“August 24 is National Waffle Day. Pass the syrup! We'll welcome any occasion to indulge in this iconic international treat. With so many varieties “…
[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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