A truly unsettling thought

:puke:

I'm not in the market for those......

But somebody must be! :shrug:

Confused 14-year-old here.

It is teeming with vitamin B, and was created a long time ago to boost the health of the Australian people.

The problem is that it tastes like tar mixed with brussel sprouts. ;)

:)

But have you ever noticed that Aussies are generally a pretty happy lot? Maybe they're onto something...

http://www.vegemite.com.au/



See also: Men At Work's "Down Under."

Where women glow and men plunder.

Vegemite is an extract from brewer's yeast. It's a byproduct of beer making.

When you make beer, there's always a thick brown slimy sludge of (mostly dead) yeast at the bottom of the vat. Someone in England discovered that this sludge is just overrun with B vitamins, which British people need because their food is lacking in B vitamins, among other things (like edibility). They recover this crap, perform some kind of an industrial operation to get the majority of the slime out of it, thicken it up some, add some more vitamins and some flavorings, then put it in jars and sell it to people who spread it on toast, make soup out of it, and claim it as part of their national heritage. (These same people can only get beer in quart cans. This should tell you something.)

It is every bit as foul as it sounds.

An Australian Army captain once informed me that Vegemite is the true test of Australianness: if you can stand to eat this, you're definitely an Aussie. Because, apparently, no one else in the world can get the product past their mouth.

There is a similar product in England called Marmite, which has actually been around longer than Vegemite. It's almost impossible to get Vegemite in the US, but some American supermarkets have Marmite. Don't get any. The Marmite company's current advertising campaign even plays up the fact that half the people in England think Marmite sucks. If people whose national dish contains kidneys won't eat Marmite, there's no chance of you being able to.

...or the horrid aftertaste of a couple of Lunesta sleeping tablets?

This I've got to try!

(SPAM Lovers, please do not FLAME or SPAM me!)

Which, except for Vegemite, is the worst thing you could have ever put in your mouth.

McDonald's sold Spam. The weirdest thing I saw involving spam was at a tiny little general store outside of volcano national park. On the counter, they had big Spam Maki Rolls...Spam Sushi! I even saw several people come in and buy one while I was there. They ate it too!

The fishless alternative to those afraid to eat raw fish.

Most of your Austin, MN residents will tell you so. But they don't eat raw fish there either.

spam ::shudder::

...Spent most of the summer of 1983 in Hawaii, and my great uncle showed us all the un-touristy things to do. We went to a dinner with some friends of his, and they passed a big bowl of poi around. I'd been chicken to try it before, and I took a small amount. It doesn't really taste like much, but it's sort of sweet. It's pretty good with other things, like ham. :)

Gotta agree with you on the rest of your dislikes, though! :puke:

You need to spread it right though, or it will taste awful.

It was enough for my lifetime.

Maybe people who have lost their senses of taste and smell?

Walk the dog? Or?????

"Around the world"...

I think I used to play it with my boyfriend. That was after I gave up playing with my yo-yo.....

until a few local stores started to carry it where she lives.

She loves Oz too. Been there 3 times and would probably immigrate if she could swing it. Says there is something most pleasant about a place where people aren't real hung up on shoes and clothes, of lack of. Said it's lovely going shopping barefoot. Then there are the natural attractions. Ah, driving along the Ocean Road, when the surfers are getting ready to ride the waves... Woo Hoo! nekkid guys along the road... really tan nekkid guys.

Yeah, she loves Australia and Vegemite.

And some ask why I call her Wayward. :eyes:

Vegemite is like Grandma's sweet potato casserole. Nobody actually likes this, but because Grandma makes this for every family get-together you've either gotten used to it or resigned yourself to the fact that, six times per year, you're going to not only have to eat the dish but praise Grandma on its delicate flavor, which is oddly reminiscent of a broiled tire.

There's a reason why all the men who married into the family start their Thanksgivings with scotch for breakfast...

Maybe I'll get some. In which supermarket aisle do you find yeast extract?

As its flavor is oddly reminiscent of used transmission oil (yes, I know what this tastes like; no, you don't want to know how I know), look there first.

