Tribal People Try Spam: What Happens Next?
About this video
Tribal People Try sits the tribe down with Spam american food. It's filmed in the village, not a studio, and what you see is what happened on the day.
What is american food?
American food as a category: burgers, hot dogs, mac and cheese, PB&J, Thanksgiving turkey, cornbread, s'mores, meatloaf, Pop-Tarts. Big portions, sweet-savoury combinations and a lot of cheese.
Spam is pressed cooked pork shoulder and ham in a can, made by Hormel in Minnesota since 1937; it fed Allied soldiers in the war and is still a staple in Hawaii, Korea and the Philippines. The videos use halal beef or chicken luncheon meat. Halal luncheon meat is sold in Pakistan under other names, so the tin is known even if Spam itself is not.
What to watch for
Sweetness in savoury food is the recurring theme — glazed ham, cornbread, sweet barbecue sauce, ketchup on everything. Fried and cheesy things are liked; cold sandwiches and sweet breakfasts less so.
The comparison they always make
Nothing in village cooking pairs sugar with meat, so American food asks the tribe to rethink a rule. When it does not — fried chicken, mac and cheese — it wins easily.
This episode
It's the tribe's 4th american food video out of 16. They first tried it in September 2021 ("Tribal People Try Sloppy Joe for the First Time"). The most-watched american food episode is "How These Tribal People Go From Fearing to Loving Clam Chowder" (527K views). The video runs about 9 minutes, went up in July 2022 and has 143.4K views and 6.1K 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 american food?
American food as a category: burgers, hot dogs, mac and cheese, PB&J, Thanksgiving turkey, cornbread, s'mores, meatloaf, Pop-Tarts. Big portions, sweet-savoury combinations and a lot of cheese.
Did the tribe like the american food?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Nothing in village cooking pairs sugar with meat, so American food asks the tribe to rethink a rule. When it does not — fried chicken, mac and cheese — it wins easily.
Have they tried american food before?
Yes — this is the 4th of 16 american food videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Sloppy Joe for the First Time" in September 2021.
Is there Spam in Pakistan?
Halal luncheon meat is sold in Pakistan under other names, so the tin is known even if Spam itself is not.