Vegemite

[glitter]

So I went to the Vegemite website- and I can see that its brown and has lots of vitamin B- but what does it TASTE like? What is the flavor? Do you love it?

[Wattle]

   Yep I LOVE it. I don't know an Aussie that doesn't. 

It's a spread that is in everyones pantry. Its one of the first foods my kids ate... Vegemite on toast.... they use to suck it to death.   

Butter the toast or bread.... then spread the vegemite THINLY over the butter. You only need a little. mmmmmmmmmmm   

[charee]

Me too and same with my kids we love the stuff

[Chris]

I went to the site to earlier today and couldn't find an ingriedent listing to try to come up with what it might taste like. All I found was that is is brewers yeast baste. There's gotta be more than that for ingriedents right? Well when I do the Christmas secret Santa next year and get someone from Aussie, send me some of this Vegemite, I'm curious to know what it taste like.

[Wattle]

If you tasted it Chris I am sure you would think we are all ...   

It is savoury and kind of salty.... oh its too hard to describe.

[RichardMEL]

Yeah you just can't describe that awesome vegemite taste... but it definitely is one of those things I think you grow up with (down here) and love... and foreigners.. just think it's disgusting.

I remember on a late night talk show many moons ago they gave some to a visiting US movie star to taste... gosh who was it... it was one of those guys infamous for something but his name excapes me. Anyway he took a taste and spat it out saying "this tastes like s**t!!!" it was the funniest thing out.

Put me down as a vegemite eating nerd boy!

[tamara]

Yep, I'm a happy lil vegemite ! 

[paddbear0000]

My husband brought a jar of it back from Australia when he did a job there several years ago. He still has it! If it's still good, and I work up the nerve, I'll try it and give you my input!   

[Beth36]

You can get it at World Market, if you have one near you here in the US.  I've been tempted to try it but I just can't get past the color!


Beth

[paddbear0000]

Same for me. And the face my husband made when I asked him how he liked it one time!   

[Black]

I want to see an ingredient list.

[paddbear0000]

Never mind. I won't be trying ours. It expired 7 years ago!!

Ingredients: Yeast extract, salt, mineral salt (508, 509), malt extract, natural colour (150), vegetable extract, thamine, riboflavin, niacin.

Thanks, but I think I'll stick to my vitamins!

[Falkenbach]

Ah Vegemite - a staple of the Australian diet.

Anyone with a British background might be familiar with Marmite?? It's very similar to that, but much nicer.

If you're not used to it, it would probably just taste salty. Take Wattle's advice and spread it THINLY. Thick vegemite is pretty horrid.

Billy Connolly was once telling a story about how he was eating Vegemite on toast in his hotel room whilst touring Australia. He was sitting on his bed eating and he dropped the toast - face down - on the bed. So there's this brown stain on his sheets, and he tried to rub it clean which obviously just made it worse  Apparently there was somewhat of stunned reaction from a hotel employee who entered the room and caught sight of it - well you know what the employee must have THOUGHT, don't you? 

[Black]

Never mind. I won't be trying ours. It expired 7 years ago!!

Ingredients: Yeast extract, salt, mineral salt (508, 509), malt extract, natural colour (150), vegetable extract, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin.

Thanks, but I think I'll stick to my vitamins!

After seeing the ingredients I'd say an expiration date is a good thing because you probably couldn't tell from the taste if it had gone bad. 

Maybe it's like caviar, an acquired taste. 

[Falkenbach]

I think expiration dates are there for legal purposes only. I doubt Vegemite would go off, at least not for years and years!

[Ang]

vegemite  is  an  aquired  taste,i  reckon  you  have  to  grow  up  eating  it,  to  like  it.
happy little  vegemite  here  too

[Chris]

As long as it didn't taste like fish or any other water living food, I'd be willing to try it. Besides toast, what else is it used for?

[charee]

As long as it didn't taste like fish or any other water living food, I'd be willing to try it. Besides toast, what else is it used for?

vegemite and cheese sandwiches on really fresh bread yum and i have  seen a recipe somewhere where you put some in a meat and vegetable stew

[Falkenbach]

As long as it didn't taste like fish or any other water living food, I'd be willing to try it. Besides toast, what else is it used for?

Not much else apart from toast or sandwiches. It's also nice on crispbread, or Vita Wheats or Salads or other savoury biscuits that are intended to have toppings.

[Amanda From OZ]

I LOVE VEGEMITE..

[KT0930]

I tried it once when I was about 12 or 13, thought it was the most horrid thing ever...sorry Aussies! Like you say, it must be something you have to grow up with.

[UNIBALLER]

I've tried and found it to be one of the most vile and disgusting things I've ever put into my mouth. Not to long ago I discovered it is an amazing catfish bait and have gone through many bottles since then and landed many nice cats

[monrein]

I agree that if you grow up with either marmite or vegemite you love the taste if you haven't .....yuck.   (I love chicken feet and tripe for the same reason...childhood and used to it.)  Vegemite is super salty though if I remember correctly...that's what would worry me. 

[twirl]

vegemite  is  an  aquired  taste,i  reckon  you  have  to  grow  up  eating  it,  to  like  it.
happy little  vegemite  here  too

I'll send you grits or canned armadillo meat or both for some vegemite

[spacezombie]

I've been dying to try either Vegemite or Marmite but I can't seem to find any around here! I love savory/salty flavors. Quick someone send me some!