1949 Jaffle craze hits Australia
That Aussie icon, the jaffle iron, has a shorter history than you may think. It was invented in 1949 and was a coveted household item in the early 1950s. The original Jaffle brand jaffle iron was designed and patented by Dr Earnest Smithers of Bondi. So it’s all-Australian. He also invented the name – perhaps because it sounded a bit like waffle?
The world new that all the scrap steel that they were selling to Japan in the 1930's was going into ship's, sub's and bombs........but we kept selling it to them.
Now....you can hardly find anything that is not made in China. We are pouring $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ into them and we all know what they are doing.