Pine resin the natural chewing gum!
Pine resin has been a very useful sticky substance for humanity. It was used as a glue, gum and medicine. The pine resin was normal to use as a gum until a synthetic alternative hit the market. That's right modern chewing gum is an oil product. You chew on an oil product, I speak no further about the toxic additives. Natural alternatives are made of pine, spruce and the sapodilla tree
DIY
I make it myself, this is because it's very expensive to buy if you can find it all! You can even chew the resin directly from the pine tree, that gives a very strong flavour which you have to get used to. You get the milder flavour after some processing.
Use a old knife to collect resin like a small cup full. Take it home and boil it in water till it becomes a soft substance.
Filter the gum with an old pantihose or mosquito mesh. I use a pantihose because after the processing I throw it away. A old pan and a filter works perfect too.
Roll the filtered gum in a pretty shape and let it cool down. When it's cool you can easily break it in bite sized pieces.
Benefits
=) Helps with cuts and inflammation
=) Improves the gums when chewing it
=) Contains nutrients
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HAhaha, this is funny, back when I was young, I and my childhood friends used to eating this, not big amount though because we're not sure of its effects back them..
I forgot to mention it in the article, but pine resin is also something easy to connect to nature again.
Well sometimes in my hometown we use it to create fire also. This one easily burns.
True but collecting ''fatwood'' is than easier.