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[lhezzza]

Vegemite is one of several yeast extract spreads sold in Australia. It is made from leftover brewers' yeast extract (a by-product of beer manufacture) and various vegetable and spice additives. It is very dark reddish-brown, almost black, in color. It's thick like peanut butter, it's very salty, and it tastes like - well let's just say that it is an acquired taste!

 

[lhezzza]

The Happy Little Vegemite Song
(the national song of Australia)

We're happly little Vegemites
As might as might can be.
We all enjoy our Vegemite
For breakfast, lunch, and tea.
Out mother says we're growing
stronger every single week.
Because we love our Vegemite.
We all adore our Vegemite.
It puts a rose in every cheek!

 

[lhezzza]

Vegemite is a sandwich spread made from leftover brewers' yeast extract and various vegetable and spice additives. It is very dark reddish-brown, almost black, in colour, and tastes extremely salty due to its high salt content (8% to 10%). The British are fans of a similar brewers' yeast-based product called Marmite, and consider Vegemite to be a milder, slightly differently1 tasting version of the older spread. Vegemite's initial formulation was achieved independently of Marmite's by Fred Walker, a Victorian food entrepreneur, in 1923.

Vegemite is possibly the most disgusting semi-edible bread spread in the world, and in spite of this - or perhaps because of it - it remains an Australian icon. The big surprise is that Australian parents can get Australian kids to eat it, and have made them think that it is nice, as exemplified in Vegemite's most renowned advertising campaign which features children singing a song - which has also achieved Australian icon status - beginning with the words 'We're happy little vegemites, as bright as bright can be - We all enjoy our Vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea...'

Unpleasant truths about Vegemite:

It smells horrid - a bit like rancid seaweed.

It is very viscous, and even if an open jar of it were turned upside down, one would not have to worry about a mess for a very long time.

A jar of Vegemite will outlive any human being on the planet, due to its high salt content. This is illustrated particularly when Australian people go through kitchen cupboards that haven't been cleaned for five years... often the only things worth keeping are several jars of Vegemite at various stages of age.

 

[lhezzza]

FACT BOX:

22.7 million jars of Vegemite are manufactured in Australia every year - that's 235 jars per minute.

30 jars are sold in Australia for every one exported.

Vegemite is a permanent fixture in nine out of ten pantries.

Vegemite is made from a blend of yeasts from a number of sources.

How we like it:

Thick crusty white bread with Vegemite, tomato cottage cheese and shallots.
Hot toast, butter melted and a thick slather of Vegemite.
A soup spoon of Vegemite in a cup of boiling water with hot buttery toast.
A lot of butter and a little bit of Vegemite and a lot of lettuce.
Vegemite and cheese, over pate.
Vegemite and honey.
Peanut butter and vegemite on hot toast.
Four seed bread with vegemite.

 

[lhezzza]

 

[kiwideus]

Now I am hungry Lhezzza!

 

[lhezzza]

The Foreigner's Guide to Vegemite

 

[nenners]

WoW! I had no idea that stuff was real! I thought at first it might have been a hairball remedy for cat's. LOL Actually it doesn't sound all that bad. I like to try weird stuff. I eat sushi. Can you get it in the US? I bet they would have it at a health food store. Do you guys eat it?

 

[mollydoats]

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[mollydoats]

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[kiwideus]

Nenners - you could try it at an australian store if you can find one. Theres one in my little town, amazing how I found it. There is also a place in CA that you can order vegemite from.

LA Outback

 

[mollydoats]

:chicken:

 

[mollydoats]

vegemite! i tried it once. I guess it IS an aquired taste! lol

 

[kiwideus]

I was just looking at it, and I forgot all about B-B-B-B-Berocca! LOL