Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.feddit.ukimagemessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up1522arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1498arrow-down1imageTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square215linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebblkargonaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoMy grandparents are from Yazoo city, and my mom used to talk about how her grandmother and aunts used to eat dirt, specifically red dirt from a hill on the farm. I’ve never seen it, and never even thought about it until seeing this post.
My grandparents are from Yazoo city, and my mom used to talk about how her grandmother and aunts used to eat dirt, specifically red dirt from a hill on the farm. I’ve never seen it, and never even thought about it until seeing this post.