vegemite

I LOVE Vegemite! I have it almost everyday! Vegemite on crackers, in a sandwich, on rice cakes but the best ever is Vegemite and Cheese on toast! So yummmmmmm!

I have two massive pots of marmite in my kitchen drawer, one "aged" and one "gold" (literally speckled with gold, for the olympics. That is what happens when you send your bf out with a shopping list). I love the stuff, but straight from the jar I only eat it on toast, and I am trying to keep that out of my diet. How do I ever get through these jars?

Anyone got ideas for eating marmite that don't involve bread?

Hopefully your friend will bring Vegemite not Marmite - Marmite is from UK, not from Aus.

Vegemite is great on buttered toast or muffins (and when we say spread it thinly, we mean REALLY thinly), also yummy on fresh white bread with butter or in a cheese and vegemite sandwich. Think of it as something like super-hot chilli sauce - you don't eat it by the spoonful, you just add a little for flavour.

Totally having Vegemite with some pro active spread on a hot cross bun for morning tea tomorrow. So good. I like my food salty :P

Vegemite on toast with a cup of tea is what I crave when I feel ill. Real comfort food. My husband eats Marmite because he's English but I find it too sweet and sticky. Unfortunately I can't eat Vegemite any more as it's not gluten free but I have discovered Aussiemite which is gluten free and a good alternative.

I loved reading some of the comments on this post - esp references to Vegemite with cottage cheese (this on Vogel bread was my staple diet as a student), Vegemite worms which are part of an Aussie childhood, and the risk of confusing it with chocolate spread. This brought back a terrible memory of the poor unsuspecting Japanese exchange students who stayed at our school and we all told them that the big jars on the breakfast table were full of chocolate spread. They enthusiastically piled it on their toast and then smiled politely as they ate it, no doubt thinking that Australians must be totally mad. The poor girls must have felt sick all day! :sick: They stuck to marmalade after that.

Love vegemite - but since it now belongs to a US company, I have moved on to Mighty Mite - made by a good old local Aussie company (Three 3's).. Its definitely not the same in taste and texture, but I am going to stick it out and try to give the little guys a chance..

As for toast/ sandwiches/ rice cakes ideas-
* vegemite & cheese (maybe added shredded iceberg lettuce)
* vegemite & sliced tomato (who needs salt???)

anywhere you need a salty/ savoury flavour added to a dish...
* soups,
* casseroles.

I have two massive pots of marmite in my kitchen drawer, one "aged" and one "gold" (literally speckled with gold, for the olympics. That is what happens when you send your bf out with a shopping list). I love the stuff, but straight from the jar I only eat it on toast, and I am trying to keep that out of my diet. How do I ever get through these jars?

Anyone got ideas for eating marmite that don't involve bread?

I found a good recipe for a marmite bloody mary, if you're on a "liquid" diet

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126307676

I am in Australia - is so interesting reading this thread from people not used to vegemite.

Is not sweet and nobody would eat it by the spoonful :laugh:

Savoury, quite strong and quite salty - spread it VERY thinly on toast, crumpets, muffins etc, MUCH more thinly than peanut paste - nice in sandwiches with cheese as well.

Possibly is an acquired taste - I dont know, have eaten it since I was a little child so I guess I acquired the taste young :bigsmile:

I'd rather lick a kangaroos *kitten*
Don't do it

this.
i dated an australian chick. she was so good in bed, but the vegemite. ugh. she had to go.
it's salty and thick and stinky and looks like poo.

LOVE it, any aussie kid will tell you though, foreigners don't eat it right!! You have to spread it sparingly on buttered toast, it's Give it a go, you might be surprised..