Analog Aesthetics

This week: Waffles vs. Pancakes

Inspired by heated debate (Aaron, darling, you've already lost!), I've come to realize the war wages on, even over breakfast.

Waffles are digital.
Waffles and pancakes are made in similar ways, using similar ingredients. The main difference? To make a waffle, you need to use a separate device, comprised of raised and unraised surfaces, to imprint a design into your breakfast treat. Pancakes, on the other hand, can have a loose form, traditionally circular (of a sort), but merely as gravity works on the batter when you pour it into the pan to spread it somewhat evenly in all directions. What you are left with is a mostly flat, mostly round pancake, but like snowflakes, no two pancakes are alike. There are an infinite number of possibilites. With waffles, however, your size and form are dictated by the specifics of your waffle iron.

So what have we learned? In the debate of Digital vs. Analog, what breakfast pastry you prefer may just give you away. You can be sure I'll take note.
Get on the mic!