When you live in a cold country, you have to seize every chance to celebrate.
Friday dawned very cold and snowy: a perfect day to celebrate spring!
In Sweden, Annunciation Day, also known as Our Lady’s Day, is commonly called Waffle Day.
This is because Our Lady’s Day is ‘Vårfrudagen’ in Swedish.
If you say that very quickly, it sounds like ‘Våffeldagen’, which means Waffle Day.
And Swedes take this very seriously. It’s time to take out the waffle iron
And make the waffle mixture and cook until golden brown.
Each part of the waffle is shaped like a heart and a whole waffle is made up of five small hearts… Waffles must be the food of love, don’t you think?
(The waffle iron does all the work and tells you when the waffles are ready, so there is very little chance of burning them!)
Then comes the fun part – decorating your waffle with fresh fruit and cream.
Bliss!
So next time someone says, “What a load of waffle!” The only response can be: “Yes please!”
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Oh yum!
I actually don’t have a waffle iron :-S
Bad Swede!
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Oh WOW delicious. What a wonderful way to celebrate spring.
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Oh, man! I need a delicious, golden waffle!
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Yum, indeed! I want to move and live near you!
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Yummmmmy shots!!! I had a waffle on Saturday…perhaps I was subconsciously celebrating with you!!!
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I have been thinking about waffles for the past week or so! Yummers! I love them with fruit but love them even more with white sauce (a sweet gravy)!!
These pictures would make a best seller of a cookbook!
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Thanks… as long as I just had to show photos… because my cooking skills really are the worst! 😉
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Waffles and Spring, what a satisfying combination, ladyfi 😉
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They look so delicious but I am surprised you can get strawberries in March. I must be thinking of my childhood in Denmark when you couldn’t get a huge selection of fruit. Times have changed.
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The strawbs came from Spain or somewhere…
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Wow, what beautiful and yummy pictures!
http://mamasgonnashoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/macro-monday_28.html
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Yum Yum! I haven´t made them in a long time, but after seeing yours, I know I will this week. I would love a waffle day here too.
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vaffeldagen vaffeldagen, vaffeldagen…say it 10 times fast and it DOES sound like Waffle Day!! 🙂
Now I want some waffles!!
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delicious photographs.
ummmm! I will whet the appetite.
thank you very much for your comments on my blog. I’m happy you like my photos.
I love your dog. he is very happy.
kisses and hugs
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Boom & I do pancakes with maple syrup. Of course Boom doesn’t have any but he has another treat!! It’s the need of protein to ward off the cold. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
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I’m sure even you, Fi, won’t imagine how long I stared and stared at that first photo. Wishing I could will it to where I sit here in snowy CO. The fruit looks luscious, too. Ah, well …
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What a delicious waffle! You know that Gouda is also famous for its waffles. Actually there are two thin waffles and syrup in between.They are nice but I think yours are even better.
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To show something like this… when I am about to go to bed. That´s not good. 🙂
Maybe I´d bake some tomorrow.
Have a great week lady.
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That looks so delicious that I am now feeling hungry!
Love to hear about other cultures and it is a good way of starting the Spring.
Maggie X
Nuts in May
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· I would like to to try this delight!
· greetings
CR & LMA
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oh i am all for celebrating…especially where waffles are concerned…mmm…i want some now…
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Yummy! This post made me hungry. For waffles. 🙂
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what a delicious entry. you make me crave for waffles now. 🙂
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I’ve been craving a really delicious waffle all week! The marks you see on your screen… I’m sorry. I just had to have a taste. 😉
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They looks so good with the fruit on them.
Fortunately i just ate, if i hadn’t you’d have made me so jealous. lol
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A beautiful sequence. You make me hungry for my favorite carbs!
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Happy Lady’s Day, Lady Fi. Even your pictures of food are suitable for framing. You have taken the celebratory waffle to new heights of yumminess.
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Your waffles look absolutely delicious!
Happy Macro Monday
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It’s almost bedtime here in Seattle and now I’m already longing for breakfast! I do love waffles and particularly with fruit! Yours look SO yummy! A delightful, taste tempting post for the day! I love it — even if I have to go to bed hungry!!
Sylvia
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your waffle is gorgeous! a wonderful way to celebrate spring.
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Amazing macro shots, I pop them straight to mouth. You have tremendous patience to photograph them.
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absolutely yummilicious post!!!
superb photography!!
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Delectable!!!
Here is my Macro Monday
Have a blessed week!
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Unbelievably delicious looking! So much temptation here. 🙂
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The Waffle look mouth watering… The cream and the fruits add to the flavor!!
My Yatra Diary…
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Yes, please! They look yummilicious! I bloghopped my way over here, have a great day!
