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re: Black women love to eat corn starch?
Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:47 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:47 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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I'm too old or dumb to understand your response.
I think he’s saying it’s a black thing.
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Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:49 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
quote:that’s right!! I
Pica
Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:49 pm to High C
how the frick do you get that from 3.5 bans and 17 DM's I feel like I'm missing out on an important cultural reference.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:49 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
quote:It is one of the primary ingredients in fried chicken.
Black women love to eat corn starch?
Maybe it's a fried food craving
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:02 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:09 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
They sold Kaolin (white clay) at gas stations in SW Ga and SE Al during the 80s to mid 90s in my part of the world. Was on the counter labeled as white dirt or Grandma's white dirt.
To my knowledge, it was primarily a product the black folks bought - don't know if they just ate it straight up or used it in cooking or what - but it was definitely a thing in my part of the world at one time. Never tried it - may have missed on on a real treat... probably not.
But it wasn't corn starch for sure.
To my knowledge, it was primarily a product the black folks bought - don't know if they just ate it straight up or used it in cooking or what - but it was definitely a thing in my part of the world at one time. Never tried it - may have missed on on a real treat... probably not.
But it wasn't corn starch for sure.
This post was edited on 5/31/23 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:24 pm to BarCo49
crazy. I'm from the midwest originally, so some of the southern intricacies are new to me. I've not heard of this before. I wonder if it's possible that with the lack of healthy (ish) or fresh foods that there is a nutrient deficiency causing this eating peculiarity? I asked the question in good faith. It does seem (on line) to be mostly black women.
I don't think it's a Pica issue, as wouldn't they be referencing their pregnancies, or 'cravings', or the like?
I don't think it's a Pica issue, as wouldn't they be referencing their pregnancies, or 'cravings', or the like?
This post was edited on 5/31/23 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:28 pm to Pepperoni
from your link:
"Pica may be a cultural practice not associated with a deficiency or disorder. Ingestion of kaolin (white clay) among African American women in the US state of Georgia shows the practice there to be a DSM-4 "culture-bound syndrome" and "not selectively associated with other psychopathology"
"Pica may be a cultural practice not associated with a deficiency or disorder. Ingestion of kaolin (white clay) among African American women in the US state of Georgia shows the practice there to be a DSM-4 "culture-bound syndrome" and "not selectively associated with other psychopathology"
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:31 pm to Loup
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They used to sell dirt at gas stations in Mississippi for cultured folks to eat
for real? and presumably people would pay for it? And eat it? I don't know what is more insane.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:31 pm to BarCo49
South Carolinians are known as “Sandlappers” which many link to the local people that used to eat soil.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:34 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Y'all I've learned more in the last hour than I have all month.. I'm not sure what I've learned is valuable or not, but it's something I didn't know...
LINK
LINK
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:46 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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I saw a reference to this on twitter, and thought it was BS. Looked It up on Youtube and apparently it is a thing. Has anyone else heard of this or done this? Why?
Yeah, this isn't really a thing.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:52 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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I don't think it's a Pica issue, as wouldn't they be referencing their pregnancies, or 'cravings, or the like?
IIRC “Pica” is a catch all term for eating/craving stuff that’s food. Dirt, clay, ice, chalk, ashes, coffee grounds, cardboard, and all kinds of crazy stuff.
Pica can be psychogenic, as in some flavor of crazy. Can also be physiologically driven, like malnutrition, anemia, and pregnancy. Though I guess pregnancy probably qualifies as both.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:55 pm to Saint Alfonzo
I would think it would make them constipated...
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:58 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I watched a few of them eat the crunchy cornstarch blocks and it was basically disgusting. Cornstarch addicts? 
Posted on 5/31/23 at 9:07 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
fricking disgusting. Not surprised though.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 9:28 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I’m in healthcare and each one who reported eating baby powder was also anemic.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 9:29 pm to LSUPilot07
Craving/eating ice is a symptom of anemia,if I remember correctly.
Posted on 5/31/23 at 9:34 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
quote:
I've been pregnant three times
Posted on 5/31/23 at 9:36 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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Black women don’t change batteries on smoke detectors?
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