BS: Marmite

Subject: BS: Marmite
From: muppett
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 09:08 AM

Sorry el ted couldn't wait for a couple years.

I'm a fan of Marmite, anybody got any good reciepes, apart from marmite on toast or cheese & marmite on toast.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Alba
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 10:09 AM

Here's one Muppett!
Marmite & Carrot Soup

Ingredients: 8 Carrots, 6 Onions, 4 handfuls of Red Lentils, 2 Vegetable Stock Cubes and at least 4 teaspoons of Marmite.


Step 1: Peel and grate the Carrots
Step 2: Peel & chop Onions and fry in Pot with a teaspoon of vegetable oil until transparent
Step 3: Dissolve the Stock Cubes into 2 pints of water, add this to the Carrots's and Onions. Throw in the Lentils and boil for 20 minutes.
Step 4: Add as much Marmite as desired... that may be a lot in your case:>)
Enjoy!
JD

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 11:01 AM

yeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuucccccccchhhhhhhhh!

Ella

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: open mike
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 11:17 AM

other thread
there have been other discussions on this and vegemite
apparently they are a by product of brewing
maybe sort of a waste product as the brewery
pays to have the stuff hauled away
lots of b vitamins
sort of reminds me of another salty substance
that can be used as a soup base: the asian food Miso from soybeans

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Michael
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 11:41 AM

A Marmite Recipe:

Make a bread and butter pudding spreading Marmite on the slices of bread,(preferably wholwheat), sprinkle (or pile) grated cheese on top.

My youngest daughter's favourite dish (she's now 19 and it still is)

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 11:59 AM

If you're going to open yet another thread on Marmite, you might as well have a link to Kevin McGrath's wonderful Marmite Song.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Beverley Barton
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 12:12 PM

marmite is god awful slime!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 12:35 PM

Anyb recipe you might use soy sauce you could use Marmite instead. I don't mean that it tastes just like soy sauce, but it'd work in tye recipr.

And if you mix in some Marmite into mashed potato it makes the potato tastier.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: KateG
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 01:15 PM

honey and a tiny dab of marmite on buttered toast or crumpet, Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar, good book, warm fire --- good for what ails you

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,ossonflags
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 02:39 PM

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Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,ossonflags
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 02:48 PM

might find summat 'ere

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Little Robyn
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 02:49 PM

You could make your own marmite - I always do!
You need some flaked yeast - I buy mine from one of those bulk food stores, called Bin Inn in New Zealand, but some of the supermarkets have it too. Don't use brewer's yeast or bread yeast, make sure it's the edible flaked variety.
Then mix it to the required cosistency with soy sauce!
There are different soy sauces too - light, dark, mushroom soy etc. Try each one and see which taste you like best. I prefer the mushroom soy - it's closer to the real marmite flavour.
It's very satisfying, mixing the two together in a wee bowl, and you can make it as thick or as runny as you wish.
Give it a try - it's very cheap that way, and of course, there are no preservatives or caramelisers or other additives either.
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 03:19 PM

But does it taste right without the brewers yeast and the preservatives and caramelisers and other additives?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Rapparee
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 03:58 PM

Marmite, Vegimite -- I think I used these to blow things up when I took classes in explosives and demolitions in the Army.

Take a quarter pound block of marmite, position it, stick a fused blasting cap in it, tamp it, light the fuse, walk quickly away....

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 04:11 PM

wouldn't the preservatives and caramelisers and other additives be in the soy sauce?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: mike the knife
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 04:14 PM

Marmite & soft-boiled egg- all smushed together & smeared liberally on thick, toasted farmer bread.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 04:58 PM

You know there are two sorts of people in the world - thost divide the world into two sorts of people and those that HATE MARMITE.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 05:33 PM

So we can take it from that that you like Marmite, Mr Red. A man of taste.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: vectis
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 06:08 PM

I love marmite, cheese and onion sarnies. Cures colds a treat, tastes great (if a little anti social).

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Col K
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 07:43 PM

Marmite and Peanut Butter sandwich

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 08:26 PM

hello, i used to work in a marmite factory.john

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: open mike
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 08:36 PM

what's a sarnie?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 21 Oct 03 - 10:08 PM

Marmite (Vegemite) & honey sandwich... (sarnie, buttie)

A Marmite is a heavy iron pot used to boil (simmer) a soup over a slow wood fire for a very long time. If you let it go long enough, you end up with a very thick sludge which lasts for ages, and is supposedly good for you...

