Vegemite? not in america.

Where was that again? Just a half mile from the railroad track? Or a full mile?

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Still trying to find real italian pancetta online. I suspect it got knocked out for availability in US, not sure by what organization. Once, going through customs in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh? yes, Pittsburgh) I was relieved of the wild boar sausage I bought in the place at the airport next to the boarding gate in Leonardo da Vinci for the plane to the US, not cheap wild boar sausage either.

Fear of wild boars, rampant.

One thing about vegemite, though: yeast extract -- chock full of B12 -- good for the hangover.

is vegemite anything like marmite?

I see that in the stores, but not vegemite

PG 13 + (nudity)


I fear this may be the end of vegemite

Same colour

marmite is not even in the same street as vegemite.

Fresh, unpasteurized cheeses are also being targeted by the food police.

These include Parmesan Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, Roquefort, Fontina, Gruyere, Camembert, and Brie.

I'm with linkat, in fact it is a surprise to me that vegemite isn't banned.

Vegemite should be banned, in spite of snoods attempt to make it into an "alternative lifestyle". Think of the children!

Vegemite dissolves guns.

I wonder, which of these cheeses are ever sold fresh :wink:

(And of course the Swiss cheeses - like Emmentaler, Appenzeller, Greyezer - have to be added to cjhsa's list.)

What do you mean Walter? That they are all aged?

There are certainly some "fresh unpasteurized cheeses" such as goat and mozzarella, rarely seen in U.S. markets but they do exist.

I'm a bit of a cheese snob, and have a freind who is a true expert. I defer to him.

THE US government today dismissed media reports it had banned Vegemite.

"There is no ban on Vegemite," US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesman Mike Herndon said.

Media reports at the weekend claimed American border officials were confiscating Vegemite from Australians as they entered the US.

The FDA, charged with policing America's food supply, has not issued an "import alert" to border officials to halt the import of Vegemite.

Mr Herndon said the FDA was surprised by the media reports.

The controversy centres on folate, an ingredient in Vegemite.

Under US regulations, folate can be added only to breads and cereals.

"One of the Vitamin B components (in Vegemite) is folate," Mr Herndon explained.

"In and of itself, it's not a violation. If they're adding folate to it, boosting it up, technically it would be a violation.

"But the FDA has not targeted it and I don't think we intend to target Vegemite simply because of that."

Joanna Scott, spokeswoman for Vegemite's maker, Kraft, reportedly has said, "The Food and Drug Administration doesn't allow the import of Vegemite simply because the recipe does have the addition of folic acid".

However Mr Herndon said, "Nobody at the FDA has told them (Kraft) there is a ban".

To eradicate any grey areas or potential regulation breaches, Herndon said, Kraft could petition the FDA, something other food makers have done.

While many Australians living in the US rely on visiting Australian relatives and friends to bring them a jar or two of Vegemite from Australia, the product is available in some US supermarkets.

The price slapped on Vegemite, however, is tough to swallow.

A tiny, four ounce jar of Vegemite sells for about $US4.80 ($A6.30) in US supermarkets.

Shop at Costco. You can probably get a 5-gallon jar for about five bucks.

Is Vegemite anything like "Veggie Boy" on that Cheers episode: water, broccoli, cauliflower, and kale?


Mmmmmmm.

On fresh Pecorino, I've had it in Italy and really like it. Have never seen it in the US.

Are we confusing each other over the term "fresh"?

You can get unpasteurized Pecorino and Reggiano at Costco. Aged cheeses of course - typically one to three years old.

Yeah cause you puke it up immediately after eating it!

Here it is on snopes.com - apparently an urban legend...

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp

Can you get Marmite in America?

(salty beef/yeast extract, spread for toast etc. It's not very good, but is different)