Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 23, 2005 10:17
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Arabic term
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Native in: Arabic
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مستكة
Arabic to English
Science
Food & Drink
مستكا أو مستكة
حليب مستكة
Thank you
حليب مستكة
Thank you
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | Gum Arabica |
Sam Berner
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| 4 | mastic gum, or gum mastic |
Fuad Yahya
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Jan 3, 2006 02:10: Fuad Yahya changed "Field" from "Other" to "Science"
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Sam Berner
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Egyptian, Palestinian, Lebanese, Sudanese, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Syrian) 
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Arabic term (edited):
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Gum Arabica
Crystallized gum Arabica. Sometimes incorrectly translated as musk, which is المسك and not مستكة.
Used in North Africa as a very expensive, sugerless chewing gum.
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Note added at 20 mins (2005-11-23 10:37:39 GMT)
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Have a look at this: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:nmx5wfzbuVgJ:www.cafecr...
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Note added at 30 mins (2005-11-23 10:47:47 GMT)
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and here as well: http://www.foodsubs.com/Misc.html
Also, there seems to be a bit of a confusion between it and mastic (see here http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mastic23.html). Mastic is obtained from a small tree called Pistacia lentiscus (of the sumac family), found chiefly in Mediterranean countries. When the bark of the tree is injured, the resin exudes in drops (like gum Arabica). It is transparent and pale yellow to green in color. Mastic is used chiefly in making varnish but is also used medicinally as an astringent and, with aniseed, to flavor a distilled liquor called mastic.
Used in North Africa as a very expensive, sugerless chewing gum.
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Note added at 20 mins (2005-11-23 10:37:39 GMT)
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Have a look at this: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:nmx5wfzbuVgJ:www.cafecr...
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Note added at 30 mins (2005-11-23 10:47:47 GMT)
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and here as well: http://www.foodsubs.com/Misc.html
Also, there seems to be a bit of a confusion between it and mastic (see here http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mastic23.html). Mastic is obtained from a small tree called Pistacia lentiscus (of the sumac family), found chiefly in Mediterranean countries. When the bark of the tree is injured, the resin exudes in drops (like gum Arabica). It is transparent and pale yellow to green in color. Mastic is used chiefly in making varnish but is also used medicinally as an astringent and, with aniseed, to flavor a distilled liquor called mastic.
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ocean2gulf
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Thank you
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Dina Abdo
: I also found it written in English as mustic and mastic, but when searching these words definitions the indicate nothing related to gum. So guess they are just transliterating words.
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Well, both are chewed as gum, Dina. The difference is in the trees from which they come.
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Arabic term (edited):
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mastic gum, or gum mastic
Gum mastic and gum arabic are two different gums. For information on gum mastic, follow this link:
http://www.greek-recipe.com/static/articles/gum-mastic.html
For information on gum arabic, follow this link:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200502/gum.arabic.htm
http://www.greek-recipe.com/static/articles/gum-mastic.html
For information on gum arabic, follow this link:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200502/gum.arabic.htm
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