▲ 516 ▼ TIL 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. (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago* by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/til@lemmy.world 211 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/13/us/southern-practice-of-eating-dirt-shows-signs-of-waning.html
[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 131 points 3 months ago (1 child) If I were that Southerner, and some professor guy comes along, I would tell him such stories too. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago Yeah every culture went through their phase of tricking ethnographers on this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago Yeah every culture went through their phase of tricking ethnographers on this. permalink fedilink source parent