Vegemite/Marmite

[Andrew Wiskow]

Move to Australia - strong economy & the best regulated banking environment in the world

The thought has crossed my mind...  Especially after having been able to visit Perth and Sydney over the past few years thanks to the navy...  I'd really like to get to know more of the country. 

(And all the Vegemite you could possibly want!)

Mmmm...  Vegemite...  Yum! 

[RobertB]

Mmmm...  Vegemite...  Yum! 

Nah, my British friends swear by Marmite! 

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[Blacklord]

Mmmm...  Vegemite...  Yum! 

Nah, my British friends swear by Marmite! 

 

Marmite is truly vile.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

Move to Australia - strong economy & the best regulated banking environment in the world

Yes, but everything is upside down.   =D

[Andrew Wiskow]

Marmite is truly vile.

Most Americans that I know who've tried it say the same thing about Vegemite.  I actually like it, and it's good for you, too! 

I've never tried Marmite though...  Is it very different from Vegemite?

[RobertB]

I've never tried Marmite though...  Is it very different from Vegemite?

Heh, I'm the other way around.  I've tried Marmite but have never had Vegemite.

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[Andrew Wiskow]

I've never tried Marmite though...  Is it very different from Vegemite?

I did some research, and I found three companies that sell Australian products online in the U.S. (including Vegemite!):

Australian Catalogue Company
www.aussiecatalog.com

About Australia Shop
www.about-australia-shop.com

Simply Australian Shop
www.simplyoz.com (US 1800 447 1187)   

[Golan Klinger]

Vegemite and Marmite aren't all that different and then there's the Swiss variant called Cenovis. Suffice it to say that they're acquired tastes and the key is to use them sparingly. If you slather them on like peanut butter you're probably not going to be too happy.

Wiskow: Maybe it's just me but doesn't Vegemite remind you of natt??

[RobertB]

...I found three companies that sell Australian products online in the U.S (including Vegemite!)

Hmm, maybe I should surprise my best friend with more yeasty extract!  Back in the 2002 or 2005, I brought him a bottle of Marmite from England.  He was less than enthused when he tasted it.    I considered bringing him bottled haggis from Scotland this year but his wife wouldn't have liked it.  I brought them some Thornton chocolate-covered shortbread, instead.

                Tasty import!
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[Andrew Wiskow]

Wiskow: Maybe it's just me but doesn't Vegemite remind you of natt??

Yeah... Similar, but not quite the same...  I never could get used to natt?...  Nor did I care for the sweet beans that the Japanese like inside of bread rolls and in ice cream.  The funny thing is, they like sweet beans, but not sweet rice.  My wife would occasionally make her delicious rice pudding, and whenever we had Japanese guests that tried it, they didn't like it.

Culture-mixing is fun. 

[RobertB]

Nor did I care for the sweet beans that the Japanese like inside of bread rolls and in ice cream.

Sweet beans are o.k., but I wouldn't want to eat them regularly.

The funny thing is, they like sweet beans, but not sweet rice.  My wife would occasionally make her delicious rice pudding, and whenever we had Japanese guests that tried it, they didn't like it.

Filipinos like sweet rice.  Mmm, bico.

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[Golan Klinger]

Yeah... Similar, but not quite the same...

Agreed although to many Western palates they might get lumped in together. It's interesting that natt? is a no-go but you don't mind *mite.

Nor did I care for the sweet beans that the Japanese like inside of bread rolls and in ice cream.

That I didn't mind. What caught me off guard was umeboshi onigiri. It was difficult to maintain a polite expression on my face.

Culture-mixing is fun. 

Indeed. (My mind is in the gutter today.)

[Blacklord]

Marmite is truly vile.

Most Americans that I know who've tried it say the same thing about Vegemite.  I actually like it, and it's good for you, too! 

I've never tried Marmite though...  Is it very different from Vegemite?

Very - Marmite is quite slimy, where Vegemite isn't. Plus Marmite's flavour is "off".

With Vegemite you can put it on in slabs (love my thick Vege on toast every morning!) - can't do that with Marmite!

Lance

[airship]

In the good ol' USA, we have our own stuff that's spreadable and healthy, but with one important difference from the inedible gunk you people are debating: IT TASTES GOOD!!!

[RobertB]

In the good ol' USA, we have our own stuff that's spreadable and healthy, but with one important difference from the inedible gunk you people are debating: IT TASTES GOOD!!!

  My British friends are horrified at the thought of peanut butter.  Not even in chocolate bars.

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[Golan Klinger]

IT TASTES GOOD!!!

That's highly dependent upon what you grew up eating. The sight of a jar of peanut butter is enough to send me mum running.

I remember the baffled looks I got when I whipped out a jar of Nutella in California in the late 80's. People thought there was something wrong with me because I was eating "chocolate sauce on bread" for breakfast.

[Andrew Wiskow]

Wow...  We've gotten way off-topic, haven't we?  Good thing we have liberal moderators here. 

[RobertB]

We've gotten way off-topic, haven't we?

At the CommVEx venue, the Plaza Hotel, the salmon at the Lucky 7's Buffet Restaurant was excellent, and the chow mein was very fresh. 

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[BigDumbDinosaur]

Back before Pac-Man invaded and screwed up everything, I consumed large quantities of this tasty concoction.  Anyone who doesn't like it must either be mentally disturbed due to excessive skippy-whipping while a teenager, or was deprived of a balanced diet as a child, a balanced diet being lots of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.   

[Golan Klinger]

Wow...  We've gotten way off-topic, haven't we?

Yeah, you're right. I split off the vegemite/marmite/whatever talk so we can babble away guilt free.

[Andrew Wiskow]

Yeah, you're right. I split off the vegemite/marmite/whatever talk so we can babble away guilt free.

I wasn't feeling guilty. 

[airship]

Sheesh! Thanks for being a killjoy, Golan.

I LIVE for hijacking threads! 

Now it's no fun anymore...

[Blacklord]

In the good ol' USA, we have our own stuff that's spreadable and healthy, but with one important difference from the inedible gunk you people are debating: IT TASTES GOOD!!!

  My British friends are horrified at the thought of peanut butter.  Not even in chocolate bars.

 

Crunchy peanut butter is best, smooth is too gummy.

And I could never understand the thing about putting it inside chocolate either (if you can call that Hershey's stuff chocolate that is! You US people need to sink your teeth into some Cadbury's chocolate to find out what real chocolate is!)

Lance

[Golan Klinger]

Sheesh! Thanks for being a killjoy, Golan.

I guess this isn't a thankless job afterall.

I LIVE for hijacking threads! 

Now it's no fun anymore...

You could start talking about CommVEx.

[Andrew Wiskow]

You could start talking about CommVEx.

Robert already tried that...  It didn't work.