Swedish waffle day!

 Today is Swedish waffle day! Waffle day is celebrated on March 25, the same day as the Christian holiday of Annunciation (used to be a public holiday). Why we celebrate waffle day today is because Annunciation used to be called Vårfrudagen (Our Lady's Day) in swedish and that sounds like Våffeldagen (waffle day). Våffeldagen also marks the beginning of spring and end of winter.

I learned from wikipedia that we've been eating waffles in sweden at least since the 15th centuary, so you can imagine how many recipes there are. My favourite comes from Vår kokbok, a cookbook that can be found in almost every swedish home. We've got the 19th edition, printed 1996.

Waffles 

100 g melted butter

400 ml milk

10 gram yeast

300 ml flour

Heat the milk until it's 37 degrees C. Mix yeast and half of the milk, then add the flour, then add the rest of the milk. Let it rest in room temperature for about 30 minutes. Mix with the melted butter. 

Bake in the waffle iron.  

Serve golden brown with jam and whipped cream. 

If you want to know more about strange Swedish traditions i can recommend Sweden.se's lifestyle section.