"do you US folks actually have any savoury toast spreads? "
Not a one, I’m afraid.
How anyone can enjoy a boiled egg without marmite soldiers is quite beyond me.
- PW
A few years back my mother’s French lodger found a jar of marmite in the kitchen and, thinking it was some kind of chocolate spread, she dug into it with a spoon…
Has anyone here ever heard of/tried a little known food stuff called ‘Gentlemans Relish’? It sounds like its made out of jizz and pretty much tastes like it is too, its kind of like hyper marmite, a testosterone fueled older brother of marmite with a lot more attitude. I think its eaten mainly by the posh and is actually made from anchovies (it smells like those fish flakes for goldfish) what i’m trying to say here is; if you think marmite is harsh, just wait 'til you get a load of this abomination…
www.elsenham.com/patum
I’ve tried that and as a staunch Marmiteer, I have to say I thought it was absolutely diabolical.
It is obvious why though, and I agree with you wholeheartedly, WILLASS - I lack the requisite degree of poshicity
It must take years of breeding, generations of empire building and documented evidence that your ancestors were around at the time of William the Conquerer, in order to have tastebuds equal to the challenge of the mighty Gentleman’s Relish.
I’m a great fan of gentleman’s relish, and you’ll often find me swallowing it, not spitting as you two seem to do.
Seriously though, I do occasionally treat myself to a bit of patum peperium. It’s anchovy heaven and I recommend it. Highly flavoured and to be spread even thinner than marmite. Gorgeous.
Great stuff indeed, jjimm. Remember to keep that little finger poised when partaking of this salty delight.
'fraid not. I meet all the criteria above and still think that Gentleman’s Relish is vile stuff.
But marmite, ooh, what you need is a cold Sunday night, a nice cup of tea, and a stack of buttered toast with a thin, thin spreading of marmite. Heaven, especially if Bullseye is playing on the telly.
Are you therefore No True Scotsman then?
Answer the question in the time it takes Bully to revolve.
Holy Shit!
Someone shall pay for this.
So, I did, in fact, hop down to my local gourmet food store and asked for vegemite. The startled clerk gaped at me and led me down the aisles. Finally, he shows me a jar. “Here ya go…mind if I ask why?” Silly fool I thought…I’m going to try it tonight. he shrugged and walked away, but I think I heard giggling…
Later that night I made toast, put real butter on it and then a delicate slither of vegemite. It smelled…bad, but I thought some other foods do too, but have a wonderful taste.
So, I chomped down. I’m guessing that if you stored scapings of athlete’s foot fungers onto a petri dish full of agar agar and then left it in a jar for a year, you’d get something close to this. That was VILE.
And, now, as mentioned, I’m having flashbacks…horrible acid-trippy flashbacks. Mmmm look, snickers, yum…BLORT-rancid, putrid nastiness…maybe later. My coworkers think that I’ve become anorexic. Thanks guys.
Not during winter months, when a pair of Marks and Spencers finest is essential for the rather chilly conditions up here.
Ah, happy days. I can almost feel the rosy glow of knowing your homework is done, and you’ve still got a few hours left of the weekend.
BottledBlondJeanie, no wonder you nearly barfed. you bought Vegemite, which is the devil’s smegma, rather than Marmite. :smack: Go back to the deli and try again with the proper stuff.
I’ll be glad to take the rest of the jar off your hands! I’ve got an order in for the 2 kilo tub, but it hasn’t arrived yet.
Palewriter, keep an eye out for olive pesto. Safeway did have a brand that I liked but the last one I was in didn’t seem to have it. Randalls is the operated by the same company so you could try there if any are near where you are. Another good brand is HT Traders but only Harris Teeter carries it and they don’t exist west of Tennessee. Both brands are somewhat dry, I have to add a bit of oil to make them spreadable.
So while we’re on the subject, anybody have a recipe for an olive and walnut spread? I got it from Heloise years ago, but it’s no longer on their website, and it is sublime. It has olives (well, duh…), walnuts, cream cheese and dill, I think, but there was more. I’m doing Atkins, and it would be really nice to have something different like this.
I ain’t tryin’ no freakin’ marmite. It’s akin to vegemite, therefore it must be AWFUL!
Qadgop you’d be welcome to it except for it’s now become the talk of the office (now I’ll KNOW if there are any other dopers here). There will be a tasting party tomorrow at lunch. [sub]I wonder if I’ll get fired when everyone goes home ill[/sub]
Does anyone else here spread their marmite as thick as jam? I would use up half a tablespoon of marmite on a slice of bread, mmmmmmm.
Probably because their troops were too busy trying to control their gag reflex to aim the muskets correctly. 
DarkPrince from the Liquid soul dimension… your a Marmite salesman aren’t you?
I hate marmite, it’s disgusting (they make with the by-products of colonic irrigation). Anyone who likes what is essientally goat semen should be excluded from positons of power.
But goat semen and marmite taste completely different.