Did I mention I was busy? Yes I did. That means it’s time for “Viewer Mail” (now known as the “CBS Mailbag“, and I should probably call it “Reader Mail”). Lots of people wrote in about waffles. Apparently lots of people love waffles. Reader Rash wrote in to say that deliberately denting pancakes seems like an implausible origin and referred me to this waffle page which says: “According to an old Betty Crocker cookbook, ‘a crusader wearing his armor, accidentally sat in some freshly baked oat cakes, flattening them and leaving deep imprints of the steel links.'” It is a more romantic story. I actually thought it was less plausible than the deliberate denting, which I could see myself doing to get my syrup to stay on top. Vera wrote to let me know about stroopwafels, which she is quite fond of. I don’t need to quote her yummy thoughts here since you can read them yourself at Your Pocket Guide to Sweetness and Light (that issue isn’t archived yet, so if it’s gone, check her archive page). And jp of the recently resurrected dumbmonkey wrote in with this food history waffle link. It quotes the respected Larousse Gastronomique which says that the Ancient Greeks cooked flat cakes between two hot metal plates. This cooking method resulted in waffles when a 13th century craftsman forged plates in a honeycomb pattern. And that’s Viewer Mail for now. Time for me to get a lovely beverage.