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I wanted to try this when I was little, but I never did.
1 posted on 01/11/2024 8:52:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Nooooooo!!!


2 posted on 01/11/2024 8:55:13 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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I could find it in Cracker Barrel...as well as Clove Gum.


3 posted on 01/11/2024 8:57:37 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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I haven’t thought about Fruit Stripe gum in ages.

I used to chew it, back when I was a kid. In the 1970s. I haven’t chewed it since.

If I wouldn’t have seen this article, I would not miss it.


4 posted on 01/11/2024 8:59:08 PM PST by exDemMom (Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
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I used to get Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum. The problem was you had to get the assortment. Cherry and Orange were fine, but Lemon and Lime were yucky.


5 posted on 01/11/2024 9:01:51 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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“Fruit Stripe was invented in the late 1960s”

Not the “late” 60s. I remember it from the early 60s, probably 1964 or before. Wikipedia says 1960.


6 posted on 01/11/2024 9:04:36 PM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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They don’t make gum the same anymore anyways.

Most of the brands we grew up with as kids aren’t made with sugar anymore. Can’t get Bubble Yum or Hubba Bubba the way it was made in the late 70s and 80s because of this, when it was made the best way.


7 posted on 01/11/2024 9:07:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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My grandmother kept Cloves gum in her purse.I can still recall the smell. I liked Beeman’s which came back briefly in the 80’s. Probably because of the movie the Right Stuff.


9 posted on 01/11/2024 9:10:35 PM PST by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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Instead, they should have fixed the flavor-loss issue. It was great gum for 10 seconds.


10 posted on 01/11/2024 9:11:43 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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The flavor lasted about a minute, then bland city. I moved on to Sweettarts and Lemonheads’ assorted fruit. I still enjoy both in my 50’s. I go through a box a day or more since I quit smoking.


11 posted on 01/11/2024 9:11:56 PM PST by waterhill (I Believe all you need for home defense is an 870 and a Catahoula)
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I have looked in vain for Sugar Free Juicy Fruit Gum. I’d buy a case!!


13 posted on 01/11/2024 9:18:06 PM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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Fruit Stripe Gum is probably OUT because of LBQXFUDGE69 protest?

Fruit Stripe Gum is gone!? Now we know that Aramemnon is nigh and the world is about to END! Go out and Party Party Party while you still can!
smiles


16 posted on 01/11/2024 9:31:35 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Wrigleys Juicy Fruit gum was my go to gum as a kid, along with Dubble Bubble, and occasionally Bazooka.

I bought some Juicy Fruit a while back and it doesn’t taste anything like it did when I was a kid...............


17 posted on 01/11/2024 9:32:17 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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I got two eight packs from my kids at Thanksgiving. It was a childhood favorite along with rootbeer barrels and banana flavored BB Bats.


18 posted on 01/11/2024 9:40:08 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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"Fruit Stripe" -- I remember that as the new kid on the block. I grew up with Juicy Fruit, DoubleMint, Chiclets, Beech-Nut, Bazooka Bubblegum, Pepsin, and Black Jack.

Even Wrigley's "Big Red" was new-fangled for me.

This ad was 25 years before I was born...


19 posted on 01/11/2024 9:57:15 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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“It’s fun to tickle your tongue with Fruit Stripe Gum!”


20 posted on 01/11/2024 10:13:48 PM PST by thecodont
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I was a kid when fruit stripe came out. My Granny was a big time juicy fruit chewer, (probably to cover the snuff she often kept between her cheek and gum) but when Fruit Stripe came out, it was all over for juicy fruit. I preferred double mint, probably because the double mint twins made it look so cool, but I’d chew whatever was available.


21 posted on 01/11/2024 10:17:30 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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My favorite was Teaberry


23 posted on 01/11/2024 10:26:22 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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Dentyne gum

Loved it!😁


25 posted on 01/11/2024 10:49:35 PM PST by justme4now (Our Right's are God given and I don't need permission from politicians or courts to exercise them!)
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Better not ever get rid of Big Red gum.


26 posted on 01/11/2024 10:52:43 PM PST by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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"It was originally manufactured and sold by the Beech-Nut Confection Division,"

"Buy Beech-Nut, Buy Gum"
27 posted on 01/11/2024 11:48:05 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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