Do you Australians like peanut butter?

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Jack K

LOL... Vegemite is an aquired taste ... you were probably trying it too thick on your bread ... you need to try it on warm toast with plenty of butter and just the tiniest scrape of vegimite to start and as you get the taste for it you increase the amount of vegemite ... as for Peanut Butter yes we love it although we (or at least the people I know) have it with honey more than jam (jelly)
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Kazz is right ... nice with cheese and lettuce

Elizabeth

Yes we do eat peanut butter.
At one time a politician, called Joh, tried to get the name changed to peanut paste. (That was about 30 years ago.)
He said it was because there was no real butter in it.
He succeeded for a while, in his state, but now the name is back to peanut butter.
Some people still call it peanut paste, I know I do sometimes.

You're not alone about Vegemite, there are Aussies who don't love it, too.
I like it, thinly spread, on really fresh bread, but not every day.

tully

yes but Vegemite is much better for you so I eat Vegemite more

minimouse68

Sorry Guys, Im also an aussie, living in Western Australia, and over here it is called peanut paste. It was only when I went to the eastern states that I heard it referred to as butter.

â™¥Kazzâ™¥

Yes we do like peanut butter :) As for the vegemite I have found that people who have never tried it before especially Americans tend to spread it on their bread thick like peanut butter- you are supposed to spread it on with a thin layer and quite often tastes nice with a slice of cheese but either way with or without the cheese its just a THIN very Thin layer :)
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Just added this after reading comments left - I am Australian and live in Australia and I can tell you I have never heard of Peanut Paste - we definately also call it Peanut Butter -- and as for we will eat anything because we are decendents of convicts - ummm yeah ok - nice generalisation there

liz down under

Yes, lots of Australia eat peanut butter. One thing nobody does however is put it with jelly (we call it jam here) on sandwiches. That is weird! It's great for making satay sauce though.

Catherine

Excuse you? Vegemite is great.. you americans dont like it because its not what you're used to.. Its great with cheese.. yummy i can taste it right now..

Yeah, we eat peanut butter.. what do you think we are mate? We have peanuts.. and butter

I read some of the other answers, the ones who mention convicts.. Those people need to read a book before i smack them in the head with it..

hsckid

Hey!
Im an aussie and when i went to the states as a student ambassador last year i got so sick of peanut butter - you eat it on EVERYTHING! I took vegimite for my home stay family but they didnt like it, its all a matter of opinion but good on you for trying it, most americans wont touch the stuff but its actually really nice if your raised on it :)

nick1in

Each country has their own food preferences and tastes. Since people grow up eating certain types of food, they learned to like it , but people who have never tasted certain types of food might not necessarily like it. in this case Aussies love it....It's equalivent to peanut butter i think.

JLL1976

Yes, people in Australia do like peanut butter.

As for Vegemite, I personally love the stuff. Whenever I travel overseas I always make sure I pack some- they make it in a really cool tube thing now which is easy to pack. The key to Vegemite is the ratio of Vegemite:Butter/Marge:Bread. It's kind of like a science experiment- too much or little of one ingredient and it doesn't work.

One alternative way to eat it, which was something I used to do as a kid, you smear Vegemite and butter(or marge) on to Vita Wheat biscuits. You put two biscuits together and squeeze until the Buttery-Vegemite worms come out the holes. It's good on Saladas too.

MiffStar

LIke it??? I LOVE it!!
Smooh, Crunchy and extra crunchy but never with jam (jelly!)

klindah

Love Love Vegimite..also love Crunchy peanut butter..with Jam on fresh crusty bread!

steve

yer, but i prefer vegemite any day

Bardy

Peanut Butter is gross, Vegemite is ok though.

SafÃ¿re

Hey... don't apologise for not liking Vegemite. I think Concord Grape is the most foul thing I've ever put in my mouth. It makes Durian positively pleasant by comparison.

As for peanut butter... love it. Especially on a crusty roll with freshly sliced tomato or beetroot.

But Why??

yeah, crunchy.

speak up

such a superficial question for a student ambassador???,and if you did indeed come to australia you would know that,yes,we do like/eat peanut butter---you summed iy up beautifully when you said"well i'm an american"---i rest my case

whiteclouds_fragipani

I moved to Aus about 5 years ago, vegimite was so unsual for me. I was 14 and had never heard of it til then. I tried to like it because it's like a traditional thing here but I've given up long ago just couldn't bear it. I'm sure most Americans feels that way about vegimite.

jade=)

i love CRUNCHY peanut butter
and i LOVE vegemite

kooldog1000

no..just cashew butter

Meister

You probably put it on too thick.
They eat pb.

Daisyhill

Vegimite is gross...my husband is Australian and he loves peanut butter but they call it peanut paste...doesn't sound nearly as nice as peanut butter does it?

jennifer h

I used to like peanut butter but a couple of years ago rats got in the peanut kilns and the peanut butter made kids very sick

tuppenybitz

doesn't everyone eat peanut butter?

and it isn't called peanut paste! as one user suggested

vegemite is far better though

John

Australians eat anything since they descended from prisoners.

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