Comments from an Australian on our national food :
I’ve noticed that many dopers have expressed their dislike of vegemite.
Well, I love vegemite… when it’s used correctly!
Vegemite tastes best on hot toast, no doubt.
Method:
Toast bread.
STRAIGHT AWAY put your marg (or butter, but I hate butter) on the toast. (It has to be straight away so that it melts, it tastes sooo much better when the spread is melted.)
Spread a TINY amount of vegemite on the top. It has to be a very small amount. I use maybe half a level teaspoonful. I think this is where most people go wrong, because IMHO, it tastes gross if any more than this is used.
Anyway, that’s just MHO.
Who here has decided they hate vegemite without trying it like this on toast? Come on, own up!! Millions of Aussies can’t be wrong!!
Well, send me a jar of it and I’ll gladly give you my opinion. They don’t sell it around here.
Sounds a little like Guava, a fruit that has a pungent smell that you can eat a little of with enjoyment, but eat too much and the scent starts to get repellent.
I think that you’re right there Blue. Vegemite should be a thin smear.
Some of my favourites:
Vegemite on toast.
Vegemite sandwiches.
Vegemite & cheese.
Vegemite & cheese on toast.
Vegemite & cheese sandwiches.
Vegemite & honey sandwiches.
Add a teaspoon of vegemite to pan juices when making gravy (real gravy, not gravox or its ilk).
One of the first foods I ever ate - mum would put a little vegemite on my rusks to add a little flavour to them so I would eat them when I was a bub.
Oh, and Omnivore vegemite is not really like Guava. Think more of a black, salty, yeasty spread the consistency of margarine.
Ahhh vegemite. Black gold. Food of the gods.
<singing>We’re happy little vegemites, as bright as bright can be, we all enjoy our vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea! </singing>
I have an(other) embarassing confession.
I’ve never eaten Vegemite. :eek:
Yep, I’m a born and bred Aussie who has never tasted so much as a tiny black smear of Vegemite. I hated the smell when I was younger, which was enough to prevent me from even trying the stuff.
If you’re in the Atlanta area, I know you can find it at the farmer’s market on Peachtree Road (Street?) - it’s just south of where Chamblee-Dunwoody hits Peachtree. Or at World Market in the Wal-Mart plaza on Ashford-Dunwoody. I’m sure there are other places as well.
I’ve never eaten the stuff. One of these days, maybe I’ll try it.
When I was a kid, the song “Land Down Under” came out. It mentioned a “vegemite sandwich”. I didn’t know what it meant, so I asked an adult who had visited Australia. He told me “vomit”. So for the next ten years I thought “vegemite sandwich” was a euphemism for throwing up. Only later, when I started meeting people who eat the stuff did I realize that he was only referring to the taste of the spread.
There are some freaks out there, like Qadgop, who apparently will sit down in front of a tub of it and eat it like pudding.
Nasty nasty nasty.
I tried hard to like that stuff. After 6 months I had barely made a dent in the surface of a half pint of the ooze. It’s just one of those things that are apparently edible (“food” is too strong a word) that I just don’t understand.
My favorite: Toasted english muffin, spread with butter and vegemite, then covered with thinly sliced 5 year old cheddar cheese, and toasted again until the cheese melts! Yum!
Also, vegemite is a great way to spiff up an Egg McMuffin, and give it a little real character and flavor. Works well on most breakfast sandwiches that employ egg, cheese, and meat.
Try adding a little to Raman noodles, too. But not the indonesian kind with the bumbu sauce, chili, onions and hot oil, just the more conventional single flavor packet kind.
Vegemite smells like what it looks like, and the best way to eat it is with someone else’s mouth.
I’ve done a bit of traveling, and I’ve seen some godawful things appear on a dinner plate, but I think I’d eat the crawly Hong Kong tentacle things before I’d befoul my taste buds with Vegemite again.
I drive past the Kraft factory every morning and the smell permeates the surrounds and the freeway. It’s is simply magnificent stuff and I just can’t believe that there are people out there who cannot appreciate the finer tastes of
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