Food of the Eighties, chew man chew
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I think that's the name. It's an individually wrapped gum. The wrapper was orange with confuscious (chinese face) on the wrapper and the gum was long and thin and a bit hard. Tasted great but for only like 10 mins then the flavor was gone but I loved this gum and can't find it anywhere, not even sure if it's called Chew man Chew-that's what my roommate calls it.
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I remember that gum I loved it and can't find it anywhere if you find it please put up the link and fyi that was the name of it. Chew Man Chew
You can see a glimpse of it in the trailer for the movie The Killing of A Chinese Cookie. I also think it may have been marketed as Fortune Bubble... but that might have been a different candy.
Did anyone find out the name of this gum? My sister sent me a 70's gift box from amazon.com and I was hoping that gum was in there! WE USED TO CALL IT CHEW MAN CHEW ALSO...
i think the gum was called chew man chew and was sold for one or two cents a piece. the wrapper was orange and inside was a different chinese fortune in every piece. the flavor was great but, did not last very long.
it was called fu man chew and came with a fortune inside the wrapper.
I remeber this gum and it is called chew man chew
and i loved it.
It's called Fortune Bubble and they don't make it anymore. It was the best gum ever.
What a trip back to my childhood! As a kid I used to go to the neighborhood candy store and the the kids went nuts over it; this was in the mid 70's..I would also like to find it for our 9 year old daughter. What magic memories it brings from our past. I hope we can find it somewhere!
Oh my god. I have been searching the Web for years trying to find this stuff, but this discussion is the first mention of it I've ever found. At least now I know it did exist and isn't a product of a childhood dream--for a while there I was questioning myself. Anyway, this was the best tasting gum ever. I agree with eddie, I think it was Fu Man Chew. It probably was discontinued because it could be seen as not politically correct. Damned PC.
It was Chew Man Chew & had a fortune in it. I searched for years & finally had a company tell me they quit making it around 2002! Ugh!
Here's a picture. It's Fu man chews.
http://www.njedge.net/~knapp/candy.htm
I used to collect the fortunes from the gum. They were numbered and i tried my best to collect them all. The year was 1983.
I loved this gum and I wish I could find some for my kids to try. Too bad it's gone. All good things do come to an end...
Yep! Chew Man chew gun was wrapped indivdually and cost 1 penny/piece where I use to buy it in Stamford Ct. 100 for a buck. Man, I wish they would bring that gum back. Mid 70's for sure!
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