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

heres a few novel ideas for people with seven bellies and a strong digestive system

look here

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.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 08:00 AM

If you read the other threads you found that I came to these two products through Mudcat and I'm happy to say I love them both for their differences and keep a supply of Marmite and Vegemite on hand at all times!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,guest m
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 09:14 AM

marmite is like cucumber ,its true flavour only comes out when thinly applied

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: muppett
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 10:06 AM

Well said Guest m I agree, plus it makes the jar last longer.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 10:37 AM

last longer! Blimey yuk!

I try and put back the jar of Marmite back onto the shelves in the supermarket as we go around the supermarket. My other half keeps trying to put it in the trolley and he always seems to notice me trying to put it back - does marmite give you eyes in the back of your head?

He hasn't noticed I've hidden the jar at home yet...

I agree with the cat crap smell comment KB. Though Flossie my feline friend also turns her nose up at Marmite! But she loves Marsh mallows - we caught her pinching one of those. Surprisingly (not) she's not fussed by Marmite...

Marmite, Bovril, Vegitmite = just as bad as cucumbers - they not nice either!

Ella

;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,Ella sans cookie!
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 10:39 AM

That last one was me (as if you didn't guess) off to sort me cookies ;-)

Ella

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: muppett
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 11:48 AM

So they won't be Marmite flavoured cookies then Ella?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 23 Oct 03 - 06:03 PM

When friends urged me to visit them in Alaska it turned out that they were using the invitation as opportunity to re-stock with Marmite. It's simply not available in the back country (nor anywhere in the States, for all I know). I duly packed 12 of the largest-size jars, and set forth.

TIP: If anyone else tries this, it would be advisable to remove a large spoonful of the precious sludge from each jar before checking your bags. I didn't, with the result that all 12 jars exploded during the flight (cargo holds being unpressurised). At least I discovered that the entire contents of a backpack are rendered unserviceable by this kind of incident.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 26 Oct 03 - 11:02 AM

Don't get Bonox muddled up with Botox: could have a paralysing effect!
And does the Bovril barge collect its waste underneath the Oxo tower? with the London Eye looking on disapprovingly??

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: AliUK
Date: 26 Oct 03 - 02:41 PM

Fionn,
that´s why you should always carry the marmite in the hand luggage. A friend of mine also found this out the hard way.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: catspaw49
Date: 26 Oct 03 - 02:46 PM

You can buy both in thestates now.....maybe not Alaska, but there are a number of "International Groceries" selling it.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Oct 03 - 03:48 PM

As has been mentioned in this thread by Rapaire , Marmite can be used as an explosive, with the right sort of detonator. So I suppose you could get into trouble at customs, with it in your hand luggage - it could well be on a list of forbidden substances somewhere...

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 27 Oct 03 - 05:27 AM

Fly this plane into the Houses of Parliament, or I will detonate this marmite sandwich. . . . . . hmmm

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 27 Oct 03 - 05:36 AM

Lengthy sounds effects, then plaintive voice: "I've been deaded!"

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Oct 03 - 07:43 PM

And watch out for the Oxo tower on the way!!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 29 Oct 03 - 05:28 PM

All this talk of Marmite - it leaves a nasty taste in my mouth........

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 30 Oct 03 - 04:43 AM

Mr Red - what do you put on your bread - Tomato Sauce ? - It would fit in with your colour co-ordination.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Joe Offer
Date: 31 Oct 03 - 03:07 AM

Spaw, where do you get your Marmite? Do others in the US have local suppliers? I was surprised to find it at my local Raley's supermarket in Auburn, California - but it was $3 for the smallest jar you can imagine.
I haven't splurged and bought a bottle yet - but I will. Maybe I'll ask for it as a Christmas present....
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 31 Oct 03 - 07:08 AM

If you spread it very thinly on your toast, which is in my opinion the best way to use it, even a small jar will last for a long time.

BTW Joe, didn't you get treated to any on your last trip to the UK ?

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Little Robyn
Date: 31 Oct 03 - 07:31 PM

Joe, if you follow my recipe (above) you can fill a big jar for only about $3.
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Nov 03 - 01:56 PM

Hi, Robyn - Maybe I should try that. I'll keep my eyes open for flaked yeast. Dave, I started my Marmite "habit" on my trip to England last year. I also got addicted to that hot yellow English mustard - Coleman's, I think. I think I'll pick up a jar of Marmite at the supermarket tomorrow, even though it may be expensive. It got cold here, and Marmite on toast would be wonderful just now.
Hmmm. maybe some mustard, too - my market has that, also.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 02 Nov 03 - 11:57 AM

Dave Bryant

Bread? Bread? We Staffordshiremen prefer Staffordshire Oatcakes - bit like a cross between a damp chapptti and a pancake but made with oats.

Treacle. (treacle is black, syrup is golden) I hope this clears-up the query.

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: GUEST,Marmite
Date: 02 Nov 03 - 01:50 PM

This sounds like a case for Secret Santa!

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Nov 03 - 02:10 PM

perhaps some Marmite on Durian Fruit would be JUST the thing! (to clear the premises quickly)

Subject: RE: BS: Marmite
From: Mr Red
Date: 02 Nov 03 - 07:24 PM

MUSTARD? and that's another thing........
Joe, please one horror at a time

I am told (never got near enough to prove it) that Durian fruit are tasty, it is just the smell that people can't take. Marmite is doubly obnoxious.

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!

;-)

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Dave Bryant
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 07:01 AM

Twiglets are a bit like Marmite flavoured biscuits.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Bobjack
Date: 17 Feb 04 - 03:42 AM

Marmite is shite without spam!

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 - 03:52 AM

99

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: open mike
Date: 13 Mar 06 - 01:49 PM

marmite 101

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

refresh

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

What's this Marmite be ?

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: Peace
Date: 14 Mar 06 - 06:14 PM

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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Little Robyn
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 07:24 AM

So make your own!
Robyn

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: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 02:06 PM

And some denigrate pink slime....

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: SINSULL
Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:44 AM

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

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: 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,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.