The fascination with Vegemite is one of the little quirks of the SDMB that I love so much.
To answer the OP, Vegemite thinly spread on hot, buttered (or margarine-ed[?]) toast is a good way to lose your Veginity. Slightly thicker on fresh, soft white bread is also good, but that might be some sort of collective childgood memory for us Aussies. I dunno.
Now, a really cool way to try it is -oh damn, I’m probably going to start one of those confused US/Aussie/Brit/Canuck discussions about the names of foods, but what the heck- is to have it on hot, buttered CRUMPETS. Crumpets (where I live, anyway) are round, heavyish, holey, dough-coloured things, which are slightly larger in diameter than an English muffin, but not as thick, and you don’t split them. You need to toast or grill them before they are nice to eat. I seem to remember a collective “WTF?” arose from our US contingent last time we tried to describe them, but if you know what they are, and can get your hands on some, do it!
Mmmmm, Vegemite. Add me to the list of Aussies forced to leave the computer for a few minutes every time a Vegemite thread comes up.
Good onya Loaded…I too was going to mention crumpets, but I felt at a complete loss as to how to describe them to these aliens on the board.
Funnily enough, the first time I had vegemite on crumpets was in Sydney, whilst visiting the rellies when I was about 13 yrs old. Before that, my (Vic based) family had only ever et them with honey, so the vege idea was a novel one.
Since then however, nary a drizzle of honey has touched my precious crumpets. IT’S VEGEMITE OR NUFFINK.
I just did a search looking for pictures of crumpets and was surprised that they are manufactured in some places in the US but they don’t look the same as “our” crumpets. I thought Coles would have a picture online as they have a Fly-Buys promotion for Golden Crumpets running ATM, but I gave up trying to get their website to load after 10 minutes.
I think I just dream of be australian!! I mean come on… can we say Nicole Kidman fawn?? I just seem to be attracted to everything australian, when my (at the time) local zoo opened up an Australian section I was one of the first there… even bought a diggery-doo (sp) and one of those other aborigineieeeieiee (sp) things that are wood on an end of a string that you whirl about and goes whoo-whoo-whooo…
I’m even considering buying a kangaroo scrotum from our main site here at the Straight Dope~!~
Butter and honey is the only thing that may grace a crumpet. Perhaps jam in a push, but crumpet toppings should only be sweet. Save the salty, savoury foods for crunchy toast.
One of the best ways to eat vegemite is spread (with butter) on 2 pieces of Vita-Weats and squishing the crispbread/biscuits together until the vegemite and butter squirms through the holes like little worms…
Oh, please.
1 jar of vegemit.
1 tea spoon (you American’s have tea spoons, don’t you?).
Scoop out a lump (well, that sounds good doesn’t it).
Turn the tea spoon upside down (trust me the vegemite will not fall off).
Insert the tea spoon into the mouth hooking the vegemite behind the bottom lip.
Extract the tea spoon leaving the black goop inside (this sounds better and better).
Roll the vengemite around your mouth … sucking gently … mmmm.
Or you can have it on HOT toast, lots of butter, a good amount of vegemite. Ohhhh, I’m shivering thinking of it.
Caught@Work, I am a happy little vegemite from way back, and your suggestion makes me faintly nauseous. Yuk!
And damn you, TLD. The voices in my head telling me to go to the 24hr supermarket and get me some crumpets to have with my vegemite are positively deafening. Must…resist…
Ah, Vegemite…engine oil and salt in a jar Love it.
My personal favourite - make a piece of Vegemite toast as normal, put a slice of cheese on top and throw it under the griller until the cheese has melted. Or on crumpets (sorry, Goo, but crumpets were positively built for Vegemite).
Adding a teaspoon or so of Vegemite to a casserole or stew gives it an extra kick too.
Cheese and Vegemite go together so well that you can buy procesed cheese slices with the Vegemite already in the cheese.
I’m with tavalla grill the cheese, use it in stews.
When you’ve had the dreaded lurgie for days your first food back on solids should be either Vegemite toast or mashed potato with Vegemite stirred through to taste.
Love it.