# Please, for the love of all that's holy, get the damn Marmite out of my skull! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 17, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629 "2003-11-17T02:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/41 "2003-11-17T17:29:39Z")
Food of the Gods. Of course Vegemite is better, but Marmite is still pretty good. It’s Promite which is odd. It’s a little-known fact that during the upcoming Rugby World Cup Final, the English and Australian players will coat their hands in Marmite and Vegemite respectively, to improve ball grip. Cool OP by the way, but… ahhh… how do I put this politely? JEEZERS SWEET CREEPING VISHNU, YOU COME FROM A SOCIETY THAT EATS PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY!!! BLOOOOOARGH! ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/42 "2003-11-17T17:41:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*It’s a little-known fact that during the upcoming Rugby World Cup Final, the English and Australian players will coat their hands in Marmite and Vegemite respectively, to improve ball grip. > \*\* Do you know, **TLD** , you might have hit upon a way to finally, once and for all and unequivocally decide which is the superior product? Although, upon preview review it strikes me that this will only decide which is the mightiest -mite for non prescribed, albeit inventive, activity. Nah, whoever wins on Saturday, the Marmite vs Vegemite unresolvable debate will roll on for ever and ever, provided that we always remain vigilant ; wherever a PBJ fan raises his head over the parapet, we can bury our differences to face the common foe together. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/43 "2003-11-17T17:48:41Z")
Just wanted to pop in and say thanks. This is the kind of stuff I always loved SDMB for… And, I’m off to Central Market later tonight to see if I can find any vegemite–seems like marmite might be a bit _much_ to start off with. Also, what is promite? ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/44 "2003-11-17T18:05:26Z")
I’m an American. Peanut butter is awesome. Jelly is shit that should go back to hell. And whoever thought of putting peanut butter and jelly together is probably already there. Never had Vegemite or Marmite, but I should be rocking up in Australia fairly soon, so we’ll see… ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/45 "2003-11-17T19:45:23Z")
The best description of Vegemite I’ve heard comes from my Aussie friend who said: “imagine eating congealed soy sauce.” I brought a small package back with me and saved it for when I had some friends over. Revulsion all around. yay! 🙂 Even the guy in our group that “will eat anything” was repulsed. The best part was about 20 minutes after the tasting when he suddenly burst out: “Oh God, I can still tase it!” ---
**Author:** ![stick\_monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@stick\_monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stick_monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/46 "2003-11-17T20:17:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Send all The Harp to that man there. I said a good Irish Lager. 😛 Like a red or a short stout (somewhere between a lager and a stout), not the yellow ale they sometimes call lager. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/47 "2003-11-17T20:53:19Z")
If you don’t like marmite, I’d certainly encourage you to try vegemite – it’s like comparing this bland goo with the goodness of the earth! Okay, not really, if you despise marmite, vegemite probably wouldn’t be much better. However, had I tried marmite first, I never would have bothered tasting vegemite. ---
**Author:** ![Wabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/48 "2003-11-17T21:52:42Z")
**RULE BRITTANIA, BRITTANIA RULE THE WAVES,** please, someone, kill me… **BRITONS NEVER WILL BE SLAVES! (except to almighty Cthulu, our lord and master)** ---
**Author:** ![Dravin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dravin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dravin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/49 "2003-11-17T22:06:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nocturne \* > \*\*I’m an American. > > Peanut butter is awesome. > > Jelly is shit that should go back to hell. > \*\* That’s why you go jam all the way, good old black cherry or raspberry jam on toasted bread is mighty fine eats. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/50 "2003-11-17T22:28:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blackhobyah \* > \*\*Vegemite has a pretty strong flavour, you don’t want it thick, just a nice thin layer. If you prefer your food bland or sweet you mightn’t like Vegemite, but if you like things like anchovies, olives or capers there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy it. \*\* Hmm…I like anchovies (especially in Caesar salad) and love olives. I’ve even been known to put olive pesto in my peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. I wonder if anyone around here sells Vegemite or Marmite. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/51 "2003-11-18T00:51:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Futile Gesture \* > \*\*Wrong. > > Marmite is produced from yeast that produced during brewing. It’s approved by the Vegetarian Society, so you can be assured that it has nothing to do with beef broth. \*\* My god, if that’s true, it means that AN AUSTRALIAN LIED TO ME!! Oy. ☹ I still love marmite and vegemite, though. Promite was a little weird. And I only ate the Mighty mite because I was out of the other yeast extracts. Go for it, **Jeff Olsen**!! ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/52 "2003-11-18T01:29:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Hmm…I like anchovies (especially in Caesar salad) and love olives. I’ve even been known to put olive pesto in my peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. I wonder if anyone around here sells Vegemite or Marmite. \*\* If you punch vegemite into Goggle, it shows some US-based sellers in the sponsored links on the right. Oddly enough, none mention what hazmat category it’s shipped under. I’d guess Class 8, Corrosive Liquid, though it might fall under Class 6, either Poison or Toxic. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/53 "2003-11-18T10:50:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\*Send all The Harp to that man there. > It seems that someone, somewhere drinks it and the factory in Dundalk is not, as I have long suspected, a front for some money laundering operation of dubious intent. Hai. > Most surprising. > > Self-confessed imbibers of bland and flavourless yellow fizzy water do not appreciate Marmite? > Well, you **do** surprise me. > 😉 \*\* Took the words out of my mouth 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stick\_monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@stick\_monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stick_monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/54 "2003-11-18T15:06:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Oddly enough, none mention what hazmat category it’s shipped under. I’d guess Class 8, Corrosive Liquid, though it might fall under Class 6, either Poison or Toxic. I am thinking it’s shipped as Class 666, demonic and evil, with a side of nasty and vomitous. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/55 "2003-11-18T16:02:08Z")
Breaking News!! [Vegemite used as component in euthanasia machine](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3276787.stm) I can only imagine the deadly uses of Marmite. Someone had better check the companies sales records and make sure Saddam didn’t buy any 😉 ---
**Author:** ![keithnmick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@keithnmick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keithnmick)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/56 "2003-11-18T18:25:22Z")
Mmmm. This thread has prompted me to enjoy marmite on toast along with a bowl of tomato soup for lunch these past two days. Tomorrow I think I’ll go healthy and have me some KFC. 🙂 aaah…my mate marmite. [www.ihatemarmite.com](http://www.ihatemarmite.com) [www.ilovemarmite.com](http://www.ilovemarmite.com) ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/57 "2003-11-18T23:26:28Z")
I used to think that Marmite was crap. Light sweet tasteless stuff compared to the salty black goodness of vegemite. However, a British friend has assured me that the Real Stuff is different fromt he marmite sold in supermarkets here. So next time I go to Britain I will try it and see. He has also raved to me of “twiglets”, a treat I eagerly anticipate. Mmmmm, salt. Pass the anchovies & olives please. More salt. Mmmmm. And important advice for Americans - never ever try to eat vegemite on your bread; that sweet stuff just clashes like buggery. It’s like eating vegemite on fruit loaf with all the raisins picked out. Yuk. Wrong wrong wrong. BTW, do you US folks actually _have_ any savoury toast spreads? And if so, would you eat them at breakfast? I can’t think of any. Whenever I’ve had breakfasts in US hotels it’s sweet stuff everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/58 "2003-11-19T00:02:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cajela \* > \*\*BTW, do you US folks actually _have_ any savoury toast spreads? And if so, would you eat them at breakfast? I can’t think of any. Whenever I’ve had breakfasts in US hotels it’s sweet stuff everywhere. \*\* Jif peanut butter has 150mg sodium per 32g serving. Marmite has 4.5g Na per 100g. So Marmite has about ten times as much salt, w/w, but it seems like a person would use a lot more peanut butter than marmite. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/59 "2003-11-19T00:40:42Z")
I’ll chime in on the side of Marmite. I find Vegemite bland, but love Marmite. Mr Goo is a vegemite-lover, so we have both vegemite and marmite sitting side-by-side in the pantry. Any visiting Yanks are welcome to stay the night and have a slice of toast with each for breakfast and decide for themselves 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 19, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629/60 "2003-11-19T01:01:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cajela \* > \*\*BTW, do you US folks actually _have_ any savoury toast spreads? And if so, would you eat them at breakfast? I can’t think of any. Whenever I’ve had breakfasts in US hotels it’s sweet stuff everywhere. \*\* There’s the olive pesto that I mentioned earlier but it’s not easy to find. One of my sources evidently stopped carrying it because I couldn’t find it last time I was there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-for-the-love-of-all-thats-holy-get-the-damn-marmite-out-of-my-skull/213629.md?page=4)