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    Vegemite Virgin —Jon Palmer
   Hey all. I found quite a few posts on this subject but I didn't think there would be any harm in bringing it back up. I just bought a small 4 oz jar here in Oklahoma. (not to much of this stuff around here) :-) I haven't had a taste yet and I want (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Vegemite Virgin —Kerry Raymond
      (...) The bread can be white or wholemeal or whatever you like. It can be toasted or untoasted. If you want toast, then toast it whatever way you usually like your toast. You can also use anything else that is substitutable for bread in a savoury (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Ross Crawford
      (...) I generally use butter or margerine, as it makes the Vegemite easier to spread thin. But I sometimes take it straight too. (...) Definitely. (...) For beginners, less is definitely more. I've seen Vegemite Virgins swear off the stuff forever (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Vegemite Virgin —Maggie Cambron
      (...) pretty good, but chocolate is way better. If you do (as I did) and you start eating it regularly for a few weeks straight because it's there and you don't want it to go to waste (because most likely no one else in your family will want to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Shona Brodley
     (...) The only thing I can add is......... Dont belevie a word of it it smells as bad as it tastes. When I was wee my big brother made it for me and told me it was dead ants. I ate it anywas cos i wasnt a "girl" ani 25 years laters i gag when I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Richie Dulin
      (...) Shhhhh!!!!! You're giving away national secrets! That's treason!! (...) Cheers Richie (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Dave Low
     (...) Shona, this is fantastic -- you mean the mere smell of Vegemite makes you feel ill, and you _still_ feed it to your offspring!! aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi I belong firmly to the "thinly spread on warm toast with marge/butter" camp, but can (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Benjamin Medinets
      <snip> (...) it would have sounded funnier if you wrote: Dave (whose supply is running) Low :) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Melody Brown
      In lugnet.loc.au, Dave Low writes: <cut> (...) YES!!! I forgot! As a kid, we'd get SAO's and put loads of Marge/butter and vegemite (a bit more than you would on toast)... use two crackers (SAO's) and squish them together... it makes worms pop (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Shona Brodley
     . (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Vegemite Virgin —Pete White
     (...) I always preferred the vegemite/butter on toast option as opposed to the vegemite/butter on bread option (one too many school lunches). Toast the bread evenly, add the butter quickly and spread so the butter melts completely, then spread the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Melody Brown
      Oh no! Thes BEST way to eat Vegemite is: Warm or Hot Toast!!! with Melted Marge or Butter, spread thinly your vege into the melted Marge/Butter and let the Vege melt with it... eat while warm/hot... oooooh talk about drool! :))) Mel (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Vegemite Virgin —Pete White
      (...) Hey, I wasn't recommending cold toast ;^) I was making sure the butter melting process was the important focus. Of course eat it as soon as possible :^) (...) That sounds good ! (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Vegemite Virgin —Ross Crawford
      (...) Well, just to cause a riot, I *do* recommend cold toast. As long as the Vegemite's thick enough, the mixing is minimised! And butter's a lot better than margarine as a base. ROSCO (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Vegemite Virgin —Michael Dallaston
       (...) All this talk of bread, toast... rubbish! Trust it to be down to Mike the leicester-boy to point out the true Australian way to eat vegemite... First, take a weetbix biscuit. Weetabix with an 'a' is not allowed, not Australian. Then, spread on (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
      
           Re: Vegemite Virgin —John Porter
       In lugnet.loc.au, Michael Dallaston writes: <Snipped some yummy vegemite recipies> (...) Can I use Vita Brits instead of Weetbix? Hungrily considering all the alternatives... John (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
      
           Re: Vegemite Virgin —Ross Crawford
       (...) Hey, if you're in need of sustenance, but lacking in options, the best choice is straight out of the jar! ROSCO (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Vegemite Virgin —Melody Brown
      <cut> (...) LOL! Haha well of course, you are from down south after all :P Now are you recommending cold toast, because you make too much all at once and it goes cold or cause you take too long to prepare it? ;) Or even better still, you take it to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin (plus ulser relief - preventive/cure) —Melody Brown
     Here's a secret... vegemite is WONDERFUL for mouth ulsers :) And that is for most people, a fact! I tried it on myself when I get ulsers and I found it worked. I had two in my mouth that popped up the same time, the vegemote applied one went within (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Vegemite Virgin —Kerry Raymond
      "Jon Palmer" <jpalmer@oklahoma.net> wrote in message news:GrppEq.5yx@lugnet.com... (...) Well, Jon, how did it go? We await to hear your reaction to "losing your vegemity"! Kerry (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Vegemite Virgin —Jon Palmer
   Hey guys. Sorry it took me so long to reply. Thanks to everyone who shared ideas about how you eat this stuff. Heres what I think: I have to say I have never tasted anything quite like this. It is *very* intense. On the bad side I've found that the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Vegemite Virgin —Melody Brown
     (...) Hahaha classic! We'll get you there eventually. I recently sent some to a friend in the states, I still have to find out what the verdict is. Should I be scared that she may never write to me again? ;P (...) Oh no!!! NOOO...OOO! WARNING!!! (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Ross Crawford
     (...) That's nothing compared to a guy I knew at Uni who had tomato sauce on his ice-cream... ROSCO (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Tobbe Arnesson
     (...) You really should put up warning signs on posts like that - YUCK! But thein again, my cousin used to take ketchup on panncakes and also on sour milk... /Tobbe (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Steve Runnels
     (...) Hmmm, I used to put ketchup in my macaroni and cheese, and mashed potatoes. Oh, and how could I forget? My dad, brother, and myself still mix ketchup in scrambled eggs. Actually, that *MIGHT* be fairly normal. Depends on where you live, I (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Melody Brown
     (...) LOL... it *must* be a male thing ;P My older brother used to put Tomato Sauce (Ketchup) on everything! you name it. Mum used to go Banana's. He went crazy on the ole sauce... It was like "Gavin, would you like a Snag (sausage) with your Tomato (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Vegemite Virgin —Tobbe Arnesson
     (...) That's normal here in Sweden. Depends on what you have to the potatoes of course, but still very common. (...) Ketchup on omelet is rather tasty so why not :) (...) I don't anymore, I use "adult ketchup", or chili sauce as it's also refered (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Vegemite Virgin —Paul Baulch
    "Jon Palmer" <jpalmer@oklahoma.net> wrote in message news:GrvHD5.7qJ@lugnet.com... (...) Remember, on hot buttered toast, spread reeaally thin! So thin that all you've done is leave tiny blobs of Vegemite on the raised parts of the toasted surface (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Vegemite Virgin —Tom Napolitano
   (...) I first was introduced to it by Aussie troops in SE Asia (during the recent unpleasantness there...circa 1968) and became addicted but they tended to spread it on thicker, like, you couldn't see the toast through the Vegemite. They never used (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
 

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