In which Meowpossum encounters Marmite for the first time

[meowpossum]

Blecgghhh!

Marmite: it looks like blackstrap mollases and tastes like a bouillon cube.

Thanks, everyone, for the advice on what to get at Brits. I drove out to Lawrence last weekend and blew the whole gift certificate at one fell swoop. I think I got almost everything that was recommended, and pretty much all of it has been delicious*. The bacon and the meat pies rock, and I am now totally addicted to curried baked beans and to this nasty-looking anchovy spread called “Patum Peparium.” Bloater paste and sardine paste also look really vile but they do taste good on toast (basically anything I don’t know what to do with, I put on toast. Not much of a plan, but it seems to be working OK so far, except for the chutney and the Branston pickle. Not good on toast.))

The outlandish potato chips are also good, but I was disappointed that they don’t really taste anything like their alleged flavors. The prawn cocktail are my favorite – they’re sort of vinegar-y, with a hint of catsup. I haven’t tried the Marmite-flavored or the “Turkey with Sage and Onion Paxo” chips yet.

Ginger cake and minty mushy peas are the best things ever! And my armpits smell Sporty Fresh with their new Fa roll-on

–
Meow (off to chug some Horlick’s and watch “Father Ted”)

• except for the aforementioned Marmite.

[Cunctator]

Well, what do you expect with an inferior product like Marmite? Trade up to **Vegemite ** for the real taste.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

@Cunctator

Well, what do you expect with an inferior product like Marmite? Trade up to **Vegemite ** for the real taste.

Really, now. That’s like the eternal war between Bugattis and Lamborghinis. They’re both exquisite! (Promite is just nasty, though!)

[betenoir]

@meowpossum

Blecgghhh!

You can’t say I didn’t warn you.

But like I said, if you still have some around, try cooking with it. It’s not bad as an ingredient in small doses.

[Bippy_the_Beardless]

Vegimite is Marmite with malt added so Vegimite has a rounder and slightly sweeter flavour. It is the other yeast spreads (such as supermarket labelled alternatives, or low salt alternatives) that are evil.