BBC - Australia may limit Vegemite sales amid 'alcohol abuse'

[villiers]

My butler tells me that he has spoken with the kitchen staff who maintain that the original product was Argentinian. Leftovers from the immense slaughterhouses boiled the beef until all that remained was a sticky substance sold as `beef extract´. This was popular but expensive so that manufacturers in the Midlands came up with a cheap substitute made out of yeast. This is now sold as Bovril, marmite, vegemite and all the rest. And this is what is now consumed by the proletarian masses (the ones who have not yet turned to Nutella).

[Paul S.]

vegemite was classified unobtainium when my wife and I first came to the US so we brought a few jars with us. The only available alternative then was marmite in an area heavily populated by British ex-pats. When the Vegemite ran out I, being younger and less experienced, tried substituting a jar of Marmite in a vain attempt to placate the mother of my children.

I was promptly informed in terms that can not be repeated in polite company that not only was Marmite NOT a substitute for Vegemite, it was NOT an "alternative", and that further attempts to pass off such _____ would promptly result in a painfully cruel death.



Lesson learned.

[WarPig1976]

Balony sandwiches!

Balogna with onions and yellow mustard,,,Yummy!! Replace the Balogna with Liverwurst and you my friend are eat'in good.

Not a U.S thing but regional is Scrapple. After all the desirable cuts are taken from the pig what remains goes into scrapple, and I mean everything!!! We eat it with breakfast. I'd punch a nun to get it like my mother cooked it again....

[browningautorifle]

scrapple

Sounds like what we called Head Cheese...

[villiers]

Yes, it does sound revolting! Better keep it (and many other things) on the other side of the Atlantic.

[WarPig1976]

They do share some ingredients. Scrapple is more of a solidified mush fried until crispy on the outside, mushy on the inside.

[WarPig1976]

Yes, it does sound revolting! Better keep it (and many other things) on the other side of the Atlantic.

Revolting? the German settlers of this area came up with it!!...:roll eyes:

[Paul S.]

Having eaten Scrapple when I was in Pennsylvania I will be the first to say that I thought its seasoning and flavor was actually very good. The wife on the other hand, thought it was ghastly. Like vegemite, it is an acquired taste not attractive to everyone.

[WarPig1976]

You know what I'd like to know. Who was the very first knuckle dragger that picked up an oyster cracked it open an said to himself, I think I'll stick this in my mouth. It had to be on a bet???

[CINDERS]

The darer was probably the mate of the knuckle dragger who was pushing a rock wheel he invented and wondering what practical use it would be to the world!