Quote from: Blacklord on October 01, 2008, 05:57 AMMove 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. :)
Quote from: Blacklord on October 01, 2008, 05:57 AM(And all the Vegemite you could possibly want!)
Mmmm... Vegemite... Yum! :D
(http://aussiefavourites.com.au/cornershop/images/vegemite175.jpg)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 01, 2008, 08:02 AM
Mmmm... Vegemite... Yum! :D
Nah, my British friends swear by Marmite! ;)
Truly,
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QuoteMove to Australia - strong economy & the best regulated banking environment in the world :)
Yes, but everything is upside down. =D
Quote from: Blacklord on October 01, 2008, 05:00 PMMarmite 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?
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 02, 2008, 03:12 PMI'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.
Needs some ground black pepper, ;)
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Quote from: RobertB on October 02, 2008, 03:19 PMI'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)
Vegemite and Marmite aren't all that different and then there's the Swiss variant called Cenovis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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??
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 02, 2008, 03:39 PM...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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Quote from: Golan Klinger on October 02, 2008, 05:03 PMWiskow: 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. :)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 02, 2008, 06:19 PMNor 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.
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 02, 2008, 06:19 PMThe 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.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
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Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 02, 2008, 06:19 PM
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.
QuoteNor 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.
QuoteCulture-mixing is fun. :)
Indeed. (My mind is in the gutter today.)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 02, 2008, 03:12 PM
Quote from: Blacklord on October 01, 2008, 05:00 PMMarmite 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
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!!!
(http://www.peanutbutter.com/images/productImages_creamy.jpg)
Quote from: airship on October 03, 2008, 06:17 AM
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!!!
:D My British friends are horrified at the thought of peanut butter. Not even in chocolate bars.
Now Spam is a different matter,
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Quote from: airship on October 03, 2008, 06:17 AM
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.
Wow... We've gotten way off-topic, haven't we? Good thing we have liberal moderators here. ;)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 03, 2008, 01:58 PMWe'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. :)
Back on topic,
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Quote(http://www.peanutbutter.com/images/productImages_creamy.jpg)
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. ;)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on October 03, 2008, 01:58 PM
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.
Quote from: Golan Klinger on October 03, 2008, 11:31 PMYeah, you're right. I split off the vegemite/marmite/whatever talk so we can babble away guilt free.
I wasn't feeling guilty. ;)
Sheesh! Thanks for being a killjoy, Golan.
I LIVE for hijacking threads! >:D
Now it's no fun anymore...
Quote from: RobertB on October 03, 2008, 06:47 AM
Quote from: airship on October 03, 2008, 06:17 AM
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!!!
:D 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
Quote from: airship on October 04, 2008, 04:58 AM
Sheesh! Thanks for being a killjoy, Golan.
I guess this isn't a thankless job afterall.
QuoteI LIVE for hijacking threads! >:D
Now it's no fun anymore...
You could start talking about CommVEx. :)
Quote from: Golan Klinger on October 04, 2008, 08:05 AM
You could start talking about CommVEx. :)
Robert already tried that... It didn't work. ;)
The people have spoken. They'd rather talk about bread spreads than CommVEx.
Quote from: Golan Klinger on October 04, 2008, 09:22 AM
The people have spoken. They'd rather talk about bread spreads than CommVEx.
Vegemite is
not a spread - it's a way of life.
Quote from: Blacklord on October 04, 2008, 02:45 PMVegemite is not a spread - it's a way of life.
So... Have you filled out the poll at http://www.howdoyoulikeyourvegemite.com.au/ ?? I did! :)
(I fit "The Nudist" profile) :)
Streaker!
Kiwi's don't touch that Vegemite thing either. Behave yourselves Aussies.
Quote from: Blacklord on October 04, 2008, 05:55 PM
Streaker!
I'm with you. It's the only way to safely eat the stuff. :)
Quote from: Blacklord on October 04, 2008, 07:05 AMAnd 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!)
O.K., I've had plenty of Hersheys and Cadburys, but for just milk chocolate, Dove (a Mars product) is great. I really like the chocolate over coconut; my British friends send me Bounty Bars (Mars again!).
O.K., I was able to find Bounty Bars in Canada,
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I wish you could still get the original flat Mars bar with the whole almonds on top. It was much better than the 'new' one (which has probably been around for 30 years now).
I also miss a candy bar that was made in my youth (yes, back in the stone age) by a small company that has been out of business at least that long. It was called a 'Walnut Crush' and it had dark chocolate rippled over a walnut-flavored nougat, with (you guessed it) walnut pieces in it. With a Grapette soda (which is also long gone), it made a perfect snack.
I won't even go on about how a quarter would buy you a Walnut Crush candy bar, a bottle of Grapette soda, and a comic book when I was a kid.
But they would.
