At last! Marmite!

[David Koot]

For all you Marmite lovers out there . . . at long last, I have been able to sample Marmite! Quite an experience!!!! I spread it quite thickly on some good solid bread. Think I overdosed on it. It is VERY powerful! Surely I got my salt quota for the month! What does regular consumption do to one's blood pressure? I'm wondering if the proper way to enjoy Marmite is in small quantities??? And how to mask that overpowering, strong salty flavor?

Dave

[Nan]

What was the origin of the Marmite, David? Australian or British?

You could be right about the salt content, but most people think a thin spread especially on toast works well. You want to put it with something that is complemented by the salty flavour - cucumber or celery or chopped walnuts all go well. Nice mixed into mashed vegetables - that is showing my age, in a time well before prepackaged baby foods that is how my mother introduced me to pumpkin and potato.

[Beryl]

Oh, David, try it spread thinly on bread (or toast) and topped with beautiful avocado! Can't be beaten. Oh, yes, try to get some Aussie Marmite. Much better!

Beryl

[Taylor]

Hahaah David, I had to laugh at your description of Marmite. (Which is kinda like Vegex only better). Anyway, the first time my Dad had it he though it was black berry jelly (don't ask me how....but anyway..he was much younger then lol) and he spread it thick and had the same experience as you. Yes Beryl is right. It is to be used thinly.

[David Koot]

Aha! That must be the problem! It is British Marmite. Oz does it better, I'm sure! But where in my area could I find Aussie Marmite?

[David Koot]

The avocado sounds excellent, Beryl. No problem here in California, finding avocados! I will try the British stuff I have with avocado. But I would like to get ahold of the Aussie version.

[Bravus]

Many places in North America will have Vegemite if not Marmite. They are different, but close enough for the non-conoisseur. (Of course, Marmite is an SDA vegetarian product and Vegemite is part of the Kraft megacorporation which lefties like me are likely to try to boycott, but you can't have everything (where would you put it?))

[Amelia]

Why the Kraft boycott?

[Beryl]

In Australia most Adventists always give preference to the Sanitarium products. The profit made from Sanitarium is used to fund ADRA, and other aspects of the Church work.

[LynnDel]

I most frequently use Marmite for flavoring gravy, along with GW golden broth. Marmite is also useful for spreading THINLY (ahem) on corn on the cob instead of butter and salt; takes care of the need to put on the butter which is useful primarily as a method with which to attach the salt to the cob of corn.

[Nan]

Where is your Marmite coming from, LynnDel? The British version is not the same as the genuine DownUnder variety - though it is good for all the reasons you mention.

Many years ago we had a cat which would eat raw carrot if it was flavoured with Marmite, but ignored the carrot if the Marmite was left off!

[Amelia]

Big appetite for Marmite-Guinness

Guinness-flavoured Marmite, launched in the run-up to St Patrick's Day, is proving an unlikely sensation.

Two-thirds of the 300,000 jars made have already been sold, reports the Daily Mail.

And about 100 jars are up for auction on eBay for up to three times the official price of £2.49.

One seller boasts: "It will probably be worth a fortune in a few years. Get it from me while you can, numbers are very limited."

The new version is made from yeast left over after Guinness is brewed. It is non-alcholic but has a distinctive yet subtle Guinness flavour.

The product has become the focus of discussion on internet blogs on both sides of the Atlantic.

One wrote: "This is a genius idea! The taste is a little less bitter than the standard version and the overall texture more creamy... I've bought 4 jars to keep me going!"

Some 200,000 of the jars have been sold in just two weeks and a Unilever spokesman admitted: "We are really struggling to keep the stores in stock.

"The response to this has been phenomenal - we have had requests from as far as field as Israel, the US and Australia. Jars have even made it onto e-Bay."

[Woody]

I used to sell Marmite in Ireland. I did not find that it was very popular. But now with the Guinness added ... I think the Irish may go for it.

Slan ...

[Nan]

Again, this would be the British version - the Aussie version does not need Guiness to spice it up!!!

[aldona]

At the moment, in our kitchen cupboard we have the following...

Australian Marmite - my husband's favorite. (His late grandfather was once a foreman at Sanitarium, and according to family recollections, helped to develop the product as we know it today.)

British Marmite - not bad, but it tastes like it's lacking something.

Promite - my favorite. Originally from New Zealand. A sweeter and less "yeasty" flavor than the above, and slightly lower salt content.

Bovril - a British yeast extract. (no, it doesn't contain beef, despite the name.) A bit like the British Marmite.

Natex - another British brand, and one of the first to add vitamin B12 (before Sanitarium did). I like this one a lot - it's almost as good as the Promite.

But we don't have any Vegemite in the house. Any time now I'm expected to be arrested and put in prison for being "un-Australian."

aldona

[Nan]

Well we cannot outdo you at this house - but I do, like you, like Promite the best.

[lazarus]

I grew up in the UK and marmite was one of the wierd features of British life.

Please don't be offended but, I prefer the taste of dirt!I would rather lick the bedding that our four cats slept on rather than eat marmite. I would rather suck a coal miner's boot. I would rather swallow Margaret Thatcher's tax policies than eat marmite. The only kids I saw eating marmite were the kids on TV advertising it.

I think marmite was the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the British people. I never saw anyone buy it. I never any heard any shopkeeper say "oh we've sold out of marmite". I never saw an empty jar of marmite.

Redwood:

Quote:

I used to sell Marmite in Ireland. I did not find that it was very popular.

Can you imagine the marketing team meeting "Hey lets call it...(the advertising manager tastes it)..... .... marmite"

[Woody]

Laz ... you are so right.

It sounds like a diseased bug or illness.

Have you been Marmitized. Maybe it is an innoculation.

No ... I would not wish it on anyone either.

Like I say though ... Anything that has Guinness in it will be a big hit in Eire. It sure couldn't hurt.

[Nan]

You guys are speaking of the British product, not the Ozzie one.

So your comments are excused. :)

[Woody]

Never tasted the Ozzie one. Can you email me a taste?

[Nan]

Marmite®

Marmite is Australia’s original yeast spread that’s been long valued as an excellent source of B complex vitamins, folate and vitamin B12. It’s also the only yeast spread with iron. Try Marmite with avocado on hot toast, bread or crackers. And for a tasty addition, add Marmite to stir-fries, pasta and soups.

http://www.sanitarium.com.au/products/spreads.html

About as close as I can get here......

[Woody]

You're right ... it does taste better. Thanks for the sample Nan.

By the way ... Do they pay you for promoting Marmite ???!!

[nuff sed]

David...........If all else fails and you can't find it anywhere else I could send you my 4.4 oz. bottle of UK Marmite.........I do not use it and do not like it.( my daughter-in-law born in Africa loves it--I gave her my other bottle). I once gave away two five lb. containers of the stuff that we had gotten by accident.You would have thought that I had given away a gold mine from the reaction of the folks who got it..Regards, Don

[David Koot]

Why, thank you so much for your kind offer, Don . . . but I still have mine, sitting on the shelf, forlorn and unused. It is a bit strong.

Cheers.

[nuff sed]

Maybe I should use it to flavor my homemade gluten.dfa