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Do Haitian mud cakes have any nutritional value?

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Not sure about the clay in Haiti, but it has been well documented that African Americans in the American Southeast eat clay! Eating kaolin clay (a white clay also used to make tobacco pipes in the 18th C) is a type of pica. read more

The craftsmanship is rough and the finished products are uneven. But customers do not object. This is Cité Soleil, Haiti's most notorious slum, and these platters are not to hold food. They are food. Brittle and gritty - and as revolting as they sound - these are "mud cakes". read more

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