I tried Marmite

[Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party]

@kambuckta

Legend has it that all the ‘mite’ products, Vegemite, Marmite and Promite originated as by-products of the beer-brewing industry.

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.

[Muffin]

@Cosmic Relief

I can’t stop sniffing myself. I may spread it on the floor and roll around in it like a dog.

Marmite: the British perfume.

[HMS_Irruncible]

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.

[si_blakely]

@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.

:eek:

Have you tried marmite and banana toast yet?
Or marmite french toast?

Si

[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.

[Askance]

@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.

Knock yourself out: Vegemite

[lizardling]

@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.

Heartburn, neither. clutches chest Too much of the good stuff and I have to find me some Zantac. Ouch.

[Autolycus]

I always wonder if marmite comes from marmots. I highly doubt it, but if I find out the illusion will be shattered.

[gotpasswords]

@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.

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.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

@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.

If you’re allergic to yeast, there’s a very good chance you’ll be allergic to marmite, vegemite, & promite.

[maggenpye]

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]

[gotpasswords]

Nothing dramatic like anaphylaxis. My face would just feel itchy for a few hours.

[TheLoadedDog]

@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!

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.