Americans eat it in a bacon and sheep syrup version
Incredibly, even the ancient Greeks made waffles. Of course, it had nothing to do with the shape of waffles we know today, but it was a kind of large, round, flat pastry that soldiers would bake on their shields. Basically, waffles are more commonly known as a Belgian invention. Belgian pastry chefs made the first waffles from leftover pastry from other sweets, baking the pastry between ribbed iron sheets and drizzling honey over the pattern of the iron sheets. And why waffles? The word means "honeycomb", and the pattern on the waffle iron is very similar to that of beehives.
The Brussels version made its way to America, of course, debuting as a breakfast treat at the 1964 New York World's Fair. What makes it special is that the American version is still known as the maple syrup and bacon version, while the classic Belgian version is still more of a chocolate, meringue and bean version. At the same time, there is another popular type of waffle in the Netherlands, the Dutch stroopwaffle, which is a packet version of the waffle available on the shelves of shops, consisting of thin sheets of honey and no baking required.
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