Waffle Day is a tradition that is celebrated in Sweden, and to a lesser extent elsewhere, on March 25. Waffles are usually eaten on this day. The name comes from Vårfrudagen (“Our Lady’s Day“), which in vernacular Swedish sounds almost like Våffeldagen (waffle day).
Our Lady’s Day is celebrated on March 25 (nine months before Christmas), the Christian holiday of Annunciation. It is the day that the Virgin Mary found out that she was to be Jesus’ mother. The Archangel Gabriel told her this. We believe that Jesus was not born in December due to a number of factors like how the shepherds were herding their flock, and that there was no mention of Hanukkah, which had been practiced for about 150 years or so. Until the actual day is determined we err on the day as being December 25 as Jesus’ birthday, and the Immaculate Conception on March 25th.
Here is the American Swedish Institute’s Recipe for some great waffles.
Try our recipe to make your waffles extra crispy and delicious. Serve with jam in lightly whipped cream.
Recipe for Waffles
- 1.25 cups cold water
- 1.5 cups flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 cups of whipping cream
- butter for the waffle iron
- whipping cream
- jam
Mix water, flour and salt until smooth. Whip cream until stiff and fold together with batter. Bake with butter in a waffle iron at full power and put them on a grid to cool. If you don’t have a waffle iron or sandwich press, cook them as you would pancakes. Beat the cream and place on waffles with raspberry, strawberry or cloudberry jam.
Wikipedia was used and the St Cloud Times (SC Times) websites for this article. I noticed that the American Swedish Institute has dropped coverage of Varfrudagen (and thus our original link to them went to a deadlink) and doesn’t even mention Easter on their events calendar. Wondering if they’ve gone secular and have cancelled Christianity. I am half Swedish and I enjoy this holiday. If you are challenged and mixing together the above recipe, I recommend the Krusteauz Waffle Mix. Just follow the directions on the box. You’ll need eggs, and some sort of vegetable oil, I use light tasting olive oil. I also use Hamel Real Maple Syrup made in Hamel MN. ~~ Publius Jr.