Vegemite...Love it, hate it aint tryed it !

[Fitzy]

Best had on hot toast with butter. Great hangover food - high in vitamin B.

It's banned in the presence of my wife though

Hey Scubaroo, how come your wifes banned it..?
how do get a veggie fix ?

do you have to sneak around late and night and secretly eat some on toast..

 

[glbirch]

Tried it in Australia once. Couldn't put the toast down fast enough. Wife likes it, but then she likes a lot of strange things.

I've seen people use it on their moring toast nice and thick, thinking it's like Nutella or a chocolate spread of some sort. Always wish I could get a picture of their faces after that first big bite.

 

[aussie_shark_bait]

My son and I have vegemite on toast every day for breakfast on toast. And i oftern have cheese and vegemite toasted sandwiches.

I also use it in cooking, instead of adding salt to a stew or casserole you add a spoonful of vegemite.

When i was in the navy it was my old time fav food, fresh bread with vegemite, i could eat it anytime of the day. My son started eating it at 7 months of age - so cool.

Marmite is gross and entirely different from the taste of vegemite - IMO of course. THen there is promite another mite food which i happen to like and have regularly on cruskits which i have no idea if you know what i am talking about at this stage. It is true regarding Vitamin B is a natural insect repellant, which also works for Beer as it is high in Vitamin Beer - well thats my excuse and I am sticking with it.

SO let me finish with .............. Vegemite rocks.

ASB

 

[wstein]

Never tried vegimite, a few friends of mine in Oz swear by it, so I think I'll give it a shoot some day. I promise to a take a pic of my face after the first bite so I can see how screwed up it is.

Paul

 

[DrownedRat]

I don't know how you get past the smell... I mean one wiff of that stuff and my gag reflex kicks in and I want to clear the area (both marmite and vegemite). I thought they used that stuff for crowd control. I had a roommate ages ago that swore by it. I tried it, and I was amazed that something that could smell sooooo bad made it onto the menu (especially when it tastes even worse). It's like trying to choke back blended dirty sweat socks, yak!

 

[Tobagoman]

So does anyone actually know whats in it? Is it vegetable matter or animal, or toe cheese scraped from old socks?

 

[Green Mountain]

If you every decide to brave another go at tasting Vegemite try putting it on toast with a bit of butter then melt chesse on top. Cya

That's what my adult daughter saids all the time, "put melted cheese on it and they will eat anything."

 

[Scuba_John]

Aquired taste, marmite is better for me. Traveled around the Australian for 6-7 months in 2001. Found the people are very friendly but a little less in WA, tried almost everything except the big bush grub? Can't recall the name but....

 

[glbirch]

So does anyone actually know whats in it? Is it vegetable matter or animal, or toe cheese scraped from old socks?

It's based on Brewer's Yeast. Here's more than you ever wanted to know on the history of vegemite: http://www.vegemite.com.au/Index.cfm?fuseaction=VegemiteDiscovery.welcome

 

[chepar]

I've tried Vegemite - yuk. The smell wasn't bad at all, and the first few bites (spread on a cracker) were not bad either - it just tasted kind of salty. I even thought for a second that I didn't know why everyone said it tasted so bad.

Then the full flavor hit my tongue and I had to resist scrubbing the rest of it off with a paper towel.