Smoothies and Shakes

Late winter sun in Princes Street.
Location
Edinburgh
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Canon EOS 630 Canon EF 85mm f1.8
Film & Developer
Ilford FP4 Ilfosol 3
Paper & Developer
Ilford MGFB Glossy 8x10 Ilford PQ Universal Selenium toner
Lens Filter
Yellow
Sneaky shooting—if you put the sun over your shoulder no one can see you. The shadows in the reflection remind us that old Edinburgh is still there, too, despite the incursion of un-Scottish things like toasties and smoothies and Norwegian waffles. (I’ll say it again: you should assemble a collection of your Edinburgh photographs—it’s wonderful portraiture of the city.)
 
I thought I was fairly knowledgable about the world's cuisines, but tell me, what makes a waffle Norwegian?
 
Mystique. It’s the same thing that makes a Belgian waffle Belgian. You can’t see it or taste it, but knowing it’s in there makes all the difference.
 
Google to the rescue: "Also called valfer, Norwegian waffles are made using a special iron (often sold as a Heart Shape Iron in the US). Unlike the big, crispy waffles that we're used to in America, Nordic waffles are much softer and thinner." Sorry if that's America-centric. But the essence is in the last clause.
 
Thanks Tel: Yes the old Edinburgh is still there. Edinburgh these days is very cosmopolitan, like most cities these days I guess. I have so many negs and prints of Edinburgh taken over the past 25 years I wouldn't know where to start. I need an editor.
 
Ken I've tasted American waffles but never Nordic waffles.
 

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