Food culture varies greatly. Everyone has different understandings of food, and everyone has different understandings of "taste".
However, a woman in Shijiazhuang fell in love with a "food" that she thought was delicious but others scoffed at, and insisted on eating it for 55 years.
This kind of delicacy in her eyes is ordinary soil that can be seen everywhere. She enjoys the "cracking" sound when chewing the soil . What kind of delicious exploration is this? How did the soil like
be made? How could she treat it like a baby?
First taste of soil
Fan Qianrong was born in an ordinary farmhouse in Shijiazhuang in 1962. She has seven brothers and sisters in her life.
parents devoted themselves to the team's work points . The work at home was mainly undertaken by Fan Qianrong and her brothers and sisters. Fan Qianrong was arranged to clean the kitchen when he was a child.
She was not tall at that time, and with the height of the chair, she could climb to the next to the stove.
From the beginning, she couldn't do any housework, but later she became more proficient, and she went through a lot of practice.
You should know that it is not easy for such a big family to clean up all these tableware.
Once, when she was 5 years old, she suddenly smelled a burnt smell while cleaning the kitchen. She sniffed it and found that the smell became stronger and stronger.
's eyes turned, looking down from the stove, and then looking up from the ground, it was empty and there was no food.
Fan Qianrong rolled his eyes, saw the ground from the stove, and then saw the stove from the ground.
Apart from pots, pans and a bucket, there is nothing to eat, only the stove that has just been cooked is still steaming.
She guessed that her mother had put some delicious food inside. She couldn't wait to clean up the tableware, then jumped up from the chair and walked to the stove.
But the dead branches used for burning fire are still burning. When you look inside, the things in the stove are clearly visible under the flames.
She felt a little disappointed because there was no food here.
Fan Qianrong suddenly remembered something, and used pliers to search among the ashes, and found a piece of hard object. Judging from the color, it should not be unburned wood.
She took the pliers and looked at it. It was just a ball of soil. She once watched her father use soil to make a stove here.
Fan Qianrong took the soil and was about to continue playing. He was about to continue playing when he felt a fragrance penetrate into his nose. She leaned over and took a careful look. It was indeed the smell emitted by this soil.
Today, each person only had one bowl of porridge, and she didn't eat enough. As the fragrance spread, her stomach immediately began to gulp. At that meal, she had porridge at home. She didn't eat enough. She closed her eyes hard as if she had made up some decision. She rubbed her nose with the dirt and accidentally touched the dirt.
The tip of her tongue was covered with soil, and a slippery feeling surged in her heart. She simply started eating in big mouthfuls.
Fan Qianrong felt that the taste of the soil was better than that of rice. Seeing that there was no one around, she continued to pick up a piece of soil and chew it. The food made her stomach warm, so she took another bite and another bite...
ate all the soil, she licked her lips again, and she felt that this thing was more delicious than the pastries her family brought back from the city.
It was from this time that she took the initiative to take charge of the kitchen. Seeing that she was still young, her elder brothers and sisters wanted to do something else with her, but no matter what, she refused. She liked to stay in the kitchen.
let go and eat
As long as she was alone in the kitchen, she pounded the stove with tongs a few times. When she saw the mud fell, she quickly put it away. When she saw a crack, she pulled it out with her hands. After cleaning the tableware, she will secretly hide and eat the soil.
At the earliest, she could only eat one a day. Slowly, she will eat more.
When the family cooks in the kitchen, they always feel something is wrong. It is obviously a stove made of clay, why do they have holes after holes in such a short time?
Every time, her father needs to repair the stove.
After another time, her parents were shocked when they saw their daughter stealing mud in the kitchen and were so angry that they smoked.
However, Fan Qianrong refused to listen. Instead, he had no worries, ate more happily, and began to feast in front of his family.
She ate ordinary soil, but it was autumn and winter at that time, and the child at home had a headache and fever for three days and three nights, but Fan Qianrong was fine.
Their parents have to work in the production team and have to take seven or eight children with them. They feel very tired. Since Fan Qianrong has eaten the mud, let her go by herself.
Once, many children in many families had cold and didn’t know what to do, so they started to learn from Fan Qianrong to drink some soil.
