G Flip sends Americans wild over 'weird' Aussie tradition: 'It feels like winning the lottery'
G Flip sparked an amusing discussion on social media after detailing the classic pub raffle prize that many Americans find 'weird'.
The Aussie singer-songwriter, who goes by they/them pronouns, has been living in the US after marrying Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause.
And so they find it entertaining to see how Americans react to their story about how Aussies take home a tray of assorted raw meats, including steaks, chops and sausages, from the pub after having the winning raffle ticket.
Participants typically buy a raffle ticket at a pub or sports club, which usually costs $2, and they go into the draw to win a butcher's meat tray. If the number on your raffle ticket is drawn, you get to go home with a variety of meats.
'I'm an Aussie who lives in America and I have an American wife... I think one of the funniest things to explain about Australian culture is that you can win a meat tray at the pub,' G Flip (born Georgia Flipo) said in the video.
'So you go to the pub and you can buy raffle tickets to win a meat tray - and you just win a tray of various uncooked meats like steaks, chops and sausages from the butcher, completely raw. You get to go home with a meat tray.
'And everyone I ever told that to who's American is like... "What the f***".'
The singer reflected on the first time Chrishell was introduced to a meat tray.
'(The) first time my wife came to Australia, I took her to a pub in Darwin, we didn't win the meat tray,' they said.
'Anywhere else in the world have this going on?'
Their video has been viewed more than 400,000 times - with wife Chrishell chiming in, joking: 'Even though I know it will give me meat sweats and likely food poisoning, I still want to win one.'
Many Aussies shared fond memories about winning a meat tray in the raffle, with one saying: 'And if you win the meat tray you act like you've won $3million dollars.'
'Even funnier when you have to carry it around for the rest of the night/pub crawl and get random photos taken with the meat tray being carried by different people all night,' one shared.
'My parents won three ham legs at the Christmas RSL raffle and were acting like they won the lotto - handing out ham to guests for weeks,' another revealed, laughing.
'As someone who won the meat tray last week, there is nothing quite like the euphoric feeling of winning it,' one added.
'The walk up to collect the meat tray like you've won a Grammy,' another joked.
'As an Aussie, I never realised this was weird,' one said, laughing.
Surprisingly, many revealed meat tray raffles were popular in other countries, including the UK, Canada and some parts of the US.
'We have that in small northern Minnesota towns. Meat Raffles are for sure a thing,' one revealed.
'Meat raffle at the local Wisconsin pub. Used to be a Thursday after work happy hour with friends,' another shared.
'We have meat raffles in Pennsylvania,' one said.
'This happens here in Canada at our Legions and some pubs where you buy raffle tickets for cheap in hopes to win steaks, roasts and chicken... in these times why wouldn't you,' another added.
Meanwhile, many shared amusing stories about the first time they discovered what a meat tray raffle was.
'I was a total tourist in a small town in NZ and we won the meat tray and I got such side-eye from the locals, I didn't even know what it was or what was going on. I definitely had them redraw, can't take meat on a great walk,' one shared.
'My American boyfriend seeing a meat tray for the first time had him absolutely shook,' another revealed.
'As a Texan... I'm shocked this isn't a thing here,' one shared, laughing.
'As an American, I am so confused by this,' another added.
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