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13 Mar 06 - 04:01 AM (#1691770) Subject: BS: Marmite From: Purple Foxx Papers report that Marmite is to be marketed in plastic squeezable bottles & that the recipe is to be modified to give the thinner consistency this requires. So,Marmite - love it? hate it? whipped up into a frenzy of indifference by it? discuss. |
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13 Mar 06 - 04:13 AM (#1691779) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: GUEST, Topsie I think the recipe has already been altered. I opened a jar recently and thought it was 'off'. |
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13 Mar 06 - 04:15 AM (#1691782) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Purple Foxx How could you tell? ;) |
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13 Mar 06 - 04:58 AM (#1691798) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: John MacKenzie I quite like the idea, anyone who has tried to dig the right amount out of a jar which has been kept in the fridge will know this. If it is on cooled toast it drags the butter/margarine off the bread and onto the knife with it, and you have to try and force the resulting khaki slurry off the knife, back onto the toast without the toast disintegrating. If it on hot toast the melted butter provides a skid pan for the Marmite on the knife, and you end up squeegeeing the butter off the toast, while the marmite remains impervious to the toast. In short marmite is like a child that doesn't want to go to school, and hangs on to the parent with more arms and legs than they had when you left home that morning. It's a bit like trying to get rid of a chewy bogey, using a toothpick. Giok |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:05 AM (#1691805) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: ossonflags Give Muppett a gig !! his fee is marmite sandwitches !!! |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:17 AM (#1691806) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: autolycus There are few foods I haven't liked. Marmite is one of them. There's a squeezable honey pot on the market too, tho' honey's now off my menu as part of a cholest..... Sorry, thread drift. Ivor |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:23 AM (#1691812) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: RolyH I used to have a serious marmite problem but now seem to have it under control ( 1 small jar a week ) |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:47 AM (#1691826) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Alba Ah the blessed Marmite..! I am about to provide a link to all things Marmite on the Mudcat, Brace yourself oh lovers of the thick smelly Goo:) Marmite Frenzy:) I want to like it but alas no...lol Best of Wishes to all as always Jude |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:56 AM (#1691835) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Purple Foxx uhmmm...Could we combine these 2 Threads? BTW More bad news I'm afraid RolyH,the small jar is being discontinued. |
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13 Mar 06 - 06:03 AM (#1691842) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: David C. Carter I know someone who confessed to useing it in curry,we don't eat there too often! |
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13 Mar 06 - 06:05 AM (#1691845) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: GUEST,catsPHiddle@work I love it!! spread thickly on hot toast!!! Mmmmmmmm |
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13 Mar 06 - 06:25 AM (#1691854) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Stu Cheese and marmite butties (toasted). Yum. |
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13 Mar 06 - 06:48 AM (#1691866) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: David C. Carter Well,I used to like the stuff when I lived in London,but now I seem to have lost my appetite for it.Maybe it does't travel well. |
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13 Mar 06 - 07:30 AM (#1691891) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: MBSLynne Vegemite is better. Giok...why on earth would you keep marmite in the fridge?? Love Lynne |
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13 Mar 06 - 07:31 AM (#1691892) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: The Fooles Troupe Vegemite has been in large squeezeable platice tubes for years in Australia. My Secret Santees have been thus blessed... |
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13 Mar 06 - 08:28 AM (#1691933) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Peter K (Fionn) Yes, I'm with MBSLynne. A fridge is no place to keep Marmite. But even if you persist with that perversion, Giok, there's still no call for easy-squeeze packaging. Just offer the Marmite direct to the toast before applying the butter/margarine of your choice. I understood that Marmite was not available in the States. Has it now penetrated that market? When I visited a pal in Alaska, the only commodity he asked me to bring from the old country was Marmite. I took him eight large jars, only to find at journey's end that all eight had exploded in my suitcase. Eventually all aromatic evidence of the catastrophe was purged from my clothes, but the suitcase never recovered. |
