ai sez this. haitian mud pies, also known as mud cookies or bonbon t, are a famine food made from dirt, salt, and fat that are eaten in haiti when there is not enough food: ingredients dirt is collected from the central plateau, strained to remove rocks, and mixed with salt, vegetable shortening, or other fat. preparation the mixture is formed into flat discs and dried in the sun. consumption mud pies are eaten by the poor to fill up when they are hungry.they are sometimes eaten by children or expectant mothers. health the health effects of eating mud are mixed.dirt can contain toxins or parasites, but it can also help strengthen a fetus's immunity to certain diseases.haitian doctors say that eating mud pies for sustenance risks malnutrition. income making mud pies is a major source of income for the poor in cit soleil, one of port-au-prince's worst slums.
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