Ozmaniac
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It's indescribable really, but I'll try.
It's salty and savoury and yeasty/malty and strongly flavoured - some think it tastes a bit like strong beef boullion.
On well buttered toast, fresh white bread, crumpets, muffins or crackers it's amazing. The crackers must have little holes - spread two crackers with butter and Vegemite and make a sandwich of them; squeeze so that the butter/vegemite comes through the holes like little worms. Lick the worms off the crackers and throw away the crackers. Mmmmmm!
Until you've really acquired a taste for it, don't ever use very much: use just a scrape so that you can still see the butter and toast (or whatever).
It would be impossible to make at home, but it's readily available online so that expatriate Aussies and other people of truly discerning taste can get their Vegemite fix.
Here are a couple of online sources of Vegemite: http://www.simplyoz.com/products/aussie_food/groceries/vegemite
http://www.greataussiefood.com.au/
Whatever you do, don't get Marmite or Promite instead. They look like Vegemite but taste absolutely disgusting! |
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Future Eagles Mummy!!
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I love love love vegemite!! It is very thick in consistancy. Like firm butter. It is very salty. I am pretty sure you can't make it at home.
The statement that most people in Australia don't like the taste?? Well, i live here and I actualy don't know many people that don't like the taste of it! Only my mother in law. |
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Aussie the 2nd
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It is as described , a vegetable / yeast extract but if my memory serves me right , it was a waste product of another food process that a nutritionist in the 1950's thought it would be good for kids when food was not plentiful after WW2.
It has a salty tangy taste but it isn't that bad & is great when added to cheese on toast & put under the grill...
Keep searching for it ...it is a kraft foods product & is now American owned ! |
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• Koala • uʍop ɹǝpun
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Don't make it at home - you will never get it right.
You can buy it online - and they ship international
See - http://www.homesick.com.au/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=11
or
http://www.greataussiefood.com.au/showProduct/Food/Spreads+and+Sauces/KRVE/Vegemite+220g+jar
or different sizes here (towards bottom of page) http://www.greataussiefood.com.au/listProduct/Food/Spreads+and+Sauces//25 |
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Alan B
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Im not sure if you could make it at home, but ultimately its a very acquired taste. It has a very confronting and strong taste, there isnt quiet a description i can give you, just dont try to much at once on your first try :P |
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aflumpire
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no, you cant make it.
its a yeast extract which tastes rather bitter. I need some butter with it on golden toast...YUM!
Its not one of those things that you go online and just order it in for the sake of it. If you see some place which sells Australian products and brands, then I would definitley buy one, even two jars to try!
most dont like it at first...but they may have put too much (or too little) on it. I would try it by its self (on toast) first, then try it with some butter (or margarine). see how you go after that.
its like nothing else that I have ever seen.
ruby: half of your answers are an embarresment for our country! could you try liking something here? |
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tamara m
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it's similar in taste to marmite or promite but more savory than either. it cannot be made at home. most people who do not grow up with it do not like it. |
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Jess
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It's very bitter and salty, kind of hard to describe.
I can't find any recipes for it, but if you do find one, remember to spread it sparingly and not like peanut butter! |
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the Punisher
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Never tasted it, but I did touch a jar of it, just can't recall the store it was in, may have been Mexico, may have been Niagara Falls Canada (do you know they sell milk up in Canada in plastic bags? It was interesting to deal with when on a trip...)
The Vegimite might have been in a grocery in Salt Lake City too...
Do you know who I am?
fuzzy memory, I've slept since then, and someone's taken my name tag away again... |
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Bella B
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It's black, salty and savoury, high in vitamin B and a bit of an acquired taste which most locals have acquired.
You can't make it at home.
Tip if you do get some, spread it sparingly. It is quite strong for the uninitiated. No thicker than a sheet of paper. |
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Power Flower
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It is a bit like marmite... without the sweety taste. I was told it's a by-product of beer brewing, not sure if that's true or not. It's very black, thick and salty and has a high vitamin B content.. making Vegemite on toast and excellent hangover food. I took a jar with me travelling once and it seems the only other people in the world to take to it were the Egyptians! Not sure where you live, but I actually found it in the soup stock section of the supermarket in the UK. |
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fab40nola -I'm back...
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It must be OK, cause we just sold the 1 billionth jar.
Go to the following website to find out the best way to eat it. |
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Kate (the 10th)
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it tastes like very salty BBQ sauce |
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Bardy
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If you have ever tried MARMITE then you are in the ballpark for taste. |
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jammer
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It tastes like beef stock. |
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口_口
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its taste like SH!T !!!! i hate it!!
i tell you how to make it, get a plastic bag squeeze ketchup and milk and peanut butter and some bbq sauce. YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... |
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l25067101
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its a yeast and vegetable extract so it tastes very intense and tangy -not a pleasurable experience |
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Ruby
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well i dont even like it. it tastes kinda tangy and really rich like a really high concentrate of BBQ sauce. Well its hard to explain. Most people dont like the taste of it in Australia. |
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Kim W
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I had it and it tastes rank, like something gone bad. Gee thats an acquired taste if there ever was one. And I don't want to acquire it. ps. your own co-op carries it or a health food section of a big store. Hint, hold your nose when you eat it. |
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