August 24 is National Waffle Day…. International Waffle Day is on March 25th.. and Waffle IRON Day is July 29th ..

Pass the syrup either way! We'll welcome any occasion to not only enjoy but also LEARN some fascinating little known AMERICAN around this otherwise Dutch / Belgian ‘quick bread’ import…

[TFG Truth be told — which you’ll never find in one of those generic food holiday websites — there would be no national waffle day in here in America without all the African American cooks over the centuries who made more waffles nationwide than another other American ethnic or “immigrant” group including the Dutch who introduced the waffle and the waffle maker to the world…

From the very beginning, whether in the Dutch settled Northeast (New York, NJ, parts of PA, etc.) or throughout the plantation south (VA, MD, et al) it was the African American cooks who wielded the heavy wrought iron devices over the hot coals of hearth fire ovens ….

Waffle irons were found only in wealthy European-heritage homes who had servants (soft synonym for enslaved individuals) in early America…

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