My first vegemite tasting was a few years back and I absolutely adored the stuff. It’s one of my favorite treats. However, many people said that marmite was as good or better, so I finally got around to trying marmite yesterday. Blecch! The stuff tastes like nothing and has a gooey texture. I haven’t tried promite yet, but that’s only because the stuff isn’t available here.
So, dopers who have tried vegemite and marmite: which do you prefer? none? both? Are there any special vegemite, promite or marmite recipes that you have?
Marmite. Only because I was brought up on it, and when I got around to trying Vegemite (which all my friends liked) I found it too sharp and tangy. I prefer the fuller taste that Marmite gives me.
I haven’t had Marmite in many years. I remember trying it once, and decided instantly that Vegemite is better. I’ll have to give Marmite another try. I’ll get a small jar.
And Marmite tastes of nothing ? Perhaps there’s different stuff made for outside the British market. I’ve eaten both Marmite and Vegemite on their home turf (on buttered toast, actually), and Marmite is stronger.
The beauty of this question on my end is that I come in with no preconceptions. I’d never heard of any of these before the late '90s, so it doesn’t matter which I prefer.
antechinus, some of it might be the time zones, some might not…
Johnny L.A., I suspect that marmite is going to be very expensive in your area, even for a small jar.
Sir Doris, just to try it again, I had a slice of marmite toast this morning. It still tasted like nothing with a little bit of salt. The jar looks like it comes from the UK; do they even make it in the United States?
I prefer Marmite, but like GuanoLad probably because I was brought up on the stuff; I tried vegemite once and it was OK, but I preferred Marmite. Actually I hardly buy the real thing; the Jar I have on my shelf now is a supermarket own brand.
Never seen promite or anything else like that up for sale here.
My ancestry is pure English (roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for Sunday dinner, Rupert annual at Christmas, steak-and-kidney pie like only Mom could make) and I never even heard of marmite before discovering these threads on the Straight Dope.