Fan Qianrong asked them to taste it first. When several younger brothers and sisters saw that she liked it so much, they also tasted it, and then squirted it out one by one.
Her parents also wanted to try it. They each grabbed a piece of soil and barely took a bite, but they were very uncomfortable, as if they were holding it in their chest, so they didn't eat more.
Fan Qianrong is the happiest person in this family. No one stops her, and no one scrambles her. She has three meals a day and gets some soil as snacks from time to time.
Fan Qianrong grew up slowly. When he took a few friends to the mountain to grazing, he saw a small mound with no weed on it. The soil is white, and under the sun, it looks particularly pure.
Fan Qianrong smelled a special smell. She couldn't help but pick a piece of soil and tasted it, and it felt very fragrant.
Since then, this hill bag has been her grain warehouse. She will find some back from the mountains from time to time and keep them as her own snacks.
The people in the village soon learned about her strange behavior, but the whispers of these people did not cause any harm to her.
got married successfully
0 years old, Aunt Fan Qianrong was a matchmaker for her, and she met a young man named Wang from the next village. The Wang family heard Fan Qianrong’s habit of eating soil for many years. This person had some questions in his heart, and even remembered the story of Guanyin Tu that he had heard from others before.
Fan Qianrong's aunt told her that although her niece had been using soil for many years, there was no problem with her physical condition and the two could find time to meet.
As soon as we met, we found that the girl was born beautiful and had good skin, and she felt like she fell in love at first sight.
Wang's family immediately forgot that she liked eating dirt and came to the door to propose marriage the next day.
Fan Qianrong's mother stayed up under the lamp every night to sew a quilt for her after getting engaged.
Fan Qianrong was very worried about his mother and couldn't bear to let her mother suffer, so he said that she didn't need a quilt, just bring a bag of dirt.
Mom agreed to the request and asked his father and his brothers to dig on the dirt hill outside the village.
On the wedding day, the brothers at home moved the bags filled with mud to the entrance of the village, and the Wang family took them away.
Her betrothal gift is really unique and is not comparable to those girls in the village.
Since she joined the Wang family, the Wang family’s parents have regarded her as their daughter, and their husbands don’t care about her. She continues to treat the soil as snacks from time to time.
After marriage, her reputation for eating local food in the village has been very popular. Many people will come to visit her when they have time. She has also shown excellent social skills, so she quickly became familiar with these people.
After getting married, she would occasionally hoe the ground with her husband. When she felt like she wanted to eat, she took a piece of soil and put it in her mouth, and swallowed it with a click.
Unfortunately, the soil here is black, with a faint bitter taste, which she doesn't eat often.
Love the hometown
She started asking around. If anyone passes by her home in the village, she would ask her to bring some dirt to her, and most people were happy to help.
In her spare time, she would ask her husband to accompany her to the previous mountain to find some soil to come back. soil has become a must-have item in the home.
In two years, she gave birth to a pair of children, both of whom were very strong and energetic, and the people in the village envied them.
She once thought about kneading the mud into porridge and letting her children try the taste. Unfortunately, when they smell the mud, they would push the bowl away and refused to touch it again. She did not force it and was happy to leave the soil for herself.
Just like this, she can eat 3 taels a day, but if she gets more, she will eat 1 kilogram or 2 kilograms.
As the children grow up, the expenses are getting bigger and bigger. Fan Qianrong also took advantage of the busy farming season to do odd jobs. She and her husband work hard, and the family's income depends entirely on their income.
There is a cement factory on the east side of the village. The villagers are working inside with masks, but they are still soaked by the dust that they cry and keep coughing.
Fan Qianrong knew it and wanted to try it. She felt like a fish in water and felt very comfortable, so she took off her mask.
Fan Qianrong's behavior of eating soil has attracted great attention from the medical community after it spread. After the doctor's diagnosis, she suffered from " pica ".
Fan Qianrong developed this strange dietary hobby since childhood. At that time, her parents didn't care about it and didn't understand these things, so she insisted on eating.
Pipes
Medical experts believe that in early childhood, in addition to psychological reasons, physiological nutrition is also a major cause of "pipes".
The lack of trace elements such as zinc and iron will cause dysregulation of the human body's metabolic function, causing abnormalities in the growth of oral mucosa, taste bud development and smell, which will cause "heterophobia".
