Ken Gargett Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 i know it is one of those things that gets linked to aussies but wondering how many aussies actually like it. my old man used to enjoy a spoonful dissolved in boiling water after fishing in winter but i will confess, i think it is brown sludge that is not fit for cows. and this latest piece of idiocy sums it up. see below. wondering how many non-aussies enjoy it, if you've tried it. one of the funniest things i have ever seen was when travelling with an old mate and we had an internal flight in spain. he had his tube of vegemite but the woman at security would not let it through. no way was she swallowing some nonsense about it being food. he would travel everywhere with it and always bring it down to breakfast. and yet in other things he is ridiculously fussy. he is in europe at the moment and sending me photos of three star restaurants and bottles of 90 Musigny and so on. yet he loves vegemite (and really bad coffee). makes no sense to me. he was furious when security rejected it so gave the poor woman a lecture on food in general. that didn't help but it did help to draw a crowd which ended up being about 400. i was screaming for a strip search. after that, he gave another lecture to the poor woman, who was about 30 stone and could have squashed him to death, about the inadequacies of spanish security. this was not helping. so the highlight was the grand finale, a lecture on spain (it was his first visit). he was unimpressed (actually, he liked it way more than he'd ever concede). as far as i could work out, spain's main failing was that it was not france. a man and his vegemite were indeed parted. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/apr/18/vegemite-on-toast-gets-deconstructed-and-the-internet-is-not-happy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Browncardigan LOLZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayepatz Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Never had it. But Marmite tastes like thrush. Don’t ask how I know this. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madandana Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I liked it. Dana wasn't as impressed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrretrohale Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I spread it on toast, in Singapore and Malaysia (I believe) we glaze fried chicken with it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, mrretrohale said: I spread it on toast, in Singapore and Malaysia (I believe) we glaze fried chicken with it the poor chook. first it is killed, then the ultimate indignity - covered in vegemite. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrretrohale Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Ken Gargett said: the poor chook. first it is killed, then the ultimate indignity - covered in vegemite. HAHAHAHAHA WHAT SACRILEGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gweilgi Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 49 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said: the poor chook. first it is killed, then the ultimate indignity - covered in vegemite. Simply dreadful! Any right-thinking person knows that the only proper ingredient here is Marmite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicko Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I don't mind it on toast with butter or in a "cheddarmite" scroll from the bakery but come to think of it its been a couple of years since ive had vegemite. Sent from my SM-N910G using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2fly Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Tried it.....no thanks. I do realize that PB&J is not well received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Nothing beats, Hot Buttered toast and then smothered with Vegemite 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hayes Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Good for a hang-over. Lots of Vitamin B. 4 slices of butter and vegemite toast and a glass of orange juice then hit the couch to watch football until you doze off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Nothing beats, Hot Buttered toast and then smothered with Vegemite For my taste, pretty much everything beats it - including licking asphalt. I was with you until the “smothered” part 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, Lotusguy said: For my taste, pretty much everything beats it - including licking asphalt. I was with you until the “smothered” part agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyGunz Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I picked up a bottle to try instead of marmite the other day. It taste's like they've boiled the flavour out of marmite leaving you with a block of blandness. In a push I would take it on my toast but I'll take the Marmite any day if available. I also use Marmite in my Gravy, reccomend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohiba007 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I tried some with the Aussies in Havana. Not bad on toast with butter. I ended up ordering some but it’s been siting in my cupboard untouched. I imagine that it will survive a nuclear attack and I’ll try it agin then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 14 hours ago, mrretrohale said: I spread it on toast, in Singapore and Malaysia (I believe) we glaze fried chicken with it 13 hours ago, gweilgi said: Simply dreadful! Any right-thinking person knows that the only proper ingredient here is Marmite. The restaurant near my place in KL makes Marmite Chicken. It is the same as the dish above. To be honest, though I hate Vegemite and Marmite, when used as a glaze it's quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 14 hours ago, ayepatz said: Never had it. But Marmite tastes like thrush. Don’t ask how I know this. ? You're a trooper, Hats off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Is Bovril allowed to be in the discussion? It's sludgy, brown, and salty as all hell. Something very romantic about Bovril, you can imagine our grandads in the trenches warming their hands on the beefy stock. Sadly this is probably just nonsense, they were probably just chain smoking and and inspecting their rotting feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrretrohale Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 The restaurant near my place in KL makes Marmite Chicken. It is the same as the dish above. To be honest, though I hate Vegemite and Marmite, when used as a glaze it's quite nice.You'd barely even realise it's MarmiteSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 When I worked in Singapore, it was on the buffet table as a condiment (at hotel) always wondered what the heck it was. I gave it a go and it's not bad. Do they sell it in the States? Never looked for it. Just as we don't see chicken salt here either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I used to work with an Aussie woman in the 90's she loved the stuff and would torture us every chance she got. I always found it to be the veggie equivalent of this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgeybaby Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 7 hours ago, 99call said: Is Bovril allowed to be in the discussion? It's sludgy, brown, and salty as all hell. Something very romantic about Bovril, you can imagine our grandads in the trenches warming their hands on the beefy stock. Sadly this is probably just nonsense, they were probably just chain smoking and and inspecting their rotting feet Bovril kicks the rear-end of those pretenders Marmite and vegemite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 well, when the discussion comes down to what is better - vegemite, marmite and bovril (i thought that was washing powder) - fair to say we have set the bar at a new low. apparently, apropos of nothing, there was a move to call vegemite 'pakan'. because if Ma might, Pa can. seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 16 hours ago, Lotusguy said: For my taste, pretty much everything beats it - including licking asphalt. I was with you until the “smothered” part You hipsters in LA.... Geesh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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