Black Americans Guess African Dishes

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Ghanaian empanada...that's my guess! Today Isaiah, Lauren, and Triana try their best to guess traditional African dishes!
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@letspray143 2 года назад

They didn’t need to be blindfolded for this…let’s be honest. Lol

@joydot.dot.dot.8040 2 года назад

I think that’s true but with the jollof rice they might’ve knew what it was if they didn’t have the blindfold

@moneyalways7674 2 года назад

💯😂

@MrsBENT Год назад

They need to blindfold the other tasting and swapping food and bring back the 4th unbiased judge. It should be a consistent criteria.

@FlyCaliGirl 2 года назад

African food is bomb. But Africa is a huuuuge place! They should’ve narrowed it by region. Lol

@amandauwa4354 2 года назад

Exactly!

@tomarasmith4459 2 года назад

I don't care for it to much starch and it stinks.

@amandauwa4354 2 года назад

@@tomarasmith4459 ????

@tomarasmith4459 2 года назад

@Amanda Uwa ??? I don't like the texture the meat it's over cooked for my liking. It's mostly starches rice yams fufu and I don't eat any of those. Most of it has a strong smell that is heavy and it lingers. That just my taste. Then top of it a lot is served communally.

@smoovveee 2 года назад

@@tomarasmith4459 did someone ask you ? why did u feel the need to comment this you a weirdo

@layahYasharahla 2 года назад

I think you should blindfold people who really know African dishes or at least who claim to know African dishes . They probably couldn’t have guessed it even without the blindfolds . No hate , cause I don’t know either. After my dna test I cooked Jollof and jacked it up lol 😂

@RoyaIboy 2 года назад

You relied on your ancestors for the recipe when you could have just read a recipe and watched youtube videos... lol

@gen6473 2 года назад

Africa is the most diverse continent with THOUSANDS of dishes and culture. Take time to research tribes and their traditional foods if you want to fix your ignorance. For example, Jollof rice is considered a party food not something traditional, Many don't even know its origins; Its a Senegalese/Gambian dish from the Wollof tribe, Ghananians and Nigerians just copied and took credit. I blame American media for treating Africa like a monolith and not caring to educate you on the divesity. Many Africans including myself are tired of the generalisation and reducing our diversity to Nigeria and jollof. Even Nigeria itself is an extremely diverse place with 500+ native languages

@rainnmoon114 2 года назад

@@gen6473 If you want to stop ignorance then make your own page and educate people. Invite all types of Africans to cook something from their diverse culture. This is the fault of American entertainment and people just not taking the time to research and try to connect to a culture that just isn't theirs anymore. When black panther came out a bunch of people went to the theatre in African garb and most of them had no idea which culture it was actually from.

@layahYasharahla 2 года назад

@@RoyaIboy I did and that still does no good . Sometimes you actually have to travel to taste it first and then you’ll know what to add or takeaway . Much like Africans probably couldn’t make tacos taste good 😊

@layahYasharahla 2 года назад

@@gen6473 Yes I am very aware I did weeks of research . Still turned out like crap lol 😂

@Dop3ritrean 2 года назад

Sambusa isn't traditionally Ethiopian. It's also commonly eaten in Somalia and Kenya, East Africa, in general. Injera with tibs or a veggie combo plate would've been cool. No hate, just sharing.

@MeadowMannor 2 года назад

RWANDA and BURUNDI too! We tare that shit upp

@Dop3ritrean 2 года назад

@@MeadowMannor 🤣🤣🤣 I know that’s right!

@wanjanjama 2 года назад

That's what I was saying! I'm Kenyan (🇰🇪) and I was like this is just a bigger version of Kenyan samosas 😂 They missed out on the experience of having it with wedges of lemon or lime too. Samosas taste so much better with that little bit of juice

@ChimpBoi493 2 года назад

Absolutely do not forget India when it comes to Samosas!!!!

@yucabeth 2 года назад

@@wanjanjama speak that lemon lime hit different

@mariahnelson3610 2 года назад

Shoutout to his friend Majesty lol

@alonzogreat1728 2 года назад

Facts

@Nghilifa 2 года назад

Oh yeah! 👍🏿

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

@@Nghilifa Do you know da wae

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

@@alonzogreat1728 Do you know da wae

@prettyblkgyrl74 2 года назад

Africa is such a huge continent. I think having them guess regional foods would have been more interesting.

