[Zaebal]

[quote=Nina;57388]
That's cute! Here in US they like the Aussie products [quote]

... but do they like Vegemite?

[StitlyDute]

Originally Posted by Nina That's cute! Here in US they like the Aussie products

... but do they like Vegemite? I don't think you can find it anywhere here. I suspect Homeland Security has classified it as a toxic substance :P

[Slonopotam845]

[QUOTE=Olga 1;57434][quote=Nina;57388]
That's cute! Here in US they like the Aussie products
... but do they like Vegemite? Olga, I originally bought 3 large size jars, but when I weighed my suitcases I settled for the newer plastic tubes. Somehow they just don't seem the same though.....

No-one else will touch the stuff here. But I don't care. A nice piece of hot buttered toast with a little vegemite spread on it is heaven!!!!!!



Mother Gabriela often had a teaspoon of marmite in hot water (her brown soup) for dinner. Vegemite can also be used like this.

Effie

[aquadayAquaks]

Mother Gabriela often had a teaspoon of marmite in hot water (her brown soup) for dinner. Vegemite can also be used like this.

Effie Vegemite or Marmite can be used to flavour lots of things soups, stews, I've been addicted to the stuff my whole life and of course it's handy in lent.

Effie, I think you made a comment before about it being better not to watch the news, did you mean as an Orthodox person? I've hardly been watching any TV or listening to radio for quite a while now, and I can't say I miss it, but that's just because my TV "blew up". Now, I find that, I am quite behind, when people say something has happened, something major, I don't usually know about it. I think I'd hear about bad news, I'm sure I'd see it in prayer requests but other than that I'm living in some other century where the news travels very slowly.

[Kilaoksrsa]

I don't think you can find it anywhere here. I suspect Homeland Security has classified it as a toxic substance :P

No, Herman. That would be Spam not vegemite.

[JeremyIV]

Vegemite or Marmite can be used to flavour lots of things soups, stews, I've been addicted to the stuff my whole life and of course it's handy in lent.

Effie, I think you made a comment before about it being better not to watch the news, did you mean as an Orthodox person? I've hardly been watching any TV or listening to radio for quite a while now, and I can't say I miss it, but that's just because my TV "blew up". Now, I find that, I am quite behind, when people say something has happened, something major, I don't usually know about it. I think I'd hear about bad news, I'm sure I'd see it in prayer requests but other than that I'm living in some other century where the news travels very slowly.

AND Vegemite is also very good for your health. It's loaded with Vitamin B - 13 I think but I'm not sure.

The news depresses me and also they go on and on about a subject then a couple of days later they go onto something else. I like to know the outcome of various news stories. Also, I think most news reporters here have attended a couple of drama classes - that's the only explanation for the way they present news stories.

I find that the news reports on the Church of Greece radio programme are objective, low toned and the listeners are shown a degree of respect that is entirely absent on TV news programmes.

Effie

[abubycera]

Also, I think most news reporters here have attended a couple of drama classes - that's the only explanation for the way they present news stories.

Effie

I do find the way the news is presented by some reporters and newsreaders quite bizarre, something extremely tragic happens and they read it in a way that is quite cheerful, it seems that the news directors must say "just keep smiling no matter what".

Also the commercial channels in Australia don't seem to care about what is going on in most of the world, if I want to know what is going on in other countries, Russia, Greece etc., I have to look elsewhere for news.

[kentbrookug]

Does it taste like anything I might have eaten before? If it's handy for Lent I have to have some! The local Kroger grocery carries both Vegemite and Marmite, in jars.
Excuse my ignorance, please, and if I've jumped in where I wasn't invited I apologize.

[nofkayalk]

Does it taste like anything I might have eaten before? If it's handy for Lent I have to have some! The local Kroger grocery carries both Vegemite and Marmite, in jars.
Excuse my ignorance, please, and if I've jumped in where I wasn't invited I apologize.

The English made Marmite, and then the Australians made Vegemite when the war made it hard to get Marmite in Australia, (according to Wikipedia.) Vegemite and Marmite are salty concentrated spreads and they need to be spread very very thinly by those who haven't tried them before, I myself only use a tiny patchy spread with margarine, maybe if you think of putting salt on a piece of bread, you'd only put a tiny amount or it would be too much.

Wikipedia says Vegemite is similar in taste to Beef Boullion, but Vegemite and Marmite are free from all animal products and suitable for vegetarians and vegans; they are made from Brewers Yeast, vegetables and spices, that's why they are high in the B Vitamins. What I found interesting in the Wikipedia article is that Vegemite is not fortified by vitamin B12 (which I always thought it was) and that Marmite is, which makes Marmite possibly the better choice for Lent. I don't have Marmite myself, Wikipedia likens it to the taste of Soy sauce.

The Wise Geek website says that although Vegemite tastes salty it only has the same amount of salt in it as a glass of milk and Kraft says a teaspoonful has 30% of the RDA of folate or folic acid. I think I'd use a teaspoonful over two sandwiches, that's how strong I find it to be. Anyway good to experiment with and use instead of stock cubes in recipes.

The Wikipedia Article and the Nutrition Information Page at Kraft

[Snuddyentaine]

Does it taste like anything I might have eaten before? If it's handy for Lent I have to have some! The local Kroger grocery carries both Vegemite and Marmite, in jars.
Excuse my ignorance, please, and if I've jumped in where I wasn't invited I apologize.

