Every weekend, at just about every Bunnings Warehouse location around Australia, you'll find the iconic Sausage Sizzle
If you're an Aussie then you've probably bought a banga sanga (sausage sandwich) from a stall outside the entrance of a Bunnings Hardware store.
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
In fact, many of us have gone to Bunnings on a weekend just to buy a snag, on a slice of un-buttered white bread, complete with fried onions and lathered in tomato or barbecue sauce. Some of you wouldn't even have entered the store to buy hardware! Hey, but who cares! The sanga's are great!
Banga Sanga, snag sanga or sausage sandwich
So what is a Sausage Sizzle?
The sausage sizzle is a community event common across Australia and New Zealand. The term came into common use in the 1980s and is used to describe both the typical barbecuing technique and the nature of the event itself. The primary element of a sausage sizzle is the preparation and sale of barbecued sausages, typically with some form of bread and often accompanied by sauces or other barbecued items such as sliced onion.
A good ol' Aussie Sausage Sizzle
Most commonly, the main sale item at a sausage sizzle is a cheap pork or beef sausage (known in Australia as a "snag"), cooked on a gas hot plate and served on a single slice of white bread. Tomato sauce is the most common accompaniment, and is usually available for no extra cost, though other condiments such as barbecue sauce and mustard are regularly available. Onions cooked on the hot plate are often available, for free or at extra cost, and occasionally coleslaw or other salad items are offered.
Fang a banga sanga
Some sausage sizzles also offer the option of a white bread roll as an alternative to sliced bread. Vegetarian or gluten free options are infrequently available, but often sold at events with more extensive menus including hamburgers or complete meals. Soft drink cans or bottled water may also be available for purchase, so as to maximise fundraising.
Sausage sizzles are generally held either as free community events or as fundraisers for charities, schools, sports clubs and other organisations. As such, ingredients and equipment are cheaply purchased or donated by suppliers. Fundraising sausage sizzles have become particularly associated with elections in Australia and the hardware chain Bunnings Warehouse.
Fundraising
The Bunnings Sausage Sizzle is a popular fundraiser for schools and community groups because they’re low cost to set up, easy to organise and fairly straightforward to run. But there are sausage sizzles and then there are Bunnings sausage sizzles, where the concept is turned up to satisfy a captive audience of hungry do-it-yourself-ers.
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle stall in full swing!
Anyone who’s visited a Bunnings on a weekend has no doubt seen a community group out the front manning the sausage sizzle. As far as venues go for a sausage sizzle, the high volume of foot traffic can easily lead to a high turnover of snags, drinks and dollars raised.
However, the phenomenon that is the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle BBQ fundraiser sausage sizzles is also highly sought after by community groups and can book out months in advance. Jessica from NSW says her local Bunnings has a three-year waiting list, however for Suzanne in Grafton the wait is more likely measured in weeks than months.
From the Bunnings web site...
Bunnings sausage sizzles and cake stalls are enjoyed by thousands of Bunnings customers every week. These are valuable fundraising opportunities for local community groups, and all of the funds raised go straight to the community group conducting the fundraiser. Bunnings sausage sizzles are extremely popular and are typically booked out up to six months in advance.
Our stores also provide community groups with the opportunity to host an awareness table in the foyer, which allows groups to talk to customers about their cause and fundraise.
The Vegans are revolting!
VEGANS are petitioning Bunnings to shake up their iconic weekend sausage sizzle by offering vegetarian fare. With Australia storming ahead to be the third-fastest growing vegan market in the world, it might just happen.
Concerned sausage consumer, Dean Maher has launched a petition on Change.org pleading for Bunnings Warehouse to introduce a non-meat option for its legendary snag stand and has already gathered over 7,500 supporters. Maher says,
“After recent publicity regarding vegan sausages being offered at Bunnings sausage sizzles we’d like to petition for this to become a permanent option at ALL Bunnings sausage sizzles.
“For long enough the vegans of Australia have had to simply walk past the iconic sausage sizzle and dream of being a part of this great Australian tradition. After finally getting a taste of what it’s like to be involved, we like it, we like it a lot!
“It’s 2017. Not only are vegan sausages delicious but they are healthier, have a much smaller environmental footprint and no innocent animal had to suffer! It’s a win win.”
Could Vegan Sausages soon be on the Bunnings barbies?
Earlier this month, a Bunnings store in Victoria faced the wrath of disappointed tradies and DIY-ers when a cat rescue service sold vegan snags.
