# Homemade Vegemite? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924 "2007-03-21T22:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/21 "2007-03-22T13:44:59Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I prefer Marmite, personally. Let’s fight! [/QUOTE] I’ve never tasted Marmite, but I’ll toss these crumbs at you! And squirt some grapefruit in your eyes! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/22 "2007-03-22T14:03:32Z")
[QUOTE=buns3000] You funny, mister. Just out of interest, how easy is it to come by vegemite in Blighty? [/QUOTE] You just look in the Vegemite Valley :eek: Vegemite is pretty easy to get. Si ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/23 "2007-03-22T14:04:00Z")
[QUOTE=buns3000] You funny, mister. Just out of interest, how easy is it to come by vegemite in Blighty? [/QUOTE] It’s getting a lot more common. Most large supermarkets now stock it alongside the good stuff - but thankfully they don’t yet have that horrible New Zealand muck the Kiwis dare to call “Marmite”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/24 "2007-03-22T15:12:00Z")
[QUOTE=Kotick] I’ve never tasted Marmite, but I’ll toss these crumbs at you! And squirt some grapefruit in your eyes! [/QUOTE] Hah. That’s if you survive the kedgeree bombardment. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/25 "2007-03-22T15:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Hah. That’s if you survive the kedgeree bombardment. [/QUOTE] Pfft, your kedgeree is no match for my fish feinting finesse. Lets see how you go with my enfilade of ratatouille. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/26 "2007-03-22T15:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] It’s getting a lot more common. Most large supermarkets now stock it alongside the good stuff - but thankfully they don’t yet have that horrible New Zealand muck the Kiwis dare to call “Marmite”. [/QUOTE] They make **All Blacks** out of that stuff. **Black Caps** , too. So much for the insipid English marmite. 😉 Si ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/27 "2007-03-22T16:05:39Z")
My jar of (Kiwi) Marmite says “autolysed yeast extract” in the ingredients Autolysed yeast is basically old yeast that is breaking down it’s cell walls. It’s something we try to keep from happening in beer because it adds rubbery or meaty flavors to beer. As to the identity of the ‘extract’ they are, well, extracting, I have no ideas. But if you really want to try this, I would take some yeast slurry and heat it up to at least 150° F to get it to start breaking down. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/28 "2007-03-22T16:19:53Z")
I’ll have to see how vegemite goes with caviar. **Johnny** , I eagerly await to hear the outcome of any of your production experiments! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/29 "2007-03-22T16:32:54Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I’ll have to see how vegemite goes with caviar. **Johnny** , I eagerly await to hear the outcome of any of your production experiments! [/QUOTE] Now, I like Vegemite. And I like Caviar. But there is a point where a line must be drawn! The beer dregs have already gone to the compost pile, so I won’t be experimenting anytime soon. But after reading _The Last Continent_ I’ve been curious. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/30 "2007-03-22T16:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I’ll have to see how vegemite goes with caviar. [/QUOTE] Why would you ruin good vegemite 😉 Si ---
**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:** [March 22, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/31 "2007-03-22T16:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] Why would you ruin good vegemite 😉 Si [/QUOTE] You suggest I use promite??!?? :dubious: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/32 "2007-03-23T02:32:16Z")
I’m thinking that you’d have to make a special batch to get yeast for homemade Vegemite. After all, with normal beer you’d have hop residue in with the yeast, which would change the flavor considerably. Maybe if you made an unhopped wort purely for incubation purposes. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/33 "2007-03-23T18:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] I’m thinking that you’d have to make a special batch to get yeast for homemade Vegemite. After all, with normal beer you’d have hop residue in with the yeast, which would change the flavor considerably. Maybe if you made an unhopped wort purely for incubation purposes. [/QUOTE] I came in to mention exactly these things… You could wash the yeast, but it seems like more trouble than it would be worth. How much is a tub of this stuff anyway? Beer trub (the yeast & leftovers) has hop residues (oils, and perhaps particles) and based on the smell of those that I’ve dumped off of my homebrews (cider & beer), I’d not want to process & eat. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924/34 "2007-03-23T18:51:47Z")
Totally off the subject, but I need to mention to all gardeners that beer trub is excellent for high-acid flowers like camelias and roses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-vegemite/396924.md?page=1)