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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Mario Ferrari writes:
> > All that talking about Vegemite one month ago made me curious, so I asked • my
> > Australian English teacher for more info.
> > Guess what? Yesterday she came at the lesson with some bread, butter and • a
> > jar of authentic Vegemite freshly received from her sister in Perth.
> >
> > I actually like it, and I wonder why we don't have anything similar here.
> > It's expected to be a healthy food also, isn't it?
> >
> > Should any of you guys ever come to Italy, please carry a large jar of
> > Vegemite for me :-)))
>
> Here's something strange-- about two weeks into the jar of Vegemite Rosco
> brought over for me, I went to have some (mind you I wasn't eating it • every day
> but had had it several times) and suddenly it was like-- I don't know how • to
> explain it-- a gustatory epiphany, I guess. Like my taste buds had an • "aha!"
> experience, and suddenly when I took my first bite that day, it was like, • "oh
> yes, of course!" I don't know how else to explain it, but I think it has
> something to do with why children like the strangest foods if they've • grown up
> on them (they just don't consciously remember the point of "aha!"). I • mean, I
> liked it all right the first time I tried it, but it was still foreign--
> suddenly it was different-- perhaps familiar-- I can't explain exactly. • Maybe
> this has something to do with DaveL's Vegemite Zen.
I understand what you mean, but this experience is currently precluded to
me. I don't even know *when* I'll have the opportunity to taste Vegemite
again :-(
Maybe some int'l food stores on the net sells it, who knows...
> BTW Mario, Happy Birthday!
Thanks a lot! I'm surprised you caught the date from the .people newsgroup
and rembered it associated with my name :-)
Ciao
Mario
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