Earthy snack

Published: 17 March 2010 y., Wednesday
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Fifty-three year old Rasima collects dirt everyday from a paddy field in Indonesia’s east Java province, turning it into a snack made entirely from soil, called "ampo."She scoops handfuls of the dirt into her basket, then takes it back home for baking the traditional earthy snack.


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