Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Happy National Waffle Day!!!

yes...our favorite holiday in the world is today! Eat all the waffles you can...carbs / calories don't count.






 * If you're in NYC Wafels & Dinges is at 52nd btw 3rd & Lex!! Follow them on twitter @waffletruck
* If you're at home and feeling SUPER creative make your own - Alton Brown recipe OR just open a box of Eggos...yum.  Hilarious waffle commercial


Little history about National Waffle Day / Waffles in general - 
* August 24th is the anniversary of the first U.S. patent waffle iron.
* Waffle iron was made by Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, NY in 1869
* 1620 pilgrims brought Dutch "wafles" to America
* Late 1800's Thomas Jefferson returned from France with a long handled, patterned waffle iron
* 1953 Eggo Frozen Waffles were sold in supermarkets


chicken & waffles


-S&B

1 comment:

  1. FREE WAFFLES!!

    52 btwn 3 & Lex til 4:30pm. Draw a picture of the truck=free wafel

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