Strictly speaking Vegemite is the Aussie answer to Marmite. It was allegedly going to be called "Pawill", but they decided to go with the name Vegemite.

My actual preference for taste is Promite....

The new Aussie OWNED spread is called MightyMite... :-) and the TV ad soundtrack is by a famous Aussie singer...

You can always use Bonox as a spread, but it's a bit runny.

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: harlowpoet
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 03:02 AM

Marmite and Avacardo in a sandwich seem to go down well, though I normally prefer yeast before its been extracted from the alcohol

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 03:46 AM

NOpe... Still not convinced...

I am convinced though that Marmite is the work of the devil, is the spawn of Satan and the belly button fluff of an Ork.

ew ew ewwww ew ew yuk!

(With passion!)

Ella
;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,KB
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 05:01 AM

Marmite is brilliant stuff - and if you keep on whipping it up with a knife, eventually it turns white. Dunno why that impresses me, but it does.
My sister lives in Japan, and always takes several large tubs of marmite back home with her whenever she visits. I'll pass on Little Robyn's recipe - cheers Robyin!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Arnie
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 05:05 AM

Isn't there something like Marmite but a bit runnier and used to make a drink? Can't remember the name of the stuff at the moment....

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 05:34 AM

Bovril....

The toe jamb of beelzebub's right big toe.


Eeeeew!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: jacqui.c
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 07:15 AM

Open Mike - a sarnie is English slang (I think originally from Liverpool, although I may be corrected!) for a sandwich.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,KB
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 07:17 AM

Does anyone else reckon marmite smells like cat crap? Seriously - I swear it does - but I still love it.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,Sooz (at work)
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 08:00 AM

I bake bread with cheese and marmite in the dough. Its great for all sorts of sarnies and wonderful toasted. (Recipe in Mudcat Cookbook)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 08:19 AM

Arnie - you can make a drink out of Marmite, but you're probably thinking of Bovril which is based on meat stock rather than yeast extract - and definitely would not be acceptable to Harlowpoet.

Incidently Kevin's song helps you to differentiate between them in a supermarket - all together now . . . . .

The Bovril's with the Gravy - and the Marmite's with the Jam !

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 08:33 AM

ewwww Dave behave... Marmite AND jam...

My toes are curling...
;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: muppett
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 10:01 AM

Come on Ella admit, you really luv the stuff, don't you, you know you do!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,KB
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 10:46 AM

Maybe its just my cats.........

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 01:11 PM

Naah - they stick it on the shelves next to the Jam and the Honey and the Peanut Butter, all the stuff you spread on bread, though not necessarily at the same time.

Bovril on the other hand, though you can spread it on bread, is primarily for mixing up with water to make a drink, or putting in dishes to give a meaty flavour - sort of solid gravy. As the name indicates, it's got beef in it somewhere. So has the third product, OXO, which normally comes in cubes, though you can get an OXO spread.

Useless bit of information - at one time both Bovril and Oxo use to make chocolate bars. However Marmite does not appear to have done so.

Checking up on whether that was the case, I Googled, and came up with a page that suggested that, so far as people in tye UK are concerned, American Hershey Bars are "definitely the Marmite of the chocolate world. You either love it or loathe it".

The site includes quotes such as this, from "A customer from East London":
"This is the worst excuse for chocolate I've ever tasted! The good ol' USA usually comes up tops with most things but I'm afraid chocolate is not one of them! This chocolate tastes like a mixture between smelly socks and strong cheese..."

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 02:59 PM

McGrath of Harlow

You can take it as red. But take the Marmite to the neartest cliff and give it to the lemmings to take on their journies.

Ella thank you for the clanship. But I don't particularly like beer so there may be a connection.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: AliUK
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 03:33 PM

I dream of Marmite. Whenever anyone goes back to the UK they have to bring me two big jars which last me about 6 months then I dream for the next 6 months about marmite. OXO...I have a wonderful recipe to use OXO...take one can of baked beans,a handful of peanuts ( salted) a small onion, several garlic cloves and some pepper to taste. Cut up the onion and fry lightly, then put in the crushed garlic ( to taste again) put in the can of baked beans and pepper and the peanuts, add two or three oxo cubes and a little water and cook. Great to eat on a Sunday evening with about half a loaf of buttered bread. Also wonderful for the blood pressure with all that salt.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 05:40 PM

Vert strange, Mr Red.

