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Jon Well done, where did you purchase it from? Don't listen to Chris and the tomato suggestion try it plain, the following being the best way to have it. Take your preferred bread and toast it, but not burn it. While the toast is still hot spread real butter not margerine on the toast, then spread the Vegemite on thinly. I emphasise thinly, as the taste is overwhelming until you get use to it. When in the US a couple of years ago for training in Cambridge MA I took some Vegemite to share with my American colleagues. The only person brave enough to try it, against my instructions used a chip/crisp to take a big gob of Vegemite from the jar. When he ate it his eyes nearly popped out of his head. So the moral of the story is to take it easy first up. First time you may not like it, give it a couple of tries over the next couple of days and report back to the lounge with your overall assessment after giving us your initial assessment of course. Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
Well done, where did you purchase it from? Netgrocer (Fellow Americans, I have blazed the trail, now it is your turn to follow in my footsteps) ... report back to the lounge with your overall assessment after giving us your initial assessment of course. Will do. Thanks Michael! Jon Sagara Sagara Software
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I just purchased a 4 oz jar of Vegemite. After all the ranting and raving in the lounge, I couldn't resist. I figured that I'm either going to love it or I'm going to hate it, so I might as well try it. Any suggestions from you Aussies on how to properly ingest this stuff? :-D Jon Sagara Sagara Software
If you puke we want pictures. The stuff looks like bacon grease to me, tastes salty as hell. David
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If you puke we want pictures. The stuff looks like bacon grease to me, tastes salty as hell. David
Just cause your wussy taste buds can't handle it, don't start name calling buddy!!! Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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Slice of good, thick toast. Spread with butter, then spread with a thin layer of vegemite. Add *thin* slices of tomato and sprinkle with black pepper. Yeah baby! OR To get the full experience you really need two salada biscuits (kind of a thick water cracker in a large square shape that has dotted lines that enable you to snap it into 4 smaller square biscuits). Spread both biscuits with butter and vegemite. Press together firmly so that worms of vegemite ooze out of the holes in the biscuits. Oh yeah! OR Grab some biscuits like Jatz or Ritz (like Captains wafers, but thicker and badder for you). Spread with butter, vegemite, and a slice of good tasty cheese. The cheese bit will be very difficult in the States since I've never been able to find cheese with any taste over there. If you want to get really gourmet then top this with half a cocktail onion. It's all class. OR Traditional. Slice of bread, butter, vegemite. An American friend kept trying vegemite and kept hating it till the day he tried it with butter. Evidently for those who weren't weened on vegemite from the day they entered this world, butter is the crucial factor. Start off light with the vegemite and work your way up to a quarter inch layer. You will be dubbed honourary Ocker Australian when you can eat the stuff directly out of the jar with a spoon. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
"Ocker"? Jon Sagara Sagara Software
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Slice of good, thick toast. Spread with butter, then spread with a thin layer of vegemite. Add *thin* slices of tomato and sprinkle with black pepper. Yeah baby! OR To get the full experience you really need two salada biscuits (kind of a thick water cracker in a large square shape that has dotted lines that enable you to snap it into 4 smaller square biscuits). Spread both biscuits with butter and vegemite. Press together firmly so that worms of vegemite ooze out of the holes in the biscuits. Oh yeah! OR Grab some biscuits like Jatz or Ritz (like Captains wafers, but thicker and badder for you). Spread with butter, vegemite, and a slice of good tasty cheese. The cheese bit will be very difficult in the States since I've never been able to find cheese with any taste over there. If you want to get really gourmet then top this with half a cocktail onion. It's all class. OR Traditional. Slice of bread, butter, vegemite. An American friend kept trying vegemite and kept hating it till the day he tried it with butter. Evidently for those who weren't weened on vegemite from the day they entered this world, butter is the crucial factor. Start off light with the vegemite and work your way up to a quarter inch layer. You will be dubbed honourary Ocker Australian when you can eat the stuff directly out of the jar with a spoon. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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If you puke we want pictures. The stuff looks like bacon grease to me, tastes salty as hell. David
