National Waffle Day.

 National Waffle Day. 

Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that today is National Waffle Day. You had to inform the great blogging community because they were anxious to know and couldn't hold back their enthusiasm any longer. We had to let the rest of the globe know because in the general scheme of things there had to be some alternative agenda at the moment and besides you can never eat enough waffles when the skies are dark, the rains are falling and the cold draughts of winter demand comfort eating. 

So let this day dedicated to those lovely, sweet waffles commence. Waffles it has to be said are extremely versatile and flexible, always available to those with both sweet teeth and something to give your palate an immediate stimulus, a guilty pleasure whenever the mood takes us. There has to be something about those syrupy breakfast treats that leave us asking for more and more. It looks attractive and utterly appealing, an invitation to some wild land of cholesterol enjoyment. 

In all of its guises waffles are that complex latticework of tiny squares that seem to owe their origin to Belgium, terribly misunderstood and misconstrued, a nation more commonly renowned for its yummy chocolates, Detective Poirot with that twirling moustache and not a great deal else. But waffles do it every time for us particularly if you're looking for a sugary breakfast. 

We all know that breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day but before Covid 19 perhaps a vast majority of the population never really attached a great deal of importance to that first chunk of food in the morning. In what used to be normal times we would get up at dawn, wash and shower in a matter of minutes, throw on the chosen uniforms of the day, stampeding down the stairs, switching on the kettle and then abandoning any thoughts of a proper breakfast. So we grab a rushed piece of plain toast, a frantically consumed cup of tea and then find ourselves racing out of the front door quite possibly hungry and stressed out. 

The conventional patterns of life were, and in some cases still are, observed regularly and without thinking. This is the point when perhaps we ought to be remembering waffles, pancakes, packets of healthy oat bars, snacking on mischievous muffins with tons of sugar in them and biscuits that are supposed to be bad for us but none of us regret eating because they're in a frenetic hurry and they'll miss the bus or train to work. So after all this frantic hyper activity we reach our lunchtime and suddenly recall the waffles we treated our digestive systems to because plain old cereal with jam and toast just doesn't fit the criteria of our days. 

But yes folks today is National Waffle Day when toasts and cereals are just surplus to requirements or just won't do. You're just famished and need a boost to your sagging spirits because the in tray in your office looks like Mount Everest. It's time to whisk together all the necessary ingredients, bring out the fruits of the forest, sprinkle on more sugar and then devour those waffles with all the zest of a Belgian family who have done this for as long as they can remember. Remember it's National Waffle Day and this has to be observed and recognised. Enjoy those waffles.