The Cheltenham Cat Rescue group was behind the faux-meat sausages, with group founder Natasha Reus saying some people threw a tantrum, but 550 people bought the alternative sausage and loved it.
“We explained we were an animal rescue group so couldn’t sell animals to eat, so people had to think about that.”
Unfazed by the criticism, Ms Reus said “at least we’ve got people talking about the issue.”
Suzy Spoon from Suzy Spoon’s Vegetarian Butchery in St Peters says people eat enough meat in their diet.
“Our vegan sausages are good for you and are delicious. Besides the thing is that these fundraisers are there to raise money for great causes like kids sports groups, surely the more sausages they sell the better?”
Suzy Spoon from Suzy Spoon’s Vegetarian Butcher says vegan sausages are good for you.
A different kind of wedding reception
A COUPLE has just had the most Australian wedding ever, rounding the event off with a visit to a Bunnings sausage sizzle.
Jordan and Chantelle Wilson, from Sydney, celebrated tying the knot by heading straight to Bunnings Belrose for a traditional treat. Mr Wilson told Daily Mail Australia...
“We got there and went straight to the snags. No side salad, just straight to the Bunnings stand,”
“We did not even walk inside, but they were all happy to see us, all having a laugh. A staff member came out to take photos with us and the missus got her face painted...
CChantelle Wilson gets her face painted during the trip to Bunnings.
Picture: Facebook
“They asked if she wanted onions and she said I do. It was the best. And they say Australians aren’t cultured!”
Facebook photos of the happy couple have now gone viral, with one showing a staff member giving the pair a free carpet cleaner.
“Out of nowhere some long-haired dude came from inside and gave a present from inside, a carpet cleaner,’ Mr Wilson said.
The couple get a free carpet cleaner from a Bunnings staff member.
Picture: Facebook
“We couldn’t believe it, we needed one, my missus was about to hire one!”
Mr Wilson ended up calling the Bunnings sausage sizzle...
“the backbone of the Australian culture”.
Greggo from Greg's Kitchen gives the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle a go!
Read the full article
If you're an Aussie then you've probably bought a banga sanga (sausage sandwich) from a stall outside the entrance of a Bunnings Hardware store.
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
In fact, many of us have gone to Bunnings on a weekend just to buy a snag, on a slice of un-buttered white bread, complete with fried onions and lathered in tomato or barbecue sauce. Some of you wouldn't even have entered the store to buy hardware! Hey, but who cares! The sanga's are great!
Banga Sanga, snag sanga or sausage sandwich
So what is a Sausage Sizzle?
The sausage sizzle is a community event common across Australia and New Zealand. The term came into common use in the 1980s and is used to describe both the typical barbecuing technique and the nature of the event itself. The primary element of a sausage sizzle is the preparation and sale of barbecued sausages, typically with some form of bread and often accompanied by sauces or other barbecued items such as sliced onion.
A good ol' Aussie Sausage Sizzle
Most commonly, the main sale item at a sausage sizzle is a cheap pork or beef sausage (known in Australia as a "snag"), cooked on a gas hot plate and served on a single slice of white bread. Tomato sauce is the most common accompaniment, and is usually available for no extra cost, though other condiments such as barbecue sauce and mustard are regularly available. Onions cooked on the hot plate are often available, for free or at extra cost, and occasionally coleslaw or other salad items are offered.
Fang a banga sanga
Some sausage sizzles also offer the option of a white bread roll as an alternative to sliced bread. Vegetarian or gluten free options are infrequently available, but often sold at events with more extensive menus including hamburgers or complete meals. Soft drink cans or bottled water may also be available for purchase, so as to maximise fundraising.
Sausage sizzles are generally held either as free community events or as fundraisers for charities, schools, sports clubs and other organisations. As such, ingredients and equipment are cheaply purchased or donated by suppliers. Fundraising sausage sizzles have become particularly associated with elections in Australia and the hardware chain Bunnings Warehouse.
Fundraising
For many Australians, a Bunnings sausage sizzle is an institution, a reminder of being dragged to the hardware store on a Saturday morning by your partner or parents.
Others see the tradition as a way to raise funds for local sports clubs or community groups.
The Bunnings Sausage Sizzle is a popular fundraiser for schools and community groups because they’re low cost to set up, easy to organise and fairly straightforward to run. But there are sausage sizzles and then there are Bunnings sausage sizzles, where the concept is turned up to satisfy a captive audience of hungry do-it-yourself-ers.
