OK, so as part of my grandmother's "estate" I inherited a waffle iron (rather an old one, I'd say mid-60's.). I've never owned one before and would like to try it out, but there's no manual with it so there's some basics I'm wondering about:
How often do you grease it? Before every "waffle session"? Before every waffle? Or is it like a wok, where [in theory, anyway] you need to only do an initial greasing? How do you know when you need to grease it?
And how do you know it's preheated enough to put the batter in? When the light goes on? When the light goes off? When smoke comes out of it? When the kitchen actually catches fire?
I'm starting to sound like one of those letters that Gilda Radner used to read on Saturday Night Live when she was doing Roseanne Rosanna Danna and she'd end up saying "You sure ask a lot of questions for someone from New Jersey". But any help or tips in this area would be much appreciated.
How often do you grease it? Before every "waffle session"? Before every waffle? Or is it like a wok, where [in theory, anyway] you need to only do an initial greasing? How do you know when you need to grease it?
And how do you know it's preheated enough to put the batter in? When the light goes on? When the light goes off? When smoke comes out of it? When the kitchen actually catches fire?
I'm starting to sound like one of those letters that Gilda Radner used to read on Saturday Night Live when she was doing Roseanne Rosanna Danna and she'd end up saying "You sure ask a lot of questions for someone from New Jersey". But any help or tips in this area would be much appreciated.