated them in the air fryer. And spread peanut butter on them to melt all over!
That sounds amazing! Chocolate and peanut butter (especially melty peanut butter) are so good.
Crispy waffles > French toast > fluffy waffles > pancakes
This is my main problem with waffles, although I still would order them differently. Trying to make waffles for my kids, I can’t seem to batch them without losing that crispness. Instead of joining the family for breakfast I need to feed the machine and make sure every waffle gets an immediate consumer, so it will be nice and crisp
I make them and put them in the oven at a low heat to keep them warm and crispy.
Also swear by the pam Anderson recipe https://www.recipething.com/recipes/show/35555-pam-andersons-waffles
Waffles >> French Toast >>> Pancakes
Not even questionable. Pancakes turn into a disgusting gelatinous mess after like 10 seconds with syrup. They're too dense, so you feel like shit after eating them.
Waffles are the GOAT and I'll die on that hill
Put some peanut butter on the pancakes and then syrup on that. You get extra protein and your pancakes don't get soggy. Also it's delicious!
I'm a grown man but when I bring my kids to my mom's and we stay over she busts out the pancakes. Crispy edges, fluffy in the middle, the size of dinner plates. And you gotta dip in syrup, don't pour it over. And don't cut it up, just fork out a piece when it's time to eat.
Won't disagree about feeling full after, but I wouldn't eat any of these on the reg.
Dipping pancakes, interesting. I may need to reevaluate my opinion...
You're correct but I still love me some pancakes. Even if they literally always make me feel gross after eating.
I have no idea why but my brain added "in bed" to the title and I was like "all those have drippy syrup. I don't want any of those in bed."
I would get waffles, but not those waffles. Gimme the Belgium waffles with the strawberries and whipped cream 🤤
Do you have any non-dessert options?
Did you see the pic? Obviously not
The number of people in here virtue signaling by refusing to follow the prompt. Pick one!
It was a tongue-in-cheek comment hoping to spur some conversation about alternatives. I don't know what virtue would be signaled here. Also, I'm still awaiting official diagnosis but a DNA test mentioned I was likely to have celiac's, my dad recently got diagnosed with it, and I've always had issues after eating nearly anything, so no wheat for me for now.
It was not so much you, but the folks who just can't help but say that those are unhealthy and here's a better option. Some dude took time out of his day to make a picture (maybe he's AI, I dunno) and ask a question, and it just seems nitpicky and unproductive (and I guess I mean that in the dumbest way possible, I'm on my phone talking about pictures of breakfast confectionary, essentially).
That all being said, if the whole point is to start conversations, I guess even this counts and so upvotes to everyone.
EDIT: And sorry for your bad news but hopefully it's good news because it's not Schrodinger's upset digestive tract, it presumably happens regardless of whether you've verified the cause. I don't think I've got anything, but the older I get the worse things like IPA beers and heavy bread dishes hit me. Tired, bloated, etc. I just attribute it to my body failing me.
Yeah, my mom's whole side of the family has issues like that. Dad's not as much, but I may have lost the genetic lottery in that bit. Best of luck to you with your issues as well!
You don't have to put the dessert toppings on it.
Flat Food propaganda! Don't fall for this thinly disguised attempt to lead you away from the one truly spherical breakfast or anytime food, namely Aebleskivers. Eat them sweet or savory, eat them all day long!
I had never heard of these before! They look just like those desserts you get at the Indian restaurant!
LoL, I went searching for Indian Deserts (https://www.sotc.in/blog/indian-holidays/deserts-in-india)
Do you mean Ladoo? Gulab Jamun (my favorite)? Rasmalai? For minimizing surface area to volume ratio, it's spherical foods for me. :-D Ooh, I just found Bengali pantua - "soft, spherical dessert that is entirely drenched in cardamom-and-saffron-flavored sugar syrup."
