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combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 196
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 12:31 am: | 
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I didn't realize that, but somehow I don't think butter would have helped. A couple shots of Tequila might have done the trick. |
Soparents
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Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1909
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 9:45 am: |
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"thin" in marmite terms is almost not there.... my older (6 year old) daughter loves the stuff and likes a fair chunk on her toast.
Maybe one day when your system has recovered, we can try a teenie weenie bit on you again! |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 713
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 2:33 pm: |
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Is that like Vegamite? |
Soparents
Supporter
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1916
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 2:34 pm: |
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yup |
Joanne G
Citizen
Username: Joanne
Post Number: 317
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 6:10 pm: |
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Nope. No way. Wash your mouth out, Soparents!
True Vegemites (the nicknme for Aussies who like their Vegemite) will accept no substitutes - Marmite is too salty in comparison and there is another version (can't think what it's called now, Promite?) which is too yeasty.
Vegemite is a special, unique and carefully balanced menage of flavours disguised to rememble boot-blacking.
I haven't been able to eat without barfing since I was 11 years old. Hubby, on the other hand, can't get enough of the stuff. Min loves licking the knife after he's spread some on toast. And thin is the only way to have it, although some peopel will then top that thin layer with other stuff such as sliced cheese, or tomato and lettuce etc.
It's really rich in vitamin Bs so if you need to have something like that, or are dieting and looking for flavour, use it as a thin spreadable sauce on your grilled or barbecued foods. Much nicer that way. You can also use it to flavour stir-frys, soups and stews instead of using stock flavouring.
Oh and make sure you get the original, Aussie recipe not the mucked-up-for-the-US-market recipe. |
LazyDog
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Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 313
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 6:10 pm: |
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Mmmm, Marmite sarnies
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Joanne G
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Username: Joanne
Post Number: 318
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 6:16 pm: |
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Grew up with this jingle, it's based on a snappy nursery rhyme but I can't name the original tune:
The Happy Little Vegemite Song
We're happy little Vegemites as bright as bright can be,
We all enjoy our Vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea,
Our mummy says we're growing stronger every single week,
Because we love our Vegemite,
We all adore our Vegemite,
It puts a rose in every cheek!
The kids in my school re-wrote it with an alocholic theme for the year we were studying the Rechabite Society and Temperance League, I think that was grade 6 (you guessed it - a rose on every nose)
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/VegemiteHistory.htm
When they thin layer, they mean 'scrape it so it's almost transparent'. |
Jason
Citizen
Username: Jason
Post Number: 142
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 - 12:13 am: |
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Back during a high school (comprehensive/secondary school, for us brits ;) geography field trip, I was introduced to a combination that I haven't seen elsewhere: Marmite + Strawberry Jam sandwiches. Bizarre combination, but I have vague memories that it was pretty good (no, I haven't tried it for a long time, and I'm sure my childhood sweet-tooth has somewhat disappeared!)
Anyone else remember this from their past (or present) ?
Jason
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Caras
Citizen
Username: Caras
Post Number: 1
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 - 9:06 am: |
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Joanne is totally on the mark, I'm an aussie too and I can assure you that vegemite and marmite are TOTALLY different things!!! (no true aussie would be caught dead eating marmite or promite).
Do disagree about spreading it thinly though, but that might be lifetime of eating it that has brought me to my current level of thickness! Nothing better than hot toast with vegemite and cheese, yummmmmm. |
Calliope
Citizen
Username: Calliope
Post Number: 586
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 - 9:32 am: |
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When I was a little girl, a Christmas treat was the fig pudding made by my grandmother. As she grew older, the crowd grew larger, and it was too time-consuming to make,she had it sent from London (but not Harrod's I don't think.) Then there was a pale imitation(Crosse&Blackwell?) available here at some specialty shops (does anyone remember the Jugtown Moutain Smokehouse in the Short Hills Mall before it was an indoor mall and we had Bonwit Teller, Best&Co,Tepper's and B. Altman????)
Am I completely delusional? I have looked for fig pudding online for years, but have never found a source. I have her recipe for Christmas pudding (in her handwriting with the editorial comment "Smashing!" in the margin),but I really loved the fig pudding with the hard sauce that made teeney me, a teeney tipsy.
