Marmite....GACK!!!

[JimB]

I was watching a British comedy the other day and saw a jar of Marmite on the table of the tv set. That got me thinking...hmm...I like to snack while I work and that might be a good thing to keep in the desk.
Well, I went to the local British pantry and got a jar. Brought some bread in from home and was about to enjoy some tea and a snack as I got down to work.
HOLYSMOKINGWHATTHEHECK IS this crap made of?!?!?!?
PTOOEY!!

Anybody here that can stand this stuff?

[Richard]

Marmite has an acquired taste you either love it or hate it, but how much of it did you put on as you should only put a very small amount on, it's not like jam

[Tony Miles]

is Marmite like Vegemite??? My first experience with vegemite was pretty "different" I thought it was like apple butter cuz of the similar look. I put big ol' glob on some toast took a big ol' bite and nooooooo it's not like apple butter

[Dixiecat]

Yes, Marmite and Vegemite are the same product.

And yes, they both taste like the floor of a pub after a team of Guinness-drinking rugby players have had a party.

And as for spreading thinly? I shared an office with an ex-pat Brit who loved his Marmite and I tried a teeeeeeeny, TEEEEEEENY bit on the tip of my baby finger. I couldn't wash my mouth out fast enough. And this was in a university science building that had sinks in their offices.....

Of course, Europeans think North Americans are nuts for loving peanut butter, so to each their own.

[JimB]

Ok....so as to make this tar like substance that tastes bovine related palatable, you use it (thinly!) with butter?

[Jock Scot]

Yes, Marmite and Vegemite are the same product.

And yes, they both taste like the floor of a pub after a team of Guinness-drinking rugby players have had a party.

And as for spreading thinly? I shared an office with an ex-pat Brit who loved his Marmite and I tried a teeeeeeeny, TEEEEEEENY bit on the tip of my baby finger. I couldn't wash my mouth out fast enough. And this was in a university science building that had sinks in their offices.....

Of course, Europeans think North Americans are nuts for loving peanut butter, so to each their own.

No one,I repeat no one ever tastes Marmite on its own! You are bound to do your taste buds permanent harm! Never ever taste Marmite on it own! Spread thinly on toast with REAL butter is the way to go.

I like peanut butter too!

[auld argonian]

My supermarket added an English/Irish section to its ethnic food aisle a couple of years ago. So you can now get those cans of Heinz beans and bottles of brown sauce and pim's biscuits at the Jewel. I sort of laugh up my sleeve on this one because the neighborhood is VERY Irish American and a dislike for anything remotely "English" is common among these folks...who are mostly, like, third or fourth generation but seem to have to have some kinds of kooky characteristics like this Anglo-phobe thing to make it clear that they are definitely "Irish". (They also conspicuously eschew reading the Chicago Tribune in favor of reading the Sun Times...and that's a long story!) Thus some of the interesting brands of tea fly off the shelves while a lot of the "English" stuff ends up in the shopping-cart-full-of-markdowns next to the cash registers.

Guess where all of the Marmite ended up?


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[O'Callaghan]

My supermarket added an English/Irish section to its ethnic food aisle a couple of years ago. So you can now get those cans of Heinz beans and bottles of brown sauce and pim's biscuits at the Jewel. I sort of laugh up my sleeve on this one because the neighborhood is VERY Irish American and a dislike for anything remotely "English" is common among these folks...who are mostly, like, third or fourth generation but seem to have to have some kinds of kooky characteristics like this Anglo-phobe thing to make it clear that they are definitely "Irish". (They also conspicuously eschew reading the Chicago Tribune in favor of reading the Sun Times...and that's a long story!) Thus some of the interesting brands of tea fly off the shelves while a lot of the "English" stuff ends up in the shopping-cart-full-of-markdowns next to the cash registers.

Guess where all of the Marmite ended up?


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That's ironic really. I'm English AND I'm about the same percentage Irish as most Irish Americans (most of our forebears all left Ireland around the middle of the 19th century). "Real" Irish might correct me, but I think you'll find that English and Irish have much more similar tastes in food and drink to eachother, than say, I dunno, either of us compared with Americans, LOL! The two countries are right next door to eachother, after all.

[CDNSushi]

Yes, Marmite and Vegemite are the same product

Bite yer tongue! They are not! Marmite is horrible, horrible stuff. Vegemite, on the other hand, is a wonderful product that tastes great!

http://www.vegemite.com.au/

Vegemite all the way, baby! You won't see any of that nasty Marmite stuff in MY kitchen!

[ccga3359]

Never liked the stuff, now drippings on toast...