Friday Filler

Re: Friday Filler

Does Beechnut and Teaberry count?

Tommy

Double your pleasure ~ Double your mint with....

.... a spruce tree?

That's one

Cinnamon

Hint

I'm not looking for flavorings. I'm looking for tree-derived substances that are (or were) commonly chewed as gum.

Roberts answer was 'Spruce'. You can still find spruce gum for sale throughout Maine.

I can think of two others. There may be more.

Re: Friday Filler

I will WAG eucalyptus???

Tommy

Latex from rubber trees

Should last longer on the bottom of your shoes.

Re: Friday Filler

chicle (sp?)

OK-How About Slippery Elm??

Close - hint

It is a type of latex.

The name for this type of latex forms part of the name of a popular brand of gum.

That's two!

Chicle (as in Chiclets) from the Sapodilla tree is the base for many commercial chewing gums.

Good find!

I wasn't aware of that one.

One more to go - Hint

The third one I am looking for is the base of a word meaning "to chew".

Re: One more to go - Hint

I'll WAG Mastic gum from a tree that is a relative of the Pistacio.

That 's number three!

This gum was popular with the ancient Greeks.

The name 'mastic' also provides the greek root for the word 'masticate'.