I was actually thinking of unni appam
Ooh, sounds tasty! Let's go get some! "Unni appam, (Malayalam:ഉണ്ണിയപ്പം) is a small round snack made from rice, jaggery, banana, roasted coconut pieces, roasted sesame seeds, ghee and cardamom powder fried in oil.[1] Variations of this organic and spongy fried batter using jackfruit preserves instead of banana is common from the late 90s. It is a popular snack in Kerala. In Malayalam, unni means small and appam means rice cake. "
Personally it's Waffles > Pancakes > French Toast, but I like all three. That being said, if I'm in the US, it's none of the above. Those barbarians don't serve these items with maple syrup which is abhorrent to me as a Canadian.
I don't think I've been to a breakfast place that doesnt serve maple syrup with any of these.
With that being said tho, I never order any of these while I'm out to eat either because all of it in the US is low quality garbage oversaturated with sugar.
I always thought I disliked waffles until I was drunkenly peer pressured into ordering one in Brussels. Ugh. So good!
Problem is it's flavoured corn syrup when it's anything...
At Denny's, sure. Probably at IHOP, but I don't know cause I haven't been in years. At any good mom and pop breakfast diner they do maple syrup. They tend to be a few bucks more a plate, but it's well worth it.
Vermont, NY, and Maine all produce maple syrup. Betcha we could make loads in Alaska.
Fair enough, those are the hotspots for maple forests!
Maple doesn't really grow in Alaska, let alone western Canada, so it's not made there. We westerners also need to import it from Quebec.
Belgian waffles are on a whole other level for sure.
Tbf, I'm sure actual real deal Canadian Maple Syrup is also on a whole other level.
I'm betting if I ever had it, I may stop getting silently disheartened when someone serves me pancakes instead of bacon and eggs 😂
You can get it at most decent stores. It's quite a bit more expensive than the fake stuff but tends to be a lot better consistency and taste much better.
Is it maple syrup or a colored and flavored corn syrup?
If I am cooking, French Toast because I can ensure quality. If my wife is cooking, Belgian Waffles because the waffle iron prevents user error. If I am at a restaurant, pancakes because they are always different and very few places make them in a way I dislike.
What if I said ugh to all of them? God those are heavy.
Yeah, all of that makes my 'pre-diabetes' want to turn into actual diabetes
It'll take you straight from pre-diabetes to post-diabetes
Try experiencing happiness once and awhile. You need it
French toast. I've developed a terrible (as in, frighteningly bad for you) and amazing recipe by cranking up the fat content from other recipes and adding a little more spice.
6-8 slices of bread (decently thick Italian bread is what I usually use, but obviously French bread is good for French toast) 4 eggs 4 Tbsp butter ¼ cup half & half 1 Tbsp real maple syrup (don't you dare use fake stuff) 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp vanilla extract ¼ tsp nutmeg
Leave the eggs and butter out so they get to room temperature. If the butter isn't super soft, melt it.
Whisk everything (except the bread) together well. If the ingredients are too cold, the butter will solidify in chunks. It's also a good idea to whisk between batches to keep everything evenly suspended. Dunk the bread slices for good coverage and cook them up on a griddle or pan preheated to medium heat until lightly brown on both sides. Top the finished product with maple syrup or vanilla ice cream. Or both. Schedule a cardiologist visit. Enjoy.
They're all great, but much too heavy for a breakfast. I'll take some yoghurt with a handful of nuts or cereal or dried fruit. Maybe I'll take some pancakes for lunch later.
Spread the yogurt on the waffles, with fruit
Are you mad or are you a genius? Maybe you're both?!
I'm dead serious, give it a try, it's good. I'm Greek yogurt guy personally
I can understand the sentiment, and have trouble eating too much in the morning myself, but really breakfast should be your largest meal. You need those calories while your awake not when your asleep. Weird how that got flipped
French toast assuming good quality.
It’s really hard to fuck up pancakes or waffles
they're all best for breakfast. ill have one of each
Yeah for me it honestly depends on my mood and how they are served.
Pancakes with blueberries in it? Easily my number one pic. Plain pancakes? My bottom pick.
An average day? Waffles are probably more often a go to.
French toast with strawberries? I'm there. Plain French toast vs. plain waffles? Tough pick.
You know what's up. I'd pick banana pancakes over blueberry though most days.
