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Re: American tries Vegemite (Was Re: Latest Garage Sale FOTW)
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Wed, 16 May 2001 14:02:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford writes:
> 
> > Sounds like a FOTW to me!!
> > 
> > BTW, how'd you go with the Vegemite???
> 
> Well, I like it!  Don't get me wrong-- I'd take chocolate over Vegemite any
> day.  But it isn't bad at all.  The first time I must've put too much on
> because it was incredibly salty.  So next time I used less and went with
> unsalted butter.  And I went out and bought a jar of Marmite (I know, bite my
> tongue!) to compare-- to me they are pretty similar although not exactly the
> same, but I haven't had enough of either yet to put my finger on the
> difference. (I suspect I'll be eating plenty of both, as no one else in my
> house will touch the stuff!)

I have a picture of a LEGO representation of big jar of it that Harro and I
ran into in Myers Pacific Fair... I had no idea it was a Kraft product! (I'm
vaguely embarrassed about that.)

Harro tried to get me to try some but I refused. I read the ingredients.

> So thanks Ross for hauling that little jar in your luggage halfway around the
> world!  Are you home yet or are you still in Canada?

He's still in CA I think, motoring towards Toronto for Train1, after which
he's coming to see me!

++Lar



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  Re: American tries Vegemite (Was Re: Latest Garage Sale FOTW)
 
(...) OK, so what are the ingredients? I am a vegetarian and judging by its name, it might be something I could try :) -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: American tries Vegemite (Was Re: Latest Garage Sale FOTW)
 
(...) But not *originally* a Kraft Product. Foreign ownership of 'Australian' brands is an ongoing issue in Australia, with some local companies heavily promoting the Australian Owned nature of their operations. There is a move to produce a product (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  American tries Vegemite (Was Re: Latest Garage Sale FOTW)
 
(...) Well, I like it! Don't get me wrong-- I'd take chocolate over Vegemite any day. But it isn't bad at all. The first time I must've put too much on because it was incredibly salty. So next time I used less and went with unsalted butter. And I (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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