Tree sap

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I read a post recently about never eating mesquite sap because it’s “like glue.” Well, yes that’s correct; it’s very much like glue. But there have probably been a couple million kids, and adults as well, who have chewed mesquite sap (The Indian word is Chauite, Chow-wee-teh) over the past few thousand years. Parents warned their children about eating mesquite sap because it might, “plug them up.” But little good that probably did. I never cared for the taste of mesquite sap but I have…

Sap coming out of a tree in Spokane, Washington.

Scientists are developing new plastics that are “green” from the cradle to the grave. Given that the new polymers they are working on often come from pine trees, firs and other conifers, they are giving the word “evergreen” added resonance.

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Red pine sap; Yosemite

Red tree sap