Jeanie asks about Vegemite

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G'day everyone!

A few people have asked about Vegemite, so I've found an easy to understand web site here. I'm sure you'll have lots more questions so feel free to ask. I will, however not answer the question of why Australians find it so yummy and everyone else hates it!! :LOL: :LOL:
 

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Hmmm, I still don't get it. Is it like a butter or something? wonder if it's possible to get in the US?
 

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No Myste, Vegemite has cousins, and these cousins come close but they aren't the genuine thing....and at risk of starting a Vegemite vs everything war I will list all of the ones I know so you get an idea. Promite, Marmite, Aussiemite, (don't ask, it's a long story with a longer campaign behind it), and Bonox.
 

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Whooppie Goldberg once said in an interview on Australian daytime television

"Eating vegemite is like as tasting "a car engine additve".

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four, and full of muscles. I said 'do you speak-a my language He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich."


Three labourers were working on a skyscraper.

There was an Australian, an Englishman, and an Irishman.

The Australian peeled open a sandwich. "Not bloody Vegemite again!" he said.

"If I get Vegemite sandwiches again tomorrow I'll jump off this bloody building.

"The Englishmen opened his lunch. "Not cheese again!

If I get these cheese sandwiches tomorrow, I'll jump with you.

"The Irishman opened his lunch. "Not jam again.

If I get jam sandwiches again tomorrow, I'll jump too."

The next day the Australian took one look at his sandwiches.

"Bloody Vegemite! That's it!" he shouted, and jumped off the building.

The Englishman opened his lunch. "Cheese!" he roared and he followed the Australian.

Very, very slowly the Irishman opened his lunch.

"Oh no!" he exclaimed, "not jam again." and he jumped as well.

At the triple funeral the widows sobbed in each others' arms.

"If only I'd known that he hated Vegemite," said the Australian widow."

I just didn't know he hated cheese so much," cried the Englishwoman.

The Irish widow was both upset and puzzled.

"I can't figure it out. Paddy always made his own lunch."


"Bart Simpson and Vegemite Subs."

There was a blooper in the Controversial Simpsons episode Bart Vs. Australia.

Bart mentions Vegemite Subs sold at "Subway." Well we only have a few outlets in Australia and I have since found from sources that indeed there was no Vegemite Sub ever released.

Here are the Ingredients you will need to make....
A Vegemite Milkshake

Vegemite - A black substance made of Concentrated Yeast Extract,
Icecream -To Chill the shake,
Milo - Another Australian product . . Chocolate sprinkle Energy drink,
Lite-white Milk - Half a glass,
Two Eggs, Nutmeg,
Two Stock cubes or Bullion Cubes - (Beef or Chicken),
One Very-Hot-Chilli-Pepper - Ouch!


HOW TO MAKE THE SHAKE:

~ First put two tablespoons of Good Aussie MILO (Chocolate drink mix) in the bottom of a Milkshake Glass.

~ Lightly spread one thin layer of Vegemite over the Milo to seal in the Chocolate flavour.

~ Briskly Whip two eggs and pour on top of the vegemite layer.

~ Take one icecream scoop and while still in the icecream scooper-spoon ; cover generously with Vegemite so completely black.

~ Add Milk ; slowly mix in stock-cubes.

~ Carefully drop Icecream scoop into glass from a height of 13 inches* (precisely).

~ Sprinkle with nutmeg or top with cream.

~ Take Very-Hot-Chilli-Pepper and chew it VERY SLOWLY so as to completely numb any sensation in your throat.

~ Enjoy your fair-dinkum aussie Vegemite Milkshake.

~ Great at Breakfast or to ease that mid-morning hunger-cravings.

WARNING!!

* 13 inches is the proven scientific height that lets the Vegemite icecream scoop perfectly diffuse into the Milk. Any Lower and the vegemite will sink.....any higher and the Glass will explode!!
 

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LOL....my younger brothers both did that.
And now they won't touch vegemite.
I never did. I was a civilised child or as others say, boring.
 
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Leslie, are you the local Vegemite saleswoman or sumfing??


Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oy! Oy! Oy!
 

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"Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six foot four, and full of muscles. I said 'do you speak-a my language He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich."
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Leslie...I love that song!!!! (can't think of the name of it right now, having a brain fart, but I know I love it!)

Sooooo....what DOES this vegemite taste like???????? Can you compare it to anything?
 

