A mud cookie (Haitian Creole: bonbon tè, lit. 'earth cookie', pronounced [bɔ̃bɔ̃ tɛ] ) is a famine food that is eaten in Haiti by children or expectant mothers. [ 1 ] They can be found in slums like Cité Soleil .

2008年1月30日 · Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau. The mud has long...

Mud cookies are all the rage in Haiti today—a rage sparked by soaring food prices. The cookies, a traditional remedy for hunger pangs and a source of calcium for pregnant women, have become a staple because food is simply unaffordable for impoverished Haitians.

2025年2月2日 · Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau. The mud has long...

2024年3月24日 · Galette, known locally as “bon bon te,” is a type of cookie that is commonly consumed by people facing poverty and food insecurity in Haiti. Galette is made from a mixture of mud, salt, and sometimes vegetable shortening.

2017年2月1日 · I had heard about hungry Haitian children eating mud cookies to fill their empty bellies but I had never actually seen mud cookies with my own eyes — until I traveled to the slums of Ouanaminthe, located on Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic.

2008年1月29日 · Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau. The mud has long...

2010年8月27日 · At six in the morning in Cite Soleil, the poorest zone of Haiti's capital city, the sun is already up. It's the start of another workday for Lurene Jeanti, making cookies from mud, butter and salt. She's been mixing the ingredients on the side of the road to sell to her neighbours for the past eight years.

2009年2月20日 · Something is seriously wrong if the international community is supposedly donating billions to Haiti and yet children are eating mud cookies.

To stop hunger pangs, these children eat “mud cookies” – dirt mixed with salt and oil and then baked in the sun. These cookies may stop their hunger, but they cause numerous health issues. Loving Shepherd Ministries has worked in Haiti for over 17 years serving the most vulnerable children and we have seen firsthand the heartbreaking ...