# How many non-UK Dopers like Marmite? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738 "2004-03-17T00:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/21 "2004-03-17T13:02:31Z")
That sounds a bit costly, a huge jar is £4 here. If you don’t know if you’ll like it buy a titchy jar.You’ve got the usage just right. A little goes a lo-----ong way, you really just want a smear (certainly to start with). ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/22 "2004-03-17T13:46:56Z")
Am-fucking-brosia. Look. Americans, I _know_ you guys. This isn’t a prank pulled on strangers. Vegemite/Marmite is the food of the gods. Approach it with an open mind. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/23 "2004-03-17T13:47:08Z")
> [@Peregrine](#): > > I have managed to acquire a taste (even a craving) for Marmite, but it was a slow transition. I wouldn’t have been so persistent except I sell the stuff, and my supplier sends me samples from time to time. Vegemite I still find vaguely annoying, but I’m working on it. (How I’m ever going to finish the jar of pickled walnuts though, I don’t know.) A bit off the topic, but where do you sell this stuff and to whom? P.s Pickled walnuts are ambrosia. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/24 "2004-03-17T14:54:31Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > A bit off the topic, but where do you sell this stuff and to whom? I have a small specialty food shop on a little island in the upper left-hand corner of the US. Somehow, a surprising number of British expats make their way here, and they’re all pining, _pining_ for Marmite, among other things. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/25 "2004-03-17T15:16:31Z")
> [@Peregrine](#): > > I have a small specialty food shop on a little island in the upper left-hand corner of the US. Somehow, a surprising number of British expats make their way here, and they’re all pining, _pining_ for Marmite, among other things. Do the yanks ever buy it? If so what do they make of it? ---
**Author:** ![pezboy2u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@pezboy2u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezboy2u)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/26 "2004-03-17T16:43:13Z")
I’m a Yank and I love marmite! ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/27 "2004-03-17T16:53:56Z")
I like her a lot. She’s a nice person and a good mother. Oh, sorry. I thought you were asking about a friend of mine who goes by the name Marmite. Silly me. That yest stuff I have tried only once and I quite liked it, but not to the extent that I would go out and buy it. Which brings me to something I saw in a newspaper once. They had an article about stores in Stockholm selling food stuff from different parts of the world. When writing about the English Shop they commented that “they even sell Marmite, something so horrible that only an Englishman could love it”. The above mentioned friend made a face when she read it and her English husband had a good laugh. ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/28 "2004-03-17T16:58:33Z")
I’m surprised more Americans don’t eat Vegemite after all they are the ones that make the stuff. But my preference is definately Promite a truely Australian product. I will eat Vegemite thought but only on a cheese, Vegemite and lettuce sanga…Sorry sandwich. As for Marmite, yeah ok if you must UK version is good for polishing brown shoes NZ stuff works best for polishing black leather. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/29 "2004-03-17T20:31:20Z")
Marmite is best if one has eaten nothing at all for the previous 48 hours and is likewise very salt deficient. It’s proof that the English adore being industrial drones. What is it? It’s dregs from brewing–it’s all the nasty dead yeast that nobody would ever want in their beer, mixed with lots of salt, and fed to proles. The great part is that the proles gobble it down, leaving the real food for their aristocratic betters. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/30 "2004-03-18T00:08:41Z")
> [@Jervoise](#): > > I’m Australian and I don’t like Vegemite. There, I said it. > > (I’m being forced to flee the country because of this short-coming. :() I feel for you. I’m a native Kentuckian and I can’t stand either bourbon or basketball. I’m due to be run out of town on a rail any day now. ---
