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First, the dirt is strained to remove rocks and clumps. [4] Then, the dirt is mixed with salt (and/or rarely sugar) and vegetable shortening or other fat. [2] [5] Next, it is formed into flat discs, [2] and dried in the sun. [5] The finished product is finally transported in buckets and sold in the market or on the streets. [3]
Geophagia (/ ˌ dʒ iː ə ˈ f eɪ dʒ (i) ə /), also known as geophagy (/ dʒ i ˈ ɒ f ə dʒ i /), [1] is the intentional [2] practice of consuming earth or soil-like substances such as clay, chalk, or termite mounds.
A season of artworks and exhibits on the theme of dirt was sponsored by the Wellcome Trust in 2011. The centrepiece was an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection showing pictures and histories of notable dirt such as the great dust heaps at Euston and King's Cross in the 19th century and the Fresh Kills landfill which was once the world's largest landfill.
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Letting Ana Go is a 2013 book about a girl suffering from anorexia nervosa, published anonymously with no discernible author.The main character, "Ana", is a sophomore student and athletic track star who keeps a strict food diary and finds herself growing increasingly distant from her own family, while her own mother struggles with newfound morbid obesity and separation from her husband.
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Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them is a 2022 book by Dan Saladino that examines rare foods. The book has five "positive" reviews and six "rave" reviews, according to review aggregator Book Marks. [1] The book won the 2022 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation. [2]