Then try the "foreign foods" aisle. The only supermarket in town that has it is Harris Teeter, and they've got this really great selection of all sorts of imported goodies, from Dundee marmalade to Ritter-Sport chocolates to this crap.

You want to know something? The American distaste of vegemite is a national joke here.... you can'r even prepeare something that you just spread on bread or toast, so it tastes bad.

Of course it tastes bad if you use it like peanut butter, fuckers!

he hasn't been exposed to the wonderful foods america has to offer or else he wouldn't be defending vegemite. :P :rofl:

and fyi - peanut butter is delicious!

taste completely awful.

Wonderful foods of America? Like what?

god bless america!

now admit it.. vegemite sucks!

except that 80% which are so loaded with grease that you can't even look at it without having a heart attack.

In short, I have tried all sorts of American food.

It sucks, and vegemite doesn't.

The end.

american food rocks! you stupid aussie!

why do you hate america?

Fries are completely different! you fool!

let me guess.. you call soccer football too?

wusses-ball"

Pringles are pringles! Chips are thick!

And what's that? You wouldn't know a rockmelon if it hit you over your collective heads, because you prance around calling it a 'cantloupe'!

you sit around throwing boomerangs around and waste days frolicing with the kangaroos. chips are not thick.

these are chips:




these are fries:

made out of only wood, and the only reason you call them fries is that you have to add oil to them, as American cooking is so poor that you have to add oil to everything.

hmmm? nothing pops into my head!

and boomerangs are for wusses!

of course, as a young nation we did not entirely invent all these things, merely improve them. And some we did invent yes.

except for pizza which you had nothing to do with!

silly silly aussie boy!

what it is now!

god bless pizza hut!

So, what is the weather like over there? Sunny but cool here, but that is to be expected for this late in Autumn.

We've had terrible thunderstorms for the past few days. Our yard was flooded this evening and I'm afraid our garden in the back yard is messed up. Happy that exams are over?

Thunderstorms eh? They certainly are impressive to watch. Any tree damage?

Sorry to hear about the garden, was it a flower or veggie?

Exams? EXREMELY. Had my last one on saturday, and I am VERY glad they are over.

How goes school for you?

it was flowers. hopefully they aren't ruined. it's dark here now so I can't tell until tomorrow. school is going well for me, but since it's summer I'm doing less work than usual.. plus i've been extremely busy. so what have you been up to now that exams are over?

Sorry to hear about the flowers, but they might well do ok.

Glad to hear about school. I can imagine you bieng busy with all that stuff! Esp. that radio interview, but I'm sure you'll ace it.

Now that exams are over? A few days of nothing, then I fly home on the 1st.
What grade were you in again?

well, i'm studying on a 10th grade level in math (trig.. which i'm pretty sure is 10th grade) and 11th grade in everything else. i'm also getting ready to start buffing up for my psats.

I hear ya about the math. But what are psats?

Good luck with it anyway.

So, how goes the website? Is it working again?

Edit: bye! See you around!

(In case someone else is reading this I talk to Ava over AOL too)

will explain psats some other time. website is up and doing great! i have to go. later! :hi: :pals:

Alrighty, bye! :pals: Sweet dreams!

and Canada.
Delicious on Toast.
Vitamin B overkill - yummy.

Edit: :) I am kidding around.

I have heard that it is healthy.

Until you have lived with a vegemite eater, you can't say you hate it. I grew up on the stuff and have converted three roommates and my partner (who is actually a weird Australian who didn't grow up on the stuff and thought it was foul until I came on the scene). It can't be resisted. It starts with the smell -- you get used to it. It gets a little bit on the stick of butter and you accidentally spread a tiny bit on your own toast. You eat it, and sort of wonder if maybe you actually liked it. You try your own. Before too long, you're ordering from Zabars and hoarding it in your pantry. It cannot be resisted.

Does anyone know When Pigs Fly bread? The sourdough bread from that, toasted, with a bit of butter and a bit of vegemite, is pretty much the yummiest thing in the world.

Then again...considering what Soylent Green is made from, how do they get IT green?

Ye gads, yes, I do!!

that I would love it, since I think it's the same thing.