Originally posted by choco B:standard breakfast - 1 pc cream cracker dipped in coffee (3-in-1 )
I think the Aussies call their version 'Vegemite'. It's good too, but you must use it right!Originally posted by elindra:Eeewww you mean you can eat weetabix Aussies like funky tasting food like marmite (ewwww to me too )
I tend to load up on carbo for lunch (maybe that's why I'm always sleepy) but I hardly take any carbo for dinner
I can!!Originally posted by the Bear:uhh.. sorry.. but.. can anyone see the hilarity in this post?
It is?!!Originally posted by the Bear:vegemite smells and tastes like tar...
and hey... it's their culture.. it's the leftover yeast extract thingy... from BEER BREWING!
my housemate used to add it to his porridge.... and me and my other female housemate will look at him with disgust...Originally posted by the Bear:oh.. marmite or vegemite or aussie-mite or termite or whatever it is people call the monstrosity these days, may be addictive...
in a bad way...
the more you eat it, the more and thicker you need to spread it...
it causes a curious burning sensation in your mouth... that's coz your tongue is being eaten away
(dunno if the last bit is true, the rest is.. but i hate it with a vengence so i'm not going to try it)
Originally posted by Rhonda:I think the Aussies call their version 'Vegemite'. It's good too, but you must use it right!
SL served toasted bread to me with margarine and vegemite and it was mmMMMmmm!!
Originally posted by elindra:
Was trying to recall if it was called Vegemite or Marmite ...I tried it with margarine and toasted bread too and it was still pftt pftttt to me.
Can never acquire a taste for it.
I remember being forced fed this with rice porridge when i was young .....Originally posted by the Bear:Marmite to the people in UK
Vegemite to the people in australia... but it was bought out by Kraft.. so the stupid aussies decided to "reclaim their icon" by producing "Aussie-mite"
me too!!!! i love it with porridge... why it disappeared??? where can buy????Originally posted by Kuali Baba:I miss beef Bovril actually. And sometimes I have kaya with bread or crackers.
They stopped importing it after the British outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease). We have chicken Bovril now.Originally posted by Steph84:me too!!!! i love it with porridge... why it disappeared??? where can buy????