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the Swedish waffles look so delicious. They make my mouth water! I love traditions and I think it is very important to keep them; especially the waffles!
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Mmmm, those waffles look great Fi. Wish I could be there to share them with you – Dave
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Yummy!!!
We love waffles – the smell of them always takes us back to our years living in Belgium when in the depths of winter, the smell of the waffle van outside the park made a long walk even more enjoyable knowing there was a hot waffle with chocolate sauce at the end of it.
We loved that all the ice-cream men turned their vans into waffle vans for the winter!
You’ve made us want waffles!!
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Your waffles look delicious with the fruit and cream. YUMMY! I wish mine looked as pretty as yours.
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Must get out the waffle iron. If my observance is a little late, well, it was my great-grandfather who was Swedish and sometimes traditions take a while to transmit!
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Yummmy! There’s an annual Scandanavian festival in a little town near where we live in Oregon (the town is called Junction City (Yunction City? OK, sorry ’bout that ;>))….anyway the waffle booths are justifiably popular. Nice to know where the tradition comes from. They sometimes serve them with lingonberries which I had never heard of until we went there the first time. Also there’s a booth or two making aebelskivers. And, oh gosh, I just finished breakfast and my tummy is growling again.
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That looks divine!
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Fantastic set of close-up shots! The second is my favourite.
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Oh, that looks so delicious! Now I’m hungry and I’m also wishing I had a waffle iron!
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Wonderful. I would love it.
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I’m with you..eating my way to spring!
Fantastic photos!
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I remember your waffle day from last year! But this year’s food photography is absolutely gorgeous. Am I sensing a new macro lens….? I have exactly the same waffle iron, but not the same sense of food presentation flair!
Happy Waffle Day! Happy Spring!
x
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Mmmmmmmm! Now I’m hungry! Those look blissful!
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I just bought some crumpets today!
Ah…. maybe I should decorate my crumpets with fresh cream and fruit?! 🙂
Don’t you miss crumpets, scones, etc?
Seriously?!
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I don’t really miss scones, but I do miss crumpets! I always stock up on them when I’m home in the UK.
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Beautiful pictures, it is making me salivate, that cookie should be very rich, hungry …
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Looks delicious. Today dawned cold and snowy here – I wish I’d thought of making a waffle like that! Although I had to get to work, so it’s better for a weekend.
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I guess I’ve been reading your blog for awhile because I remember reading about this wonderful and yummy tradition last year.
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WAFFLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aloha to you
from Honolulu!
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Yes, fresh fruit on Everything! these days. No more winter food!
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Våffeldagen looks like a day I could enjoy celebrating! Delicious photos you have here. Our waffle iron happens to make squares, but I like the fruit and cream!
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What berry is this? The cream hmmmmm!
The Danish had made their waffles famous. you can buy them in New Zealand and Singapore.
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I love the way Swedes have so many days dedicated to dessert items. We had to resort to frozen berries because there were no fresh ones here in bondvischan 🙂
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I could live on waffles.
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Oh my gosh – So yummy!!! These are great!
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YUM, we had waffles the other night, they are yummy! We had strawberry jam and sour cream on them…yum!! But yours look wonderful with all the fresh fruit…will have to try that next time…there are many “waffle” days in a year here in the woods!!! 🙂
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Oh my goodness glory!!! When I was cookin’ a healthy breakfast Saturday all I could think of was how good some Belgium Waffles topped with strawberries would be! Then I sat down and ate my oatmeal.
I just wanted to apologize to ya. I didn’t realize ’til this mornin’ but I was the only one who could view the pics on my last post. Dang Picasa! I posted again usin’ Photobucket so pop on over if ya get a chance!
God bless and have a wonderful day!!! :o)
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I love my waffle iron! And yours makes delicious looking one! YUM, YUM, YUM!
jj
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Oh, I remember that day.;)) Maybe I should start this tradition in Denmark too.;) Your images look delicious.;))
xoxo
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Promise that when I visit you, some day, you will cook those heart shaped waffles for me! They look soooooo good I licked the computer screen!!
What a YUMMY post, Fi!!
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Yes, I will definitely make these delicious waffles for you when we meet!
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the colours alone are gorgeous…
we don’t use our waffle iron nearly as much as we should.
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YUM! E-mail a stack of them to ol’ «Louis», willya?! You’ve made him HUNGRY!
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WoW so many commnets on your blog
I have to scrol a long time to make an reply 🙂
very tasty photos, well done
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I don’t have a waffle iron..but I am impressed with your cooking skills..what a beautiful breakfast..are you sure you didn’t go to a restaurant?:)
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Fun, delicious post!
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Yes, please! Great shots.
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I’ve never seen a waffle look so delectable.
I want one. NOW! xx
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