Waffles and Eck-spargis (Asparagus)

Dinner was weird tonight... We didn't want a usual dinner, so I made waffles. The Joy of Cooking suggests making waffles with bacon. So I did:

Sift together

1-3/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour,
2 teaspoons baking powder,
1/2 teaspoons salt, and
1 tablespoon sugar.

In a separate bowl, beat

3 eggs,
3 tablespoons oil, and
1-1/2 cups soymilk.

Mix the wet and dry items together. Add to the batter

5 slices of fake bacon (diced).

Ladle roughly 1/2 cup amounts into a hot waffle iron.

So that was the waffles. But the amusing part was the asparagus. Bring some salted water to boil. Add

about 16 white asparagus spears

to the boiling water, cover, and cook for 10-12 minutes. While this is cooking, mix

2 tablespoons whole wheat flour,
and enough olive oil to make a thick paste.

Heat briefly, and add

1-1/2 cups soy milk,
salt to taste,
2 tablespoons coarse dijon mustard, and
1 minced sprig of parsley.

Cook over very low heat until thickened. Once the asparagus is cooked, drain it and pour the sauce over it.

This meal was surprising in two ways. First, Edwin usually doesn't like waffles, but he was OK with these. However, the big surprise was the asparagus. Edwin really, really liked the asparagus, and tried to eat it as fast as he could stuff it into his mouth! He calls it "eck-spargis"...