{"id":15412,"date":"2015-10-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancunion.manchestermediagroup.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/the-gum-list\/"},"modified":"2019-01-28T17:51:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:51:54","slug":"the-gum-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/2015\/10\/19\/the-gum-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gum List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0 <strong>Trident<\/strong><br \/>\nA loose, perky gum, perfect for easing the jaw into action. The 2012 \u2018Cinnamon\u2019 batch has a rough viscosity, making for excellent mastication. The 2013 \u2018Splashing Fruit\u2019 incarnation, meanwhile, makes for a light, summery chewing gum.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Wrigley\u2019s Spearmint<\/strong><br \/>\nA full-bodied gum. Recommended for adding to a tired ball of Trident for a sharp injection of reinvigorating spearmint. Suitable with red meat.<\/p>\n<p>3.<strong> Fisherman\u2019s friend<\/strong><br \/>\nA fabulous vintage chewing gum with a thick, minty accent. A dry, taut chew. Additionally useful as a rugged throat lozenge for the throes of winter. Serve chilled for best results.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Juicy Fruit<\/strong><br \/>\nGentler on the mandibles than more robust brands such as Wrigley\u2019s or Extra. Dry and unoaked, with a fragrant character, though the overbearing fruitiness may be a little crass for more refined tastes.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>The inside cheek<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are moments\u2014in\u00a0which\u00a0one loses all sense of time, place, and chewing gum\u2014when one must simply chew something, be that as it may the inside of one&#8217;s own face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Scanlan is a serial raver, chewing gum connoisseur, and columnist for &#8216;The Weekly Chew&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1370,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24353],"tags":[12098,2560,2219,12099,12076],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15412"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}