# Questions about Vegemite **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999 "2010-03-02T16:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/41 "2010-03-04T23:53:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > One downside to Vegemite is that it gives you moose-breath. This would make an absolutely marvelous sig line for someone. > [@kevlaw](#): > > We put it on my daughter’s egg and soldiers 🙂 What, pray tell, is egg and soldiers? > [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Tastes like a brewery smells. I had no interest whatsoever in vegemite until I read this line. Few things in life smell better than a brewery. I’m closing up the bookstore in a few minutes. I’ll have to head over to the brewpub so I’ll be surrounded by that aroma! ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/42 "2010-03-05T00:17:13Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:41, topic:530999”] What, pray tell, is egg and soldiers? [/QUOTE] Your wish is [Google’s command](http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/eggandsoldiers). Cut a slice of toast into 3 or 4 thin strips, dip one into a freshly-opened soft-boiled egg, eat. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/43 "2010-03-05T00:23:11Z")
> [@HotSmoke](#): > > I am curious about Vegemite. I know it is a yeast based spread and Australians are apparently crazy about it. I have also heard that it tastes and looks like roofing tar. You know someone that knows what roofing tar tastes like? > [@](#): > > So,what’s the dope on Vegemite?what does it taste like? I admit I would like to try it. Are there any US stores that carry it? [Sure](http://www.aussiefoodshop.com/australian_food_home.html) [there](http://www.simplyoz.com/) [are](http://www.greataussiefood.com.au/). In searching for the above I’m shocked to find there’s a demand for [the reverse](http://www.usafoods.com.au/). Why, for the universe’s sake, why? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/44 "2010-03-05T00:28:24Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > In searching for the above I’m shocked to find there’s a demand for [the reverse](http://www.usafoods.com.au/). Wot, no tortillas? Can’t be an American food shop unless you can buy the makin’s for breakfast burritos! (Which, by the way, are excellent with Vegemite! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/45 "2010-03-05T01:02:28Z")
Marmite (which is pretty similar) tastes more or less like a blend of thickened soy sauce, licked car windows, old rust and yeast. It’s awesome. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/46 "2010-03-05T02:12:30Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > My wife refuses to touch Vegemite or the Marmite sold in stores in the US. It must be Marmite mailed directly from New Zealand. Apparently, it’s different. [One 250g jar of New Zealand Marmite can be sent to your home for $18.45](http://productsfromnz.com/browse_2110). [Or get twice as much for $2 more.](http://www.shopnewzealand.co.nz/en/cp/Marmite_500g) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/47 "2010-03-05T02:52:32Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Marmite (which is pretty similar) tastes more or less like a blend of thickened soy sauce, licked car windows, old rust and yeast. > > It’s awesome. 🙂 This man is mad. I beg you, for the love of G-d, do not heed his counsel! Stay safe, and sane, far from Marmite and its ilk. [It is far too late for my damned soul,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=534691) but you still have a chance, brother. Run. RUN! ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/48 "2010-03-05T03:00:52Z")
I really, really, really want to hear a description of someone who’s trying marmite for the first time. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/49 "2010-03-05T03:01:47Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > I really, really, really want to hear a description of someone who’s trying marmite for the first time. > Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Psst … see my link above. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/50 "2010-03-05T03:38:53Z")
I used to actually EAT the boullion cubes, growing up. I got some Marmite, ordered it from afar. It’s ok. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/51 "2010-03-05T03:56:48Z")
**penultima thule** , what’s a fool’s gold sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/52 "2010-03-05T05:29:56Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > **penultima thule** , what’s a fool’s gold sandwich? Take a fresh baked loaf of bread. Hollow it out. Spread inside an entire jar of peanut butter. Then an entire jar of jelly. Then a pound of bacon. Eat. Die. Seriously, a [picture](http://media.egotvonline.com/files/2009/11/Fools-Gold-Loaf.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/53 "2010-03-05T05:39:41Z")
… or take two for an evening snack [Fools Gold Sandwich/Loaf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-i5vscprmE) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/54 "2010-03-05T05:41:25Z")
Wow. I’ve never heard of those. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/55 "2010-03-05T06:04:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Wow. I’ve never heard of those. And I never want to hear of one again TYVM ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/56 "2010-03-05T06:57:40Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [One 250g jar of New Zealand Marmite can be sent to your home for $18.45](http://productsfromnz.com/browse_2110). > [Or get twice as much for $2 more.](http://www.shopnewzealand.co.nz/en/cp/Marmite_500g) I’ve already got a jar from our last trip, but this may come in handy. My wife scoffs at the way I eat Marmite. I like it in a buttered toast sandwich with melted cheese and tomatoes. Lettuce is optional. It also works open faced. I don’t need the cheese either. Just tomatoes and Marmite on buttered toast is great. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/57 "2010-03-05T11:03:43Z")
For all those addicts (which includes me), you will soon have the chance to sample [Extra Strength Marmite](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/offbeat/extra-strength-marmite-unveiled-14702708.html). ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/58 "2010-03-05T11:22:07Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > Take a bit of toast, fresh out of the toaster, spread it with butter quick (or margarine if you must) so that the butter melts into the toast. Then take a small amount of Vegemite from the jar. See that amount you just took? Halve that. Then spread it lightily across the toast. It’ll almost just be a scraping of Vegemite. This is the key. I think people don’t know how little they are actually supposed to use. Here’s a [pic](http://www.aussiebloggers.com.au/wp-content/vegemite.jpg) of the finished product. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/59 "2010-03-05T11:38:29Z")
When I lived in Australia for a couple of years, I was rather confused as to why the people I stayed with were all obsessed with me trying Vegemite. I told them it tastes like a weaker version of Marmite, and I think they were offended. I think they were even more offended to discover that Marmite was invented first. 😃 Doubly offended to discover that Australia isn’t bigger than Europe. But they were country bumpkins, so I can’t take them as representative. (Put ‘Europe Australia size comparison’ into google and you get [this thread](http://www.freepchelp.co.uk/forum/off-topic-civilised-discussion-world-news-etc/3630-size-australia-comparison-europe.html) as the top link…Please note the numbers at the bottom in sq km. It looks like someone got confused with sq mi). ---
**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:** [March 5, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999/60 "2010-03-05T13:17:33Z")
> [@Rayne\_Man](#): > > For all those addicts (which includes me), you will soon have the chance to sample [Extra Strength Marmite](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/offbeat/extra-strength-marmite-unveiled-14702708.html). A new pleasure! A new pleasure! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-vegemite/530999.md?page=4)