Waffling: Celebrate it

I’ve been put on probation for failing to mention (not realizing, actually) that yesterday was National Waffle Day in America. However, International Waffle Day, which originated in Sweden, is celebrated on March 25 – exactly nine months before Christmas. The Swedes mark the beginning of spring, which is usually a time for women to stop doing wintry things like wood chopping and knitting and focus on delightful spring things, like making waffles. Don’t ask me why they equate spring with waffles. I’m shamelessly cribbing all this from the Mr. Breakfast website. The Americans celebrate National Waffle Day on August 24 – coincidentally the birthday of Roger De Vlaeminck and me – because it’s the day Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York, received his patent for a “device to bake waffles” in 1869.

(Many thanks to my old Guangzhou riding buddy Malcolm for pointing this out.)