American living in Adelaide shares ‘confusing’ Bunnings snag order

A US man living in Adelaide has documented his first Bunnings snag – sharing the faux pas with his order that left the server “confused”.

An American man caused confusion while at his first Bunnings sausage sizzle, asking for a sauce on his snag that goes by a different name Down Under.

Bryan Michaels moved to Adelaide in March to play basketball for the West Adelaide Bearcats. Since then he has been creating TikTok videos taste testing our local cuisine, trying out everything from Vegemite on toast to a “snot block”.

The athlete’s most recent vid shows him heading to Bunnings at the suggestion of a follower to try out the iconic sausage sizzle – but his visit was more eventful than planned.

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An American living in Adelaide has documented his reaction to his first ever Bunnings sausage sizzle. Picture: TikTok/@bmikeslife

As Bryan orders his sanger, he asks the server for ketchup – resulting in a very “confused” volunteer.

“Ketchup?” she says, visibly bewildered by the request.

Thankfully Bryan knew Australians call the popular condiment tomato sauce and quickly corrected himself, much to the woman’s amusement.

“Oh,” she says, drizzling it on the sausage.

Bryan Michaels asked for ketchup on his snag. Picture: TikTok/@bmikeslife

When the server looked confused, he realised his mistake. Picture: TikTok/@bmikeslife

Bryan then goes to sit in his car to taste the Australian culinary delight – a sausage wrapped in a single slice of white bread and topped with onions – stating he was “very excited”.

“Don’t worry, I did not forget the onions or the dead horse, I’ve got it covered,” he explains after taking his first bite.

“That is so good. I don’t know why this is a thing, it’s just a sausage on a piece of bread at a hardware store, but I love it. This is awesome.”

Reaction to Bryan’s video has been strong, with many Aussies surprised the volunteer at the sausage sizzle stand – which runs on weekends to raise money for charity – didn’t know what ketchup was.

“You triggered me when you said ketchup and then you go and say tomato sauce wrong,” one person teased.

“We only know ketchup thanks to Hungry Jack,” another explained.

“We do have ketchup here in supermarkets if you prefer that over tomato sauce, tomato sauce is more watery,” one helpfully explained.

After asking for tomato sauce he was able to try the snag. Picture: TikTok/@bmikeslife

Bryan said he loved it. Picture: TikTok/@bmikeslife

Others commented stating they loved that Bryan had adopted the slang term “dead horse”, declaring he was “fully Aussie” now.

While many couldn’t believe the basketball player was actually in Australia, revealing they thought he had been taste testing our local foods back home in the US.

“This is the epitome of Aussie food, you made it,” one user said.

“Must be the only American who thinks Aussie food is good,” another wrote.

One bloke said: “You’re a real Aussie when you go to Bunnings just for the snag.”

More commented asking why his onions were under the sausage, a change made by the hardware store in 2018 for health and safety reasons.

Each Saturday and Sunday at Bunnings locations across the country, community group volunteers cook up and serve bread-wrapped snags for a few bucks each.

The proceeds provide a vital injection of funds to support their various activities, with Bunnings supplying the equipment and shade cover for the day.

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