On last weekend's Sunday A ride, led by Jim Swigart, we had 3 people
show up, Jim the leader, myself, and Nick Broskovich. We had an
excellent ride with a tail wind most of the way, and only an
occasional head wind. The weather cooperated as well. It was cold,
but no rain. Too bad most missed it. It was a truely great ride.

While at the deli stop, Nick mentioned he recieved a waffle iron as a
wedding present. I said I had a great waffle recipe, and so instead
of just e-mailing Nick, I thought I would send it out the the entire
group.

I generally don't eat waffles before a ride, but I do eat them on days
I don't ride, and if you ride hard, you can usually justify a few
extra waffles on the day you don't ride.

I make this right in the blender

1.5 cups of milk
2 eggs
4 tablespoons salted butter, melted
2 teaspooning baking powder
Blend till mixed well
1.5 cups flour, blend in slowly, then on high for a few seconds till
well mixed. Don't over mix or waffles will be tough.

Make 8 waffles or 2 batches of 4 for most irons.

Serve with real maple syrup, fancy or grade A. If you need a place to
buy syrup, I can recommend http://www.maplesyrup.net. This syrup is
made in Lake Placid at the South Meadow Farm. Tony, the inn owner,
makes it himself, and his property extends up into the Van Hovenberg
trail system for the Porter Mtn loops and the East Mountain trails.
If you have ever skied those, then you have passed the trees where
this maple syrup came from.

If you want to get fancy, add chopped walnuts, blueberrys, or other
type things on top of the batter after you pour it into the iron, but
before you close the lid. Make sure want you add is chopped fairly
small so it does not interfere with the closing of the lid.

Bruce