Marmite/Vegemite. Love it or hate it?

Ok guys.....do you have Bovril? Marmite/Vegemite is a yeast extract spread, which can be used as a spread, on toast or sandwiches, or to flavour a gravy in casseroles.
an iconic British product, the Australians made their own, slightly inferior version.

But....you either love it or hate it.
I don't really know how to describe the taste, but I have it on my toast!
 

Well you're not getting away with that! Vegemite rooools!

Repeating post from other thread just to save me writing it out again.

The main ingredients in Vegemite, as listed on the label, are:

  • Yeast extract
  • salt
  • mineral salt
  • malt extract (from barley)
  • colour
  • flavours
  • niacin
  • riboflavin
  • thiamine
  • folate


And I'm not looking any further into it than that because I really don't want to know.

It's something that needs to be introduced to the diet around weaning time to be fully appreciated I think. Not many can handle it starting at mature age.
It's very salty and very strong and has to be spread thinly or it's plain revolting. But we like it. We carry little tiny jars with us when we travel. Toast without vegemite for more than a week can induce intense emotions of homesickness.

Marmite is a UK version and tastes different altogether, guess you have to be born to that one too.
 
I'm not a fan of either although roughly twice a year I enjoy some crusty white bread spread thickly with well refrigerated real butter and a thin smear of vegemite.

Other than that I occasionally use it to flavour a beef stew.
 
Sorry, can't get the wiki link to work.....and we got there first! I believe that NZ tried to copy it before Oz....
i am now running away from Di!
 
Huffington Post strikes again! I like it, but I do appreciate that other people hate it; I suspect Di is right, you have to start it before your taste buds have acquired any taste!
 
We like both vegemite and marmite,and I have heard a desertspoon of vegemite a day is good for young women to take for pms as it has vitamin b12 in it.
 
Marmite is a definite YES as far as liking it and eating it..
A wee bit goes a far way so we eat it on crackers or toast...

My wife (Princess) is from NZ and we eat Marmite whenever we can find it, but living up north, it is impossible to find up here.. We buy it when we go down south !!!


Pavlova is another thing.. I think it is one of the best desserts I have ever had in my life..
Made my a Kiwi or otherwise, it is still considered the BEST !!!

The only thing about making Pavlova is it is very labour intensive..
 
I found that making the meringue for a pavlova is a lot easier in the microwave, provided you don't mid it a bit guey!
when I go to NZ, I usually take some marmite with me, for my brother.
marmite is a funny thing; it splits families right down the middle.
they have made some fantastic adverts for it here; utilising that fact.
just don't go to Saskatoon to buy it!
 
Steve I have a recipe here, somewhere, fairly old but relatively easy for passionfruit pavlova. I even made a few passable ones from it, so I'll post it if I find it.
It was faaaantastic! You could still put strawbs in I guess but we just had it with the passionfruit and cream.

... and Jen, no. Okay? just no to nuking Pavs, the 'proper' ones have a crunchy shell. Tch.
 
I like the new one with the cheese in it as it doesn't taste as salty, i have complained to them about the salt in vegemite, they brought out a childrens one which was lower in salt but so expensive, it seems to have disappeared.
My Nanna used to have Marmite when i was little , the Marmite today tastes quite different to the original, i don't like it.
Nothing like a vegemite cup of tea { Hot Water & Vegemite } Do you have Bonox over there because Vegemite is similar
 
The US doesn't know what it is missing! I must look for the cheese one, thanks!
 
Sorry Fern; I meant compared with Australia! You and I are a little outnumbered here...
i love NZ, I have been twice; but I still prefer Marmite!
 

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