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13 Mar 06 - 09:17 AM (#1691960) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: John MacKenzie All jars of food, be it Marmite [food of the Gods] Jam [comfit food] or Pickles [food of the Wilfreds] should be kept in the fridge once opened. The top shelf of our larder fridge at this moment contains at least 20 various jams jellies and condiments in the process of being consumed. We do not suffer from blue mould on the top of our opened jars of food in this house. We also almost always are able to ignore use by dates because this extends their keeping properties. Incidentally it does say on the label of a Marmite jar "Store in a cool dark place" Giok |
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13 Mar 06 - 09:30 AM (#1691972) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: frogprince Some places they get mildew And others get too hot. Some places are so damp that Everything you got just rots All kinds of condensation Directories of the rain There's not much compensation When everything's been stained Some have sentimental value that Cannot be erased Go store it in a cool dry place ---The Traveling Wilburys |
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13 Mar 06 - 09:46 AM (#1691978) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: John MacKenzie I love that track Froggie. G. |
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13 Mar 06 - 09:47 AM (#1691979) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: GUEST, Topsie Purple Foxx "How could you tell?" A newly opened jar of marmite should have a pristine firm smooth level surface (except for maybe a tiny ring left by a burst bubble near the edge), and when you take some out the knife leaves a clear impression. The surface on the latest jar wasn't firm, it was more like discarded engine oil, and the impression left by the knife sank back to a vague but unsatisfying levelness so that you couldn't tell whether you were the first to use it or not. |
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13 Mar 06 - 09:52 AM (#1691982) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: manitas_at_work I wonder what sort of mould would be strong enough to grow in a jar of yeast extract! I don't think they had a fridge in mind when they said cool and dark, besides, it would make the Marmite too stiff to spread properly which was your problem wasn't it? |
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13 Mar 06 - 10:00 AM (#1691988) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: John MacKenzie Well it is made from the remains of the brewing process, so stiffness or lack of it may come into the equation! {See Brewer's Droop} G. |
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13 Mar 06 - 10:28 AM (#1692018) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Windsinger I always thought it was the greasy black gunk one finds beneath one's fridge. ;) Slán, ~Fionn www.geocities.com/children_of_lir |
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13 Mar 06 - 10:52 AM (#1692047) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Scoville I'm American and we don't seem to have developed a taste for it yet (but it can be bought here in some grocery stores). I learned about it from one of those airline magazines, on my way home from Amsterdam in 1992. Years later, we were watching "The Vicar of Dibley", where Letty offers Geraldine some dark-colored cake. Geraldine asks, "Chocolate?", and Letty replies, "Marmite!". I howled. |
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13 Mar 06 - 11:23 AM (#1692068) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Trevor And don't forget, when you're bored, if you smash Marmite, with a knife or the back of a spoon, for long enough, it turns white! |
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13 Mar 06 - 11:30 AM (#1692077) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Hand-Pulled Boy I have never ever been let down by a jar of marmite. It will always remain a true friend to me. A tip:- Spread it on your lips and kiss someone in the dark. What a laugh................. |
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13 Mar 06 - 11:37 AM (#1692082) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: number 6 What the HELL is Marmite??? sIx |
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13 Mar 06 - 11:41 AM (#1692089) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: John MacKenzie No Marmite is heaven not hell! G. |
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13 Mar 06 - 11:43 AM (#1692093) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: number 6 Whew ... that is good to know. Now where can one here in the Canadian Maritimes procure a jar of this heavenly delight? sIx |
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13 Mar 06 - 12:09 PM (#1692130) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Windsinger Six, It's a salty black grease made from yeast extract. In the UK it's popular to spread it on toast at breakfast. If you can't get a hold of any, and want an approximation of the taste, drink some straight soy-sauce (or "Maggi" brand cooking sauce) perhaps with a few drops of aromatic bitters thrown in. Needless to say, you either love the stuff or you despise it. Slán, ~Fionn www.geocities.com/children_of_lir |
