Sunday morning means Belgian waffles with fresh picked strawberries

[NRaleighLiberal]

then a 3 hour hike in the Pisgah National forest with my wife and 2 dogs...then a day of backyard gardening.

Be safe, well, at peace, and be kind, my fellow DUers

[lark]

1. REAL Belgian waffles that are really soft inside and very crunchy outside?

Having had a real Belgian waffle, the American version is forever dimmed for me. I still like the American kind and those waffles are still an occasional treat at our house, but ahhh the Belgian variety is so amazing. When things calm down (1-1/2-2 years) I want to go out and buy a real cast iron waffle maker and see how much difference that makes.

[CTyankee]

5. When I was traveling in Belgium to see the wonderful art I noticed everyone in the street

in Brussels was eating a waffle in a little paper envelope with powdered sugar. They couldn't all be tourists, like me. I've never seen anything like it anywhere I've traveled.

[lark]

6. Because those things are all small pieces of heaven!

OMG, a Belgian waffle in Brussels, from a street vendor, rolled into a paper cone with whipped cream and strawberries was one of the best things I've eaten in my 68 years - top 3 for sure.

[CTyankee]

7. We felt a little shy since we were the only two people not eating a waffle. It was strange.

There were a couple of Japanese tourists eating them as they passed us so we hastened to a vendor to get them! No whipped cream but powdered sugar which was just right for walking along.

[lark]

8. We stood around in the square and ate them.

We were on a river tour and our guide went stopped in the square and pointed out one of the street vendors with a line and said this is one of the best, go for it. So we learned about Brussels history while standing in the square eating this heavenly treat. We later on stopped and had Belgian fries, which were also very good.

Belgium is a country that really takes it eating seriously. We were there 3 days and had 3 guides and each one of them told us Belgium had the highest rated restaurants in the world.

[CTyankee]

9. Oh, I know. We ate in one on one evening and it was like being in Paris...

The one thing that stood out on that trip was when we went for lunch and my friend started speaking to the wait person in French who told her sternly that she should speak in English or in her (Belgian? Flemish?) language but NOT in French ("You're not French!" she said). It was surprising that she was so plainspoken. We took it into stride and spoke English with her afterwards.

[druidity33]

2. Planted strawberries this morning...

right into my prepped straw bales (thanks for the booklet man). It seems late in the year to me, but we had snow and a frost last week. It was near 80 degrees yesterday though. Weird year already...

[Bayard]

3. The best I could do was strawberry jam on my toast

But I will be working in the garden the rest of the day.

[empedocles]

4. Best strawberries we've had in NOVA in years. Strawberry rhubarb pie homemade

today.