@halimasultan03 2 года назад

I wonder how many people would know countries outside of Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa hahaha. Africa is a huge continent

@walkingintruthknowledge7418 2 года назад

Don't nobody care about that raggedy cesspool of disease and poverty.

@sheenaperez1882 2 года назад

I'm sure a lot would know tbh...

@wanjanjama 2 года назад

Y'all need to do a part two of this with other African dishes! Here are my suggestions: From Kenya 🇰🇪: pilau (rice dish), and kachumbari (basically a form of salsa or poco de gallo), and chapati; from South Africa 🇿🇦 : boerewors (spicy sausage), biltong (jerky), and koeksisters (a sweet pastry); and from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, sadza (also known in South Africa as pap, and in Kenya as ugali), and injera from Ethiopia 🇪🇹.

@yucabeth 2 года назад

Girl yes you know it all especially that kachimbari💯🇰🇪

@lehlohonolonkhatho8596 2 года назад

Lol, Put in Cow/Sheep/Pig head/feet too with that Pap. Much love from 🇿🇦

@nekitaclark6539 2 года назад

Yeah! I was thinking do a signature dish from every country on the continent of Africa. Make it a series. We can skip Nigerian Jollof Rice and try another dish from Nigeria. A dish and dessert. A breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. In a series. With a little history lesson. Yep. That’ll work! 👍🏾

@nekitaclark6539 2 года назад

See! I love commenters giving suggestions!

@prettydamsel9237 2 года назад

Also terere or or mrenda or kunde some vegetable too

@khalilahd. 2 года назад

I love this. Such a cute and creative way to teach us more about our heritage 💜

@elmaatibounouala2819 2 года назад

Your name beautiful 🤗

@konpeitosama 2 года назад

We are not Africans.

@elmaatibounouala2819 2 года назад

@@konpeitosama Original from Africa

@1diana1995 2 года назад

WE BLACK!

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@MichellaneousMe 2 года назад

All this did was make me hungry haha! I loved this so much. Please do more content like this! I would love to see their reaction to fufu, kelewele or wasawasa 👍🏾💕

@ilhand3087 2 года назад

Ouu or Somali rice or suuqar and sabayad

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@suburbangrl417 2 года назад

So happy more of us are trying different African cuisines!!

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@gen6473 2 года назад

@@Cokknine333 Im afraid you're laughing on your own

@whoissoc 2 года назад

@@gen6473 LOL FR

@alexanderivory-brown118 2 года назад

Lauren: *eating jollof rice* oh that's spicy, that's good. Me: *wiping my tears* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@alexanderivory-brown118 2 года назад

For future videos can we have the picture without the name for like a 3-second countdown that way we can guess at home?

@serpentserpent9308 2 года назад

Given that the Habasha culinary experience is big in the U.S. in cities like Los Angeles, D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, Cincinnati, and wherever their a large Habesha population (i.e. ሀበሻ/ሐበሻ/ሓበሻ)…it’s amazing to see that Nigeria has a name, a concept, without even the two ladies never tasting it before. It’s not uncommon for adjacent cultures to infiltrate under a more popular brand. Koreans used to brand undert Japanese/sushi restaurants; Cambodians brand under Thai or Chinese food; and many Sub-Saharan black Africans just branded under African food 🤷🏾‍♂️ But here we are where 🇪🇹Ethiopia 🇸🇳Sénégal 🇳🇬Nigeria and 🇬🇭Ghana has carved out their culinary unique signatures. A very proud moment. We can be unique and still Africans united. I’m West African and love Maghrebi and Habesha cuisine right along with West African classic cuisines. I’ll eat 🇹🇳 chakchouka (شكشوكة) with 🇪🇹 gomen wat (ጎመን ወጥ) and 🇳🇬 iyán - not odd at all.

@Rosemallow 2 года назад

beautifully said

@Ihsanediva 2 года назад

Brooo you did us dirtyy! Look at the chicken tajine and couscous on the picture (pleanty of chicken, vegetables and SAUCE) and look at the white, bland ass couscous they got.. It looks noting like the real deal tbh🙊 We need a better representation of Moroccan food🇲🇦🇲🇦

@0mizzz 2 года назад

Nooo frr like what was tgat

@Nghilifa 2 года назад

That "couscous" had me shook, and I'm not even Moroccan! 🤣 (I'm Namibian). Didn't look like tagine at all.

@farimatraore1174 2 года назад

I was just about to comment that, they did y’all wrong

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@gen6473 2 года назад

It looked cold and untraditional. Im not even Morrocan and know lol

@gabriellebrissett8706 2 года назад

Africans try caribbean dishes next please!!