Just Stumbled across this on the Interwebs:
(http://www.c-wilkie.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jokes/images/marmite.jpg)
Hope that doesn't break any rules. :)
I'll just drop my opinion on this debate:
Marmite is nicer than Vegemite
Bovril is nicer than both as it's a bit tamer :-)
Just to skew the topic further....
English mustard or American mustard ?
Funniest thing I saw was when I was on a Nato base in Holland, watch this American lady slather mustard all over her ham sandwich ... then start crying after she bit into it.
It was English mustard she applied in the same quantity as American mustard :-) hehehehe
What is that American mustard for anyway ? Decoration only ? ;-)
Mark
Quote from: Mark Smith on March 19, 2009, 07:37 AM
Just to skew the topic further....
English mustard or American mustard ?
I don't care for either. Personally, I prefer German mustard. :)
Quote from: Mark Smith on March 19, 2009, 07:37 AM
What is that American mustard for anyway ? Decoration only ? ;-)
Some people like the taste, I guess.
LOL !!! Yay for Vegemite!
I find a nice layer of guacamole is good inside a sandwich. :)
Truly,
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Quote from: RobertB on March 19, 2009, 04:24 PM
I find a nice layer of guacamole is good inside a sandwich. :)
Or a slice of avocado. ;)
You Californians and your avocados/guacamole! You make me puke! :P
'American' mustard is mainly used for creating yellow stains on shirt fronts. It has no appreciable flavor, so it is perfect in classic, taste-free, 1950's American-style cuisine. Fortunately, such alleged food is rapidly disappearing from American menus, and is being replaced by international foodstuffs with actual flavor, such as burritos, sushi, curry, and panini sandwiches.
Personally, for my own sandwich condiment applications I have traveled well past American mustard, taken a hard left at English mustard, spun out in a 180-degree high-speed U-turn at German mustard, and slammed up against the curb at pure horseradish.
Just for the record, I'm from Oregon, and no matter where the navy makes me live temporarily, I'll always be an Oregonian. ;)
I was going to post the following, until I remembered how much trouble it caused when I last put up a similar post that ended up in an online war with many, many casualties. So I won't.
Quote
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 20, 2009, 04:17 AMJust for the record, I'm from Oregon, and no matter where the navy makes me live temporarily, I'll always be an Oregonian. ;)
Yes, you'll always be an Oregonian. A godless, hippie, avocado-eating Oregonian. O0
Quote from: airship on March 20, 2009, 04:27 AM
I was going to post the following, until I remembered how much trouble it caused when I last put up a similar post that ended up in an online war with many, many casualties. So I won't.
Quote
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 20, 2009, 04:17 AMJust for the record, I'm from Oregon, and no matter where the navy makes me live temporarily, I'll always be an Oregonian. ;)
Yes, you'll always be an Oregonian. A godless, hippie, avocado-eating Oregonian. O0
Airship, are you feeling frisky today? :D
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 20, 2009, 04:35 AMAirship, are you feeling frisky today? :D
Andrew, I've just finally made peace with myself, and have decided to admit that I really have nothing informative to add to C128 Alive!, Lemon64, or any of the other forums I frequent.
My only real talent is for being acerbic and annoying, and I've decided to 'own' that.
We all have a purpose in life, but sometimes one's purpose is simply to serve as a bad example for others.
Well, Airship, as long as you're at peace... ;)
I love your new profile pic, BTW. :D
I like the old one better. :(
Dan...
Quote from: megabit on March 20, 2009, 09:32 AM
I like the old one better. :(
Dan...
I like them both :)
QuoteMy only real talent is for being acerbic and annoying, and I've decided to 'own' that.
We all have a purpose in life, but sometimes one's purpose is simply to serve as a bad example for others.
Sounds like he had a bad winter in Norway. :)
Dan...
Quote from: megabit on March 20, 2009, 10:13 AMSounds like he had a bad winter in Norway. :)
Maybe a lack of sunlight? ;)
The lack of sunlight can seriously change a persons personality. During winter in Sweden and Norway, on our shortest days, the sun comes up around 9 am and goes down around 3 pm, so please bare with us... :D
On the other hand, during summer, the sun never sets :)
I know most of you know this already, but just to be clear: my family hasn't been in Norway for over 100 years. I live in Iowa, in the USA.
But it's still been a long, dark winter. Thank God it's finally Spring! Only a few more blizzards and warm weather will begin! ::)
Quote from: airship on March 21, 2009, 12:31 AMOnly a few more blizzards and warm weather will begin! ::)
I've been using the air-conditioning in the car the last few days. :)
That California weather,
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Hey airship,
Is Bob Ross going to touchup your self portait? ;D
Dan...
