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08-05-2013, 19:59
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#136
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
weyalan -
it's a 4.4 oz (125 gram) jar of marmite - marked 'made in england' - and i paid 6 dollars US in a local 'upscale' super market. they had a few shelves of english products, all of which seemed higher priced than local equivalents, but they've got the market cornered around here.
i took note of your advice - hot buttered toast - but the nearest i could get was a multi-grain saltine cracker.
put a 1/2 teaspoon on the cracker and ate it. first impression - not bad. very salty. for some strange reason, reminded me of anchovy paste, or even tapenade. i had four crackers and quit, thinking i'd exceeded my allowable salt intake for the day. i'll probably have it again. at least until i get my six dollars back.
also made me want to drink a beer.
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08-05-2013, 20:44
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#137
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
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Originally Posted by onestepcsy37
weyalan -
it's a 4.4 oz (125 gram) jar of marmite - marked 'made in england' - and i paid 6 dollars US in a local 'upscale' super market. they had a few shelves of english products, all of which seemed higher priced than local equivalents, but they've got the market cornered around here.
i took note of your advice - hot buttered toast - but the nearest i could get was a multi-grain saltine cracker.
put a 1/2 teaspoon on the cracker and ate it. first impression - not bad. very salty. for some strange reason, reminded me of anchovy paste, or even tapenade. i had four crackers and quit, thinking i'd exceeded my allowable salt intake for the day. i'll probably have it again. at least until i get my six dollars back.
also made me want to drink a beer.
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Salty? Very salty?? Extremely salty??? Yep.... its marmite. Like I say, it is certainly an acquired taste and not for some (most?) folks. Me - I really like it and have it, on toast, for breakfast maybe once or twice a week (well, actually, I have "vegemite" - the Australian equivalent to marmite). But I, personally, wouldn't be eating it at $6 for 4oz
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09-05-2013, 01:08
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#138
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
Personally, I would not eat it if they paid me to do so.
Coops.
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09-05-2013, 01:33
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#139
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
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Originally Posted by onestepcsy37
........ i found ..... marmite! six bucks for a rather small jar. can one of you brits or commonwealth guys advise me how you're supposed to eat it????
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Little and often.
As Weyalan suggests, on toast, on buttered bread, on a crumpet etc. Spread thin enough to your liking. Some might only have the finest of scrapping, say 1/8 (or less) of a teaspoon, some maybe a quarter but rarely more. If it seems really salty to your taste, use less until it seems right. Usually one or two slices are enough per day.
Nice with a plain cheddar cheese too
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Originally Posted by Weyalan
..... I haven't had vegemite since breakfast time
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Presumably breakfast time today . Just for the hell of it, I had 3 slices of toast this morning, one with vegemite, one with Aussie Marmite, a half with Promite and a half with Britmite. Tomorrow might just have Our Mate
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Originally Posted by onestepcsy37
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put a 1/2 teaspoon on the cracker and ate it. first impression - not bad. very salty....
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Way too much; it will blow out your taste buds with the salt .
Matey, this is a serious food; you gotta build up your capacity; just cause Aussies have been eating it all their life (well except for Coops), it doesn't mean non-native eaters can go full strength first up. Take it slowly, build up in small doses and soon you will be able write posts like this one
Quote:
Originally Posted by Coops
Personally, I would not eat it if they paid me to do so.
Coops.
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I used to trust you but..........are you sure your are Aussie - native born one, not a paper certificate type one?
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09-05-2013, 01:45
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#140
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
The trick with vegemite is less is best. You can always add more.
go with Wotname's suggestion of 1/8 teaspoon as starter. His consumption advise is that of a true connoisseur, a born and bred Aussie.
Good advise.
Yum
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09-05-2013, 01:45
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#141
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
Correct, not an Aussie, but an exiled Pom. But, to be fair, I hate Marmite just as much. Don't like XXXX either. For non Aussies, that is not a swear word that has been filtered.
Coops.
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09-05-2013, 04:43
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#142
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
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Originally Posted by Coops
Correct, not an Aussie, but an exiled Pom. But, to be fair, I hate Marmite just as much. Don't like XXXX either. For non Aussies, that is not a swear word that has been filtered.
Coops.
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Can't hold that against you; it's terrible stuff (and I was born a banana bender).
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09-05-2013, 05:02
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#143
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
You have one redeeming feature then The dislike of Duck's urine, not the being a Queerslander.
Coops.
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09-05-2013, 14:25
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#144
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
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Originally Posted by Coops
Correct, not an Aussie, but an exiled Pom. But, to be fair, I hate Marmite just as much. Don't like XXXX either. For non Aussies, that is not a swear word that has been filtered.
Coops.
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I was not a fan of XXXX either until I spent a week in Mooloolaba, preparing my new (to me) boat for the trip down to Hobart. It was 35+ degrees C (90 degrees F) every day and humidity was very high. I drank a lot of XXXX, served icy cold. I got to quite like it
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09-05-2013, 14:44
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#145
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
For all you non-Aussies, XXXX is what is put on the label of a liquid resembling beer in Queensland. They chose that name because they could not spell "B-E-E-R".
Or so they say i n NSW...
Cheers,
Jim
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09-05-2013, 14:48
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#146
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
They dare not put "beer" on it for fear of being done for misleading advertising practices.
Coops.
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09-05-2013, 17:09
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#147
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
"I was not a fan of XXXX either until I spent a week in Mooloolaba"
English, please.
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09-05-2013, 17:47
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#149
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Ran out of vegemite in Vanuatu. Not a tragedy but does improve the local breakfast crackers. Neighbours anchored nearby came to the rescue with a large jar taken from their carton of jars in their well stocked larder.
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10-05-2013, 02:19
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#150
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Re: What Can you not find in Certain Countries While Cruising?
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Originally Posted by GypsyHawk
Ran out of vegemite in Vanuatu. Not a tragedy but does improve the local breakfast crackers. Neighbours anchored nearby came to the rescue with a large jar taken from their carton of jars in their well stocked larder.
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Gotta luv fellow cruisers
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