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle stall in full swing!
Anyone who’s visited a Bunnings on a weekend has no doubt seen a community group out the front manning the sausage sizzle. As far as venues go for a sausage sizzle, the high volume of foot traffic can easily lead to a high turnover of snags, drinks and dollars raised.
However, the phenomenon that is the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle BBQ fundraiser sausage sizzles is also highly sought after by community groups and can book out months in advance. Jessica from NSW says her local Bunnings has a three-year waiting list, however for Suzanne in Grafton the wait is more likely measured in weeks than months.
From the Bunnings web site...
Bunnings sausage sizzles and cake stalls are enjoyed by thousands of Bunnings customers every week. These are valuable fundraising opportunities for local community groups, and all of the funds raised go straight to the community group conducting the fundraiser. Bunnings sausage sizzles are extremely popular and are typically booked out up to six months in advance.
Our stores also provide community groups with the opportunity to host an awareness table in the foyer, which allows groups to talk to customers about their cause and fundraise.
The Vegans are revolting!
VEGANS are petitioning Bunnings to shake up their iconic weekend sausage sizzle by offering vegetarian fare. With Australia storming ahead to be the third-fastest growing vegan market in the world, it might just happen.
Concerned sausage consumer, Dean Maher has launched a petition on Change.org pleading for Bunnings Warehouse to introduce a non-meat option for its legendary snag stand and has already gathered over 7,500 supporters. Maher says,
“After recent publicity regarding vegan sausages being offered at Bunnings sausage sizzles we’d like to petition for this to become a permanent option at ALL Bunnings sausage sizzles.
“For long enough the vegans of Australia have had to simply walk past the iconic sausage sizzle and dream of being a part of this great Australian tradition. After finally getting a taste of what it’s like to be involved, we like it, we like it a lot!
“It’s 2017. Not only are vegan sausages delicious but they are healthier, have a much smaller environmental footprint and no innocent animal had to suffer! It’s a win win.”
Could Vegan Sausages soon be on the Bunnings barbies?
Earlier this month, a Bunnings store in Victoria faced the wrath of disappointed tradies and DIY-ers when a cat rescue service sold vegan snags.
The Cheltenham Cat Rescue group was behind the faux-meat sausages, with group founder Natasha Reus saying some people threw a tantrum, but 550 people bought the alternative sausage and loved it.
“We explained we were an animal rescue group so couldn’t sell animals to eat, so people had to think about that.”
Unfazed by the criticism, Ms Reus said “at least we’ve got people talking about the issue.”
Suzy Spoon from Suzy Spoon’s Vegetarian Butchery in St Peters says people eat enough meat in their diet.
“Our vegan sausages are good for you and are delicious. Besides the thing is that these fundraisers are there to raise money for great causes like kids sports groups, surely the more sausages they sell the better?”
Suzy Spoon from Suzy Spoon’s Vegetarian Butcher says vegan sausages are good for you.
A different kind of wedding reception
A COUPLE has just had the most Australian wedding ever, rounding the event off with a visit to a Bunnings sausage sizzle.
Jordan and Chantelle Wilson, from Sydney, celebrated tying the knot by heading straight to Bunnings Belrose for a traditional treat. Mr Wilson told Daily Mail Australia...
“We got there and went straight to the snags. No side salad, just straight to the Bunnings stand,”
“We did not even walk inside, but they were all happy to see us, all having a laugh. A staff member came out to take photos with us and the missus got her face painted...
CChantelle Wilson gets her face painted during the trip to Bunnings.
Picture: Facebook
“They asked if she wanted onions and she said I do. It was the best. And they say Australians aren’t cultured!”
Facebook photos of the happy couple have now gone viral, with one showing a staff member giving the pair a free carpet cleaner.
“Out of nowhere some long-haired dude came from inside and gave a present from inside, a carpet cleaner,’ Mr Wilson said.
The couple get a free carpet cleaner from a Bunnings staff member.
Picture: Facebook
“We couldn’t believe it, we needed one, my missus was about to hire one!”
Mr Wilson ended up calling the Bunnings sausage sizzle...
“the backbone of the Australian culture”.
Greggo from Greg's Kitchen gives the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle a go!
Sources:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/about-us/in-our-community
www.fundraisingdirectory.com.au/bunnings-fundraising-sausage-sizzles/
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