Aussies livid after foodies give credit to Japan for ‘amazing futuristic’ food gadget invented in Australia in 1990: ‘We’ve used this on our pies for years!’
- Aussies weren’t shy to let others know sauce dispenser invention is Australian
- The ‘squeeze-on’ sachets date back to 1990
Outraged Aussies are hitting back at foodies who continuously mistakenly gave credit to Japan for an Australian sauce dispenser invention.
Soy, from Los Angeles, has been eating her way through Japan over the last week and described the country as ‘futuristic’ for the culture’s ‘attention to detail’ when it comes to food.
In a video she praised the sauce dispensers distributed with takeaway food and said, ‘This is how you know Japan is living in the future.’
But little did she know Aussies have been using the same product to carefully squeeze tomato sauce onto pies and sausage rolls without any fuss or mess since 1990.
The ‘squeeze-on’ sachets tear open at the top when squeezed backwards, allowing a small portion of sauce to come out.
Soy (pictured) described Japan as ‘futuristic’ for the country’s takeaway sauce dispensers. But what she didn’t realise is the product is an Aussie invention dating back to 1990
In Australia the ‘squeeze-on’ sachets (pictured) tear open at the top when squeezed backwards, allowing a small portion of sauce to come out – perfect to season a sausage roll or meat pie without the fuss or mess
In the clip, Soy can be seen enjoying three meals on separate occasions – a McDonald’s garden salad, a noodle salad and a hotdog on a stick – and spreads sauce over each dish.
‘Isn’t that crazy? All you have to do is squeeze,’ she says.
But many were quick to point out the Aussie-made invention.
‘That’s actually an Australian invention for our tomorrow sauce on meat pies!!’ one commented.
‘Australia has been doing this s*** for years mate,’ another said, a third added: ‘Excuse me, actually created in Australia.’
‘That’s how we do our sauce here in Australia too,’ a fourth said, but admitted the Japanese seem to have taken the idea to ‘another level’ with dual mustard and tomato sauce dispensers used on hotdogs.
Australians weren’t shy at letting Soy know the original of the invention. ‘That’s actually an Australian invention for our tomorrow sauce on meat pies!!’ one wrote
Others from different parts of the world quickly grew envious of the clever product.
‘Why can’t we have this?’ one woman from New York wrote.
The plastic ‘squeeze-mate’ tomato sauce dispenser was designed by Sanford Redmond in 1990 for Masterfoods.
An original dispenser sits proudly on display at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
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