Calli |
MIKE C.
Citizen
Username: Mikec
Post Number: 19
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 - 11:55 pm: |
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http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/41378763/new_york_ny/uk_new_york.html
http://www.goodwoods.com/
The first is a British restaurant in the city. It owned by a retired London Police Officer and the second is a good site for ordering food. I've used is several times and never had a problem |
Joanne G
Citizen
Username: Joanne
Post Number: 322
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 8, 2006 - 3:24 am: |
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Caras, but is the cheese the old blue packet Kraft velveeta???  (For some reason the new-fangled pre-sliced, pre-mixed Veg and cheese slices just don't do it for any self-respecting adult, do they??) |
Cara S
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Username: Caras
Post Number: 2
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 8, 2006 - 3:06 pm: |
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It's got to be regular cheese, those pre-mixed veg and cheese slices seem a little creepy to me!?!?! |
Soparents
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Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1940
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 8, 2006 - 4:06 pm: |
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UKgoods.com is another good website. Avoid ordering chocolate during the summer, or do it at your own risk. all the websites warn you of this.
Calli, I always have "Christmas Pudding" sent over from the UK along with brandy butter and rum or brandy sauce so if you want some, then come over!! I haven't seen one with just fige or called fig pudding, but the ones I get are really good! |
LazyDog
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Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 320
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 8, 2006 - 11:20 pm: |
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I usually use Goodwoods.com. Never a problem. For xmas pud, Williams Sonoma do a great one, with Abbot Ale. |
mem
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Username: Mem
Post Number: 6439
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 10:40 am: |
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OK, I love you guys, but someone help me out here! Vegemite, promite, marmite, whatever they name these poisons, have got to be the most horrendously disgusting tastes ever!
Believe me I have tried to figure it out, having roommates, friends, exes, etc. from UK and Aus.
The only way I would describe it to an innocent person is that it is literally the closest you'll ever get to eating poop.
I have tried to sneak it to non users on toast or crackers and before it even got to their mouths they would smell it and be like "What the f***, are you trying to kill me"?
Another bizarre thing in the world for which there is no accounting for.
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Jason
Citizen
Username: Jason
Post Number: 143
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 11:32 am: |
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Never has a food product been so polarizing 
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LazyDog
Citizen
Username: Lazydog
Post Number: 323
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 12:48 pm: |
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As a kid, we used to have marmite on toast, cut up into "soldiers". This was then dunked into a softboiled egg.....heaven |
Jason
Citizen
Username: Jason
Post Number: 144
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 1:11 pm: |
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LazyDog - you're bringing back memories here... Fond memories of soft-boiled eggs and soldiers. Never tried it with marmite though! |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 1967
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 3:50 pm: |
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Is there anything the English will not eat? |
Lizziecat
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Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1313
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 4:17 pm: |
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What is marmite actually made of? |
Joanne G
Citizen
Username: Joanne
Post Number: 325
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 5:01 pm: |
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Dunno about the others but Vegemite is a yeast derivative. In the early days, there were stories that it was made from the hops/yeast leavings left from brewing beer and the inventor found a way to make it more palatable and spreadable. Remember it really is very healthy as it's full of the vit B group, so in a time of deprivation (e.g. Great Depression) for many families who couldn't afford proper balanced diets let alone regular meat meals, it really was the thing that kept them healthy.
I have to agree with Mem about the smell, but then, sadly, I am allergic to most things alochoholic these days (they keep telling me I will grow back out of it). Can't stand the smell of beer.
Isn't Bovril meant to be beef-stock based? |
Mummite
Citizen
Username: Mummite
Post Number: 280
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 5:15 pm: |
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So Ref - We don't eat friendly Americans......
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Soparents
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Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1943
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 6:04 pm: |
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Marmite is also basically yeast.
Yeast Extract
Salt
Vegetable Extract
Vitamin: Niacin
Spices
Vitamins: B1, B2, Folic Acid, B12
and yes, Joanne G, Bovril is beef based.
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Lizziecat
Citizen
Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1315
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 12:07 am: |
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Yeast. It sounds like something out of Isaac Asimov's robot series--where all the food was derived from yeast. We tried marmite in the UK years ago. Weren't crazy about it. But it must be good for you--all those B vitamins.
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