What the heck is "Vegemite"?

[Davros]

VEGEMITE is nectar, ambrosia, the food of the Gods, in fact, it is that which all other foods should aspire to be .

Hot freshly buttered toast, spread moderately with the black gold, washed down with lovely cold milk - hmmmmmmmmmm toaaaaaaaast and veeeeeg -drooooooooooooooool!!!!!

And our favourite advertising jingle - I will start you off with the first verse :

We're happy little Vegemites
As bright as bright could be
We all enjoy our vegemite
For breakfast lunch and tea

(hands over to another Aussie for the next verse )

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[Davros]

From Kiwidoc : Any Militant Mite Movements in New Zealand were swiftly dealt with by rounding up the combatents and forcibly exiling them to Australia. This avoided warfare and also had the benefit of ridding Gods Own Country of foolish elements and enriching Australian culture at the same time.

Hey Kiwidoc ,
Even though you proclaim Vegemite to be King, from the tone of this note, I suggest we have a dissadent who refuses to acknowledge that OZ won the "Mite War" . It is true that many refugees have come from the land of the long white cloud, seeking assylum from the economic devastation wreaked upon the tiny islands of ENZED. They were taken in and welcomed, as we offered them sunny beaches and unemployment benefits. Eventually but, these benefits were withdrawn, and the kiwi's were courteously asked by the mighty OZ parliament to find jobs. At this stage, many of them mysteriously develop a new patriotic nationalism, and start pining for the sheep, whoops that should be shakies , and so they return home .

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[Wulfere]

Just tried Napster...they of course have blocked it as copywrited material and it will not show up in the search.

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[kiwidoc]

My favourite way to eat Vegemite - toasted granary bread, New Zleand butter, a thin smear of Vegemite and ripe avocado squashed on top. Now THATS what I call toast

Davros, you have made my point for me. The Militant Mite Movement members who were exiled to Oz were definitely inferior citizens of New Zealand, hence their atrocious behaviour when they reached Oz. After all, once the Mite wars were over and an amnesty declared, who in their rihgt mind would continuew to live in Oz?

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[Moridin]

My friend made me try Vegemite when I was in London last March and I swear upon everything holy, if someone ever tries that again, I will kill them.

No, no, I won't just kill them, I will torture them, like they tortured me! Maybe I will bury them in the sand, near an ant hill and pour honey on them. Or maybe I will put hot irons under their finger nails. Or maybe, just maybe I will give them Vegemite!



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[Donut]

Originally posted by Khanar: I call it: PondScum™ It's nasty! Don't let these Brits and Aussies try to lure you into eating it!

Oi! Don't bring us into it - I tried it once and was cleaning my teeth for two days trying to get the taste out of my mouth. I think your mother needs to be eating it whilst carrying you in her womb before you get to like it!

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[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Throntar: I know it's something that must be popular in Australia (and I think that it's edible), but I'm looking for more definition than that. I ask because I was reading Berlitz's guide to cruises (we're taking a 7-day Carribean cruise in October) and he mentioned that any cruise line that wants to have Australian passengers better have Vegemite or they very well may not be back. So what is it?

It's a form of gruel mixed with some brown algae and some ground-up dirt and somehow passed off as an edible consumable by a shrewd food company. This was the trick of the century - convincing millions of Aussies that this is somehow fit for human consumption.


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[AzureWolf]

Originally posted by Memnoch: It's a form of gruel mixed with some brown algae and some ground-up dirt and somehow passed off as an edible consumable by a shrewd food company. This was the trick of the century - convincing millions of Aussies that this is somehow fit for human consumption.

Bah! all yours stomachs just arnt hard enough for it. Vegemite makes a bloody got breakfast with butter on toast. DO NOT DISS THE MITE!

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[Billikins the Bold]

Pah, as any fule kno, vegemite is but a pale imitation of marmite, the king of yeast extract spreads!



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Fear? I know not the meaning of the word. And you can keep that dictionary away from me!

[Gaelic]

It took me months to get past the smell alone, and when I finally tried it, my alcohol deadened taste buds were still able to soundly reject it. It took many, many Tom Collins drinks to clean that taste from my mouth and I think I only had 3 or 4 molecules.

YUCK!



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Gaelic