Sausage Sizzle

So I learned something new this week that has made me love this country even more than I already do.

Saturday marked election day here in Australia.  Yeah sure, new members of the Senate and the House of Representatives were elected which is important and all but that pales in comparison to the real star of the day: the sausage sizzle.

Apparently it's a thing here that after you vote, you eat a barbecued, or "sizzled," sausage because, you know, why wouldn't you?  There are hundreds if not thousands of sausage sizzle booths that pop up near voting sites for an after polling snack.

According to Wikipedia:

A typical Sausage Sizzle takes place in a covered area. Often underneath a collapsible gazebo, volunteers prepare the barbecued sausages or 'snags'. These are served on a single slice of (typically) white bread, with optional grilled onions and the customer's choice of sauces, generally tomato, mustard, or barbecue. Chilled soft drink cans and bottled water are often also available at the counter. All ingredients are usually purchased as cheaply as possible, or donated from local sponsors such as butchers, bakers or supermarkets.

Not sure where your nearest sausage sizzle is?  Not to worry.  Google made a map that shows where you can go to tuck in.

Thanks Google, Snagvotes, and Democracy Sausage

My favorite headline this week was "While political parties fight voter apathy, internet companies are targeting what Australians really want: election day sausage sizzles."

Australia may have just clinched my "greatest country in the world" award with this one.

Oh yeah and this will be posted on the 4th of July here so happy birthday 'Murica!  Friday was my official one year anniversary of arriving in Australia for the first time.  I can't believe that was a year ago.  Time really does fly. 

That's all for now.  Bye.