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Debby, I think I smell a rat. I will now don my deerstalker cap and hold my magnifying glass where you can see it. I will now light my pipe and try to sound intelligent..Did you notice that our friend Tania, AN ALLEGED AUSSIE, failed to spell "g' day properly?"
Being knowledgable fans of Steve, the Crocodile Hunter, we know that it is pronounced "g' die, mite!" And that Leslie, although she vowed never to post another "vegemite" picture again, posted one immediately! There is something afoot here, and it's not a slipper!
Cracky! What a little beauty of a hoax! I believe there's a possibility, my dear Debby, that we have been the victims of an evil plot. Don't thank me. It was elementary deduction.


And now, my "Aussie" friends, who are undoubtedly from the Bronx, New York, I'd like to invite you on a Snipe hunt. It involves sitting in the deepest part of the forest with a flashlight to attract the Snipes and a large bag in which to put them once you've caught them. Immediately after that, I have a lovely Bridge in Brooklyn, another suburb of New York City, which I will reluctantly sell you for the proper price.
 
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Crikey Jeanie, mate!!!! I am a true blue Aussie, right down to my undies, singlet and thongs!!!!

OK what are snipes? And why would I ever want to buy the Brooklyn Brigde???

I am so foncused right now!!!


PS Steve Erwin is a Richard Cranium. I'm sorry but he puts us Aussies to shame.
 

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Tania, Don't you know about the tolls you can collect on a bridge that size? It's huge! About the snipes? Well, you have to come to Pennsylvania to find snipes. Now!
Steve Erwin is a WHAT? If my evil mind is working correctly you have insulted an American icon! It's pistols at dawn. BE THERE!
p.s. Sorry I misspelled "Crikey." Correction noted, mite.
 

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I like Steve Erwin! He's just hilarious to watch! My step-daughter does a hilarious imitation of him!!!! :laughing:
 

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I LOVE Steve Irwin!!!!! he is hilarious and such a hoot to watch!!!!!!

Am I reading this right? You all in Australia don't like him???
 

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Originally posted by Debby
LMAO at Brain Fart!!!!!!!!!

Song is called "DOWN UNDER" by Men at work.

Sooooo....what DOES this vegemite taste like???????? Can you compare it to anything?
Like a bowl of very salty beef stock IMO!

There are 3 types of yeast extract in NZ/Australia - Vegemite, Marmite and Promite. They're basically all the same in that they are all extremely salty tasting. BUT....

Marmite is sweeter than Vegemite

Promite is sweeter then Marmite.

Vegemite: ( Kraft General Foods NZ Ltd )
Yeast extract, salt, malt extract, colour(caramel), vegetable flavours, vitamins (niacin, thiamine, riboflavin)

Marmite: ( Sanatarium Health Food Company, NZ )
Yeast, sugar, salt, wheatgerm extract, mineral salt (508) colour(caramel), herbs, spices,vitamins (niacin, thiamin,riboflavin)

Promite: ( Masterfoods of Australia )
Vegetable protein extract, sugar, yeast, natural colour(caramel) salt, thickener (Wheat starch),emulsifier (Glycerol monostearate) spices, added vitamins, water.

The difference between Vegemite and Marmite is that marmite has a more caramel taste. Vegemite eaters will usually eat Marmite, but Marmite eaters may tend not to like Vegemite. Promite is just Disgusting!

I hope that helps LOL.
 

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Jeanie G. Mate!!!!!!!! Or should I call you Holmes????

Being knowledgable fans of Steve, the Crocodile Hunter, we know that it is pronounced "g' die, mite!"

Now the absolute correct way of spelling Good Day is G'Day!!!! No pulling your roo here mate..... and itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s pronounced GUHDAAAAY MAHATE!!! Hmmmmm Now Steve baby is just such an Ocker in he??? I don't think I have ever heard it pronounced that way!!!! I think they musta dubbed it so you Mericans can understand it without subtitles LOL!

And that Leslie, although she vowed never to post another "vegemite" picture again, posted one immediately!

Me actual words me mate was this -

Bundylee said - Okay I won't post anymore vegemite stuff............. The picture was with the statement meaning this was the last picture I would post, I mean anyone would know that surely!!!!! Geezzzzzzzz!

I believe there's a possibility, my dear Debby, that we have been the victims of an evil plot

TicTAc Mate did you know anything about an evil plot???? I am shockered!
We is innocent alright! We wouldn't give anyone the boot never mind the slipper!

And now, my "Aussie" friends, who are undoubtedly from the Bronx, New York

Is that a little town in Australia????? I have never heard of it have you Tania????

I'd like to invite you on a Snipe hunt

Ah COOOOOL!!!! Me and Tania love hunts! Is it kinda like and Easter egg hunt? And what is a snipe? Do you eat it or drink it?

