With soooo much talk of vegemite lately on the board my curiosity built to the point of breakage. Since I cant fine it ANYWHERE in even the biggest supermarkets in Vegas, I just ordered a 4 oz jar of Kraft Vegemite off the web ($10 with shipping!!!). It will be here in a few days and I want to sample it right, cause dangit, i’m bound and determined to love this stuff. What do you do with it? So far I know i’ll thinly smear it on toast with lots of margerine.
Thoughts?
OH! also, what should I expect both in smell and taste? Is it bitter? Does it smell like rotting flesh?
Vegemite doesn’t taste or smell like *anything * (well, that it can be ‘compared’ to anyway!) It most definitely does NOT smell like ‘rotting flesh’…keep your curiosity for when you first unscrew the lid of your virginal jar so that you can savour the heady ambrosial aroma. It will then stay in your memory forever.
Best way to eat it? Yep, thinly spread on hot rye (with caraway seed) toast that has been previously plastered with butter (or marg) but preferably butter.
My favourite though is on disgustingly fresh WHITE bread (untoasted) where I spread it on much more thickly. Unfortunately, this combination invariably gives me a case of hiccoughs (never did figure out the reasons/physiology of THAT) but it is well worth it.
One of my kids works in a bakery where they sell buns that have been precooked with vegemite and cheese…they’re gross (IMHO) but are very VERY popular.
One word of warning…do NOT keep your Vegemite in the fridge. It goes quite firm and is much harder to spread over your toast/bread. And it NEVER deteriorates in the pantry…jars that are years old can still yield a delicious scraping. OH YES, my appetite has been whetted…I’ts brekkie time here, and I’m off to bung some bread in the toaster. Be back when I’ve had my fix folks…
Glad t o know someone else has difficulty spelling Qadgop’s
name! 
I keep wanting to add a u in after the Q!
It’s been a long-standing friendly banter between us, but he’s a cool guy and I like reading his posts.
Sorry for the mini-hijack. As you were!
(Or as we said during the civil war, “As y’all wuz!” :D)
Quasi
I like it with butter on an english muffin. Add some cheese and it’s super nummy! Good ingredient for soups and stews, too!
Expect a brewery kind of smell and a salty kind of taste (a bit like a stock/boullion cube, but not).
Under no circumstances spread Vegemite as thickly as you would Nutella, jam, or peanut butter - you’ll regret it. 
Oh, as for taste: Think salty beef drippings with a little soy sauce added.
Quasi, when ya gonna let me do something for you about that hump?
It’s been said before, but I think it’s worth repeating:
Spread it very thin! You don’t need much.
Hot toast, lots of marg and a very thin spread of vegemite. That’s the ticket. You’ll find it somewhat salty.
Has anyone mentioned that, in the jar, it looks black? I’m just not sure if that’s going to be a shock to you as well It’s a sort of deep brown once you take a closer look.
That’s a good description; it’s like soy sauce spread.
Open the jar, take a large knifefull, and proceed to jam it down the garbage disposal, followed by the rest of the jar. Do not sully your toast with this vermin-paste. It is horrible. Objectively.
Lamar, who lived in Canberra for 5 years.
P.S. Don’t listen to Qadgop. He is a physician, and as such is known to proffer bogus advice.
Now that I think about it, QtM, who works in a prison, is likely a death penalty opponent who is just trying to violate the “Cruel and unusual punishment” clause in the Bill of Rights so everyone has a case.
“What Hump?”, is, I believe the proper response here, Doc! 
A YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN fan from way back!
Quasi
ba-da bing!
Well, that explains your lack of appreciation for the Venerable Vegemite. You lived in CANBERRA] ??? Bwahahahaaaaaa. Nobody LIVES in Canberra. Canberra is where you go when you’ve got nothing else to live for. 
I don’t give vegemite to inmates. Prison life is supposed to be spartan and free of such luxury items!
Yes, I agree, but was the Vegemite (yak) any different than what was offered to you?
Thanks guys!
I loves me some vegemite, but haven’t been able to find any since leaving Cali.
For the record I always spread it thinly on bread or crackers- you have to spread it thin because it is reeeeealy salty. I never tried it with butter, I always ate vegemite only.
slaps kambuckta with a large barramundi
I lived in Canberra for almost 10 years. They sell alcohol in supermarkets and they don’t charge excise on alcohol or smokes - that’s reason enough to forgive it any of its other minor flaws.
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