Ok....what the heck is this?
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Laurie
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" It Vegamite the same thing?"
Absolutely not, and mentioning Marmite in the same breath is likely to provoke a fatwah!
In addition to spreading on toast, Marmite makes a wonderfully warming drink on a cold day, used to be standard fare on returning from school, or from an evening activity in the winter.
Teaspoon (or to taste) in a mug, top up with boiling water. Dip in fresh chunky bread while waiting for it to cool. Babies love it (the bread dip) though I doubt the salt is good for them.
It gets its name from the cooking pot shown on the label, which is actually known as a marmite.
Absolutely not, and mentioning Marmite in the same breath is likely to provoke a fatwah!
In addition to spreading on toast, Marmite makes a wonderfully warming drink on a cold day, used to be standard fare on returning from school, or from an evening activity in the winter.
Teaspoon (or to taste) in a mug, top up with boiling water. Dip in fresh chunky bread while waiting for it to cool. Babies love it (the bread dip) though I doubt the salt is good for them.
It gets its name from the cooking pot shown on the label, which is actually known as a marmite.
"Tar in a jar"?
Author’s notes
By Maggie Hall
"The mere mention of Marmite provokes passionate – and sharply divided – reaction. Can there be anyone in Britain who has never heard of it? Few can be in the position of never having tasted it.
There is no half-hearted response. As the legendary advertising campaign tells us: you either love it, or hate it. You’d be hard pressed to be in the company of anyone who doesn’t have a feeling to express, a memory evoked or an anecdote to tell.
The thought of it, the smell of it, the taste of it, strike physical and mental chords that delve deep back into childhood. But what do most of us know about the black goo? The answer is basically zero. In fact even most fans would be hard-pressed to answer ‘yes’, if asked: do you like yeast extract on your toast?
I probably ought to have made it clear, before you forked out your cash – although you may have done that already – that this is not a real ‘dictionary’. It is, as the title says, a ‘mish-mash’. TheOxford Dictionary (now, there’s a real one) defines ‘mish-mash’ as ‘a confused collection’ or ‘hodgepodge’. Others say it means ‘curious mixture’.
http://booksaboutjournalism.com/hall_16.html
Author’s notes
By Maggie Hall
"The mere mention of Marmite provokes passionate – and sharply divided – reaction. Can there be anyone in Britain who has never heard of it? Few can be in the position of never having tasted it.
There is no half-hearted response. As the legendary advertising campaign tells us: you either love it, or hate it. You’d be hard pressed to be in the company of anyone who doesn’t have a feeling to express, a memory evoked or an anecdote to tell.
The thought of it, the smell of it, the taste of it, strike physical and mental chords that delve deep back into childhood. But what do most of us know about the black goo? The answer is basically zero. In fact even most fans would be hard-pressed to answer ‘yes’, if asked: do you like yeast extract on your toast?
I probably ought to have made it clear, before you forked out your cash – although you may have done that already – that this is not a real ‘dictionary’. It is, as the title says, a ‘mish-mash’. TheOxford Dictionary (now, there’s a real one) defines ‘mish-mash’ as ‘a confused collection’ or ‘hodgepodge’. Others say it means ‘curious mixture’.
http://booksaboutjournalism.com/hall_16.html
Rocky
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- Austin, Texas
I bet it's not as good as crunchy peanut butter.
and a BIG Amen to that, Shirley!! :chuncky: