BS: Marmite

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 03 Apr 12 - 03:38 AM

I quite like it but it isn't something that I make a point of buying mainly as I am the only one who quite likes it. Marmite is great added to stews or gravies but it isn't something that is necessary, I can live without it.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: saulgoldie
Date: 02 Apr 12 - 08:04 AM

Well, I got some online. My first taste of it was less than wonderful. Perhaps it is an acquired taste. I will give it a few more taste attempts before I make a final decision. But for right now, it looks like it will not occupy a permanent place in my food cabinet.

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 21 Mar 12 - 12:45 PM

Marmite...a tribe of Biblical marmots.

Gfs

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: SINSULL
Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:44 AM

Disgusting stuff. But I have a jar if anyone is desperate.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Newport Boy
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 02:18 PM

Just remember that the Australasian Marmite isn't like the original - they've added sugar to the recipe. Wimps!!

Phil

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 02:06 PM

And some denigrate pink slime....

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: saulgoldie
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 08:48 AM

Well, Robyn. Before I mad a snide remark, I decided that I should taste the bloody stuff before going off half-cocked. The proof will be, as they say, "in the pudding." I shall report back. This could change my life! (I guess if I don't like it, I could always use it as caulk, eh?)

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Little Robyn
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 07:24 AM

So make your own!
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: saulgoldie
Date: 19 Mar 12 - 05:46 PM

NPR just reported that Marmite is in short supply due to the earthquake. Ohno! Without Marmite, humanity is in great peril!

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 28 Apr 10 - 11:08 AM

Here's an NPR paean to Marmite, including recipes for Baked Eggs With Marmite Mushrooms, Marmite Bloody Mary, Marmite Cheddar Crackers and U.K.-Chazuke.

~ Becky in Tucson
a non-Marmitist

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: number 6
Date: 24 Dec 08 - 07:39 AM

good one Joe P.

here's another suggestion ... break a pita bread in 2 ... toast those slices ... spread on a thin layer of Marmite, sprinkle some Romano cheese, add some hot banana pepper pieces and whew .... it's wonderful.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,Joe P
Date: 24 Dec 08 - 07:06 AM

Take a couple of slices of solid, crunchy well done toast, add a thin layer of Marmite, then put on a good layer of mashed avocado. Delicious, the combination of tangy marmite, soft, cool and creamy avocado and crunchy toast is magnificent!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: mouldy
Date: 24 Dec 08 - 04:22 AM

When I was in NZ earlier this year I found that what is called Marmite, isn't. The stuff to go for is called My Mate, and that's the proper job. Nothing else comes close.

I saw something on TV recently that said that the use of brewery yeast waste for this was started by an employee of the Bass brewery at Burton Upon Trent in the late 19th century, who, unfortunately, neglected to patent it!
It was an episode of "Cash in the Attic" and one of his descendents was selling some Bass limited edition commemoratives.


Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Little Robyn
Date: 23 Dec 08 - 02:56 PM

Since my earlier post here I've changed my breakfast drink from Teaco beef tea to Promite which seems to work better - dissolves easier and it's slightly cheaper. The flavour is still about the same.
Now my grandaughter is hooked on 'Marmite' sandwiches for lunch - using my homemade Marmite, of course.
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: CarolC
Date: 23 Dec 08 - 11:17 AM

Thanks.

I just tried it for the first time. I'm thinking about putting it in soup stock.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 23 Dec 08 - 08:57 AM

I could see it's potential as camouflage paint - if it wasn't for the potential to leave a nasty taste in yer mouth.

Does Marmite need to be refrigerated after it's been opened?
not if you have food in the fridge.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: gnomad
Date: 23 Dec 08 - 07:52 AM

Here's an old story, but it was new to me when I heard it last week.

De Bono's Marmite peace formula

I can't stand the stuff on its own, but can find a use for it as a quick seasoning/stock substitute.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: number 6
Date: 22 Dec 08 - 11:01 PM

I don't refrigerate it Carol .... I imagine it would be has hard as toffee if you did.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: CarolC
Date: 22 Dec 08 - 10:55 PM

Does Marmite need to be refrigerated after it's been opened?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (B)
From: Peace
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 06:14 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (B)
From: Windsinger
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 02:11 PM

So this one's been resuscitated too.