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"Ocker"? Jon Sagara Sagara Software
ocker = particulary Australian, in the basest possible way. http://www.anu.edu.au/ANDC/Austwords/ocker.html cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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Chris You make it sound so appetising. I've never tried the stuff but next time I'm in our local supermarket I'll pick up a jar. Anything else I should know before eating? (ie a bucket or a roll of toilet paper handy). ;) Rgrds Norm
Anything else I should know before eating Moderation and :beer: cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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Jon Well done, where did you purchase it from? Don't listen to Chris and the tomato suggestion try it plain, the following being the best way to have it. Take your preferred bread and toast it, but not burn it. While the toast is still hot spread real butter not margerine on the toast, then spread the Vegemite on thinly. I emphasise thinly, as the taste is overwhelming until you get use to it. When in the US a couple of years ago for training in Cambridge MA I took some Vegemite to share with my American colleagues. The only person brave enough to try it, against my instructions used a chip/crisp to take a big gob of Vegemite from the jar. When he ate it his eyes nearly popped out of his head. So the moral of the story is to take it easy first up. First time you may not like it, give it a couple of tries over the next couple of days and report back to the lounge with your overall assessment after giving us your initial assessment of course. Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
Being from England, and not entirely au fait with the joys of Vegemite, I was wondering if anyone knows how this stuff compares with Marmite. Certainly the description of the taste of Vegemite as "overwhelming" sounded similar, but I was wondering if I should participate in this experiment, or it wasn't too different. Anyone? Rich.
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Being from England, and not entirely au fait with the joys of Vegemite, I was wondering if anyone knows how this stuff compares with Marmite. Certainly the description of the taste of Vegemite as "overwhelming" sounded similar, but I was wondering if I should participate in this experiment, or it wasn't too different. Anyone? Rich.
Well, having tasted both I can tell you Marmite is MUCH stronger than Vegemite. Vegemite is like a brown paste and can be eaten by the bucket load (if you're that way inclined!), however Marmite, if eaten in the same quantities will probably blow your head off! For people not familiar with the UK advertising slogan for Marmite, its "You either love it, or hate it" - I bet the same applies to Vegemite. Alan.
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Being from England, and not entirely au fait with the joys of Vegemite, I was wondering if anyone knows how this stuff compares with Marmite. Certainly the description of the taste of Vegemite as "overwhelming" sounded similar, but I was wondering if I should participate in this experiment, or it wasn't too different. Anyone? Rich.
Marmite is like concentrated vegemite (a concept that will bring tears to the eyes of many). It's 'stringier' than vegemite and not as easily spread. Vegemite has the consistency of margarine, and you can buy it by the tub down here (I think I've seen it in 750ml tubs) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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Marmite is like concentrated vegemite (a concept that will bring tears to the eyes of many). It's 'stringier' than vegemite and not as easily spread. Vegemite has the consistency of margarine, and you can buy it by the tub down here (I think I've seen it in 750ml tubs) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
Ah. In that case, I feel appropriately proud that I can eat marmite by the spoonful without any side-effects apart from a sudden need for water. (And, I guess, a corresponding increase in blood pressure from all that salt.) To those who haven't tried Marmite, it's generally available in very small jars indeed (about 40ml, I think) though the adventurous (or the tastebud free) can buy larger. Rich.
