OT Vegemite

[aalaan]

Jay, Suzanne and others...

In my gratitude for the marvellous advice often given on here I have often
offered to send a jar of Vegemite from deepest Australia with my
compliments. I see in my newspaper today that Vegemite is now illegal in the
USA, so that's off now.

But greetings to all anyway.

PS: I tried disabling Norton's but it made no difference in this case...

 

[Jay Freedman]

Outrage!!!!

I bet you could send me some, and it would get through without
problems as long as you labeled the package "Anthrax Spores".

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[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Vegemite should be banned everywhere.. Marmite is better..

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I've had one or the other--think probably it was Marmite (my son-in-law is
Jamaican and grew up with it). It's definitely an acquired taste. <g>

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[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

50's babies in the UK were known as Marmite babies.. it was something we
grew up with alongside malt syrup, rose hip syrup, Ovaltine rusks and cod
liver oil..

http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/marmite.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I was born in the '40s and don't think I ever had any of those things (not
even the dread cod liver oil, though I knew about it from books, where it
was axiomatic for medicinal nastiness, along with asafoetida). What we did
have was Zweibach and Pablum.

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[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

You missed out.. what can I say?.

 

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Suzanne

I still take cod liver oil (for my arthritic knees), but fortunately in
capsule form these days (though they still sell it in bottles for the
brave).

Vegemite and Marmite: I've had both and liked neither.

Terry Farrell

 

[Chuck Davis]

The brand is now owned by Kraft Foods, an American multinational that is
part of the Altria Group of companies and Australian produced Vegemite is
available in the United Kingdom and United States.

 

[Graham Mayor]

I still have cod liver oil (in capsules) every day (much more palatable than
the liquid we had as kids). In conjunction with glucosamine it is great for
keeping old joints working and is a fine source of Omega 3.

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[aalaan]

And in the UK Andrews Liver Salts. Quite refreshing.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Forgot about that..

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Presumably they have/had the same function as Carter's Little Liver Pills
(i.e., nothing to do with the liver)?

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[Peter in New Zealand]

Hey! Can't let this pass without a work in defense of the stuff - Marmite &
Vegemite are GREAT!!! I grew up with them and at 62 I still use the stuff
and enjoy it. You gotta be tough to handle it though - like we breed 'em in
good ol' NZ.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Perhaps you should not have started smoking when you were 11 and then you
would have some taste buds left

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[Bright Spark]

Oh, my goodness yes -- Andrews Liver Salts -- forgot about that!

Thank you for this great OT thread!! As an ex-Londoner living in
Southern California for a million years, who makes sure there is
always a jar of Marmite in the cupboard, after the news about Vegemite
the thought of possibly not being able to get Marmite in the US caused
a serious moment of thought of purchasing about 6 cases of it right
away!

Bright Spark

 

[aalaan]

It's really amazing how much interest this thread generated. Regards to all.

 

[Peter in New Zealand]

Ahhh - cough - hack - it 'elps the rotted lung tissue yer see.