Well, just remember:

Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad?"
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

EEK! All right then.

Slán,

~Fionn

www.geocities.com/children_of_lir

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (B)
From: Purple Foxx
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 12:21 PM

What's this Marmite be ?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: saulgoldie
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 12:13 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: open mike
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 01:49 PM

marmite 101

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Bobjack
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 03:53 AM

Post number 100. I thank you. You have made an old guinea pig very happy!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Bobjack
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 03:52 AM

99

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Sooz
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 03:46 AM

If you want to know how it is made, you should read the Lost Continent by Terry Pratchett. This tells the story of the accidental invention of Vegemite by Rincewind the wizard.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Bobjack
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 03:42 AM

Marmite is shite without spam!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Little Robyn
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 03:39 AM

If you read the beginning of this thread you'll find I've given the recipe - on 21 Oct last year!
You use flaked yeast - the edible stuff, not the brewer's stuff or the breadmaker's type. And mix it with soy sauce. And that's all - no preservatives, no caramelisers or artificial additives. Only whatever is in yeast and soy sauce.
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 02:49 AM

I don't eat Vegemite any more cause it is owned by a foreign company (US) - I only eat "MightyMite" - cheaper, Aussie made and owned, and John Williamson sings the advert! :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: mouldy
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 02:30 AM

I've mentioned it before, and I don't know if it's still in print, but there is a Marmite cookery book called "My Mate Marmite In The Kitchen" - By Rosemary Moon, published 1992 by Good Books. ISBN 0 946555 24 9 (softback) and 0 946555 25 7 (hardback). It was a charity fundraiser for the NSPCC.

It also says for more information on Marmite Yeast Extract, contact CPC (UK) Ltd, Esher, Surrey KT10 9PN.

I am full of cold at the moment, and one thing that will jig my cotton-woolly mouth is a nice piece of toast and Marmite.

Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 02:18 AM

Interesting question, Mike.

I'm sorry to say that I have no idea. Neither, would it seem, does the Marmite FAQ

Apologies for being less than helpful.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,guest--open mike
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 12:14 AM

does any one know of a way to find out how marmite is made?
I have grown quite fond of it after having gotten some from
myu secret santa. There is a brewery near here, and I hear
that some Marmite factories are right across the streen form
breweries as the by-products of beer making are the ingredients
for Marmite. I have requested Sorcha to search out the recipe
on her UK adventure tour. Is it possible to locate the recipe?
I understand most of what it contains is yeast from beer vats.
I have a dream of manufacturing it here! If it is lo-carb it
might get popular by all the atkins diet people..

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 08 Nov 03 - 10:19 PM

Robyn

interesting way of applying it, but I like to put soft real butter on very hot toast, let it be absorbed, THEN put the Mar/Veg-Mite on. If it doesn't absorb fully cause it's not soft enough, then I get a blend of the two which I cream together and smear everywhere - mostly on the toast!

Robin
P.S. you should join the Round-Robin-Ring.... :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: rock chick
Date: 08 Nov 03 - 06:24 PM

Wish I had never entered this thread, cos I keep coming back to it and evertime I do I HAVE to have some marmite on toast with cheese, at this rate i am going to get really FAT...........back in a mow need my marmite fix, again.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Little Robyn
Date: 07 Nov 03 - 08:05 PM

My aunty Emma (b.1889,d.1988) taught me how to eat marmite on toast - put the marmite on first! Then the butter on top. Much easier than trying to smear the stuff over melting butter!
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 07 Nov 03 - 01:07 PM

On the News in Oz -

Pauline Hansen, after being released from goal, had for breakfast on her first day home, toast and Vegemite.... and they tried to claim she wasn;t a real aussie... :-)

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Nov 03 - 05:11 AM

Ah, yes, Mouldy, that was a lovely sandwich, and lovely company - but it was marmite on toast that really got me hooked! Thanks again for your hospitality.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: mouldy
Date: 06 Nov 03 - 02:53 AM

I'd like to think that it was the cheese & marmite sandwich we gave Joe that was responsible for his developing the taste, but I bet he'd already tried it.

