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Legend has it that all the ‘mite’ products, Vegemite, Marmite and Promite originated as by-products of the beer-brewing industry.
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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.
[QUOTE=Cosmic Relief]
I can’t stop sniffing myself. I may spread it on the floor and roll around in it like a dog.
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Marmite: the British perfume.
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=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.
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:eek:
Have you tried marmite and banana toast yet?
Or marmite french toast?
Si
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=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. 
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Knock yourself out: http://www.about-australia-shop.com/vegemite.htm
[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.
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Heartburn, neither. clutches chest Too much of the good stuff and I have to find me some Zantac. Ouch.
I always wonder if marmite comes from marmots. I highly doubt it, but if I find out the illusion will be shattered.
[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.
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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.
[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.
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If you’re allergic to yeast, there’s a very good chance you’ll be allergic to marmite, vegemite, & promite.
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]
Nothing dramatic like anaphylaxis. My face would just feel itchy for a few hours.
[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! 
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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.