stevo

A friend of mine just got back from studying in Melbourne for 6 months and brought back some veggiemite for me to try. That stuff is really bad. Do most Aussies like it or is it more of a novelty thing? I have a feeling it was invented as a sick joke to play on visiting Americans. He told me it's fermented yeast extract. So is that like scuzz taken off the top of a fresh brewed batch of beer or something?

Really, how many of you enjoy eating it?

ps. My dogs really enjoyed it. they ate all the spread (and the crackers), but they couldn't seem to get enough of it.

slimshaydee

you're sposed to put butter on bread first, and then the vegemite, and make sure you dont put too much. I love the stuff!

WillyPete

Yeah, it's meant to just shade the toast a light brown colour.
I had some marmite when I studied in the US. It's the English version.

My flatmate asked me what it was and I told him you put it on toast for the best results.
He smeared it on like Peanut Butter.

Even the UK adverts are great and admit it with the tagline "You either love it or hate it". In one, the girls runs into the kitchen during commercial break and has a few bites then rushes back in. You see through the dorrway over the back of the couch and watch her go to kiss her boyfriend, he just splutters and starts with the spitting sounds.

Ella

I'm a bit of a fan. I love it spread thick on raisin toast.

__________________
"Afterwards, the universe will explode for your pleasure."

Janey

ya, i know it as marmite. you can buy it in all the groceries in Toronto. It, however, tastes vile.

We bought a jar to sample, and after a couple of months with no further usage, threw it away.

maleficent

I brought back a small jar from Australia - still have it too- it's quite salty - -and well - I suppose it's an acquired taste, one I don't think I'll ever acquire.

__________________

Latch

I hate it.. I've brought it back to my family in the States before.. they hate it. My uncle ate a teaspoon full by itself.. he's nuts.

The dog wouldn't even eat it.

I had a girlfriend who would go have toast w/ vegemite in the morning then try to kiss me... it's horrible.

spindles

My wife and I always buy the biggest jar the sell - love it - got have it thick on toast. I think when you are raised on it, it seems normal.

Janey - marmite and vegemite taste quite different - I don't like the taste of marmite - I think it (from memory) is a little sweeter - what you are used to I suppose.

There are places in the US where you can get it (a couple of online places in the US - think there was already a thread RE where to get Tim Tams...

__________________
who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

Neptune

I'm another vegemite fan. The thicker the better!

Nocturnal

I love vegemite on bread or toasted but as mentioned above the idea is not to spread it on too thick as it can be quite overpowering.

WillyPete

In my microbiology class the professor asked who was from Australia when he was passing around samples of what they use to grow cultures. One was a big white tub.

Got to me and I sniffed the tub before I clicked and perked up. Hadn't seen marmite for about a year.

He saw that and asked where I was from. Told him and he asked, for the benefit of the entire class who had all smelt it and were still recovering, what we did with it.
Seeing where he was going I dabbed some on my finger, held it up and with a shit-eater grin said "We put it on toast." and sucked it clean.

Funny, I never did get a date with any of those girls in that class...

Ella

Hahaha....nice one, WillyPete.

__________________
"Afterwards, the universe will explode for your pleasure."

Jaebin

Vegemite is great, so is Milo. I have 8 slices of toast with Vegemite and a cuppa Milo... I like to dunk the toast in the Milo... yeah, I know I'm a freak

Ishmal

it isn't JUST a joke to play on visiting Americans... sum Aussies really love it, like my brother. he has veggiemite on his toast every morning and takes two veggiemite sandwitches to work every day! i don't mind a bit of veggiemite but im not as big a fan as him.

__________________
"Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular."

alpha666

BEST SPREAD IN THE WORLD BAR NONE!!! yes i am another fan! have to have my fix every day!

aKula

Been in Australia for 12 years now but I don't think I will ever get used to vegemite.

slimshaydee

I just had a rippen vegemite sanga just then. I can't see how others dont like it. It's bloody awesome mate.

high_way

love vegemite and cheese sangas, or by its self.. pretty much love it.

its also good to put on ulcers in your mouth, clears them right up.

__________________
A stranger is just a friend you havent met yet.

Impostor of the imposturous

tacho

Not surprised, it's mandetory to be weaned on VMite to like it, LOL.

