[mhking]

Just damn.

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[billorites]

There's a long tradition of eating dirt in a number of societies including that of the Sea Islands off Georgia.

Even stranger, it seems to be a largely female thing.

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[petuniasevan]

And here she is...

Gotcha! Betel nut-stained teeth, actually.

[Roscoe Karns]

I wonder what she washes it down with?

[prairiebreeze]

I've heard of this before. Seem to recall a connection to combating mineral deficiencies.

??

Prairie

[Constitution Day]

The wife of the man who was my granddad's farm foreman ate clay.
I grew up playing with her kids here on the farm and there was a certain area by the river where she would get it.

[Orangedog]

Someone needs to listen to Paul Harvey and remember to take her Citrical and Metamucil and give up the dirt.

Ah, Hell. Who am I fooling...dirt would have been a delicacy compared to my ex-wife's cooking. Ethiopians ate better than I did when I was married to her.

[Brett66]

Saves on grocery bills I guess........

[4mycountry]

[stylin19a]

Eatin dirt one meal a day ? Big deal. Because of the famine, the people of North KCorea have been eating dirt for over ten years (let's not talk about why the food exported to NKorea never make it to the people)

[TopQuark]

she feels physical discomfort if she does not eat a meal of dirt at least once every day.

I understand that. What about mental discomfort?

[11th_VA]

Sounds like a candidate for FEAR FACTOR !!!!

[Kip Lange]

I bet it's better than Ramen, man. :p

[BillF]

A 78-year-old woman in northern China has eaten an estimated 10 tons of soil

What, no recipes? Bet it's low carb and low calorie.