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Warpy

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3. I remember looking for hardened tree sap in late spring

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2023, 04:05 PM

Jan 2023

We used to chew it as kids because our parents wouldn't buy us gum and we were hungry. It wasn't bad. It was abundant enough that we never parked it anywhere, just went patooie before we came in for supper.

There was also black chewing gum that likely favored the tar stuff, Beeman's was the brand I remember. I didn't like it much, the tree sap was better.

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I remember looking for hardened tree sap in late spring Warpy Jan 2023 #3

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