# The cat likes Vegemite **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096 "2014-04-01T16:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/21 "2015-05-09T17:58:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > …I’m a Philistine for using **American**. But hey, Kraft Vegemite, Kraft cheese! 😛 > … > A coworker back in the '80s liked to put Vegemite on his **Thai** BBQ chicken he got off the catering truck. > > I like a nice smear of Vegemite inside of a breakfast **burrito**. > > … This could either set international relations waaaay back–or it could solve a lot of problems. Picture it: Palestinians offer Vegemite on a falafel patty to Jews who in turn offer them Vegemite on a matzo. I might have to give it another go. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/22 "2015-05-09T21:03:38Z")
I liked Vegemite! 🙂 Have not had any since I was in Melbourne. As for your cat, you’re no doubt aware of: The old jingle: “A Tonka toy, built Tonka tough just for fun, fun… fun” ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/23 "2015-05-09T21:21:29Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > you’re no doubt aware of: > > The old jingle: After my time, I fear. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/24 "2015-05-09T21:31:48Z")
You are not that old Johnny LA. Unless you did not grow up with Tonka Trucks. It’s a trope: > **[Made of Indestructium - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadeOfIndestructium?from=Main.TonkaTough)** > > Are your world-domination tools not durable enough? Pesky do-gooders keep cracking your power crystals and popping your Soul Jar's freshness seal? Then try our latest in our fine line of world domination products. With our Indestructium alloy, … ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/25 "2015-05-09T22:58:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > WHOA! > > _\_ > > You buy Vegemite by the _pail_ful? As in _bucket_load? > > I have a small jar in my fridge that has been with me for decades…through a couple of moves. I bought it in a moment of culinary earnestness, and said earnestness prevents me from throwing it out. > > I feel like I’m really missing out on something beloved by [del]millions[/del] lots of people, and, dang, even your cat likes it. I hate missing out on things. Maybe I should give it another try. I had a thread on here during my last attempt to like it, but could you give me some brief instructions on how to use it? I seem to recall that it should be spread in the toast very thinly. Here’s a [Good Example](http://blogs.acu.edu.au/international/files/2014/08/vegemite-toast.jpg) I found on how thinly to spread it. The other great use for Vegemite by the way is putting a good dollop into stews and casseroles, or it’s my secret ingredient in my Bologanise sauce. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/26 "2015-05-10T00:55:12Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > Here’s a [Good Example](http://blogs.acu.edu.au/international/files/2014/08/vegemite-toast.jpg) I found on how thinly to spread it. Cute. > [@](#): > > The other great use for Vegemite by the way is putting a good dollop into stews and casseroles, or it’s my secret ingredient in my Bologanise sauce. This makes sense. Vegemite has [umami](http://www.umamiinfo.com/)all over the place. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/27 "2015-05-10T01:37:37Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > Here’s a [Good Example](http://blogs.acu.edu.au/international/files/2014/08/vegemite-toast.jpg) I found on how thinly to spread it. My muffins often look like the rightmost picture. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/28 "2015-05-10T01:55:14Z")
How would Vegemite taste if it were not so insanely salty? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/29 "2015-05-10T01:56:14Z")
It is basically boullion. I bought a jar of “Better Than Boullion” vegetable flavor and it was pretty similar - actually, kind of better to my palate. But I would not give _that_ to my cat, because unlike Vegemite, it has onion in it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/30 "2015-05-10T04:40:23Z")
Thai cats eat rice. At least, that’s what many Thai humans will tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/31 "2015-05-10T08:11:39Z")
Cats are weird, man. ---
