Topic: Vegemite: the experience

[Raul CB750K1]

For all of you relatively new to the forum, a few years ago, our friend Terry in Australia told us about the beauty of a popular product in Australia named Vegemite. A big discussion ensued about what was better, australian Vegemite or british Marmite. The discussion got very heated, seemed that both products were deeply rooted in the psyches of many people, that my natural curiosity itfched me to try that Vegemite that people so passionate talked about. -there was another discussion about Easy Cheese, cheese in a spray can, but it never reached the passion that Vegemite aroused-.


I asked Terry to send me a can. Apparently, australian mail didn't allow to send food, so Terry, risking his good name and reputation  , smuggled a sample tube from the army canteen and sent it to me, disguised as a CD. I intended to share my experience with it for everybody, but three bikes came in the way, my first daughter was born, and I simply procrastinate it. It was not kind from me not to do my part, as Terry was so kind as to send the sample to me, even bearing with the postage costs. When my son was born in feb. last year, I had to empty what was to date my "office" to make room for him, and the tube got lost in some of the boxes. It appeared a while back, but I never forgot my promise. To be honest, I tried a little with the tip of my tongue the very same day it arrived and it didn't taste so good, so wasn't really in a hurry to eat a full breadloaf of it! But hey!, I owed it to Terry.


I have just eaten a full toast of it, and I have decided to write this thread quickly as I don't know the side effects of this. These are the directions as given by Terry:

Spread butter -real butter, not margarine- on a toast, and Vegemite over it










Open your mouth, say your prayers, and eat it!!!







Sorry to say Terry, but I have to admit I didn't like it. It is too salted for my taste. Maybe my tastebuds are not used to the taste of flies-when-riding  . I put the blame on the fact that it could have expired, but there was no expiration date on the tube -and considering the ingredients, it's hard to believe it would expire in a couple years- With every mouthful, I couldn't avoid to think how the Vegemite resembles the old grease in my wheel bearings that I have just recently removed. In any case, as a last token of gratitude to Terry, I ate the whole toast in his honour. Thank you mate!!!!!!

[SteveD CB500F]

We await the obituary.

[my78k]

lol...nice one Raul! Gotta admit that it doesn't look so tasty coming out of that tube!! I think I will stick to taking a multivitamin and the old apple a day line...


Dennis

[Raul CB750K1]

A couple of hours later and I don't feel any side effects. My sight is good, my hearing is good, my bowels follow their regular pattern. I just hope my erection capabilities won't be affected. Provided the scarce sex I have, it would be a pity that I lost it. Whether Vegemite has some sterilization effect I don't care much, after the second offspring that's something I don't need anymore. It would be good to know though, so I can stop thinking about whether or not undergo vasectomy.... (what a cruel dilemma)

[Bob Wessner]

Hmm, the tube it comes in looks suspiciously army issue.

[eldar]

I think you need to be a crazy aussie who has had heat stroke multiple times to appreciate the "glory" (?)that is vegemite.

[Bodi]

You're a brave man.
I tried it in Australia, rather a few years ago. It was prepared by an Australian lady for me, and she made herself a slice at the same time so I believe it was the normal way she made VM on toast... and I figured it was the normal way, period.
The Vegemite was layed on pretty thin, enough to discolor the toast but not to blacken it.
I think you've put on somewhere between 10 and 1000 times too much.
It tasted pretty bad, mostly salty as you noted. I think I ate the whole thing, but my entire slice had as much VM as about 1/10 to 1/1000 of yours...

[Sam Green Racing]

I was about to post the same there Bodi

Sam.

[750goes]

put it on thicker you wusses..............

yes Raul it will only increase your virility not the opposite

[turin39789]

I had the pleasure of trying it when an Australian came to visit almost a year ago for the holidays.  He brought a supply and was in danger of running out before he left.  I managed the full piece of toast, the only American to do so.  Even Canadians turned their nose up at it.  I can stomach down just about anything, but there will have to be a payment made to me again before I try that "treat" again.

[Bob Wessner]

Even Canadians turned their nose up at it.

Me thinks there is a message in here someplace.

[Sam Green Racing]

 

[neil young]

Even Canadians turned their nose up at it.

Me thinks there is a message in here someplace.

i was thinking the same thing 

[eldar]

Review my previous post above for my explanation!

