# I tried Marmite **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235 "2008-03-05T21:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/41 "2008-03-06T12:02:26Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] Legend has it that all the ‘mite’ products, Vegemite, Marmite and Promite originated as by-products of the beer-brewing industry. [/QUOTE] This is definitely true, and can be evidenced by the fact that Edinburgh, when the wind is right, smells like marmite from all the breweries. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/42 "2008-03-06T12:06:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cosmic Relief] I can’t stop sniffing myself. I may spread it on the floor and roll around in it like a dog. [/QUOTE] Marmite: the British perfume. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/43 "2008-03-06T13:12:42Z")
Update: after breakfast my jar of Marmite is almost gone. I have tried it on everything I can think of. Considering experimenting with it as a personal intimacy aid. ---
**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 6, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/44 "2008-03-06T13:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cosmic Relief] Update: after breakfast my jar of Marmite is almost gone. I have tried it on everything I can think of. Considering experimenting with it as a personal intimacy aid. [/QUOTE] :eek: Have you tried marmite and banana toast yet? Or marmite french toast? Si ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/45 "2008-03-06T13:41:19Z")
Do they still sell Marmite and Vegemite here in the States? I remember liking it as a kid but I never see it anymore and I want some. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/46 "2008-03-07T01:45:34Z")
[QUOTE=The Chao Goes Mu] Do they still sell Marmite and Vegemite here in the States? I remember liking it as a kid but I never see it anymore and I want some. ☹ [/QUOTE] Knock yourself out: [http://www.about-australia-shop.com/vegemite.htm](http://www.about-australia-shop.com/vegemite.htm) ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/47 "2008-03-11T21:44:55Z")
[QUOTE=Maastricht] Good god, man! I loooove Marmite, but the standard tiny jar lasts me half a year at least! Consuming that much salt in such a short time can’t be good for anyone. [/QUOTE] Heartburn, neither. _clutches chest_ Too much of the good stuff and I have to find me some Zantac. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/48 "2008-03-11T21:48:47Z")
I always wonder if marmite comes from marmots. I highly doubt it, but if I find out the illusion will be shattered. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/49 "2008-03-11T21:56:40Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I like a slice of sourdough bread, with a little butter, a little marmite, some thinly sliced 5 year old cheddar, some sundried tomato bits (packed in oil kind) under the broiler for about 90 seconds or so. Yummy. [/QUOTE] Sounds utterly fantastic. My question though, is if a person who’s allergic to yeast can eat the stuff, or if they’d end up feeling itchy for the rest of the afternoon. I can get the itchies from plain old bread (thankfully, I’m not allergic to sourdough!) so if the -mites are apt to set me off, I’ll just stick to the broiled cheddar and sundried tomato. ---
**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 11, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/50 "2008-03-11T22:54:33Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] Sounds utterly fantastic. My question though, is if a person who’s allergic to yeast can eat the stuff, or if they’d end up feeling itchy for the rest of the afternoon. [/QUOTE] If you’re allergic to yeast, there’s a very good chance you’ll be allergic to marmite, vegemite, & promite. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/51 "2008-03-12T00:12:08Z")
> [@](#): > > My question though, is if a person who’s allergic to yeast can eat the stuff, or if they’d end up feeling itchy for the rest of the afternoon. I know it’s bad of me, but I want photos of **gotpasswords** ’ marmite experience. It’s only a yeast _extract_, after all. [innocent]What could possibly go wrong?[/innocent] ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/52 "2008-03-12T00:49:56Z")
Nothing dramatic like anaphylaxis. My face would just feel itchy for a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235/53 "2008-03-12T01:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] Legend has it that all the ‘mite’ products, Vegemite, Marmite and Promite originated as by-products of the beer-brewing industry. Apparently (and I’ll let someone else find out if this is true or not) the factory workers in the breweries found the black, tar-like sludge and muck at the bottom of the barrels after fermentation quite _tasty_, AND found they suffered fewer hangovers and alcohol-related illnesses when great black gobs of the stuff were swallowed after a night on the piss. Full of all the B Complex vitamins and puts a rose in every cheek too! 😛 [/QUOTE] I forget the exact production process now (I think it’s on Vegemite’s site), but there’s nothing remotely vegemitey in the bottom of a brewing vessel. There _is_ sludge of a sort, but it’s very light tan coloured, and has the consistency of whipped cream. I think it took the inventor a bit of a mental leap to do whatever it was he did to make Vegemite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-marmite/440235.md?page=2)