Latch

I had a friend who came over to Australia when she was 2.. and she still couldn't stand the stuff. We decided that if you have any chance of liking it you have to have been born in the country.

Janey

okay, spindles, i will repectfully reserve judgement until I've had the real thing from the Men down under....

spindles

I imagine if you think marmite tastes vile, that you probably shouldn't try vegemite - they are not *that* different.

__________________
who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

Lak

I love my marmite. I do think that the two taste different, and happen to have a preference for marmite. And by 'preference', I of course mean 'ritualistic devotion'.

Sick things to do with marmite/vegemite:

- Mite n' cheese. Either on sandwiches, or cut your cheese into sticks for dipping.
- Grill the above in the oven for molten cheesy goodness.
- Nukes mouth ulcers like nobodies business. Tried and true (been mentioned)
- Smear a little on your apple. No, honest. Don't lookit me like that! Try it before you knock it.
- Short on toast? Try a steak.
- Spread it thick so it burns like whiskey

Of course if any of those aren't marmitey enough for your sick, sick self, just eat the fuckin stuff on a spoon. Mmmm. Black.

__________________
ignorance really is bliss.

Mass_Hysteria

Bah i despise vegemite, it's the feeble younger brother of marmite and does NOT taste the same! Anyway, another way of eating it (marmite of course), is with or without butter on weetbix, a bit dry but definitely good. Bovril is quite a good un also if you're a fan.

Mass_Hysteria

The butter and maybe a litre of water nearby is probably a good idea if you're not keen on being mummified by the dehydrating effects of weetbix. Hmm i seem to have only just now acknowledged the existence of the edit button.

Ella

My Mum used to smear vegemite on roast potatoes, so they would come out with this kind of oily, vegemity crust. Very yummy.

__________________
"Afterwards, the universe will explode for your pleasure."

Meridae'n

We feed it grass, it moo's, then vegemite comes out the other end.

Some things we just wish we could un-invent.

__________________
What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

fallsauce

I don't get the deal with vegemite (is it actually made of vegetables?) However, I love marmite. The first time I had it, it was disgusting, you get used to it though. Too bad I don't get to eat it too often since we usually don't buy bread.

__________________
"Hey little kitty with your tail dragging on the floor
You could have a following in every town that you go"
Electric Six - I Invented The Night

spindles

Both it and marmite are yeast extracts - the difference I think, is the other ingredients. Vegemite is saltier and marmite is sweeter...

__________________
who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

Ralli

I was born here in Aussie, and I totally HATE Vegemite. I think it is gross. My son eats it, and so does my mum and brother and BF but I dont. it actually makes me sick.....like honestly sick. spewy sick. I dont know how people can eat it. But then again everyone has there own tastes, likes and dislikes and I am sure that some people dont eat what I like. Kiwi Fruit with the skin ON is one. I know many people who dont like the skin. I eat it seperatley too.

__________________
~RALLI~

Pete :)

Step one: Grab a slice of bread, apply butter and vegemite, put some cheese on top then place it under the grill for a few minutes until the cheese melts.

Step two: Eat it.

Step three: Repeat step one and two.

Yep, I love the stuff.

Latch

forgot some steps.

Step 1.5: try not to gag when the first whiff of the vegemite hits your nose.

Step 2.5: try not to spew while eating it. In fact.. for your own good.. you should have just skipped step 2.

slimshaydee

I reckon we should make it a prerequisite on this board to like vegemite, so we can weed out all the non true blue fair dinkum aussie blokes/sheilas.

TheRagingBull

Love the stuff, like every true aussie should

WillyPete

I guess it's just like the Dutch affinity for those 'Zout' licourice sweets.

Ralli

HEY I LOVE THOSE........... YUMMY ... Looks like it is my dutch heritage coming out in me. My mother is dutch.

I guess I am not what you call a "true blue aussie shelia" then as I hate veggiemite.

__________________
~RALLI~

spindles

STONE HER!!

__________________
who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

slimshaydee

too bloody right!

Ralli

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO DONT.............

I like everything else aussie except that stuff.

__________________
~RALLI~

Ella

OMG...you're a chick, Ralli? I had no idea!

Time to unearth another thread, methinks....

__________________
"Afterwards, the universe will explode for your pleasure."