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Mon 12 Apr, 2004 11:54 pm
Is it possible to be in the middle ground when it comes to Marmite?
Everyone says you either love it or you hate it but I'm not convinced...you see I don't really know either way...I eat it, but my friends who love it really love it...and I'm really not that fussed...is there anyone else in Marmite no mans land like me?
What is marmite? This is the first time I've heard of it.
I think others may know it as Vegemite? I'm in England and here, the slogan is 'you either love it or you hate it'.
It's a salty, yeasty spread, it looks kind of like a mollasses.
Shouldn't that be 'ORRIBLE Gautam?
Nopes !! I dont want to omit any letter while describing Marmite !
Ive tried vegemite. It sucks, tastes like salty hydraulic fluid.
Whats in this marmite? anything recognizable as edible?
Traditional Marmite:
Yeast Extract
Salt
Vegetable Extract
Vitamin: Niacin
Spices
Vitamins: B1, B2, Folic Acid, B12
Vegemite:
Yeast Extract
Salt
Caramel
Malt Extract
Natural Flavor
Promite (another Aussie atrocity):
Vegetable Protein Extract
Yeast
Sugar
Caramel
Thickener (wheat starch)
Salt
Spices
Added Vitamins
Water Added
I believe thats why weve created peanut butter. This sounds like some crap that could be turned into a cult
One Marmite slathered piece of toast has more salt than the Dead Sea. Yum! They just started carrying it at the local grocers. Damn expensive.
Absolutely delicious!....I think you have grow up
eating it though to enjoy this treat. It is especially wonderful on buttered matzos.
margo wrote:carrie wrote:I think others may know it as Vegemite? I'm in England and here, the slogan is 'you either love it or you hate it'.
Marmite SOOOOO isn't Vegemite!!!!!
Marmite - yecccchhhh! Vegemite builds bonnie Aussies!
Have a look at the Vegemite thread!
Glad to see I"m not the only one who'll defend vegemite. I'll eat it straight from the jar.
And marmite is just a cheap imitation.
It is the nastiest thing I ever tasted. I did not have marmite, but tasted vegemite. It smelled and tasted like a vitamin. Ever, bite into a vitamin by mistake? That is the delicious taste of vegemite.
Five steps past anchovies on the rancid salt-o-meter. Now, I like anchovies, long as they're not too bony, but vegemite... look, folks, the stuff was made so you wouldn't get scurvy, not to be enjoyed. I can't imagine there are many S&M folks in Oz, as they'd be completely redundant.
That said, I've never tried this "marmite."
ok, now I'm really curious about this marmite thing, where can you get it, so I can try it and see what are you talking about?
Forget marmite. Go for vegemite and get the real thing.
Still, where can I get either one, I have never have either one, so, I don't know where to look for or what to look for!
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