"You know there are two sorts of people in the world - those that divide the world into two sorts of people, and those that HATE MARMITE."

By saying "There are two sorts of people in the world" you clearly identify yourself as being one of the sort of people who "divide the world into two sorts of people".

And that means you cannot possibly be one of "those that HATE MARMITE."

But then in your later post you indicate that this is not the case...

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 06:25 PM

McGrath of Harlow -
You know Marmite is a very good source of irony but yes I do see the paradox now you come to spread it about. I think the amygdala was in charge - it always is at the meerest whiff or orient or is that steamy east?

A huge pot of marmite to the man with the logic - er problem - I am fresh out of Marmite right now. Can you come back next cenury?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 07:33 PM

Goes very well with any form of eggs, not just soft-boiled ones: especialy if you spread it on toast underneath scrambled or poached eggs.
My husband still eats it with strawberry jam, and will insist on putting it in the gravy which makes it far too salty ( the source/sauce of many family arguments!).
You can make it into a hot drink also as it dissolves well in boiling water: and you can now get it in cubes.
A friend who has coeliac disease tells me that either Bovril or Marmite is OK for coeliacs, but the other isn't: can't remember which is the offender, however!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 08:18 PM

Marmite was meant to go with cress. At least it always did, if you knew how to grow cress on a flannel.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 08:43 PM

This Gluten-free diet (which is what you need if yoiu have Coelica Disease) Marmite as a goody. It doesn't mention Bovril - but then it's published by the Vegetarian Society, so it wouldn't.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: JennyO
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 10:49 PM

Arnie, people have mentioned Bovril and Oxo (which generally comes as stock cubes) for drinks, but the one I know of is called Bonox (probably the same as Bovril).

We used to have an ad for it, where somebody used to say "Coffee, tea or Bonox?".

As for the best spread - VEGEMITE RULES!

Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: open mike
Date: 22 Oct 03 - 11:13 PM

main good use for bovril

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 01:49 AM

Some Aussie baker chain shops do a bread swirl roll which is made by spreading Vegemite on a flat sheet of dough and rolling it up then cutting slices which are baked on their sides, like some biscuits are.

Kid's fond rememberance: Soft boiled eggs with Vegemite soldiers dipped in - buttered toast with Vegemite sliced across into about 4-6 pieces...

Talking about cooking with interesting ingredients - there is a South American Recipie called "CocaCola Chicken" --- yes.... :-) A poached/stewed chicken with some Coke added... from the land that brought you Turkey with Chocolate/Chili Sauce!

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Beverley Barton
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 04:05 AM

mu

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 04:11 AM

The film "In Which we Serve" includes a bit where the ship is picking up troops during the Dunkirk evacuation. Cups of hot Bovril are being handed out. One of the recipients remarks on how good the Bovril tastes and is told that it's because there's a drop of sherry in it. Since then hot Bovril with sherry has been a favourite of mine - after all it's quite usual to serve a beef consomme with the stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: lady penelope
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 05:26 AM

Taramasalata, peanuts and marmite on toast. Nummy.

I refer to marmite and (crunchy) peanut butter sarnies as "Duracell" sandwiches as they don't half keep you going....(energy wise, that is)

I used to know a girl whom we called Bovril, 'cos she was hot and beefy, but had no real taste ( the 'no taste' being her boyfriend....) I have to think hard to remember her real name, infact.

I too used to stick oxo cubes and onions in my baked beans, but that's as far as it went! Although the alternative was to crumble the oxo cube onto a partly toasted piece of bread, add diced onion and possibly some grated cheese and continue toasting......ooh I'm making myself hungry here, slurp.


TTFN Lady P.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,Skipjack K8
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 05:28 AM

It may please what I take to be the minority here that the sewage barges from London that discharge on the ebb in Black Deep are called Bovril Boats.

The sargasso sea of condoms and worse is quite the most disgusting thing I have ever sailed through.