On Tuesday, July 21, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, A.Ferszt wrote:

I'm interested in the history of chewing gum (for arcane reasons of my
own).

While I know that various cultures have chewed various resins throughout
the ages, how did the current product get started, and what made it so popular in the US? For so much of the world chewing gum seems to equate
with Americans.

Thanks
AF

look at the podcast "American Innovations" for the whole story including General Santa Ana's part I n it..

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