Humanity is fond of putting the contents of the world into manageable boxes, dividing them according to some criteria or other. Inevitably, these boxes, these stereotypes are bound to cause offence. Far from being the exception to the rule, I’ve decided I’m simply going to provide a slightly less offence set of criteria to group the world into.
All it depends upon is whether you like yeast spreads.
As I see it, there are Four Camps, all of which can be found in my very own household.
1. My Dad – hates all yeast spreads and considers them to be the devil incarnate.
2. My Brother – a Happy Little Vegemite and like me, raised on the stuff. Still loyal to this day.
3. Me – the Marmite Turncoat, who forsook the yeast spread of her childhood and went looking for sweeter pastures with the opposition.
4. My Mum – who has always eaten Vegemite, but honestly can’t tell the difference and doesn’t much care, seeing as she doesn’t even eat bread anymore.
So to summarize: we have the Haters, the Vegemites, the Marmites and Switzerland (sort of).
Think deeply now, where do you sit – where doest thy heart rest upon the weighty balance of yeasty goodness?
5 comments:
Hi Stranger
Great topic choice.
I’m definitely a Marmite fan. I found the Marmite website really interesting. The big difference I could see between Marmite and Vegemite is that Marmite is made by Sanitorium in New Zealand and has been since the 1940’s, whereas Vegemite is made over the ditch in Australia. More Tasman rivalry! I was interested to learn that Marmite consists of 80% yeast – that’s a high proportion.
I think there are lots of people to think Marmite is made from a meat base, when in fact it is completely vegetarian. I wonder how this assumption came about? I have two suggestions: I guess with the name Vegemite people assume it is vegetable base and therefore Marmite could not be. The Fact or Fiction Section of the Marmite website stated that the word Marmite is actually a French word meaning a stock pot or cooking pot used for cooking stew or gravy, so I would suggest that is where the misconception comes in.
Marmite and lettice rocks,
I grew up eating that and would still not pass up the chance if that was served to me, I thought the marmite website was great but, what was even greater was that its
made of left over beer FANTASTIC, another way to consume beer.
I have to come clean though I dont dislike marmite but when standing at the supermarket I go 4 vegiemite
i dont know when i changed but i have gome to the dark side.
I have learnt over the years though a secret it's not about marmite or vegemite it's all about the amount you spread in relation to the butter. this leads me into my second point.
The taste can change for both depending on if you use margirine or butter.
Team Marmite!
Recipe for the ideal toast.
Step 1: Vogels, cooked twice. (depends on toaster)
Step 2: A decent spread of butter or margarine to cover the majority of it, by the time Step 3 comes along the toast would've turned a nice yellowish colour, oozing with juicy yellow goodness.
Step 3: Not too much and not too little is the key. Spread the Marmite on softly, clumps are fine here and there but all you're looking for is a taste in each bite. Too little is a failure and too much is devastating. It will come in time.
Enjoy :)
I am definitely an advocate for vegemite; marmite is far too sweet for my liking. Nothing can be a Vegemite, avocado and potato crisp sandwich!
Hey,,,I am not a Marmite fan,,as it contains high ingredients in yeast, and is very bad for people who suffer from ulcers, would not recomend jeje other than that high in protein when made in Britain compared to the New Zealand made.
Wonder how it turn out to be lower in protein? as wikipedia suiggests...the other thing known worldwide??? when in South America you go to the shops and is not there :-( would be quite nice for other people to try it as is made in New Zealand as well.. after all not a fan of Marmite but would not mind taking it with me when going overseas for them to try it!!! cheers
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