When I am getting my appetite back after a migraine, my first food is usually toast and marmite. When I was pregnant the first time, the only thing I could fancy in the evening during the early months was marmite sandwiches and a couple of pickled onions, washed down with a drink of milk. My son hates both.

I never tried marmite until I started going out with my husband. I was reared on Bovril butties. Funny, I have only ever eaten marmite since we got married.

As for twiglets...a few years ago I hosted a French student for a couple of weeks. He couldn't even stand the thought of marmite. Funny though, once he'd eaten a twiglet he couldn't get enough of them. He wouldn't believe me when I told him what they tasted of, and he still refused to try marmite!

Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 07:33 AM

Oh gawd Dave - you just reminded me how much I hate Twiglets too!

yeuchhhhhhhh

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 07:01 AM

Twiglets are a bit like Marmite flavoured biscuits.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 01:59 AM

I didn't try them, but I would suspect that having the vegemite IN the cheese would be different to having next to or on the cheese...

Oh, No, My jar is almost empty! Have to buy a new one....

Ribin

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Helen
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 12:56 AM

I'm trying to think of the brand name for the Vegemite flavoured bikkies - One type is by Lane's and the other is Arnotts and they look similar, in similar sized packs with different background colours according to flavour. Obviously the main box colour for the Vegemite ones is yellow with black and red writing.

Oh yes: Arnotts Shapes, but I think it is the other brand.

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 03:02 PM

Dave Bryant -
I like tomato soup. Does that muddy the waters?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Little Robyn
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 01:51 PM

When we were ill as kids, we were given beef tea, made using Marmite (or OXO or Bovril or Bovo or Vegemite..... any of the above). A nice lite savoury hot drink, especially good when you can't face anything sweet.
These days I always start the day with a concoction made from 1/2 teaspoon Teaco Beef Tea (Bovril is OK but 3x the price), 1/2 teaspoon plain gelatine and when that's dissolved in 3/4 cup of hot water, throw in about 1 dessertspoonful of flaked yeast.
It keeps my old bones lubricated, gives me lots of B vitamins and sets me up for the day!

Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: JennyO
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 10:11 AM

Robin, those were Vita Weat. My kids used to like squeezing them to make vegemite "worms" come out of the holes.

Some time back, you could get vegemite flavoured cheese slices, but I haven't seen them for a while, so maybe they didn't sell too well.

I find if I'm recovering from any kind of stomach upset, the first thing I feel like having is vegemite toast - with a nice hot cup of tea, of course.

Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 08:42 AM

Helen
thoise are two of my favourite ways of bikkies & Vegemite, - don;t forget SAO bikkies - there is a song about
"Can you fit a Sao,
all in your mouth in one go?"

Aussies have had prepak Snack Packs with bikkies and Vegemite for some time now...

Amother good type of bikkie for Vege and butter is those rye crispbread ones - the one with all the tiny holes - the filling squishes out them when you bite it - there was even a TV ad showing that.

Also a favourite of mine from childhood - Weetbix/Vitabix breakfast thingies - vegemite and LOADS of soft butter - Ah, those were the days...

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 06:32 AM

Sorry Mr Red, I always assumed that you adopted a crimson diet as well.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Helen
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 05:51 AM

My computer-geek hubby says: "There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't."

There is also a new type of savoury biscuit/cracker in Oz which are flavoured with Vegemite. The surprising thing is not that it is available, but that no-one thought of it sooner.

For me there are only two ways to eat Vegemite.   On hot buttered toast, fairly thickly spread. And on semi-sweet biscuits like Arnott's Milk Arrowroot or Morning Coffee biscuits with a good spreading of butter. Those bikkies go well with butter and cheese too.

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 03:49 AM

A week away in germand and France and You are still on about it...

Shudder!

;-)