SUGAR WAFERS
Posted by Erik Frey Tue, 21 Dec 2004 04:55:00 GMT
i’m eating some vanilla sugar wafers, and they are hell of such as good, particularly from an architectural standpoint.
first off, they’re sold in large plastic-wrapped bricks, five wafers wide, two deep. the plastic wrapping unseals at either end, making it easy to pull out two at a time, and then eat each stick individually.
but eating a wafer stick whole is a crass and undignified act, as will soon be made evident. let us delve deeper into the structure of the vanilla wafer:
XXXXX
~~~~~
A) XXXXX
~~~~~
XXXXX
the X’s shown above are some kind of finely ground mix of starch and flour that tastes not unlike packing peanuts.
the ~’s represent some sugar-laden, white, goopy substance that i’d rather not spend too much time considering.
by itself, this news may not be very exciting, but look! with a bit of patience, you can pry apart the X layers and enjoy them separately of the creme. it’s not very difficult; you just need to be sure not to break the individual X layers because they are quite brittle. the result is two subtle, crackley layers and one MEGA-SUGAR-CORE layer that can be honestly overpowering if you aren’t ready for it:
A) XXXXX
~~~~~
B) XXXXX
~~~~~
C) XXXXX
you may think you’ve achieved a certain level of wafer-sophistication upon having gotten this far, but the truth is, you’ve only scratched the surface. for behold! the X layers can be further split into a v and a ^ layer. it’s not easy! be prepared for some frustration at this step. the layers are paper thin, and you’ll truly need an exceptional starting wafer to make the magic happen. theoretically, if you separated each layer of the wafer perfectly, you could end up with a “full house”, a full six layers of abstract wafer nirvana:
A) vvvvv
B) ^^^^^
C) ~~~~~
vvvvv
D) ^^^^^
~~~~~
E) vvvvv
F) ^^^^^
i truly don’t know if a full house is possible – the thought makes me shudder.