Tasty project! “Make your own chewing gum with chicle, the sap of the Sapodilla tree that grows in the rainforests of Central America. Everything you need is included in this kit and it’s easy! You can make your own gum on the stove or with a microwave. Once all chewing gum was made from chicle. That’s the sap of the sapodilla tree, which grows in rainforest in Central America. Men called “chicleros” climb up the tall trees, and with their machetes, cut criss-crosses in the trunks so that the sticky sap flowed out. Then the chicle was processed and turned into gum.” [via] Link.
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Yes, but could someone please mention what chicle is, what tree it is the sap of, and in what kind of forest in Central America it grows?
n8, if you had read the article, then you would know…
this doesn’t actually say how to make the gum, just the origin. this is the most unhelpful thing ive ever seen.