Way Back Jack wrote:
> http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs4141
>
> Haitian Mud Pies: Video
> In Cite Soleil, people make and eat mud pies. It's not out of hunger,
> but because 'sometimes, you just crave dirt.'
>
> Kevin Sites narration:
> In Haiti's worst slum, Cite Soleil, people actually make and eat mud
> pies. Now, the dust is collected from the central region of Haiti in
> an area called Hinche.
>
It's called geophagy, which is a subcategory of pica. Pica is a disease
categorized by eating inappropriate objects and material. Haiti isn't
the only place it is practiced - it occurs in the US among certain
ethnic groups, it occurs in Africa, it was practiced by native
Americans. It is an attempt to ingest needed minerals.

-SD-