It's a sobering thought! At this time, when everyone (in Malaysia) is worried about eating too much CNY cookies & goodies during their 'Open House' visits, there are people in this "modern-day, high technology" world who literally have to EAT cookies made out of MUD! Sadder to learn that they have no choice but to feed this to their children too!! The 'cookies' are made from yellowish dirt, salt & vegetable shortening.
Do read this article and REMEMBER to be GRATEFUL that WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT TO EAT, unlike some:
Poor Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt
By JONATHAN M. KATZ – Jan 29, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau.
(excerpt from)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcJ474CjaJGOUznskl4ZgTHdpxUAD8UFQVR00
Do read this article and REMEMBER to be GRATEFUL that WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT TO EAT, unlike some:
Poor Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt
By JONATHAN M. KATZ – Jan 29, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau.
(excerpt from)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcJ474CjaJGOUznskl4ZgTHdpxUAD8UFQVR00
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