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Marmite is like concentrated vegemite (a concept that will bring tears to the eyes of many). It's 'stringier' than vegemite and not as easily spread. Vegemite has the consistency of margarine, and you can buy it by the tub down here (I think I've seen it in 750ml tubs) cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
You have got to be kidding me! Vegemite is just a diluted marmite? Holy crap, here I was being led to believe vegemite is industrial strength marmite on steriods. Then you tell me that actually marmite, which I have spread thickly on toast every day, is more potent? Come on, marmite granted is strong,but it hardly strips the paint off walls you know. My regard of vegemite, and it's proponents, has gone vastly down. :( ;P regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Chretien Malesherbes
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Slice of good, thick toast. Spread with butter, then spread with a thin layer of vegemite. Add *thin* slices of tomato and sprinkle with black pepper. Yeah baby! OR To get the full experience you really need two salada biscuits (kind of a thick water cracker in a large square shape that has dotted lines that enable you to snap it into 4 smaller square biscuits). Spread both biscuits with butter and vegemite. Press together firmly so that worms of vegemite ooze out of the holes in the biscuits. Oh yeah! OR Grab some biscuits like Jatz or Ritz (like Captains wafers, but thicker and badder for you). Spread with butter, vegemite, and a slice of good tasty cheese. The cheese bit will be very difficult in the States since I've never been able to find cheese with any taste over there. If you want to get really gourmet then top this with half a cocktail onion. It's all class. OR Traditional. Slice of bread, butter, vegemite. An American friend kept trying vegemite and kept hating it till the day he tried it with butter. Evidently for those who weren't weened on vegemite from the day they entered this world, butter is the crucial factor. Start off light with the vegemite and work your way up to a quarter inch layer. You will be dubbed honourary Ocker Australian when you can eat the stuff directly out of the jar with a spoon. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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> Press together firmly so that worms of vegemite ooze out of the holes in the biscuits. It's got worms in it? You guys are freaks. :)
John the biscuits in question have holes in it, when you squeeze them together the Vegemite and butter ooze out and look in some peoples eyes like worms. It is actually left organic material from the beer making process. Mmmm yummy. Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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Being from England, and not entirely au fait with the joys of Vegemite, I was wondering if anyone knows how this stuff compares with Marmite. Certainly the description of the taste of Vegemite as "overwhelming" sounded similar, but I was wondering if I should participate in this experiment, or it wasn't too different. Anyone? Rich.
Marmite sucks big time, Vegemite is the Real Deal and tastes much better. Definitely join in and give it a go. Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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You have got to be kidding me! Vegemite is just a diluted marmite? Holy crap, here I was being led to believe vegemite is industrial strength marmite on steriods. Then you tell me that actually marmite, which I have spread thickly on toast every day, is more potent? Come on, marmite granted is strong,but it hardly strips the paint off walls you know. My regard of vegemite, and it's proponents, has gone vastly down. :( ;P regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Chretien Malesherbes
Ah - so now you understand grasshoper. Australians (mostly - there are some throwbacks) claim that vegemite is the food of the Gods. Americans and Canadians (apart from Ed Worsfold) fear vegemite because "it's a little salty" (or some such rubbish). We never understand their dislike, and continually point at them and laugh when they make claims as to the toxicity of vegemite. So marmite boy - stop eating that gooey stringy stuff that just never spreads properly (hence the inch thick layer) and get some vegie into ya! cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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You have got to be kidding me! Vegemite is just a diluted marmite? Holy crap, here I was being led to believe vegemite is industrial strength marmite on steriods. Then you tell me that actually marmite, which I have spread thickly on toast every day, is more potent? Come on, marmite granted is strong,but it hardly strips the paint off walls you know. My regard of vegemite, and it's proponents, has gone vastly down. :( ;P regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Chretien Malesherbes
Just try it. Been a while since I tried Marmite but my memory is it just tasted like shit not that it was stronger. Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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You have got to be kidding me! Vegemite is just a diluted marmite? Holy crap, here I was being led to believe vegemite is industrial strength marmite on steriods. Then you tell me that actually marmite, which I have spread thickly on toast every day, is more potent? Come on, marmite granted is strong,but it hardly strips the paint off walls you know. My regard of vegemite, and it's proponents, has gone vastly down. :( ;P regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Chretien Malesherbes
Phuket! Guess I'll buy a jar of Marmite, too! ;P Jon Sagara Sagara Software
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Ah - so now you understand grasshoper. Australians (mostly - there are some throwbacks) claim that vegemite is the food of the Gods. Americans and Canadians (apart from Ed Worsfold) fear vegemite because "it's a little salty" (or some such rubbish). We never understand their dislike, and continually point at them and laugh when they make claims as to the toxicity of vegemite. So marmite boy - stop eating that gooey stringy stuff that just never spreads properly (hence the inch thick layer) and get some vegie into ya! cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)