▲ 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
[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) Was it also potato and apple or is “scrapple” a general purpose term for an omelette made out of whatever scraps are available? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I think scrapple is just seasoned scraps. I didn't know what was in my scrapple exactly. I was told it was assholes and eyeballs, the ends of fruits and vegetables, and all the junk from the food no one eats. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I think scrapple is just seasoned scraps. I didn't know what was in my scrapple exactly. I was told it was assholes and eyeballs, the ends of fruits and vegetables, and all the junk from the food no one eats. permalink fedilink source parent