[mcpuffett]

It will put hairs on your chest Raul & lead in your pencil but i think you may have put a little to much on at once  , cheers mick.

[Raul CB750K1]

It will put hairs on your chest Raul & lead in your pencil but i think you may have put a little to much on at once  , cheers mick.

No way, just look at Terry's son pic, who had a chest like Telly Savalas' scalp.

Even Canadians turned their nose up at it.

Me thinks there is a message in here someplace.

Actually, there seems to me there are two messages: Pick the one you like the most:

a) Americans are more brave than canadians
b) Canadians have a stronger personality than americans, and won't do something they don't like in order to make a statement.


 

[fuzzybutt]

it looks like that goop that collects behind the sprocket cover on the motor lol

[Terry in Australia]

G'Day Raul, well it might have taken you longer than it took for your missing testicle to re-graft for you to actually try our national spread, (well, it's owned by Kraft now, an American company, but it's been banned in the US, so we'll get it back for a couple of bucks soon) but I'm a tad disappointed that you somehow missed the feeling of euphoria that I've previously described akin to "An Angel crapping on your tongue"?

Now regardless of what the "Vegemite deprived" above, have erroneously suggested as the proper "dose", in fact, you didn't put enough vegemite on that toast! That little tube, as Uncle Bob quite rightly suggests, is from an Aussie 24 hour combat ration pack, and is designed to (just) cover 4 little playing card size crackers, which is somewhat less area than a decent size piece of bread.

That weird looking Spanish butter may have somehow compromised the effect of that Vegemite (there is no "use by" date with this particular product, something to do with it's main ingredient, crushed Cockroaches, being able to withstand a nuclear holocaust) so my advice is to just suck the remains of that Vegemite straight from the tube mate, and I'm sure you'll have a near - rapturous experience! (make sure that there is a clear path to your bathroom first...........)         

[TwoTired]

I'm enjoying this very funny thread.    You guys are too funny.

I remember eating some Vegemite back in the very early 70's.  I can't recall exactly what it tasted like.  (Loss of memory can be merciful.)  I do remember the most prominent question from the experience.  Why?   

Anyway, I don't believe the US actually banned Vegemite.  Seems that Kraft changed the formulation of the product by adding folate, and the FDA said it wouldn't approve the new additions to the formula as it was outside their current policy.  Kraft hasn't petitioned the FDA for an allowance, a common practice to change policy.
Instead, Kraft made the decision to stop importing, as apparently changing the formulation back is more costly than the profits made from US sales.  (Or, do they just want some free publicity?)

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20641599-1702,00.html
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/11/01/vegemite-ban-update/
http://www.overlawyered.com/2006/10/vegemite_ban_may_be_urban_lege.html

Cheers,

[Raul CB750K1]

Furthermore, if the "eating directions" of Vegemite is to spread an ultra-thin layer of it, a jar can last decades, so there is hardly a profit in selling a jar to one in each thousand of families, a jar that would last decades. It's hard to compete with peanut butter, with a market introduction of maybe 99%, and a product that is eaten in such a generous amount that a jar lasts about a week.


I once heard that Heinz ketchup is not the same everywhere. The recipe changes depending on the market to adapt to the local tastes. Millions of chinese people eat dog meat -no scientific backup data but let's assume is a true fact-. I doubt a dog meat spread would have any success in the rest of the world.


Maybe Kraft should consider marketing Vegemite in China as a dog meat companion..... 

[mrbreeze]

MAN!!!!!!....that pic of it coming out of the tube onto that piece of toast just didn't cut it for me!!!!!! Looks like something I would put on the back of brake pads to silence brake squeal!!!!! To each their own!!!!!!......(bring some when you come to visit Terry!!!!!!!....I'm game!!!!!)

[dpen]

PHILISTINES!!!!!

A slice of toast spread thickly with Vegemite & whack a fried egg on top - breakfast made in heaven

[Terry in Australia]

PHILISTINES!!!!!

A slice of toast spread thickly with Vegemite & whack a fried egg on top - breakfast made in heaven

Times Two!!

[CrisPDuk]

The toast and the egg I wholeheartedly agree with

But the Vegemite   That's just plain wrong, however you look at it

[750goes]

Just remember it has to be a runny fried egg - not hard - then you can really enjoy the taste of heaven....bit of worcestershire sauce - maybe some sweet chilli as well - yummmmmmm