**Author:** ![pdunderhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/32 "2015-05-10T09:53:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This could either set international relations waaaay back–or it could solve a lot of problems. Picture it: Palestinians offer Vegemite on a falafel patty to Jews who in turn offer them Vegemite on a matzo. > > I might have to give it another go. As an aside, Edward de Bono proposed exactly this as a, (very), partial solution to the Arab/Israeli conflict. > **[De Bono's Marmite plan for peace in Middle Yeast](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/de-bono-s-marmite-plan-for-peace-in-middle-yeast-1133338.html)** > > EDWARD DE BONO, the guru of creative thinking, has been called in by the Foreign Office to help sort out the Arab-Israeli conflict. Ever willing to help, he has conjured up a solution straight from a jar - Marmite. Until I searched for it I thought this was an idea I’d dreampt up. Peter ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/33 "2015-05-10T11:28:04Z")
Vegemite is salty. Few animals don’t like a lick of something salty. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/34 "2015-05-10T12:06:12Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Vegemite is salty. Few animals don’t like a lick of something salty. That explains one of my cats’ passion for feta cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/35 "2015-05-10T12:21:32Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > That explains one of my cats’ passion for feta cheese. Feta cheese. Yum. [QUOTE=Men at Work] Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six-foot-four and full of muscles I said, “Do you speak-a my language?” He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/36 "2015-05-10T13:29:42Z")
> [@pdunderhill](#): > > As an aside, Edward de Bono proposed exactly this as a, (very), partial solution to the Arab/Israeli conflict. > > [De Bono's Marmite plan for peace in Middle Yeast | The Independent | The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/de-bonos-marmite-plan-for-peace-in-middle-yeast-1133338.html) > > Until I searched for it I thought this was an idea I’d dreampt up. > > Peter :eek: I must be [del]psycho[/del] psychic. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/37 "2015-05-10T13:54:24Z")
I discovered by accident that my wonderful and mysterious tortoiseshell cat Nancy Drew (1982-2001) adored brewers’ yeast. I was careful to only give her small tastes of it, though, as I was worried that it might cause an overdose of B vitamins if I allowed her to feast on it as indiscriminately as she obviously wanted to do. While no subsequent cat I’ve owned has ever had quite the same level of passion for brewers’ yeast that Nancy Drew did, the other cats I’ve tried it on also like the stuff. I wonder if the Vegemite, being yeast based, has the same flavor appeal. (AFAICT, nutritional yeast isn’t quite the same, from a cat’s point of view.) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/38 "2015-05-10T16:36:11Z")
> [@pdunderhill](#): > > As an aside, Edward de Bono proposed exactly this as a, (very), partial solution to the Arab/Israeli conflict. > > [De Bono's Marmite plan for peace in Middle Yeast | The Independent | The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/de-bonos-marmite-plan-for-peace-in-middle-yeast-1133338.html) > > Until I searched for it I thought this was an idea I’d dreampt up. > > Peter Marmite is _not_ Vegemite. The idea is the same, but the execution comes up short. I think it is the gooeiness of Marmite that makes it off-putting (IME). ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/39 "2015-05-10T17:00:16Z")
I get more than enough salt, and don’t much like yeast extract anyway, so I don’t buy either Vegemite or Marmite. The cats would probably like it, but too bad for them. On the other hand, we have one cat who eats roses (just the petals) and seems to like a sprig of rosemary as a snack. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096/40 "2015-05-10T17:21:57Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I discovered by accident that my wonderful and mysterious tortoiseshell cat Nancy Drew (1982-2001) adored brewers’ yeast. I was careful to only give her small tastes of it, though, as I was worried that it might cause an overdose of B vitamins if I allowed her to feast on it as indiscriminately as she obviously wanted to do. > > While no subsequent cat I’ve owned has ever had quite the same level of passion for brewers’ yeast that Nancy Drew did, the other cats I’ve tried it on also like the stuff. I wonder if the Vegemite, being yeast based, has the same flavor appeal. > > (AFAICT, nutritional yeast isn’t quite the same, from a cat’s point of view.) I seem to recall that feeding the dogs brewer’s yeast sprinkled on their food was supposed to be a flea preventative. It made their skin smell/taste unappealing to fleas or something. I’m guessing your cat didn’t have fleas? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-likes-vegemite/685096.md?page=3)