On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:50:29 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>On 7/20/2011 5:21 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:58:46 -0400, "Christopher M."
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> How's this famous bread from St. John's University in Minnesota?
>>> http://www.monasterygreetings.com/pr...St_Johns_Abbey
>>>
>>>
>>> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>>>
>>
>> I thought that you meant this. It was found in the produce section of
>> grocery stores when I was a child. A tasty, fibrous snack
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Bread
>>
>> Janet US
>
>I remember that stuff from when I was a kid. We used to get it at school
>(I went to a Jewish Day School) for a minor holiday called Tu B'Shvat
>which was the new years day for trees (I'm not kidding). It is very
>chewy but tasty. I think they called something pronounced like "buck sir"

Buksa.

It's carob... those pods are used to make fake chocolate.

http://www.nutsonline.com/cookingbak...FYeD5QodJB8EzA