timeless debate

Buckwheat banana blueberry flax waffles slathered with butter, agave nectar, and blackberry jelly. That is a smell I will gladly wake up to.

(I like the first meal of the day because I'm always truly hungry. Food tastes so much better and feels so much more satisfying that way. Other times I feel I eat more out of habit - because I feel I should, or because it's just that time of day. Additionally, I can't stand it when you are surrounded with delicious looking/tasting food and you're sincerely not hungry. But you end up eating anyway. And no matter how tasty it is it still makes you feel sick to your stomach in the end. I guess that's where self-discipline comes in. Anyways.)

Pancakes vs. waffles
Personally, I love both and they each have their time and place. However, if I'm cooking, waffles win hands down. Making waffles is just easier. Yes, easier does not always equal better, but pancakes can be an arduous task for early mornings when you're very hungry. As the pancake chef, you either have to wait until you have cooked all the pancakes to finally eat, or you have to sneak in quick bites while you flip and pour. For the most part, I personally like to eat sitting down, with the leisure of focusing on my food and my company. Running back and forth to the smell of burning pancakes is not quite as idyllic. So that's why I lean more towards waffles - they might not have the deliciously dense, cakey texture and flavor that I love so much about pancakes, but I can forgive them for that. There is something nice about the more uniform, gridded shapes and how the syrup can collect in all the little pockets - evenly distributing the flavors. Waffle irons also take the guesswork out of cooking times, which can be very nice when you want breakfast without too many surprises. All in all, I'm just glad that both mediums do very well with lots of miscellaneous fruit and tidbits thrown in.