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From: rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (rusty c. wright)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: marmite
Message-ID: <157@sdcarl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 00:46:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  9 00:46:21 1985
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Marmite probably first gained noticeable popularity in the US from the
Men at Work song that mentioned a "Vegemite sandwich".  Marmite and
Vegemite are very similar although some people claim that Vegemite is
better.  (Marmite comes from Britian; Vegemite comes from Austrailia.)
As stated previously they are made from yeast extract.  They both have
the appearance of a very black and gooey tar.  They both smell and
taste something crawled into the jar and died many millenia ago.  They
have a very salty taste and probably contain a significant amount of
salt.

Considering how the British people have been conditioned to accept food
that has effectively (taste-wise) been destroyed, it's no surprise that
they would come up with something as disagreable as Marmite.  No matter
how hard i tried to convince myself that i should be a trendy eater and
enjoy Marmite i was never able to get over the fact that the stuff is
simply utterly repellent.
-- 
	rusty c. wright
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