Waffle Day began in Sweden as Våffeldagen, actually due to confusion between the Swedish “vårfrudagen” meaning “Our Lady’s Day” which falls on the same date. The day historically marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated by the eating of many waffles.
- The alternative Waffle Day (on August 24th) began in the USA and honors the anniversary of the patenting of the first US waffle iron invented by Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York and is celebrated on 24th August.
- International Waffle day originated in Sweden.
- Vårfrudagen, a Swedish name for “Our Lady’s Day” sounds (in Swedish) like Våffel-dagen (waffle day).
- Waffles are descended from the flat cakes baked in ancient Greece. These cakes were prepared with cheese and herbs and cooked between two metal plates.
- The waffles we know today first appeared in the Middle Ages.
- A waffle is a leavened batter or dough cooked between two metal plates of a waffle iron until it is golden-brown.
- The verb waffle means to be indecisive and it comes from a Scottish term “waff” that means “to yelp like a puppy.” The noun waffle, meaning the excellent gridded breakfast food, comes from the Old German wefan, which meant to weave something into the shape of a honeycomb.
- Thomas Jefferson’s Belgian cook brought one of the first waffle irons to the US.
- The word “waffle” is from the Dutch, meaning “wafer”.
- Eggo Waffles were first brought into supermarket freezer sections in 1953.
- Parry Gripp created a song called “Do You Like Waffles” because of his love of waffles.
- The birth of the waffle dates back to the middle ages, where they were cooked over a fire using two metal plates with wooden handles. The plates back then often had the grid pattern we know today, but some waffles had fancier designs, like a coat of arms.
- The patent for the waffle iron was submitted by Cornelius Swarthout in 1869.
- The word “waffle” first appears in the English language in 1725.
- The World’s Record for the largest waffle weighs 110 lb 3.68 oz and was created by Stichting Gouda Oogst (Netherlands) in Nieuwe Markt, Gouda, Netherlands, on 29 June 2013. The waffle had a diameter of 8 ft 1.24 in.
- Patrick Bertoletti holds ate 29 Waffles in ten minutes in 2007, beating fellow eating champion, Joey Chestnut in the World Waffle Eating Championships.
- Waffles inspired Nike’s first pair of sneakers.
- The founders of Eggo Waffles were original mayonnaise moguls.
- A shortage of cups and a surplus of waffles inspired the ice cream cone.
- Arguably the most famous waffle outlet in the United States is the Southern chain Waffle House. Since opening 60 years ago (as of 2015), they’ve served just over 877 million waffles, which works out to about 145 each minute.
- Belgian Waffles were first known as “Brussels” Waffles and was invented in 1839.
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