By Lan Phong
Dantri Online Newspaper, Vietnam
HANOI: Smoked soil, a rare and odd dish, has been a popular cookie for many local people in Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc for generations.
Khong Thi Bien, 86, in Lap Thach Town took out a bag of smoked soil from her kitchen to invite us. Seeing us reluctant to take a bite, she smiled, saying that many guests from other places do not dare to try it, but many others have become addicted after eating.
Khong Thi Bien eats smoked soil, a specialty of Lap Thach Town, Vinh Phuc Province
“Smoked soil is a specialty of our town,” the elderly woman said. “I don’t know when we started eating the soil dug up from the foot of the mountain behind our house, but we just followed our parents in eating it.”