Marmite vs Vegemite

[Quills]

Vegemite just tastes thinner somehow.  I wouldn't recommend straying.

[bigalffc]

Good thing about Marmite is that you can use it like Bovril, and make a reasonable after-swimming drink of it (remember the old Fulham Baths anybody) - I dunno about spreading it thinly, just get a teaspoon, get a dollop and let it melt on your tongue - pure heaven.

(remember the old Fulham Baths anybody) my first experience of hot boveril (and athlete's foot) lol

For me it was a bowl of oxtail soup after swimming. Also took part in a number of five a side competitions at Fulham Baths

[Shredhead]

Has anyone tried the Marmite spin-off products? Their ricecakes are lush. The cereal bars are disgusting though - too sweet. I was loitering in Brighton station a year or so ago and there were Marmite reps giving away free bars. I had to go up to people who took them and warn them. The cycling tops are fetching as well. In Sri Lanka you can buy Marmite in a rather fetching box. I once hatched a plan (not acted upon, I hasten to add) to smuggle jewels back from there in jars of Marmite, thereby funding a life of luxury and surf trips to Hikkaduwa.
while writing this reply I've refused a drink with a Dane on the basis of his country's outrageous ban. Send in the gunboats. Where is Nelson now?

[Logicalman]

Has anyone tried the Marmite spin-off products? Their ricecakes are lush. The cereal bars are disgusting though - too sweet. I was loitering in Brighton station a year or so ago and there were Marmite reps giving away free bars. I had to go up to people who took them and warn them. The cycling tops are fetching as well. In Sri Lanka you can buy Marmite in a rather fetching box. I once hatched a plan (not acted upon, I hasten to add) to smuggle jewels back from there in jars of Marmite, thereby funding a life of luxury and surf trips to Hikkaduwa.
while writing this reply I've refused a drink with a Dane on the basis of his country's outrageous ban. Send in the gunboats. Where is Nelson now?

didn't walkers (or Smiths) do Marmite crisps at some stage? (American translation: Crisps = Potato Chips)

[Jimbobob]

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I will have to see if I can find some in Charlotte somewhere.
I am just too damn curious now.......... 089.gif 089.gif 089.gif 089.gif
Thanks a lot............damn'it :032: :032: :032:

[GoldCoastWhite]

Marmite is available here in Oz but you have to search for it and Bovril I imagine would only be stocked by specialist "British" stores. I don't mind Vegemite but I can live without it - and Marmite must have been on the menu at my Dad's place but I can't recall liking or disliking it ? Pretty sure we have the catering single serves at work so PM me your address JimBob and I'll post a couple to you. No idea what customs might make of them though !  091.gif

[CorkedHat]

At the risk of upsetting those who like them, I think that anyone who does has taste in their bum.
The main difference between the two is that Marmite if of meat extract and Vegemite is of vegetable extract. What they do have in common is that they are both a great substitute for axle grease, tarring the roads or causing a heated debate amongst the Poms and Aussies.
I honestly believe that you have to be weaned on them and it is not something that you can take to in later years when your palate and taste-buds have become more educated. 092.gif

[stevehawkinslidingtackle]

500 baht, 10 quid,  for a pot of marmite here. So you really have to love it.
Luckily though, I recently won a years supply of it n a raffle. One jar.   :020:

[CincyFulham1]

The main difference between the two is that Marmite if of meat extract and Vegemite is of vegetable extract.

Well that clears something up for me.  The first time I tasted Marmite I said "this tastes like monkey's a$$"...Now I wonder,how many jars of Marmite can you  get from your average size Marmoset?

[Jimpav]

Love Marmite.

Best on toast but sometimes mix a teaspoon in with soft cheese and scramble eggs.

My marmite stash got half inched whilst backpacking Oz so I resorted to Vegemite. It's not as heavy and treacle like and as an sweeter rather than salty taste. When in Rome.

[Blingo]

LOVE IT.

[CorkedHat]

LOVE IT.

Yeah - but what about Marmite and Vegemite?  098.gif

[Blingo]

LOVE IT.

Yeah - but what about Marmite and Vegemite?  098.gif

Sorry ......occupied at the moment  098.gif 098.gif 098.gif :dft011:

[epsomraver]

Love it since a kid, I buy a bucket of it at Macro, it is full of amino acids and vitamins, I heard on QI that if it was not banned in the middle East because it is an animal extract there would not be so much trouble in the world, vitamin B 12 helps contain aggressive tendencies.Marmite cheeses in Asda are great too,

[TheDaddy]

Sorry guys but No its a wrong'un in my book .Cant stand it "coal miners flem

[finnster01]

All of that stuff is completely foul including bovril. You can't even mix alcohol with any of it

[martintheveg]

500 baht, 10 quid,  for a pot of marmite here. So you really have to love it.
Luckily though, I recently won a years supply of it n a raffle. One jar.   :020:

Ha Ha, that made me chuckle, "one year", blimey, i buy the large jar, 500g in Sai*****s for a fiver and i guard it like the crown jewells, you`d have to beg me to have a bit on your toast in my house, one year though!!!, mine lasts around one month.
Great topic by the way.

[The Equalizer]

Marmite is simply incredible. I've eaten approximately 18 tons of the stuff since I was brought into this world.

AND we won two World Wars off the back of Marmite. The allies used to catapult flaming jars of the stuff over the trenches.

[Shredhead]

Marmite is not made of meat, its a yeast extract and is in fact a waste product from brewing. So eating Marmite is actually good for the environment as well - moving waste up the waste hierarchy. Its one of the few examples of 'upcycling'.

[lamby]

At the risk of upsetting those who like them, I think that anyone who does has taste in their bum.
The main difference between the two is that Marmite if of meat extract and Vegemite is of vegetable extract. What they do have in common is that they are both a great substitute for axle grease, tarring the roads or causing a heated debate amongst the Poms and Aussies.
I honestly believe that you have to be weaned on them and it is not something that you can take to in later years when your palate and taste-buds have become more educated. 092.gif

Technically Vegemite is a vegetable extract - but.....

Vegemite is made from used brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing,

Vegemite is made from BEER. BEER always win, hence Vegemite is better! 098.gif  098.gif 

And yes, us Aussies are weaned on the stuff. You can buy Vegemite at pretty much any Sainsbury in West London. I think the express Sainsbury on Fulham Palace Road round the corner from the Cottage sells it (not tim tams though  :dft006:)