A marmite question
Oct 27th 2008, 5:54 pm
#46
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Re: A marmite question
You can buy suet here. And instant oat cereal has acres of shelfspace in every supermarket and countless different flavours.
Oh, and please don't shout.
Oct 27th 2008, 6:16 pm
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Re: A marmite question
white sauce? Bread sauce? FGS it takes minutes to make from scratch something much nicer than you could possibly get out of a packet.
You can buy suet here. And instant oat cereal has acres of shelfspace in every supermarket and countless different flavours.
Oh, and please don't shout.
You can buy suet here. And instant oat cereal has acres of shelfspace in every supermarket and countless different flavours.
Oh, and please don't shout.
Totally agree about the white and bread sauces though - packet ones are just NASTY and they only take a couple of minutes to make from scratch.
Oct 27th 2008, 6:35 pm
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Re: A marmite question
Just out of interest - where is it that you have found suet? I have looked and not found any, but could be looking in all the wrong places.
Totally agree about the white and bread sauces though - packet ones are just NASTY and they only take a couple of minutes to make from scratch.
Totally agree about the white and bread sauces though - packet ones are just NASTY and they only take a couple of minutes to make from scratch.
Oct 27th 2008, 6:37 pm
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Re: A marmite question
OK thanks - will have a look.
Oct 27th 2008, 9:57 pm
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Re: A marmite question
In the frozen meats freezer just next to the chickens, Cornish Game Hens and Turkeys in the Dalhousie Station Safeway. It's in little clear plastic bags looks like about 1lb per bag perhaps less, labelled Chopped Beef Suet. 
Oct 28th 2008, 1:07 am
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Oct 28th 2008, 4:15 pm
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Re: A marmite question
white sauce? Bread sauce? FGS it takes minutes to make from scratch something much nicer than you could possibly get out of a packet.
You can buy suet here. And instant oat cereal has acres of shelfspace in every supermarket and countless different flavours.
Oh, and please don't shout.
You can buy suet here. And instant oat cereal has acres of shelfspace in every supermarket and countless different flavours.
Oh, and please don't shout.
Oct 28th 2008, 4:40 pm
#55
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Re: A marmite question
The instant oat cereal is not the same here as ready brek,beacause ready brek is a fine porridge oats.My 2 young children only like the fine porridge oats,instead of the standard oats which are available here.So when friends and family come over,they bring ready brek and large jars of marmite with them.
On edit: another thought - have you tried Bulk Barn if there's one near you?
Oct 28th 2008, 5:30 pm
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Re: A marmite question
Marmite's fine - don't try Bovril (at least, don't declare it) it's made from mad cows you know!
Plenty of oatmeal cereals on the supermarket shelves in my experience - even a Maple Syrup flavoured one (can only have sold to us tourists...)
Plenty of oatmeal cereals on the supermarket shelves in my experience - even a Maple Syrup flavoured one (can only have sold to us tourists...)
Oct 28th 2008, 5:33 pm
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Re: A marmite question
Why this constant comparison between Marmite and Bovril? They are two completely different things, made from entirely different raw materials and used in different ways.
Oct 28th 2008, 5:40 pm
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Oct 28th 2008, 6:23 pm
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Re: A marmite question
Oct 28th 2008, 10:56 pm
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Re: A marmite question
There is a huge Canadian "black market" in Marmite.
The Colombians have been dealing in Marmite for years. It is cheaper to produce than cocaine and the profit margins are much higher.
Last year alone they smuggled 815 tons of the stuff (through Bolivia then onto the US then across the US border into Canada)
Just to warn you though, Colombian Marmite can be as much as 100% pure so go easy and spread it very very thinly because if you OD on this stuff it can be lethal
P.S. the DEA have been cracking down on Marmite dealers and if caught with more than 15ml you could spend the rest of your life in Prison !
My advice is "just say no" !
PIC 1 This guy was found with 2kgs
PIC 2 A Marmite plantation
PIC 3 Raw Marmite
PIC 4 A high speed Marmite smuggling boat
The Colombians have been dealing in Marmite for years. It is cheaper to produce than cocaine and the profit margins are much higher.
Last year alone they smuggled 815 tons of the stuff (through Bolivia then onto the US then across the US border into Canada)
Just to warn you though, Colombian Marmite can be as much as 100% pure so go easy and spread it very very thinly because if you OD on this stuff it can be lethal
P.S. the DEA have been cracking down on Marmite dealers and if caught with more than 15ml you could spend the rest of your life in Prison !
My advice is "just say no" !
PIC 1 This guy was found with 2kgs
PIC 2 A Marmite plantation
PIC 3 Raw Marmite
PIC 4 A high speed Marmite smuggling boat
Still it did not stop them locking me in a cell and interviewing me at some length about how much Marmite I had on my person and how much I used.
My solictor advised me to say nothing except that it was for personal use only, thankfully all charges have been now dropped against me but I thought I would post this as a warning to others in the same situation
