Marmite
 

I got myself a jar of Marmite yesterday ... 125g for $3-98 ... don't know how that compares ... made in England, so it's the "real" stuff.

The kids used to eat it on toast when they were little ... let them sniff it last night and I got a "blech!!" from both of them :(

Looks like I'll be eating it all by myself :cool:

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What is marmite? :p

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It's yeast extract ... a very Brit taste ... no sugar :D

Ingredients: Yeast Extract, Salt, Dehydrated Carrots and Onions, Spice Extracts.

It's nice on buttered toast :cool:

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Marmite has got to be the most yucky food stuff ever invented. a close second is marzipan....decicated coconut is 3rd ....... ooooooooooooh it makes me shudder thinking about it. :eek:

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You Brits' have some strange customs......sound disgusting......almost like eating scrambled eggs without ketchup...... :p

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You've just dissed some of my favorite foods!!

Eggs ... be they scrambled, fried, everything except boiled, have to be eaten with brown sauce.

Ever tried a toasted fruit bun (a hot cross bun will do) with a sausage and brown sauce ... mmmmmm, yummy :D

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And also has many uses.

A good hangover preventor/cure (loads of B12). I used to have a fingerful of it before going to bed after a night on the razz and can recommend it.

And the mozzies apparently don't like B12 in the blood either.

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Makes nice gravy too and there isn't a hint of beef anywhere in it :D

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Reminds me of one of my summer jobs as a student.

Me and my friend put the crosses on hot cross buns.

Enough to drive you to :beer:

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I have to admit that is one British food that I've really come to enjoy. It was a gradual process though, starting with Twiglets about 3 years ago. On my trip back to Victoria, that is the one British food I looked for in the local shops. To Willmore - it's available in the Fairfield Thirfties if you want a truly odd culinary experience :D.

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!:eek:! Eye opening moment there (for me)! I had never considered that - that the crosses had to be put on hot cross buns... by someone! The things I take for granted :) Good thing you didn't stick with it as a career as hot cross buns are usually only available around Easter in Canada (at least the west coast) so it would have been only seasonal employment for you :D.

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Not in Calagary ... we can get them all year ... I guess someone thought they should have a full time job :D

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lol :D

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As it advertises itself back home.

You either love it or you hate it!

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Very intricate, complex, skilled, and bloody hot job.

Haven't really got the time to go into it. ;)