A day for sauces

Today, and November 7th annually, is "Sauce Day" ソースの日 in Japan. This anniversary was established by the Japan Sauce Manufacturers Association. The purpose of the anniversary is to let people know that sauce is not just about "pouring", but also there are various ways you can use sauces, such as "baking", "boiling", and / or as a "secret ingredient". 

The date is a reference to the founding date of the Japan Sauce Industry Association, which was established on this day in 1947. But it is also a reference to the nutritional figures of some sauces. For example, Worcestershire sauce is said to have 117 kilocalories per 100 grams. And 117 is the way the date November 7th is written in figures in Japan.

I love that Japan has a huge range of sauces. And as we touched on in the Q&A section of City-cost before (question about what's in our fridges), many of us have sauces in our fridges in Japan, that we didn't have in our fridges in our home country before we moved to Japan.