I have a lovely Bridge in Brooklyn, another suburb of New York City, which I will reluctantly sell you for the proper price

WOW!!! How about we swap you the bridge for the funny white building that looks like sails that we have in Sydney?

Steve Erwin is a WHAT? If my evil mind is working correctly you have insulted an American icon! It's pistols at dawn. BE THERE! p.s. Sorry I misspelled "Crikey." Correction noted, mite.

Steve Erwin an American icon!!!!!!!!
I didn't know you guy's had stolen him!!! Tania you and I must make our way to America to rescue Steve from their evil clutches!!! Who knows we maybe too late and they may have already fed him Twinkies, apple pie and used his head for a Halloween pumpkin!!! If Steve disappears we will be over run by Kangaroos, Crocs and Spiders in our living rooms again!!!!!!! God save us all!!!


QUOTE - If my evil mind is working correctly

Well then that says it all really!!!
 

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Vegemite isn't a patch on Marmite.

I encountered Vegemite in a tiny restaurant in the middle of nowhere in India, it was ok but it did rekindle the desire for Marmite. We ended up on a mission to buy a jar of Marmite, which we found three months later in a department store in Sri Lanka. We were the envy of many a people (ok, mainly people from the UK) as we produced the wonderous jar to spread on toast for breakfast. In fact, I think I need some toast and marmite NOW!
 

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I used to love Marmite on crumpets untill I started working near the Marmite factory, all you can smell on a warm day is the strong nasty smell of yeast.

I have never tried vegemite, I will have to keep an eye out for it or ask a friend who is going to Australia to get some for me, even better I should make Richard take me on holiday there


Marie
 

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Ah, yes. Pistols at dawn. I had mercy and shot high, but Tania is lying down at the moment. So, I will have to deal with her cohort, Leslie (if that's her real name!)
We have been forced to take Steve under our wings because he is not appreciated in Australia. You will have to agree that translated, a Richard Cranium is not a very nice term. Since even our children love him, we have to make him an honorary American. Besides, he thinks our diamond backed rattlesnakes are little beauties!


Now, as for the Opera House! I would gladly trade the Opera House for the Bridge. However, those who travel across it would have a very long commute to Sydney, wouldn't they? I will give you a million or so discount on the bridge if I get season tickets for life to the Opera House, however.

Sorry, friends. G'Day sounds like G'die, despite your best efforts. However, I will admit that in the US, depending on which state is home. the word "wash" sounds like:
Wahhsh
Wush
Whoosh
Worsh
Each pronunciation is thought to be the correct one--by the speaker. There is a standard American pronunciation; however, few states lack
an accent of some kind.

Now, to the heart of the matter. I fear that one of us is being snookered. I doubt, shocking though it may be, the existence of a noxious substance such as vegemite. It looks like molasses, but I believe it might be the substance with which we tar roofs. Therefore, either you are being hoodwinked or you have hoodwinked your loyal friends on TCS. And, remember, many of our members are from the UK, Belgium, Canada, Israel, and Finland. I'm sure other countries are represented also. And one of our favorite members is from Mexico. So, this might have to be settled in the World Court!
If you poor Aussies are really eating this "substance," my deepest sympathies. The Kraft Co., an American firm, has hoodwinked you!

By the way, Mel Gibson, although he spent some time in Australia, is an American citizen by birth, leaving you short of another world famous figure! So if you're good, really good, and come clean, we might be willing to give Steve back--with supervised visits, of course. If not, well, we do enjoy Paul Hogan's wit, of course. Oh, Paul!!
 

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Oh, poor misguided Vicki! I don't believe in vegemite! I have never had a fluffernutter, either, but my nephews in New England have! I believe in haggis (yech!), tripe, (well....) and steak and kidney pie, (yum), and Santa and the Tooth Fairy, but these are real things. I just don't believe in vegemite. I don't doubt the spelling
of G'Day; it's the sound that's different. I'm sorry. Jeff might be somewhat entertaining, but he's a Steve "wanna be." I hope you're not crushed!

And, would you believe it, Rhea (Bodlover) thought I was teasing when I told her we add brown sugar, molasses, etc. to our Baked Beans! She can't imagine such a thing. But, vegemite is not possible. No, I won't believe it; please don't make me! Black? Tarry? Raw Yeast? No, it's impossible. They have to be putting us on. Is there nothing sacred any more? (And I believe in peanut butter cups, and Caramello bars and Heath bars, but, please tell me there's not really vegemite! Is there a monster in my closet too?)
 
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