@queenrudshel9802 2 года назад

YESSSS PLSSSS AFRICANS TRY CARIBBEAN FOOD 🥘 It would be nice to hear what the motherland thinks of us 😅❤️

@wanjanjama 2 года назад

This would actually be so fireeeeee.

@Angieibrahim777 2 года назад

That sambousak was huge and left too long in the oil 😅 we love eating them in Egypt 😋🇪🇬

@halimasultan03 2 года назад

The Sambuusa looked a little burnt lol. But its nice that they're showcasing different kinds of African foods from different regions Aww she said Samosa, should've stuck with that

@traceydumase 2 года назад

It was most definitely overcooked 😅 I prefer my samosa golden brown🤤

@walkingintruthknowledge7418 2 года назад

Cooking in old cars over fire gets you that type of outcome. So it's around where it needs to be

@sjb199 2 года назад

That was not made by a moroccan. That was not moroccan couscous or tajine. If you try to let em taste a country atleast have a decent meal for them to try.

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@iamladyblack1188 2 года назад

This was dope!. Would be better if the food was categorized by region. So much more food to explore too!!! More please!

@moroccanmecrazy 2 года назад

Guys please give Moroccan food a try, it's delicious and does not look like what they presented here.

@halimasultan03 2 года назад

Yes, haha. They slaughtered that moroccan dish. It could've been sooo much better lol

@nardosxx8385 2 года назад

Injera is Ethiopian and Eritrean food, sambusa isn't a staple food there but is mostly known in the Middle East and other Arab countries. Just saying

@Dop3ritrean 2 года назад

agreed

@madeline7894 2 года назад

Sambusa is well know in eastern and Central Africa because of the Arabs and Indian influence in these regions. But idk why sambusa was linked to Ethiopia lol like huh?!? They didn’t do research at all

@ashmeeta2826 2 года назад

Sambusa is also pretty popular in South Africa

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@afrozzz5634 2 года назад

@kombucha. all the North Africans I’ve met call themselves Arab so it depends.

@aao449 2 года назад

Good jobs guys!! Because as humans we depend so heavily on our sense of sight, when blindfolded we can lose confidence in identifying things that we were very familiar with. Nice job!👍🌍🌍

@michelleroberts9243 2 года назад

I'm not surprised that they can only name west African countries (jk).....but on a serious note, I'm surprised that they haven't tried couscous before.

@anndeecosita3586 2 года назад

I’m American and the first one I would have guessed samosa from Kenya and been wrong. I eat the Indian kind but my uncle makes a Kenyan version. I’ve had couscous before and it was good. I’ve been to Morocco. So far I haven’t had jollof I’ve liked. I think because the people who cooked it were cooking for a large group and didn’t adjust the seasoning ratio.

@gabbie3174 2 года назад

Lol get Majesty in the next video

@star_light_kid 2 года назад

Majesty’s mum’s the real MVP 👑

@mindofapisces 2 года назад

I really need to try some African food. I want to feel more in touch with my roots, but I wouldn’t even know where to start or what to order.

@michalsextion9664 2 года назад

I suggest looking up recipes on youtube so that you can see what goes in it. That way, if you are around a restaurant with a certain region, you will feel more comfortable knowing what exactly you are eating. Ofc not everyone from the same region makes things the same, however, similar ingredients would be used.

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

@@michalsextion9664 Do you know da wae

@ReinaAfricana 2 года назад

Oh definitely start off with ofe nsala its white soup and made with cat fish and other proteins. Eat it with fufu or pounded yam.

@BoogalooShrimp007 2 года назад

That empty spoon full followed by “can I take another bite” 🤣🤣🤣

@Cokknine333 2 года назад

Do you know da wae

@zaynsprmcy6421 2 года назад

part 2: ivorian attieke, fish and alloco. ethiopian- injera and like kenyan ugali

@dwise2165 2 года назад

Africa is huge and the food is so different from north, south, east, west, and central regions. I only would have known jollof rice.

@mohameds57200 2 года назад

Sambusa is also very fond in Somalia where my parents are from and I am! Please try some Somali food or do Somali moms try each other’s sambusa, or basto our national food!! 💗 it’s Ramadan and Somali Muslims would be happy!!