Quote from: RobertB on March 21, 2009, 01:24 AMI've been using the air-conditioning in the car the last few days. :)
Me, too! :)
And today is oficially the first day of Spring. Happy Spring, everyone. :D
Quote from: megabit on March 21, 2009, 02:55 AMHey airship,
Is Bob Ross going to touchup your self portait? ;D
Dan...
Bob Ross is going to add some 'happy little trees' to my self-portrait. :)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 21, 2009, 03:23 AM
Quote from: RobertB on March 21, 2009, 01:24 AMI've been using the air-conditioning in the car the last few days. :)
Me, too! :)
And today is oficially the first day of Spring. Happy Spring, everyone. :D
No, no - Autumn :)
Quote from: Blacklord on March 21, 2009, 04:37 AMNo, no - Autumn :)
If you're still in Mexico, then it's Spring! ;)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 21, 2009, 06:11 AM
Quote from: Blacklord on March 21, 2009, 04:37 AMNo, no - Autumn :)
If you're still in Mexico, then it's Spring! ;)
Not the point - my internal clock says 'Autumn' - it also says 'Saturday' even though it's Friday here.......
Quote from: Blacklord on March 21, 2009, 08:10 AM
Not the point - my internal clock says 'Autumn' - it also says 'Saturday' even though it's Friday here.......
Sounds like your internal clock is in need of an adjustment. ;)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 21, 2009, 08:25 AM
Quote from: Blacklord on March 21, 2009, 08:10 AM
Not the point - my internal clock says 'Autumn' - it also says 'Saturday' even though it's Friday here.......
Sounds like your internal clock is in need of an adjustment. ;)
It will be :) 4 weeks til i get home!
Quote from: Blacklord on March 21, 2009, 10:08 AMIt will be :) 4 weeks til i get home!
If you've been driving while you've been in Mexico, be extra careful your first day back in Australia. It always took me a day or so to get used to driving in the U.S. when I'd come back from Japan. I kept unconciously trying to turn onto the wrong side of the road when turning at an intersection. ;)
Drive ? In Mexico City ? LOL! Nope, not into extreme sports :)
Quote from: Blacklord on March 22, 2009, 12:08 AM
Drive ? In Mexico City ? LOL! Nope, not into extreme sports :)
Sorry... Thought you had mentioned hiring a car there before...
Yeah - once - never again!
Supper tonite: Peanut Butter & Bacon Sammich! :P
(http://www.treehugger.com/Peanut-Butter-Bacon-Sandwich.jpg)
I will, of course, use double the amount of bacon shown in the photo.
QuoteI will, of course, use double the amount of bacon shown in the photo.Re: Vegemite/Marmite
Try it on toasted sour dough. yum yum
Dan...
Turns out the Hormel Microwave Ready pre-cooked bacon I used prepackages its contents as four strips per pack. Since eight strips seemed a bit like overkill for a PB&bacon sammich, I opted for only four. That was plenty.
(http://www.hormelfoods.com/ASSETS/13C9E5E92D1B438CBF14C3FB5FBAEAD8/RefrigMW%20Bacon0608_Web.jpg) (http://www.hormelfoods.com/brands/hormel/MicrowaveReady.aspx)
This is the first time I've used this kind of bacon. I think I'll go back to regular bacon. I had to microwave it twice as long as the package said* - 4 minutes instead of 2 - since I have a wimpy 15-year-old microwave. My microwave will cook regular bacon in 7 minutes, as will my stovetop, and regular bacon doesn't turn out all rubbery and weird.
Still, it tasted like bacon, so that's something.
*Edit: Hmmmm... the package says '2 to 2 1/2 minutes', but the website says 'just three minutes', then contradicts itself later on the same page with '3-4 minutes'. These guys need to get together on their product claims.
You can't microwave bacon ?!?!?!?!
It would be all .. well just plain icky! Sick sick americans!!! :-)
Quote from: Mark Smith on April 14, 2009, 08:36 AM
You can't microwave bacon ?!?!?!?!
It would be all .. well just plain icky! Sick sick americans!!! :-)
Yeah, but Mark - have you actually tried American bacon ? It's pretty vile stuff - and even their processed ham is all wrong, tastes way too sweet.
Maybe microwaving it would improve it.......
Quote from: Blacklord on April 15, 2009, 12:43 AM
Quote from: Mark Smith on April 14, 2009, 08:36 AM
You can't microwave bacon ?!?!?!?!
It would be all .. well just plain icky! Sick sick americans!!! :-)
Yeah, but Mark - have you actually tried American bacon ? It's pretty vile stuff - and even their processed ham is all wrong, tastes way too sweet.
Maybe microwaving it would improve it.......
I agree on the bacon. On the other hand, having eaten ham in other countries (not in the Middle East, though), I'd have to disagree on the "it's too sweet" part. It all depends on whose ham. We had a great ham on Easter Sunday!
That Men at Work song "Down Under" has a man from Brussels (?) giving a Vegemite sandwich!