[QUOTE]Originally posted by muzza:
Cheese and vegemite sandwhichs are the go , and you can add a spoon of vegemite to soups and stews and casseroles to enhance the flavour./QUOTE]

Actually, if you used decent ingredients you would't have to use gunk to " enhance" the flavour

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Originally posted by NitroX:


Good on you.

One problem is Americans are raised eating bland tasteless food such as McDondalds, so an intense flavour rich food such as vegemite is overpowering for many.

Edited: Damn, just checked the peanut paste jar and it is now called "Peanut butter".

I like Promite better than vegemite too.

Agree - vegemite is good but Proite is 10 times better!!

It's been called peanut butter for about 20 years mate!!

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Originally posted by Bakes:
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BAH...bunch of girls

I know, I know.... I just didnt want to frighten the poor darlin's...

Mehhh. What is this "Spread it thinly" rubbish? Vegemite is great stuff and should be spread as thickly as possible.

Promite is a poor substitute and Marmite is almost certainly used axle grease.

I suspect the main problem with the Aussie Cricket and Rugby teams at the moment is insufficient quantities of Vegemite in their diet .

Vegemite is an organic colloidal gel the main component of which is a eukaryotic micro-organism from the kingdom Fungi. Within certain regions of the South Pacific Vegemite consumption is considered a ritualistic practice. Traditional Vegemite ceremonies are conducted beside a "billabong" and within the shadow of a peculiar Eucalyptus tree that ancient religious texts refer to as a "coolabah". Requisite in the Vegemite ceremony is the boiling of a "billi" containing "bush tucker" while participants dance about in waltz-like fashion and gesticulate wildly to entreat their deity, "Matilda", to appear and participate.

Modern science has shown that regular consumption of Vegemite causes several, irreversible side effects. Most widespread of these is a deterioration of the speech centers of the brain. The result is a degenerative inability to pronounce words correctly. Common manifestations of this are the use of "avago" instead of "have a go", "maccas" instead of "McDonald's", "sanger" instead of "sandwich", and "doovalacky" or "thingo" to describe nearly every object. Aberrations of the inner ear eventually occur. Prolonged use of Vegemite will so distort the perception of sound as to make the playing of an ancient wind instrument, the didgeridoo, sound melodic. Over time, Vegemite eaters develop a strange sideways gait that makes them slouch to the left as they walk. The result is that they sometimes veer left out of their intended path till they are brought to a halt by colliding with some object. The result is readily observed as many Vegemite eaters wear hats bent upward on the left by such collisions.

Grenadier: That is certainly the most learned analysis of Vegemite I have yet encountered, and it 'splains a lot about our Aussie mates.

I tried my Vegemite this morning with my bacon and eggs and toast. Spread it thinly on one piece of buttered toast, tasted it, and added it to the second. It is very different stuff, that's sure. The initial hit is on the salt center of the tongue, but more subtle flavors then develop. Seems like there's a definite hint of odors/tastes along the brewing process, perhaps memories of the yeast's encounter with the malted barley?
I'm going to have to eat more Vegemite to better understand what I am tasting. Not sure why Vegemite has made such an impression in Oz, lest it originally got its foothold as a health food in the Great Depression.
Let's just say it is "interesting." Even at that, I am somehow comforted at having a jar of it in the pantry. Oddly, makes me want to fish out and shoot my .303 and pop open an oil can Fosters, even if the latter is classed by some of the lads here as a "fizzy drink for oiks."

Grenadier, excellent analysis! Did Rolf Harris eat vegemite?
Peter.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Oddly, makes me want to fish out and shoot my .303 and pop open an oil can Fosters, even if the latter is classed by some of the lads here as a "fizzy drink for oiks."

LOL, very good.

I would hate to think what Ozzies would call your favourite beer

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500: That was the descriptive phrase shared by one of your fellow Aussies analyzing Foster's lager. I have many, many microbrewed pilsners, IPAs, ales and porters to pick from here, but sometimes a big can of Foster's is just the ticket. I don't think you guys in Oz realize just how much pisswater "lawn-mower" beer we guzzle here in the States.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
I don't think you guys in Oz realize just how much pisswater "lawn-mower" beer we guzzle here in the States.

LOL

Yes I do, I've seen them drink it at the bars !!!

Just like Aussies drink beer !!! LOL

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500: I you're ever near Oregon, I'll buy you five or six!

In New Zealand we have both Vegemite & marmite. I prefer marmite but what we get here is not as strong as the UK version. I preffer it with cheese or meat slices.

BTW, I thought the Aussies used peanut butter for lubrication when in the bush ....

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Originally posted by Nakihunter:
In New Zealand we have both Vegemite & marmite. I prefer marmite but what we get here is not as strong as the UK version. I preffer it with cheese or meat slices.

BTW, I thought the Aussies used peanut butter for lubrication when in the bush ....

LOL

I hear from your fellow countryman that
Wool Fat provides enough lubrication by itself. !!!



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Nigel, I thought the authority on lubrication is Graeme Wright & his book - he uses wool fat - for sizing Double gun cases of course.

What were you thinking of?

Vegemite,Promite,Marmite and even Aldi`s same old are all top tucker...get out of the swag and toast some camp bread on the coals ,spread with real butter not that "oh so light easy spread shit made from sump oil" and top it off with any of the above,hair on your chest alright..top tucker!
Matty I hope you are indoctrinating the guests in your camp with it.

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Originally posted by gryphon1:
Vegemite,Promite,Marmite and even Aldi`s same old are all top tucker...get out of the swag and toast some camp bread on the coals ,spread with real butter not that "oh so light easy spread shit made from sump oil" and top it off with any of the above,hair on your chest alright..top tucker!

The way I have seen some buggers guzzle that stuff, they should look like a mobile clump of bush.
As regards to " top tucker' you must really be lacking in good tasty tucker.

Its our secret,have heard the term "bronzed aussies"

It aint scat its VEGEMITE !

Well I guess I should not even mention Bovril...

And its great also great for "lead in your pencil"

My mate swears he pulls up outside the new lovelies joint,downs two cans of red bull eats a Vegemite sandwich and go`s inside to be hero for the day!

I put some on my peanut butter sandwich that I took to work today. I sat there eating it, coolly, not letting anyone know I was silently enjoying the thrill of Vegemite.
Then someone said, "I swear I can smell Pennzoil in here."
I remained mum as a bloody rock.

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Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
Well I guess I should not even mention Bovril...

Yep...in Texas...we eat beef! Bovril...pretty good go...short dough!

NASTY!

I keenly remember an afternoon in school many years ago when a pretty girl who took great delight in getting huge scoops of vegemite and peanut paste from the jar, and then eating it from her hands and sucking off her fingers, giggling away. It was quite a symbolic sight. You can imagine what it looked like.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
I put some on my peanut butter sandwich that I took to work today. I sat there eating it, coolly, not letting anyone know I was silently enjoying the thrill of Vegemite.
Then someone said, "I swear I can smell Pennzoil in here."
I remained mum as a bloody rock.

Ya see then, not only terrible tasting, it stinks too !

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Originally posted by NitroX:
I keenly remember an afternoon in school many years ago when a pretty girl who took great delight in getting huge scoops of vegemite and peanut paste from the jar, and then eating it from her hands and sucking off her fingers, giggling away. It was quite a symbolic sight. You can imagine what it looked like.

Better than an ewe then ?