Mastic is known as "masteeha"in Greek and is found on the Greek island of Chios. It is the original chewing gum. The word “masticate” meaning "to chew" comes from it. Chios is an island about five miles west of...

the flavor is gone. It’s kind of like chewing gum that way.

Beware terrorists bearing gifts of Spruce Beer. Right up there on the danger scale with toothpaste on airlines and chewing gum on trains. Oh, and of course the latest Al Qaeda conspiracy to deprive gourmands of Foie Gras. grin

notes that the tortillas in Detroit’s airport appeared to have been made out of white flour and chewing gum. It’s too bad he didn’t get to eat the burger at the old Tyler, Texas air terminal as it was one of the...

to chew gum to show she really could care less. The same for the request for fresh fruit juice. How hard is it to squeeze some juice? I scaled back any ideas of eating chili crab good nonya food...We settled for roti kanai and mee...

Was charged exorbitant prices for beverages, including $3.50 per LEMONADE and $7.50 per margarita. After having an expensive but average meal, I was very UN-excited to discover that my date had been seated in a chair containing...

Call The Vermont Country Store at 1-802-362-8440 and ask for the old-fashioned chewing gum brands you want. Their catalog often lists them but even if they aren’t in the current catalog the store may still stock them and be...

Many years ago I gave up the evil weed (tobacco) but developed the embarrassing habit of (in the privacy of my home, of course!) chewing gum while I read or watched a flick after dinner. My favorite was Wrigley’s venerable...

A while back there was a thread about the disappearence from Montreal stores of Stimorol. It seems the addictive Danish chewing gum is no longer distributed in North American or the U.K. So you can imagine my surprise the other...

Have you seen the mass-produced, commercial paan they apparently sell in India? I saw a television show decrying the stuff because it’s marketed to children like chewing gum and leads to mouth cancer. I think the focus of...

Passing through Mastic, L.I. (a town that ought to have a chewing-gum factory but does not) this weekend I tried out the World-Famous Ice Cream Cottage, and was quite happy with it. They take an approach to chunky ice cream that...

cream being creamy because of the cream? I may be a little picky, but I don’t like to chew gum as chewing gum, and I especially don’t want gum in my ice cream. (sorry for the rant)

that comfy, apron-wearing, gum-chewing thing going on...)

Oakland, CA., here. Never heard of it except for the chewing gum by Wrigley’s. Sounds intriguing as I like most things (and most people) from Texas. adam

. Our server lacked... there was no charm to the gum chewing, interruptions, yelling at the server assistant and overall demeanor.