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13 Mar 06 - 12:17 PM (#1692141) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Purple Foxx Number 6, Bedesee import Canada's supply of this Yeast-based Manna. Apparently Safeway are one of several stockists in your beautiful country. Do not let anybody palm you off with Vegemite. Vegemite is vile. Maritimes is very nearly an anagram of Marmite. |
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13 Mar 06 - 12:47 PM (#1692163) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: John MacKenzie Maritimes is Marmite! G |
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13 Mar 06 - 01:32 PM (#1692207) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: open mike we have discussed this several times before so there might be a thread or two. one thing i would love to find is an actual recipe. I would like to try to make some..we have several breweries here and also quite a few folks who are home brewers. there is another food product that can be found in health food stores called brewers yeast. Some tastes awful, and some (red star brand, large flake yeast( is sweet and nutty and can be sprinkled lliberally on many foods) all have vitamin B and are good for vegetarians who other wise get few B vit in their diet. i picture in Britain a brewery and a marmite factory being across the street from one another and the by products from the Brewery being trucked across the street to the marmite factory. the spent hops and other by products from brewing are possibly used for animal feed, soil amendments, etc. Any one know? |
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13 Mar 06 - 02:55 PM (#1692283) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: MBSLynne Mould NEVER grows on either marmite or vegemite. You can open it then stick it in a cupboard and go back to it years hence and it will still be just the same. And fridges don't stop mould growing on things...you should see my fridge shelves! Love Lynne |
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13 Mar 06 - 03:06 PM (#1692297) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Raedwulf mike - not far off. Basically, it's a by-product of the brewing industry. Perhaps the Marmite factory isn't just acroos the street, but see here for more... |
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13 Mar 06 - 03:11 PM (#1692303) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Scooby Doo That was very informative and some of the pictures nostalgic.Thanks Raedwulf. Scooby. |
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13 Mar 06 - 03:21 PM (#1692313) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: John MacKenzie Well Lynne I'm not coming round your gaff for my tea at least until my Tetanus shots are up to date! Mouldy fridge woman, I mean...................... G |
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13 Mar 06 - 03:48 PM (#1692337) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Raedwulf Scoob - Yer welcome! Whereas... Giok, you great kilted fairy! Marmite going off indeed! I buy it only by the big jar. Being both a bachelor & not much of a bread eater, it tends to last... And last... And last... Etcetera... Mold? What mold? Lynne - Recant that foul heresy! Vegemite, pah! Wash your mouth out with the Holy Sustenance (No! Marmite, woman! Sheeeeesh...) Look, if you continue on like that, you'll be... Oh... You already are... |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:25 PM (#1692450) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: lady penelope Trevor, I hold you responsible. Parker is - as I type - stood in the kitchen hitting a blob of marmite to see if it'll turn white...... So far it has gone coffee colour as air is being beaten into it....... |
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13 Mar 06 - 05:35 PM (#1692462) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: The Fooles Troupe I suppose I could be persuaded to set up an exchange program for Vegemite/Real Maple Syrup - but we do get a few brands of alleged 'real' Maple Syrup stuff here. I'm a bit wary about buying 'Camp' though... ;-) |
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13 Mar 06 - 06:10 PM (#1692506) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Herga Kitty But will it still be true that Tesco stores keep the Bovril with the gravy and the Marmite with the jam (as per McGrath's song)? Kitty PS IIRC it was announced that Bovril will be vegetarian in future |
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13 Mar 06 - 07:34 PM (#1692572) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Big Al Whittle cut out the middle man, buy it and then flush it straight down the bog |
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13 Mar 06 - 07:40 PM (#1692578) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: number 6 I mentioned Marmite to my wife ... she had it once when she was a young girl growing up in Scotland ... she said it is disgusting. Well, I don't care, gonna try this stuff anyway. sIx |
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13 Mar 06 - 08:06 PM (#1692605) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Bert Bovril will be vegetarian in future.. Bovril always used to make a good hot drink. Marmite doesn't. Why would anyone buy vegetarian beef extract? |
