Qeustion For Kris, about sweden |
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Jun 13 2007, 06:51 AM
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I'm not Kris, but I'm swedish... and we DO have a waffle day, but it's not a holiday. We still have to work and stuff, but we do get a great excuse to eat waffles! Not that I usually need an excuse for that...
 The funny thing is that originally it's basically just a misunderstanding due to some dialects. It's celebrated on march 25, which is the feast of Annunciation (or Lady Day, wikipedia link), but in swedish the original word for this celebration is "Vårfrudagen" which is quite close to "Våffeldagen" (Waffle Day). In time (around the 17th century) this became the same thing in some dialects, and of course people where real quick to pick this up as an excuse to eat waffles  Also, please note that scandinavian waffles aren't exactly the same as the waffles that are more common internationally (which are the Belgian ones, if I'm not mistaken). Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffles So that's the story... to summarize: come to sweden on march 25, and you'll get to eat lots of waffles! 
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Guitarman700 Qeustion For Kris Jun 12 2007, 11:53 PM
Ryan hahaha Jun 13 2007, 12:17 AM Guitarman700 I'm completely serious, its September 25, i th... Jun 13 2007, 02:54 AM Ryan i dont doubt you dude..but lol its just kinda funn... Jun 13 2007, 05:28 AM Kristofer Dahl A waffle-day per year??
No way - everyday is waff... Jun 13 2007, 09:22 AM Guitarman700 As If i needed ANOTHER reason to move there! Jun 13 2007, 10:36 AM
Kristofer Dahl QUOTE (Guitarman700 @ Jun 13 2007, 11:36 ... Jun 13 2007, 11:11 AM fkalich My waffle maker. As you see, great reviews, not e... Jun 13 2007, 11:48 AM Kristofer Dahl QUOTE (fkalich @ Jun 13 2007, 12:48 PM) I... Jun 17 2007, 10:12 AM
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Henrik Skotth QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jun 13 2007, 12:1... Jun 13 2007, 12:03 PM Kaneda QUOTE (Henrik Skotth @ Jun 13 2007, 01:03... Jun 13 2007, 12:20 PM Henrik Skotth QUOTE (Kaneda @ Jun 13 2007, 01:20 PM) Ye... Jun 13 2007, 04:20 PM
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Mark Schiewe Guys stop, your making me hungery Jun 13 2007, 05:16 PM The Uncreator Belgium is probably the best place for waffles, an... Jun 13 2007, 10:59 PM mattacuk FOOD!!! I love pancake day myself ... Jun 14 2007, 05:02 PM AdamWest QUOTE (mattacuk @ Jun 15 2007, 02:02 AM) ... Jun 17 2007, 08:29 AM The Uncreator Looking for some advide on what to eat! Jun 17 2007, 05:08 PM
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