@Enkaybe 2 года назад

That one lady kept saying all the foods were from Ghana..lol😂 Sambusa is Somalian food ,jollof is from Sierra leone,Nigeria, Ghana and other African countries, so I think just accepting the name of the food would be okay cause many African countries have similar foods except that food is really distinct or something

@kolurose2062 2 года назад

Please give Liberian food a try, you would love it!!!

@anndeecosita3586 2 года назад

You guys are all beautiful black people. Much ❤️

@kkiggy8167 2 года назад

I guessed them all right, proud of myself cos I love food

@TM-mi3wi 2 года назад

"with the blindfold on I don't know why; The meat - I feel like it's some stuff I've never tasted before - it's just chicken like!?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jazzyj6640 2 года назад

Africa is huge. This house be a 3 part series.

@JulieNguyenYoga 2 года назад

"I'm good at food".. me too 😩

@RichYork 2 года назад

4:46 at the wrong cookout and don't wanna be disrespectful 🤣🤣🤣

@moneyalways7674 2 года назад

2:53 😂🤣😂 “aint nuttin on this spoon bro”😂🤣😂

@jada_oligray 2 года назад

I wish the dish pictures stayed up like 3 seconds more. I’m a fast reader but I wanted to look at the pictures of the food longer.

@Life_With_Oge 2 года назад

I like that Nigerian jollof rice is going viral!!! Yess

@mindy9397 Год назад

I love this title

@okgone9369 2 года назад

Lauren and triana are gorgeous

@sscCrums Год назад

Mmm samboosa 😍 that one was huge

@ronnie2699 Год назад

Next time use African Americans who actually eat African food... I love Egusi soup, Pepper soup, Jollof rice, and puff puff... I need some recommendations on what to try next...

@amandauwa4354 2 года назад

I’m Nigerian & I hope I don’t get pissed while watching this

@TreasureChris 2 года назад

Dyg!! Cause they always piss me off with the misinformation. But this was great

@amandauwa4354 2 года назад

@@TreasureChris Exactly! Watched this patiently. These people can be annoying 🙂

@tj2467 2 года назад

Heck, I’m Black and was totally disappointed watching this episode.

@amandauwa4354 2 года назад

@kombucha. 💀

@amandauwa4354 2 года назад

@Mista Catt Alright. Idc 😚

@ql3790 2 года назад

Can we try a funnel cake recipe

@Weare1tv 2 года назад

Do Haitian, patties, legime et sos pwa, some goat

@Emeruld1 Год назад

Sambusa is goated 🔥🔥

@LocdnessMomster 2 года назад

I didn’t know that cous cous was African, for some reason I thought it was a Russian or Mediterranean food

@moroccanmecrazy 2 года назад

Couscous is commonly eaten in North African countries and those border the Mediterranean sea so you are not entirely wrong 😜

@prettydamsel9237 2 года назад

I love couscous

@prettydamsel9237 2 года назад

@kombucha. So morroco is in middle east lol

@mimiad397 2 года назад

Depends on the type of couscous. The small couscous is originally north african. There is another kind of couscous that are extremely large and round and they are originally from West Asia

@HarunaMaurer 2 года назад

@@mimiad397 is it tabouleh? because that's middle eastern

@tellyslim3192 2 года назад

Ya y'all def gotta get outore cause u missing out! Lol

@moneyalways7674 2 года назад

4:09 Instagram the educational resource lol 😂

@umasaidy6627 Год назад

Jollof rice is a dish that originated in Senegambia it may be popularized in countries like Nigeria or Ghana but can we please give the creators create

@SteadySteppin 2 года назад

Who burnt that samosa? Un unh 🤦🏾‍♂️

@Enkaybe 2 года назад

Righttt!

@hennessyp Год назад

The wheezing lol

@simplysaphielol5685 2 года назад

Lauren guessing each item on the plate and not a name for the dish all together……. I probably would’ve done the same lol

@sherif.4536 2 года назад

Love💕

@Abeidari 2 года назад

I’m disappointed in y’all 😂😂 we need to get out more lol

@iikhalaii8784 2 года назад

Why Nigerian jollof have we not beat you enough.

@sunkissedqueen2885 2 года назад

Abegggg enjoy Qatar 🤣

@nadiadansani2139 2 года назад

Isaiah - I’ve been blindfolded before so it’s okay 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@beautyprecisionx3 Год назад

Yea this made me hungry

@trevormaxwellsy8600 2 года назад

OMG !!!

@faramawy3607 2 года назад

sambusa is not Ethiopian, more eaten throughout North Africa and east Africa(including Ethiopia) , also the middle east

@shaiyaa2773 Год назад

Is that our girl Élise behind the camera !😆?

