Awful Waffles...

Our first glimpse of tall, handsome white-haired Don and Alice, was at The Church of the Pacific, a friendly gathering of Hawaiians and Houlies (anyone outside of Hawaii) in a room above the shopping center in Princeville. They were singing in the choir. Six women and two men. They were already friends of Herb and Ruth, and knew we were guests at the B&B as the winners of the Grand Prize. They welcomed us warmly.

Next time we saw them, was when Don brought Herb a bagful of the biggest grapefruit I had ever seen... grown on the property where he and Alice live, down on Anini Beach.

Then, one Sunday afternoon in 1993 Bob and I drove down to see Anini Beach. The brochures and maps all explain that Anini Beach was once Wanini Beach, but the wind blew the "W" away, and no one ever replaced it. It is a gorgeous long beach, protected by a reef. We waded in the warm water and strolled past huge mansions, and a gorgeous white house with a long porch wrapped around it. And there was Alice on the porch. She waved and called us to come in.

She and Don were from Idaho, and were live-in caretakers for this lovely residence, for the owner who lives in Japan. They gave us a tour of the house. It had a Japanese-style suite attached to the end of the house, where the owner's guests could eat at a low table, and sleep Japanese-style on futons. One of Alice's duties was to take out the dozens of futons and quilts and air them regularly in the sunshine.

Alice invited us to stay for Sunday night supper. She was going to make "Awful Waffles." This was a Sunday night tradition in her home when she was raising her three kids.

Start out by making the waffle batter, then frying some bacon, and getting eggs ready to scramble. She had me put all the waffle toppings on the gorgeous dining room table with the marble top, and with an amazing chandelier from Italy. Oh, my!

When it was time to eat, we were instructed to "keep passing" until all of us had been served the toppings in the right order!

Here's the right order for Awful Waffles:

Butter the hot waffle.
Spread chunky peanut butter on next.
Then pour over it some real maple syrup.
Spoon on some raspberry jam, (or strawberry-rhubarb jam if you're lucky enough to have some of Alice's).
Add a huge dollop of whipped topping.
Pour chocolate syrup over this.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Serve with bacon and scrambled eggs.

Perhaps the name describes how you feel some time after having indulged in this decadent concoction. (The photo is recent...we didn't have all of the toppings. Next time!)