Comments on: On Being Our Own Weekend Guests http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/on-being-our-own-weekend-guests/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Donna http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/on-being-our-own-weekend-guests/comment-page-1/#comment-999 Donna Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:05:42 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3394#comment-999 I was married a bit later than that, but I think my waffle iron may have been a shower gift too. If I were you, I would have kept the waffle iron and given away the steam iron! I was married a bit later than that, but I think my waffle iron may have been a shower gift too.

If I were you, I would have kept the waffle iron and given away the steam iron!

]]> By: zoogirl http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/on-being-our-own-weekend-guests/comment-page-1/#comment-998 zoogirl Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:59:18 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3394#comment-998 The waffle iron was probably one of the most popular gifts to give a new bride. Everybody got a waffle iron for a shower gift back in the 50s and 60s. They ranked up there with a laundry iron as a must have item for the new bride. My waffle iron is long gone, but I still have a steam iron! The waffle iron was probably one of the most popular gifts to give a new bride. Everybody got a waffle iron for a shower gift back in the 50s and 60s. They ranked up there with a laundry iron as a must have item for the new bride. My waffle iron is long gone, but I still have a steam iron!

]]> By: Donna http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/on-being-our-own-weekend-guests/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Donna Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:24:55 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3394#comment-997 Too bad I couldn't send one to you. Too bad I couldn’t send one to you.

]]> By: Donna http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/on-being-our-own-weekend-guests/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Donna Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:20:50 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3394#comment-996 Ah, the history of the waffle goes way back to ancient Greece where they started out as flat wafers, hence the name waffle, They progressed through the middle ages, were mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, were brought to the U.S. by Pilgrims and were finally produced en masse in the late '30s. You can read the entire tasty story at "Time" magazine's site: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1941724,00.html Ah, the history of the waffle goes way back to ancient Greece where they started out as flat wafers, hence the name waffle, They progressed through the middle ages, were mentioned in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, were brought to the U.S. by Pilgrims and were finally produced en masse in the late ’30s. You can read the entire tasty story at “Time” magazine’s site: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1941724,00.html

]]> By: zoogirl http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/on-being-our-own-weekend-guests/comment-page-1/#comment-995 zoogirl Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:48:37 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3394#comment-995 What a great way to start a weekend. I could almost taste that waffle. What a great way to start a weekend. I could almost taste that waffle.

]]> By: Mike http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/on-being-our-own-weekend-guests/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Mike Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:53:30 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3394#comment-994 I enjoy waffles from time to time but it has always puzzled me on who or when or why the waffle iron was invented? What were they thinking before they tasted a waffle? I don't think the waffle iron was intuitive and I don't think it was particularly easy to make the first waffle iron. Do you have any clues? I enjoy waffles from time to time but it has always puzzled me on who or when or why the waffle iron was invented? What were they thinking before they tasted a waffle? I don’t think the waffle iron was intuitive and I don’t think it was particularly easy to make the first waffle iron. Do you have any clues?

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