Celebrate International Waffle Day with crisp waffles dipped in chocolate
KRISTI BISSELL
Ture North Kitchen
Mark your calendar: March 25 is International Waffle Day in the Nordic countries.
It is also the date of the Feast of the Annunciation (also known as Our Lady’s Day), which is why waffle day is celebrated on March 25 in the first place. In the Swedish language, Our Lady’s Day (Vårfrudagen) when pronounced sounds a lot like Våffeldagen (Waffle Day). As a wink and a nod to this linguistic similarity, people in Sweden started celebrating Vårfrudagen by eating waffles.
Although Waffle Day originated from an idiosyncrasy in the Swedish language, it is celebrated on March 25 throu
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