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14 Mar 06 - 03:09 AM (#1692825) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: MBSLynne The same reason they buy vegetarian bacon bits I guess...and they are disgusting too! Number 6...take it a little at a time. Break yourself in gently. If you weren't brought up on it it takes some getting used to. Lots of butter on the toast and a thin spreading of marmite (or preferably vegemite) Raed, vegemite and marmite are like Aussie beer and English. When my Dad first went to Australia he didn't like Aussie beer, but persevered and got to like it. Then came over here and had to get used to English again, then back again. I had the same thing with marmite/vegemite. Marmite is still the thing you have when you can't get hold of vegemite though! Love Lynne |
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14 Mar 06 - 03:13 AM (#1692829) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Purple Foxx Bovril used to be advertised with a picture of a Bull & the caption "My poor dead Brother." The past really is another country. |
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14 Mar 06 - 05:14 AM (#1692896) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Mo the caller Lynne, if you keep marmite more than 9 months or so it goes thick and sticky and wont spread properly. |
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14 Mar 06 - 05:26 AM (#1692901) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Hand-Pulled Boy But if you store it at the correct temperature then it will, in fact, regenerate itself whereby 1/2 a jar will end up full again after many months. Eventually you will have enough to work into your boots thus reducing the onset of Trenchfoot during the next war. Further details to follow. |
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14 Mar 06 - 05:59 AM (#1692925) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: MBSLynne I've obviously never tried marmite nouveau then...it must all have been at least nine months old |
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14 Mar 06 - 06:35 AM (#1692951) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: GUEST,catsPHiddle@work A jar of Marmite never lasts as long as 9 months with me...more like 1 month! |
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14 Mar 06 - 07:48 AM (#1693009) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: MBSLynne I have some very old marmite in the cupboard from a time when I couldn't get hold of vegemite. I'll have to check and see if it's unsable, but since we can now buy vegemite in our local Tesco, it will be a long time before I eat the marmite! How much do you think I'd get for antique marmite on Ebay? Love Lynne |
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14 Mar 06 - 07:53 AM (#1693016) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Scooby Doo Knowing you as well as i think i do Lynne Hundreds of Pounds,as you can get money out of a stone if you had too. Scooby. |
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14 Mar 06 - 07:54 AM (#1693017) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: Diva Love Marmite...its especially good on hot buttered crumpets but I know my sweetie will disagree with me on this one |
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14 Mar 06 - 09:26 AM (#1693099) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: MBSLynne I THINK I'll take that as a compliment Yas! No, the only thing to have on crumpets is lots of butter, all oozy through the holes Love Lynne |
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14 Mar 06 - 12:14 PM (#1693308) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite From: saulgoldie refresh |
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14 Mar 06 - 12:20 PM (#1693322) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Purple Foxx What's this Marmite,eh? |
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14 Mar 06 - 12:29 PM (#1693339) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Peter K (Fionn) I see from the "B" thread that my tip about applying Marmite before butter was shared with the Mudcat community way back in 2003, by Little Robyn, so really Giok has no-one to blame but himself for the sludgy (but nicely chilled) mess in which he finds himself. |
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14 Mar 06 - 12:53 PM (#1693364) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Scooby Doo Yes Lynne it was a compliment. Scooby. |
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14 Mar 06 - 01:12 PM (#1693383) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Windsinger :::blink::: :::blinkblink::: URGH. Marmite temporal paradox! Two streams of reality! (Brain...wrestling...with...math...) Slán, ~Fionn www.geocities.com/children_of_lir |
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14 Mar 06 - 06:40 PM (#1693778) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Peace |
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14 Mar 06 - 09:36 PM (#1693908) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: open mike it is all trevor's fault... he was my secret santa and sent me BOTH marmite and crumpets... a true example of "the first one's free" now i am hooked...is there a 12 step program? |
