Please forgive my 'stepping' on your thread (I've lurked for years, and utilised your db a great deal); but I figured I'd offer my help, where I could. 'Cost Plus' is a fairly large yuppie-chain 'merchandise' store. They sell everything from furniture made in Burmese sweatshops, Australian wines, and yes; even two different sized jars of Vegemite. They're all over the southwest and California. I have never seen Marmite, though I will look (have a dekko) next time I'm out that way.

And as for myself, I used to eat it all the time as a child, and just thought it was what every kid in the States ate. I grew up, and hadn't had it in years; found it on the shelves at aforementioned Cost Plus, spread on bread, as I'd recalled... ...I have to agree, pedestrian as it sounds; kangaroo shit does come to mind. 8) Sorry...

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