Tribal People Try Donuts

Every time the tribe has tasted donuts: 9 videos of first impressions from villagers in rural Punjab, Pakistan, usually American food they have never seen before.

Also covers: donut, doughnut, doughnuts, krispy kreme, dunkin

What it is

Donuts are rings of enriched dough, deep-fried and glazed or sugared. Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' are the American names; the Portuguese, Poles and Indians all have their own fried-dough sweets.

What to watch for

Fried dough in sugar is a language everyone speaks. The reaction is about how soft and how sweet — a glazed Krispy Kreme is much sweeter and lighter than anything from a village kitchen, and a few people find it too much after one.

The village comparison

Balushahi is the Punjabi cousin: fried, syrup-soaked, denser. Gulab jamun comes up too. Donuts win on softness and lose on staying power.

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