@sintawintabinta 2 года назад

i was highkey hoping to see injera for ethiopia, but ig it would be kinda hard to pick up the injera while blindfolded loll

@willywiththespicydilly5382 2 года назад

Triana 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Biruk2002 2 года назад

All the comments saying the sambusa was not Ethiopian. None of the 3 people who tried it guessed in the East African region. The eastern part of Africa had huge influence from the Middle East and even beyond. That’s why a lot of East African countries have some similar foods. Just embrace similarities rather than differences. Love each other.

@ElsBels25 2 года назад

Shocked they didn't have know couscous we eat it. All the time in UK

@Candie4JC 2 года назад

She tasted jollof… and knew it was jollof… because she SAW it on Instagram? 🤯 that’s talent 😂

@samlsd9711 4 месяца назад

In Ethiopia we call it sambusa, and we make it with beef, Indians don't eat beef.

@PrudencePours 2 года назад

Video audio sucked so bad and there weren’t any subtitles so I couldn’t even watch it on my Tv :/ I was excited to learn :/

@elmaatibounouala2819 2 года назад

Hello from North Africa morocco 🤗

@manitv5656 2 года назад

The 2nd girl got Samosa correct

@yahgirl1726 2 года назад

Somebody invite Majesty to the show

@yohance9159 2 года назад

The girl w the straight hair, 0 personality she did NOT care about being there lmfao

@HarunaMaurer 2 года назад

I'm Moroccan and couscous is never eaten with tajine lol

@KpTheG 2 года назад

They didn’t need to be blindfolded if they had no idea what it was anyway….. could’ve had them Just guess the name and region

@MeadowMannor 2 года назад

Sambusa 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼>>>>

@jasmineraquel9335 2 года назад

There's no point of the blindfolds

@MrYeahJohn 2 года назад

I thought she was Jordan Sparks

@getgt 2 года назад

Are they black or mixed?

@AmiAki 2 года назад

They are African American so technically black

@getgt 2 года назад

@@AmiAki so why can’t we say mixed?

@RacieRain 2 года назад

I wouldn't know any of these.

@MaiMai-ys4yg 11 месяцев назад

Please make Dominicans try eachother mangu

@abdi4329 2 года назад

Sambusa is somali food

@dollypalmer6086 2 года назад

👑🖤👍🏽😂

@jshaianne26 2 года назад

Ya'll need to slow down on what the food is...it goes by too fast and gotta rewind lol

@nicolerobinson835 2 года назад

They should do a nobody cares episode

@92118 2 года назад

Latin American food has a huge African influence. The more I see these videos it looks similar to certain Mexican food. No we just don't eat tacos and burritos guys lol. I decided to read on it and turns out to be true. No surprise of course hence slavery in Latin America.

@theoneandonly6811 2 года назад

Sambusa is Somali

@gracenyagaki3830 2 года назад

Basically East African.

@brownbbydoll1777 2 года назад

It’s East African some call it sambusa some say samosa either way it belongs to the line of African cuisine DONT try to differentiate. We are all one❗️

@berhanwar 2 года назад

It’s popular in Ethiopia too, especially with the Muslim population.

@christlivesevangelism9824 2 года назад

Jollof rice isn’t traditionally from Nigeria it’s actually from Senegal

@aao449 2 года назад

I think that’s the case but most ppl who have ever eaten jollof rice have had it at a Nigerian person’s house or at a Nigerian restaurant or a Nigerian wedding/party. I believe it’s also eaten in all of the west African countries and there’re also variations in the way ppl from different countries make jollof rice.

@ZovaBe 2 года назад

sambosa isnt native to ethiopia we eat it in west africa too

@sugarb.2105 2 года назад

Pleaase why does that couscous look so bland 😭💀

@lamedillard2564 2 года назад

Sambusa is a TRADITIONAL SOMALI DISH. COME ON COACOA BUTTER DO BETTER

@qeetta92 2 года назад

I kept looking at Lauren trying to figure out why she looks so familiar to me, and then I realized it’s because she looks like Jordin Sparks. Lol

@harrypotter343 Год назад

Sambusa isn’t traditionally from Ethiopia it’s a Kenyan and Somali food

@RB-tj5zv 2 года назад

That one girl only ate one African dish before coming on here and the other girl only seen jollof rice on Instagram.. LOL maybe have black Americans who actually eat Food from the motherland would have been better.. I volunteer my taste buds for the next one LOL