Yair Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 My younger brother's love for Marmite has been brought up around the dinner table and I was just wondering if there are people who really eat the stuff. Personally, I was lucky enough to not get within smelling distance of any of it for at least 5 or 6 years, so I'm happy to say that I can't even remember if I ever tasted it, but I suppose it is possible that the Marmite which my brother liked is more bitter than Vegemite, so I suppose Vegemite could be "tastier". Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 My younger brother's love for Marmite has been brought up around the dinner table and I was just wondering if there are people who really eat the stuff. Lots and lots of people eat Vegemite, and lots and lots of people eat Marmite, although I think they're in distinct camps (ie: Vegemite "users" would never eat Marmite and vice versa). Apparently, then aussie Marmite recipe is very different to the pommy one, the former having a stronger more salty taste (much like Vegemite) with the latter being much milder. The trick with Vegemite is to use it very sparingly - an extremely thin layer on hot buttered toast for example. Personally, I can't stand either of them - they both taste like crap. Quote Link to comment
Chris Davis Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Personally, I can't stand either of them - they both taste like crap. I agree! Quote Link to comment
Kurt Friday Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 I'm a happy little Vegemite. Vegemite puts hair on your chest, Marmite puts a mince in your step. Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Vegemite puts hair on your chest... Even if it's someone else's... ...Marmite puts a mince in your step Now there's a saying I haven't heard in years! Quote Link to comment
Syd Chasm Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'm a happy little Vegemite.Vegemite puts hair on your chest, Marmite puts a mince in your step. Hmm. My girlfriend of the moment is a vegemite devouring Aussie-chic. I now feel compelled to check her chest for hersuiteness (is that a real word?). A long exposure to living in the UK has, I confess, left me with occassional marmite cravings and I have found myself reduced to raiding Sally's vegemite pot for midnight feasts and I got to say that the Aussie version lacks the sophisticated tang of that from England's Green and Pleasant Land. But at least you chaps have evolved enough to have a taste for yeast-extract derived products with the texture of Meconium, which is more than can be said for our cousins across the pond. Tally Ho, gallant knights, I'm mincing off for a spot of tea. Syd Quote Link to comment
LAVA 1.0 Content Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I remember smelling marmite long ago when I was working in England, I was living with a familly with 2 little girls who couldn't imagine a lunch without Marmite, so evey morning, while I was having my salted butter toasts they were preparing Marmite-sandwiches... What a smell !! Back in France I tried to find Marmite... for fun, I wanted to put Marmite my sister's pot of Nutella :laugh: Unfortunately, it appears very hard to find such a smelly stuff in France (cheese appart of course ). Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Tally Ho, gallant knights, I'm mincing off for a spot of tea. Although not English (not that I'd admit it anyway due to the recent English national catastrophe), as a proud member of the Commonwealth, I do enjoy a good pot of tea. Admittedly, the best tea I ever had was in London - Earl Gray (it was the afternoon) with a slice of lemon formed part of a high tea with cucumber sandwiches, French pain d' chocolate, finished with a peaty highland single malt - wonderful! Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 etc. Well, at least now I know that Marmite has some real use. Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Epilogue: my Ma sent over a small jar of Vegemite at Christmas, and I offered it around at work. No one was impressed. Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 QUOTE(crelf @ Mar 8 2007, 07:02 PM) ...my Ma... Oh dear, you've been spending too much time around those Americans... Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 QUOTE(yen @ Mar 9 2007, 05:43 AM) Oh dear, you've been spending too much time around those Americans... In America it's prounnounced "Maw", as in "Hey Maw! Get off the dang roof!" Quote Link to comment
CRoebuck Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 QUOTE(crelf @ Jan 24 2007, 02:21 PM) Although not English (not that I'd admit it anyway due to the recent http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?showtopic=5122' target="_blank">English national catastrophe), Everyone's a joker. The wicket was biased in favour of the Ausie bowling style (ie. Striaght) :laugh: Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 QUOTE(CRoebuck @ Mar 9 2007, 11:23 PM) The wicket was biased in favour of the Ausie bowling style (ie. Striaght) :laugh: Yeah - it's difficult to bias a wicket in favour of English batters: non existant. Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Apparently, the problem in the middle east is unleaven bread and Marmite can solve that. Yeah, right. Quote Link to comment
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