Chewing gum as Nature intended

[yuli]

This is tree sap gum from Russian pine trees!
Its hard and crystal-like, bite a piece of and chew, then it becomes texture like any gum once it reacts with your saliva.
The taste is amazing, no sweetness at all, but your mouth tastes like a pine tree forest, mmmm....




After chewing for a while, you can see it looks like any other gum, but chocolaty brown in color.



In parts of Russia the old women gather this and sell this on the street.

[kurite]

Very cool, did you order this online?

[Josh]

Oh yeh, I've had something similar. In london you can get it from Turkish shops.

[yuli]

Very cool, did you order this online?

nope a relative brought it to me from Russia...

also got some fresh pine nuts still in the pine cone, so much tastier and juicier then the ones you can buy here, and in russia they are dirt cheap....too bad they're illegal here  I didn't take a pic of those because we ate them too quickly...too yummi

[goodsamaritan]

yummm.... Russian cuisine.

Looking forward to more sharing your Russian ancestry.

[raw-al]

nope a relative brought it to me from Russia...

also got some fresh pine nuts still in the pine cone, so much tastier and juicier then the ones you can buy here, and in russia they are dirt cheap....too bad they're illegal here  I didn't take a pic of those because we ate them too quickly...too yummi

Illegal in Canada? What is the name of it?

The native Indians in North America taught the early settlers to chew sap from the trees to prevent scurvy.

[yuli]

yummm.... Russian cuisine.

Looking forward to more sharing your Russian ancestry.

Me too! Being in Toronto it's not easy but having Russian relatives helps (=

[yuli]

Illegal in Canada? What is the name of it?

The native Indians in North America taught the early settlers to chew sap from the trees to prevent scurvy.

Sorry I didn't mean the sap is illegal, only the pine trees that grow the cones with the nuts...all the pine cones in canada have no nuts in them, and you can't order pine cones, or grow these trees here. So were stuck eating the pre-shelled ones.