Indonesian village snacks on soil ...

Indonesian village snacks on soil for better health

TUBAN, Indonesia (Reuters Life!) –
By Heru Asprihanto Heru Asprihanto –
Wed Mar 17, 7:18 am ET


In Indonesia, soil is not just a raw material for bricks and ceramics, it's also a snack
that one family has been making for generations.

Tuban, in East Java Province, is the only village that produces "ampo,"
a snack made from clean, gravel-free dark earth collected from nearby paddy fields.

Although there is no medical evidence, villagers believe the soil snacks are an
effective pain-killer and pregnant women are encouraged to eat them as it is
believed to refine the skin of the unborn baby.

There is no real recipe:
makers of the snack use a wooden stick to pound the soil into a hard, solid mass.

Rolls of dirt are then scraped off the with a bamboo dagger, baked and smoked in
large clay pot for half an hour and then they're ready to serve.

The better the quality of the soil, the better the taste of the snack,
its creator, fifty-three year-old Rasima, says.

Rasima, who like many Indonesians only has one name, makes ampo everyday
to sell at the local market, just like her ancestors.

She is the village's only ampo producer, and can earn up to $2 a day to
supplement her family's income from farming.

"The ampo-making has become a family tradition in the village and I do not know
exactly when it started," she said.

Fans say the soil snacks have a cool, creamy texture.

"I think the taste is nice and I usually eat this. It is nothing special, it feels cold
in my stomach," said Siti Qomariyah, who has been eating the snacks since she was a child.



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calling anthony zimmerman

Mmmm Ampo!!!

Joebert wrote:

Mmmm Ampo!!!

it tastes best baked

most Americans stop eating dirt before kindergarten

at least most of us try ...but God only knows what all is in some foods we eat

I like to get a burger with a lot of hair on it....just a regular fur burger. mmmm, mmmm good.

c/thru wrote:

at least most of us try ...but God only knows what all is in some foods we eat

it's like a chemistry set

KK wrote:

c/thru wrote:

at least most of us try ...but God only knows what all is in some foods we eat

it's like a chemistry set

I think I'll eat in today.

Joebert wrote:

KK wrote:

c/thru wrote:

at least most of us try ...but God only knows what all is in some foods we eat

it's like a chemistry set

I think I'll eat in today.

i usually bring from home

I usually skip lunch.

JJjava wrote:

I usually skip lunch.

dirt is dessert

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

I usually skip lunch.

dirt is dessert

No lunch, no dessert.

Gives new meaning to soiling yourself.

Wallstone wrote:

Gives new meaning to soiling yourself.

That would be dessert yourself now.

villagers believe the soil snacks are an
effective pain-killer "


that's because clean, healthy soil is full of salicylates which are found in aspirin.

Giada wrote:

villagers believe the soil snacks are an
effective pain-killer "


that's because clean, healthy soil is full of salicylates which are found in aspirin.

eat a willow tree

KK wrote:

Giada wrote:

villagers believe the soil snacks are an
effective pain-killer "


that's because clean, healthy soil is full of salicylates which are found in aspirin.

eat a willow tree

You can eat soil and Willow tree, I think I'll have a pizza.

Giada wrote:

villagers believe the soil snacks are an
effective pain-killer "


that's because clean, healthy soil is full of salicylates which are found in aspirin.

LOL...you go girl, with your fine collegial self

I thought we told them to eat S**t a long time ago. Don't these people sell there kids? They should be eating dirt.

Joebert wrote:

I thought we told them to eat S**t a long time ago. Don't these people sell there kids? They should be eating dirt.

they provide good cheap labor