Moreover, once an accident occurs in the body, or is in a specific state, it may cause "heteroepitheliosis".
In Jilin Province, there was a woman surnamed Pan who was greatly traumatized in a traffic accident, causing her lips to be torn off, and a gust of breeze sucked the dust into her mouth.
She has always liked to clean, but suddenly she felt that there was a special fragrance in the dust, which made her feel very familiar.
Afterwards, she sat down on her own bed and smelled a faint fragrance. She couldn't help but grab a ball of soil from the edge of the kang and swallowed it. She was very surprised.
But the next day, she couldn't control herself anymore. She has tasted the dirt elsewhere, but she still believes that the dirt that is smoked is the most delicious.
It’s a pity that she didn’t have as good luck as Fan Qianrong. Later, she felt weak all over and couldn’t even see clearly.
Lucky Fan Qianrong
In 2017, eight years after Fan Qianrong's incident was exposed by the media, she had been eating dirt for most of her life, and many people mentioned this matter again.
When the reporter returned to the village again, he realized that she was almost sixty years old and couldn't help but feel sweat for her.
As soon as she entered the village, Fan Qianrong called over and got closer. She could see that her face was flushed and looked smaller than ordinary people.
When asked about her situation, she was still full of confidence and a loud voice, like a big bell. She told reporters that she had a good physique!
She has always been in good health, she has not gotten sick, and she doesn't even have in hospital. However, as she grows older, her appetite is declining and her demand for soil is getting smaller and smaller. Now two to three taels are enough. It is estimated that she eats a total of 5 tons of soil.
major medical institutions in Shijiazhuang also sent invitations to Fan Qianrong, and she would not charge any money if she came for a physical examination. The results of the
physical examination showed that everything on Fan Qianrong was very good, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Fan Qianrong optimistically told everyone that the most important thing she is to take care of her granddaughter now.
Later, my family bought two cars. Every time my own soil and grain warehouse was gone, my children would drive her to the top of my home to harvest.
Once, the vehicle was blown by a stream of dust before it closed the window. Fan Qianrong lay beside the window, gasping heavily.
His child couldn't hold it in, so he had to let her go outside and breathe well. He closed the window in the car and waited for her. She sucked in satisfaction for a long time.
It's really boring to eat mud. Fan Qianrong will also adjust his diet and use mud to make egg custard , or vegetable soil salad.
In fact, Fan Qianrong is not the first person to eat dirt.
In Africa, due to insufficient food and noodles, the soil was placed on the supermarket shelves and a complete supply chain was established.
These unique groups have formed a unique lifestyle, and the soil has gradually integrated into their lives.
For example, Kenyan people like to put black pepper and cardamom into the soil, Tanzanian bake clay on a bonfire;
Haitian put salt into the mud, and knead them into dough to dry. People selling clay can be seen everywhere on the streets of South Africa.
However, in those poor places, people can only rely on the soil for helplessness, and have done this for generations, and their stomachs have long been used to it.
Most patients with heteroemetic diseases like wall skin, cinder, soil, paper, etc.
It is a food that is difficult to swallow for others, but it is a delicious food for those who like to eat.
Fan Qianrong himself didn't know why he loved to eat soil, and guessed that it was caused by hunger when he was a child.
But I didn’t expect that so many years have passed, and her physical and mental state has not worsened over time.
The conditions are getting better and better, and she likes soil more and more, and she feels uncomfortable if she doesn’t eat it for a day.
After testing, the soil consumed by Fan Qianrong is a special kind of soil.
The bacteria in the soil have long been eliminated, so after the human body consumes it, there are no bacteria in the soil, so she has not gotten sick for many years.
Fan Qianrong's soil is different from sand and lime, cannot be absorbed and excreted through the stomach and intestines.
To some extent, this soil has excellent texture and is also beneficial to the stomach and intestines.
But there is an old saying in China that "too much is not enough", and the soil is not something that can be eaten in the true sense.
We should pay attention to eating habits in daily life. For pica people, we should also control the intake of heterogeneous foods every day.
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text | Xiong Changlin
edit | Zhang Ah Zhang
edit | A Yan
