A Taste of Home

12 Feb 2012 1 Comment

by eloradaphne in Daily Life, Food and Recipes, Italy Tags: Expat, food, Italy, Waffles

When I took my husband to Canada a few years ago, I intruduced him to the all North American brunch. One of the things I made were waffles. Not even the good homemade kind, I made toaster waffles, Eggos. Hubby fell madly in love with waffles and when we returned to Italy he asked me to make him some. But alas, there was not a waffle iron to be found in the country and a very disappointed hubby made do with pancakes and french toast from then on.
Fast forward to last August. I asked hubby what he wanted me to bring him and he said, “Eggos!”. I pondered how on earth I was going to get frozen waffles back through a 20 hour flight for a few days, then one morning, in front of a stack of waffles, I told my mom and stepdad about my dilemma. My stepdad said, “Just bring back a waffle iron.” GENIUS!!
I confess I was embarassed I hadn’t thought of it before, but we immediately went to the nearest store and bought an electric waffle iron. (I already had a transformer in Italy from my previous crock pot purchase).
The day after I landed I made hubby waffles. He loved me even more from that day on I believe.
So, yesterday he sweetly did the groceries for me (I was drowning ina translation from Hell) and I noticed he bought all the intgredients for waffles. I decided to make his wish come true- and enjoyed a taste of home while I was at it!