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Look at it. Stare at it. Behold the crisp, golden goodness of the waffle. You know you want one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let’s hear it for the humble waffle.<\/p>\n

The delicacy, found on pretty much any street corner in the main tourist areas of Brussels, Antwerp, and Brugge, became a staple of my daily diet during the ten days I spent in Belgium.<\/p>\n

It all started very innocently when I was coming off the disappointment of seeing the Manneken Pis<\/a> for the first time. Just beyond the little peeing boy, two\u00a0\u20ac1 waffle stands, bathed in the dying light of the setting sun, were hawking their wares to the tourist droves that had arrived en masse<\/em> to see the world-famous Manneken.<\/p>\n

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My first waffle in Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was my first day in Belgium and I hadn’t eaten since breakfast. A waffle would do me no harm, I thought.<\/p>\n

I could have opted for the “tourist” waffle, piled high with fruit, syrups, and a towering mound of whipped cream but I decided to go for the less decadent version. Ordering a plain waffle with just a dusting of powdered sugar, I indulged in the sweet treat for which Belgium is so famous.<\/p>\n

Mmmm. Mmmmmmmm<\/em>. Oh, yeah baby. Mama likey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If that had been my only waffle, I think I would have been okay. But it wasn’t. Let’s just say I didn’t stop at\u00a0just one waffle. Or two. Or three or four. Or even five.<\/p>\n

Stop me anytime. No, please.<\/em><\/p>\n

I ate a waffle a day in Belgium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everywhere I went, it seemed, there were waffles to be had. There was the knobby, golden Liege, king of the street waffles, a cheap and quick snack that I’d grab on the go when I felt a bit peckish. The buttery Belgian, not as sweet but much less doughy, which I sampled in an upstairs tea room in Brugge<\/a>. On my last day in Belgium at the famous Dandoy, there was the quiet Brussels, light, crisp, and oh-so-good.<\/p>\n

Each day, I’d seek out the confection with a single-minded devotion and with each new waffle, I’d become riddled with guilt. The voices berated me from inside my head. So unhealthy! What are you doing? Do you want your pants to fit or not?<\/em><\/p>\n

Whatevs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Who the heck buys a waffle off the back of a waffle truck? Me, that’s who!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’d turned into a waffle junkie, at least for the short-term. I knew my time in Belgium was limited and before long, there’d be no more waffles, so enjoyed them while I could. There was the chocolate-drenched confection on the streets of Brugge. The train-station waffle in Antwerp. The waffle-from-a-truck on the streets of Brussels. If there was a waffle to be had, I had it–the waffle had become my weakness.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to give up rituals, even the small, unimportant ones, so when I got back to the States after my trip, I had delusions of attempting to recreate the crisp, golden-gridded treats I’d relished so much in Belgium. I knew I’d never be able to recapture the sensation of munching on a waffle\u00a0in the middle of the day, carefree, on the streets on Belgium but goshdarnit<\/em>, I was going to try.<\/p>\n

I never did. I haven’t had a waffle since.<\/p>\n

And I’m okay with that.<\/p>\n

To tell you the truth, I’m probably all waffled out.\u00a0Maybe one day I’ll dig around the Internet for a proper Belgian waffle recipe, but I’m not there yet. When I do decide to break out the ol’ waffle iron, I don’t know if the taste and aroma will take me back to those devil-may-care days. For now, I’m content to remember how it was and to relish the sweetness of the days I spent discovering a new country and one of its most famous foods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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