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15 Mar 06 - 12:00 PM (#1694107) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: number 6 Alas .... I have just tried some marmalite ... on toast. My immediate reaction was so, so. Certainly don't dislike it, but it didn't hit me with a wow. Your correct on just taking a bit at a tiem Lynne. I think it would go better with cheese (as stigweard said) and some slices of of tamatoe. BTW ... kinda pricey here, a small jar for $2.99.I certainly don't think it should be packaged in a squeeze bottle. Thanks for the thread. I always enjoy a new culinary exprience. sIx |
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15 Mar 06 - 12:15 PM (#1694119) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Windsinger Don't be fooled. As the trick (hypothetically) is in the thin spreading, that "small jar"'s designed to last QUITE a while -- leaving aside the fact that it has a half-life which rivals weapons grade plutonium anyway. This "trick" does not work with me. Unfortunately, it still tastes like Marmite. Slán, ~Fionn www.geocities.com/children_of_lir |
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15 Mar 06 - 12:17 PM (#1694122) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: number 6 Yikes .... I'll take note of that. sIx |
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15 Mar 06 - 12:23 PM (#1694126) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: MMario a friend once told me that the true secret to marmite was to mix a very small quantity (about 1/2 cc) with a half kilo of butter - and then spread *THAT* mixture very thinly on toast. |
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15 Mar 06 - 06:49 PM (#1694557) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: gnomad MMario - I think homoeopathy requires you to dilute again in the same proportions, and do a lot of shaking. That way the butter remembers what the Marmite is supposed to do to you, but you lose the taste. This is a good thing. |
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16 Mar 06 - 05:52 AM (#1694973) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Trevor mike - glad the memory has lingered on, like a big jar of Marmite. Your vision of how it's made isn't too far away from the truth. the Marmite factory is in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, which is also the home of a couple of brewerys. Burton has to be the smelliest place in the UK - when there's a brew going on at the brewery the Marmite factory is also going full blast, and you can tell from miles away. (There's also a factory on the same industrial estate which produces Elsan, a chemical which is used for keeping non-flushable bogs clean - Portapotties and the like - so when that's added to the mix, Burton is definitely somewhere not to be!) Something else that's good I reckon is to mix Marmite with that Primula cheese that comes in a tube and then spread that on toast. Marmite and Kraft cheese sammos were my staple diet for school lunches. Good how the telly ads for Marmite focus on the people who find it horrible - the bloke on the hot date who snogs the girl who's eaten it, or that take on 'The Blob' where people are running terrified from the dollop of Marmite. A marmite is a casserole pot isn't it? Lady P, tell him to keep going - it will happen eventually! |
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16 Mar 06 - 06:20 AM (#1694998) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Trevor Oh, and by the way, Have a look here and here if you want some real anorak stuff. |
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16 Mar 06 - 06:36 AM (#1695006) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Purple Foxx Is the woman on the ilovemarmite site the AntiWindsinger ? |
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16 Mar 06 - 06:49 AM (#1695012) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Trevor And by the way, by the way, Bovril has been veggie since 2004. |
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10 Apr 06 - 04:35 PM (#1714758) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: number 6 I have actually acquired a taste for marmite ... very good served on toast along with mayonnaise, tomatoes, and hot pickled peppers. thanks for those that contributed such a positive aspect to the culinary delight of Marmite. sIx |
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10 Apr 06 - 04:36 PM (#1714759) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Purple Foxx Pleased you like it 6. |
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11 Apr 06 - 04:09 PM (#1715388) Subject: RE: BS: Marmite (A) From: Little Robyn I used to make my own marmite - you can choose the thickness/texture you prefer by adjusting the ingredients. It's simply flaked yeast (not brewers or bakers yeast - you need the flaked, edible variety) and mix it with soy sauce. Now, soy sauce comes in several varieties - light, dark, mushroom are most common, so experiment a little, see which flavour you like best. I personally prefer the taste of mushroom soy with my yeast, though again, the flavour can vary with different brands. However, the flaked yeast supply in NZ has dried up!!!! It's made in Aus and they're not sending it over. In fact, I haven't been able to get any since about August last year. I was told it would be back in supply by christmas but they didn't specify which year. In the meantime I'm having to use a powdered variety but it's rather bitter and not nearly as nice. And yes, always spread the marmite on your toast before the butter! Robyn |