Sieglinde, Irene has provided a full explanation, although personally I'd use a little less than she recommends.

Try it and then tell us your impression.....................................


Vegemite was always very beneficial for our health, but lots of good, basic products have been bought by large companies and messed around with.

One example : I used to order coal tar soap from England. The last time I ordered it I noticed that it was different. Another company had bought this product, kept the name and cover but instead of coal tar, I noticed that they were now just using the scent and not the original substance. My last order.

This happens a lot now, so you should always read the tiny, tiny words that tell us exactly what is in the products we use.

I just went and got my little tube (last one...........) . It's concentrated yeast extract "proudly made in Australia since 1923" (BUT not by Kraft)and, taking my own above advice and actually reading the small print, I see that it is definitely NOT the same.
Flavour has been added, preservative has been added, colour!!!!! has been added. As I said, NOT the same product.

I didn't trouble to read all this when I bought it. It tastes the same but chemical laboratories can reproduce any flavour they want to.

Effie

I just read the label on a Marmite jar : The ingredients in Marmite (English product) are all natural, so this is definitely the better of the two, although vegemite tastes better. Both are full of various Vitamin B's. Marmite is "Vegetarian Society approved" and Vegemite is "Suitable for vegetarians".

From now on it's Marmite for me. At least until another international company buys it up!

[mygalinasoo]

My doctor has told me that I'm not allowed any processed foods at all (I have diabetes) and even though I sometimes cheat I try and follow this advice with lots of fresh produce. He also told me to make my own bread but as no-one will eat it (I bought a bread machine just for this), we're back to normal bread with all it's additives.


And I though Vegemite was safe!!

Effie

[repldoinfo]

Hi everyone!

I love vegemite! I think it's the salt in it. If I feel like something salty, vegemite sees me through. And on a cold winters morning before work, I slap on some vegemite on toast and have it on the run! (I mean in my car).

So as the song goes "I'm a happy little vegemite as happy as can be!"

In Christ
+Angela

[resegooredo]

There was a time that vegemite was even saltier, but they cut down on the salt content, and I guess felt they had to add Preservative 220 or sulphur dioxide after that. I didn't realise, I hadn't read the jar, until Effie pointed it out, THANKS, I am really allergic to this preservative, I guess the tiny amounts that I would have in a day weren't enough to obviously effect me but maybe it has added to some health problems I have. It looks like I'll be switching to Marmite, for the B12 too, I can get used to the slightly different taste - I hope.

[stoneeZef]

Hi everyone!

I love vegemite! I think it's the salt in it. If I feel like something salty, vegemite sees me through. And on a cold winters morning before work, I slap on some vegemite on toast and have it on the run! (I mean in my car).

So as the song goes "I'm a happy little vegemite as happy as can be!"

In Christ
+Angela

Giggles... ok I would love it when Christmas is here and we have lots of sweets - because it is the times of surfeit from too many sweets and I crave salty thingies.

[E4qC1qQ5]

I use Marmite a lot, and recommend it. I used to have to go back to the UK to get it, but have now discovered it in, of all places, the local Indian shop where I go to get my curry spices and joss sticks. They also sell another great British delicacy, tinned baked beans, but I draw the line at that.

If you like salty things, you would like Germany, with its Pretzels and variations . Personally I can't stand them.

[RagonaCon]

If you like salty things, you would like Germany, with its Pretzels and variations . Personally I can't stand them.

Pretzels are highly dry, processed and dead for my taste.

I like alive-thingies.

[exettybele]

Sieglinde, Irene has provided a full explanation, although personally I'd use a little less than she recommends.

Try it and then tell us your impression.....................................

thank you so very much, I will be going to the store on Wednesday so I will get a jar of each and let you know my opinion! I like to try new things and generally salty things are enjoyable so I expect I will like them both!

[ARKLqAZ6]

Pretzels are highly dry, processed and dead for my taste.

I like alive-thingies.

Ooops... A comment from a friend about this made me think ...and just for clarification 'alive-thingies' does not mean that I am a cannibal! It was meant as an antonym to dead food which in this case I called pretzels and other times some other junk-food. It just means I like more natural food, what God created.

[Gskdmidd]

Ooops... A comment from a friend about this made me think ...and just for clarification 'alive-thingies' does not mean that I am a cannibal! It was meant as an antonym to dead food which in this case I called pretzels and other times some other junk-food. It just means I like more natural food, what God created.

Pretzels are indeed dead.... I think it's the salt on them that make them tasty.

One thing I used to love when I was younger was a swedish delicacy -I use this word reluctantly. Fillets of raw fish that have been rolled and then pickled or something. They are called roll-mops. I eagerly tried to find some in Australia, but they, like so many other lovely and unusual things have disappeared from the shops.

As a compensation though, there are lots of unusual and exotic fruits that are imported from Asia. AND the juice bars are wonderful. Wish we had some of them here.

[Breeriacoirl]

One thing I used to love when I was younger was a swedish delicacy -I use this word reluctantly. Fillets of raw fish that have been rolled and then pickled or something. They are called roll-mops. I eagerly tried to find some in Australia, but they, like so many other lovely and unusual things have disappeared from the shops.

They are also German, especially North German. There is also an un-rolled-up version called Bismarck herrings. A friend of mine brings me some every time he goes home to Hamburg.