Waffles. Tough and cunchy while also soft and chewy at the same time! Never gets old.
Does chicken & waffles count? What about croque monsieur?
I see you are a connaisseur
Coffee and sandwich
depends on the meat.. bacon for french toast, sausage for pancakes..
Sausage, bacon, eggs, no complex carbs for me.
It brings me pain when people don't engage with the premise of the post but still comment.
What's the deal with shitty breakfast options though? People really hate their lives or what?
You block someone for suggesting your comment follow the prompt?
I guess the guy who replied to you could just downvote, since that is what they're intended for, as opposed to people out here downvoting because someone didn't pick pancakes and they love pancakes.
Same here.
But if I was forced to pick one of the 3 I'd go with waffles every time
Tie between waffles and freedom toast. The tiebreaker would depend on the toppings.
Depends if the pancakes are banana or chocolate chip pancakes or plain.
I'm not nuts about any of these to be honest. I make protein blueberry pancakes once a week as a treat, but regular pancakes have way too much sugar and very little protein.
My favorite breakfast foods are matzoh brei and quiche. I guess I just prefer savory!
French toast, if decent quality. Otherwise, waffles.
If I had to pick one I'd probably go with pancake Beeeeecaaauusseee - they are the pancake-iest. I like waffles, but rarely get a good one at a restaurant. And usually the french toast is soggy and has one molecule of powdered sugar on it (if any).
The best thing I ever ate was a hot french toast casserole I had at a bed and breakfast in Ohio. It was made of very fluffy bread and had glazed pecans and a maple/brown sugar thing going on that was orgasmic. I wish I had that recipe.
Why don’t you just call the B&B and ask them for the recipe?
I’d say it has a decent chance of working
Well it was the lady who owned the B & B who made it, it was almost 10 years ago I doubt she'd remember but I have found a few recipes for it online. I'm just working up the courage to try it because I'm hard on myself when my cooking isn't as good as other people's.
Waffles, but I have celiac so made of blue corn masa. If you haven't tried it, get some! It's amazing with blueberries, plus your house smells like popcorn as it's cooking.
Definitely waffles. My mom got me a waffle maker for my birthday last year now I have Sunday Brunch every weekend.
Waffles, 100%. Just by themselves without anything sugary on them.
Pancakes...but I typically eat "dinner food" for breakfast. For example, I just ate a chicken sandwich for my first meal.
Conversely, I love breakfast for lunch or dinner
Pancakes and it’s not even close!
Hold the honey and add some bacon and I'm in
To me nothing beats good old eggs and bacon and toast and coffee for a satisfying breakfast. Gotta have the meat, ya know. Or ham and eggs if the ham is good and not all fatty and gross.
Country or city?
Country ham and scrambled eggs. Makes a great omelet!
Waffles > pancakes > French toast
None of them.
I choose whipped cream!
Plain Toast and bacon and eggs.
Fuck artificially limited choices.
You don’t understand how games work do you? ;P
None, corn flour with milk and water in the pan, stir it for couple minutes on fire and read to eat!(dont forget the salt) Ad some green cheese or fet for extra flavor.
Its a bit heavy but holds you half day.
What do you call this recipe?
My dod told me but I don't know how to write it, because it's in Albanian and I don't know how to write it. They used to make it many years ago, mostly with water only.
I'm gonna go with ham and cheese on an English muffin.
I know you asked me to choose between the three images, but Anarchy! Fight the power!
AI trash image
I literally make these from scratch in paint.net.
You painted that image of the waffles?
Paint.net is a free image editing software, kinda like photoshop. I found the images of the food online and then constructed the border around it.
So why’d you pick AI waffles over real ones?
Ahhhhh! I totally forgot about Paint.net. I'll be checking that out to make my own shitposts. Thanks for the tip ;)
Ah, I see what you mean. I picked this image because of the aspect ratio and I didn't realize it was AI generated. Not that I think it makes much of a difference
Yeah I know what Paint.net is. Are you really trying to refute what I said by agreeing with it?
No, I didn't understand what you meant initially. I thought you were saying that the entire image was AI generated, not just the waffles.