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Tribal People Reaction to Jambalaya

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About this video

Not a tasting this time. In this Tribal People Try video the tribe watch soul food and react to it in their own words.

What is soul food?

Soul food is the cooking of Black communities in the American South: fried chicken, collard greens, mac and cheese, cornbread, candied yams, black-eyed peas. It is slow, generous, seasoned food built to feed a table.

What to watch for

This is the American cuisine that lands best in the village, because it is built the same way — long cooking, pork-free versions are easy, greens stewed with something smoky, beans and rice. Sweet dishes like candied yams are the exception.

The comparison they always make

Collard greens cooked down with onion is saag by another name, and black-eyed peas are lobia. The tribe recognises the logic even when the seasoning is new.

This episode

Tribal People Try has covered soul food 10 times; this one is number 4, and the first was "Tribal People Try Mac & Cheese" back in December 2020. The most-watched soul food episode is "Tribal People Try Soul Food For The First Time" (567.5K views). The video runs about 9 minutes, went up in April 2022 and has 165.5K views and 7.4K likes.

Frequently asked

Who are the people in Tribal People Try?

Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.

What is soul food?

Soul food is the cooking of Black communities in the American South: fried chicken, collard greens, mac and cheese, cornbread, candied yams, black-eyed peas. It is slow, generous, seasoned food built to feed a table.

Did the tribe like the soul food?

Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Collard greens cooked down with onion is saag by another name, and black-eyed peas are lobia. The tribe recognises the logic even when the seasoning is new.

Have they tried soul food before?

Yes — this is the 4th of 10 soul food videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Mac & Cheese" in December 2020.

Where was this video filmed?

In rural Punjab, Pakistan, where the participants live. The videos are recorded in the village rather than in a studio.