Haitians eat cookies made of dirt
2008-01-30 01:21:33 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A market vendor sells mud cookies at the La Saline market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. The cookies are made of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A woman prepare cookies made of dirt, water, salt and butter on the the roof of Fort Dimanche, once a prison where is said the late dictator Francois Duvalier tortured his enemies, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Nov. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Pregnant women and children in Haiti have long prized the dirt as a rich source of calcium and an effective antacid, but for some in the country's most desperate quarters, where thousands buckle under rising food prices and rampant unemployment, mud has become a daily staple.
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