**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 20, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/31 "2004-03-20T15:28:21Z")
I had marmite on my english muffin this morning! Yum! I got introduced to marmite originally by a friend from Australia, who gave me australian marmite. I thought it was ok, but not as good as vegemite. Then I got UK marmite. OMG! So so good! Now the vegemite is relegated mostly to recipes for soups and stews. Still, I need to re-order one of those 6 pound tubs of the stuff. Does marmite come in 6 pound tubs? ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/32 "2004-03-20T21:30:27Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I had marmite on my english muffin this morning! Yum! > > I got introduced to marmite originally by a friend from Australia, who gave me australian marmite. I thought it was ok, but not as good as vegemite. > > Then I got UK marmite. OMG! So so good! > > Now the vegemite is relegated mostly to recipes for soups and stews. Still, I need to re-order one of those 6 pound tubs of the stuff. > > Does marmite come in 6 pound tubs? **QtM** you are a person of undoubted good taste. Marmite knocks spots off Vegemite. Here in the UK, Marmite comes in fairly small jars. A little goes a long way and it is very easy to find in the shops. Consequently, I don’t think it comes in such large quantities. If you chose the largest jar, it might feel as if it weighs 6 pounds but that would be the glass- they are a really hefty piece of work.[Here’s](http://www.marmite.com/marmite/marmite.html) their homepage, and you can see the jars it comes in on one of the pages. V ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/33 "2004-03-20T21:53:11Z")
Thanks for that link, **Vetch**. I have one of those big jars and like you said, it takes forever to eat it all. Imagine my surprise at: “Shelf - 18 months from date of manufacture” I got to get rid of it. ☹ btw: My kindergarten teacher taught me to like Marmite. I must have been the first kid in the Netherlands getting a jar for my birthday. 😉 ---
**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 20, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/34 "2004-03-20T23:03:55Z")
> [@gum](#): > > Thanks for that link, **Vetch**. I have one of those big jars and like you said, it takes forever to eat it all. Imagine my surprise at: “Shelf - 18 months from date of manufacture” > > I got to get rid of it. ☹ **gum** , that stuff has so much salt in it, it’ll never go bad. Fear not. **vetch** , thanks for the info. Bulk quantities of vegemite are really handy for my industrial sized recipes like my spaghetti sauce, chili, 16 bean soup, pot roast, beef stew, and delicately imploded loin of one-eyed goat. ---
**Author:** ![Maple\_Leaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Maple\_Leaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maple_Leaf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/35 "2004-03-20T23:06:45Z")
i Love my Marmite… On hot toast, on cold toast, in cheese sandwiches, to make gravy, in stews…but my all time favorite is in a cheese and ham sandwich…nectar of the Gods! Living in Canada…gets anyone coming from the UK to bring industrial size jar with them every time ---
**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/36 "2004-03-21T00:13:17Z")
I like Marmite, but not Vegemite. I don’t ordinarily keep it around, though, and rarely think of it unless I see it. Thanks for reminding me. I’m gonna go get some from The Food Whole now! (And probably some Lyle’s Golden Syrup too, while I’m at it.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/37 "2004-03-21T01:06:24Z")
'Nother Doper Yank here. Decided to try Marmite after hearing about it on the SDMB. Not bad but I need to be in the mood for it. What’s odd is that the grocery store had it with the yeast. Marmite might be fortified yeast but I certainly wouldn’t try baking with it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/38 "2004-03-21T02:03:32Z")
Another Australian here that doesn’t like Vegemite. But I adore Marmite. It has body and bite, whereas I find Vegemite more bland (well as bland as a tarry yeast scraping can be, I guess) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/39 "2004-03-26T01:37:42Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Do the yanks ever buy it? If so what do they make of it? Sorry, didn’t mean to ignore you-- I was out of town for the last week. If you’re still wanting to know, there are a few Americans shopping for Marmite, but pretty much only those who have spent time in a Marmite-eating culture. As far as I know, they do with it what they’ve seen done with it overseas. I find it curious that, if I run out of Marmite, Americans and South Africans are often happy with Vegemite instead, but Britons are likely to do without rather than switch. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738/40 "2004-03-26T03:23:49Z")
I have both Marmite and Vegemite, and like them both. To me, Vegemite has more of a “cereal” taste which I slightly prefer; Marmite is darker and richer-tasting. Also, a good big dollop of Marmite stirred into a pot of beef stew gives the gravy a good flavor boost. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-non-uk-dopers-like-marmite/234738.md?page=3)