View Full Version : The Great Marmite/Vegemite Debate
Curlyben
Jun 8, 2006, 01:15 AM
OK following on from the Weird food combo thread (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/cooking/wierd-food-combinations-aka-gun-control-lol-27443.html), I would like to find out about everyone's views on the great Marmite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite)/Vegemite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite) debate.
On the whole people tend to be separated into love or loathe with nothing between.
So time for a poll.
If any Americans could let me know what their equivalent is that would be great.
UGGGGGG UGGGGGG
Loathe it ;)
Urgggghhhhhh!! Dalek food!! :eek:
这得到非常silly.No 更多please.And 当您在它, 通过大黄乳蛋糕。 ;)
StuMegu
Jun 8, 2006, 09:44 AM
Just Say No!!
valinors_sorrow
Jun 8, 2006, 09:58 AM
My culinary awareness is not vast but.. .
American equivalency: maybe some really good southern dirt mixed with a bit of atlantic ocean water?? :eek:
orange
Jun 8, 2006, 11:01 AM
Disgusting, I hate it!!
Never tried it to tell the truth, but I was told to "just say NO!!!" and run in the opposite direction as fast as possible.
magprob
Jun 8, 2006, 01:40 PM
I never tried it, but I hear it makes really effective crocodile repellant.
Good thing I don't have to worry about that here!!
Only rednecks!
dmatos
Jun 8, 2006, 06:08 PM
Salty, meaty, excellent in a cheese or cucumber sandwich, or when spread thinly on buttered toast.
In a pinch, it can be used in place of beef broth to make a vegan meal.
My only regret is that I can't get it in the 1lb jars in this country.
Okay, so exactly what is this stuff anyway!!
magprob
Jun 8, 2006, 07:36 PM
I don't think anyone really knows for sure. We may have to send a sample to the lab. Get me some rubber gloves, a scapel, and a cracker.
dmatos
Jun 8, 2006, 07:37 PM
It's a yeast extract. Black like tar. Salty as anything. If you've ever had bovril, kind of like that. Tastes like licking an oxo cube.
Hey, Magpie, send me some and I will put it on a petrie plate in the lab and see what bacteria grows on it.
He** I still have no freaking idea what it is, other than gross.
educatedhorse_2005
Jun 8, 2006, 08:40 PM
Never had marmite
But vegemite wasn't to bad
One person told me the american equivalent was peanut butter WRONG
It's sewage,mixed with road-tar,and gravel,given a smell like six month old smelly socks,and then matured in jars for fifty years.Yuk.It's horrible. :(
dmatos
Jun 9, 2006, 04:53 PM
Philistines. I'm guessing that you'd turn down a nice roquefort as well. Americans and their weak taste buds.
(j/k)
magprob
Jun 9, 2006, 06:19 PM
Philistines. I'm guessing that you'd turn down a nice roquefort as well. Americans and their weak taste buds.
(j/k)
When I get hold of a nice chunk of sheep's milk Roquefort you best not even try reaching for some or you might pull back a stump! But I do have a little crème and sugar with just a squeeze of lemon in my hot tea. :p