# Food 101: How to eat Vegemite **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403 "2002-06-11T06:15:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/21 "2002-06-12T14:46:26Z")
**don’t.** and i _am_ australian. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/22 "2002-06-12T15:27:13Z")
Vegemite is not yeast poop. Alcohol is yeast poop. Vegemite is the yeast carcass after the alcohol has been removed. ---
**Author:** ![Norrybaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Norrybaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norrybaby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/23 "2002-06-12T16:14:46Z")
> [@](#): > > 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 … The suspense is killing me 🙂 LOL at Fred Walker, I’d been to the site recently and not noticed that. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/24 "2002-06-12T20:41:07Z")
Vegemite - first time I tried it at a Brit’s house in Berlin, I thought it was some kind of joke - it was exactly what I imagined fluid in a 1965 Chevy crankcase would taste like - but just a little worse. That said, as an American who loves peanut butter - if I had a dollar for every German I know who likes peanut butter, I couldn’t buy a newpaper. As one German friend described my imported, coveted jar of Skippy Super Crunch, “It looks like the deposit in a diaper.” So - Vegemite fans - knock yourself out. Just do it in the next room with the window open… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/25 "2002-06-12T21:17:55Z")
I mentioned this in another thread a year or two ago, but when I went to Fiji on my honeymoon, I noticed that the resort’s breakfast buffet offered vegemite out of consideration for all the Australian guests. Hmmm, I said, might as well be worth a try. I watched an Aussie at another table to see how it was done: spread thinly on toast. Okay, got it. Take a bite— and suddenly I feel as though I’ve stuck my tongue up a dog’s asshole. I actually stopped chewing and spit the wad out onto the plate. My wife said: “It tastes bad?” I look up at her with watery eyes, and she laughs at me. Goodness, but I do love her so. If you enjoy it, you can keep it. No more for me. ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/26 "2002-06-12T23:45:08Z")
Well now I HAVE to try it just so’s I’ll know. umm… Merkins?? Where would I find it in the grocery store? ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/27 "2002-06-13T00:06:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\ ***don’t.** > > and i _am_ australian. \*\* You don’t eat vegemite and you have the audacity to call yourself Australian? Shame. Shame. Shame. ---
**Author:** ![herownself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8baadc/32.png) [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/28 "2002-06-13T01:48:20Z")
As I recall, the exact expression used by **Cervaise** that fateful morning involved a dog’s **salty** asshole. While it is very true that I laughed at his misery, it is also true that I warned him not to do it, cringed while he was doing it, and gagged when I smelled it after he opened the package. My granny is British and my Mom spent several formative childhood years in Britan, so I had seen that nasty stuff before. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/29 "2002-06-13T02:06:10Z")
And let me just say, that after a hard night on the booze, having a few teaspoons of vegemite straight up before going to bed is one of the best hangover preventatives out there!! 🙂 Max ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/30 "2002-06-13T02:27:31Z")
I spent the first 5 years of my life in New Zealand. We would often have marmite and potato chip sandwiches. Since my parents are Canadian, we would also eat peanut butter and jam sandwiches, for this, the other kids thought we were crazy. In Canada now (or at least Halifax which is fairly British), you can get vegemite and marmite at the local grocery stores. After a little while, I have reaquired the taste. I spread it on all sorts of stuff now. One of these days, I will have to invite some people over for a blindfold vegemite/marmite taste test cause they are different right? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/31 "2002-06-13T03:22:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\* Vegemite is the yeast carcass after the alcohol has been removed. \*\* (emphasis mine) That makes it even _worse_. ---
**Author:** ![Mesopotamis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Mesopotamis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesopotamis)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/32 "2002-06-13T05:04:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balduran \* > \*\* One of these days, I will have to invite some people over for a blindfold vegemite/marmite taste test cause they are different right? \*\* Marmite is smother and a bit stronger. Vegamite is almost kind of gritty and not as gooey textured. Yeah, I like both. 🙂 My morning breakfast is toast and marmite, coffee, and a smoke. My favorite time of the day. I’ve noticed people who don’t like it generally have bland taste in food. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/33 "2002-06-13T09:24:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mesopotamis \* > \*\* > > Marmite is smother and a bit stronger. Vegamite is almost kind of gritty and not as gooey textured. \*\* And you cant do [this](http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/marmitebeating.shtml) with Vegemite. ---
**Author:** ![Mesopotamis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Mesopotamis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesopotamis)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/34 "2002-06-13T20:39:58Z")
Anyone here had twiglets? ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/35 "2002-06-13T23:44:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Doris \* > \*\* > > And you cant do [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/marmitebeating.shtml) with Vegemite. \*\* You never know, it might work - has anyone on this board actually ever tried beating vegemite? if so… WHY? What is wrong with you? **Mesopotamis** , what are twiglets? ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/36 "2002-06-14T00:04:36Z")
The two most popular items at our high school canteen were: - half a bread roll, spread with Vegemite, topped with cheese and tomato sauce and grilled - a whole bread roll, sliced in half, spread with Vegemite and butter, and then stuffed with a sausage roll. YUM. Those were the days… ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/37 "2002-06-14T05:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tsubaki \* > **- a whole bread roll, sliced in half, spread with Vegemite and butter, and then stuffed with a sausage roll.** :eek: :: runs screaming from thread :: ---
**Author:** ![Norrybaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Norrybaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norrybaby)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/38 "2002-06-14T07:19:39Z")
Whoa… I’m with you _Narrad_, I’ll stick with dead horse on mine 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/39 "2002-06-14T07:43:46Z")
Another Australian here who doesn’t like vegemite. Or peanut butter. Or Tim Tams (If the vegemite doesn’t get my citizenship revoked, not liking TimTams will) 😃 : hiding before the Aussie contingent finds me and beats me up : ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403/40 "2002-06-14T09:33:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Goo \* > Australian … who doesn’t like … Tim Tams Right, that’s it. Nurse, quick bring the screens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-101-how-to-eat-vegemite/113403.md?page=3)