Posted by Racer on June 4, 2004, at 13:06:45
In reply to What's Vegemite? (nm) » Racer, posted by Wildflower on June 4, 2004, at 12:00:32
Vegemite is a spread made from yeast extract -- I think, as I understand it, it's basically the leftovers from making beer. Very high in B vitamins, but it really is awful stuff. In some places, though, people eat it voluntarily and claim to like the stuff. (And they say *we're* impaired! Ha!)
OK, more seriously, in Australia, where resources are a bit scarcer historically, Vegemite is a great way to maximize nutrition and not waste anything. England has Marmite, which my husband claims is a terrible thing -- unlike delightful Vegemite -- but he does admit that it's a joke about the English version being subpar. In Australia, of course, there's a tradition of eating the stuff, so kids grow up eating it pretty regularly. It's very salty, and a lot of people find it pretty nasty stuff.
But, again, Aussies like it. And someone in England must, too, or Marmite wouldn't exist.
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