OT - Marmite

"lucretia borgia" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:02:45 -0500, "lucille"
opined:

Come to think of it, some marmite on grits would taste good.



That just sounds sooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddd. lol

The saltiness of the marmite would lift the bland flavour of the
grits.



Not being a lover of grits I don't think it could make it worse.

Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply) wrote:
Sharon wrote:
A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package
today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting,
gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old
boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food.
Barf I think the husband might be able to use it to grease up his
snow blower. I had to swallow a whole extra glass of red wine to get
rid of the taste - woe is me!! :-))

Sharon (N.B.)

And this from a resident of a country that gave the world "grits".
You're not supposed to eat Marmite by the spoonful! It's meant to be
spread VERY thinly on hot, buttered crumpets and slowly savoured.
Bruce...eben the USA didn't give us gross grits.......theyare southern.
Hoever

"Sharon" wrote in message
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A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package
today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting,
gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old
boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food.
Barf I think the husband might be able to use it to grease up his
snow blower. I had to swallow a whole extra glass of red wine to get
rid of the taste - woe is me!! :-))

Sharon (N.B.)

LOLOLOL! I LOVE it - but, as the advert says - you either love it or hate
it. It`s very similar to Australia`s Vegemite, but their`s is only for
wusses - it`s not as strong as ours! It`s vary good for you though!

Pat

"Gillian Murray" wrote in message
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Sharon wrote:
On Jan 20, 6:02 pm, Gillian Murray wrote:
Sharon wrote:
A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package
today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting,
gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old
boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food.
Barf I think the husband might be able to use it to grease up his
snow blower. I had to swallow a whole extra glass of red wine to get
rid of the taste - woe is me!! :-))
Sharon (N.B.)
Well, am I disappointed!!! I thought you NB babes had good taste;
obviously I was misinformed.

Gill

I think Lucille described it to a *T* ... GOOP. It looks like motor
oil and tastes worse (well you know what I mean). :-) My husband is
like 'Mikey' - he'll eat anything ... but one taste of that was enough
for him. He can't believe a human would eat that stuff. And you
spread that on bread like peanut butter?

Sharon (N.B.)
Hell, no...... I would never put my bread within 10 miles of the noxious
stuff called Peanut butter. That is truly barf-worthy as the LLH (late
lamented husband)could tell you if he was around.

You don't SLATHER the stuff!!!...Like Brylcream.. a little dab will do
you. Why do they come in such small jars at such a high price do you
think??

Have we mentioned Twiglets yet?

Gillian?

I love Marmite spread thinly on crackers with a nice bit of extra mature
cheddar.

Ooh - Twiglets - must pick some up tomorrow. If you`re ever feeling
deprived, Gill - I can send you either!

Pat

Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply) wrote:
Sharon wrote:
A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package
today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting,
gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old
boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food.
Barf I think the husband might be able to use it to grease up his
snow blower. I had to swallow a whole extra glass of red wine to get
rid of the taste - woe is me!! :-))

Sharon (N.B.)

And this from a resident of a country that gave the world "grits".
You're not supposed to eat Marmite by the spoonful! It's meant to be
spread VERY thinly on hot, buttered crumpets and slowly savoured.


Uh - wrong. The United States gave the world "grits". Sharon is new
New Brunswick (Canada).

MargW

lucretia borgia wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:41:09 -0500, "lucille"
opined:

"Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)"
wrote in message ...
Sharon wrote:
A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package
today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting,
gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old
boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food.
Barf I think the husband might be able to use it to grease up his
snow blower. I had to swallow a whole extra glass of red wine to get
rid of the taste - woe is me!! :-))

Sharon (N.B.)
And this from a resident of a country that gave the world "grits".
You're not supposed to eat Marmite by the spoonful! It's meant to be
spread VERY thinly on hot, buttered crumpets and slowly savoured.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk
"Never ask a man if he is from Yorkshire. If he is he will surely tell
you. If he's not, why embarrass him?"


Do you suppose if we would call it Polenta, or Farina, it would please your
palate any better? It truly is almost identical.

Come to think of it, some marmite on grits would taste good.

It might be the only way to make grits palatable, but why waste
perfectly good Marmite? It would be better to put the gross peanut
butter on the equally blah grits!!

G

Parrotfish wrote:
"Sharon" wrote ...
Gillian Murray wrote:
Sharon wrote:
A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package
today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting,
gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old
boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food.
Barf I think the husband might be able to use it to grease up his
snow blower. I had to swallow a whole extra glass of red wine to get
rid of the taste - woe is me!! :-))

Well, am I disappointed!!! I thought you NB babes had good taste;
obviously I was misinformed.


I think Lucille described it to a *T* ... GOOP. It looks like motor
oil and tastes worse (well you know what I mean). :-) My husband is
like 'Mikey' - he'll eat anything ... but one taste of that was enough
for him. He can't believe a human would eat that stuff. And you
spread that on bread like peanut butter?

Nooooooo....... Spread it verrrrrrry thin!
I can't stand the stuff, but my ex-husband was a fan. I nearly killed him
with a Marmite sandwhich that was spread a tad thick Lol.


Come on, Polly,

I was born and spent my first ten years in Surrey. It was the one and
only place I tasted Peanut butter..it was gross in 1946 and still gross.

Now Marmite takes a certain technique to use, and a ref"eened" palate to
appreciate.
Gillian

lucretia borgia wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:24:07 -0000, "Parrotfish"
opined:
I think Lucille described it to a *T* ... GOOP. It looks like motor
oil and tastes worse (well you know what I mean). :-) My husband is
like 'Mikey' - he'll eat anything ... but one taste of that was enough
for him. He can't believe a human would eat that stuff. And you
spread that on bread like peanut butter?

Nooooooo....... Spread it verrrrrrry thin!
I can't stand the stuff, but my ex-husband was a fan. I nearly killed him
with a Marmite sandwhich that was spread a tad thick Lol.


I tried telling Sharon that, she whacked in on just liked she pours
wine lol

Not he correct swirl, sniff and sip?? Just a gulp?

Pat P wrote:
"Sharon" wrote in message
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A very nice lady I know who lives in N.S. sent me a lovely package
today. Marmite!!! Holy crap, it has got to be the most foul tasting,
gut wrenching, disgusting thing I ever tasted. I'd rather lick an old
boot. No wonder you guys came to America - to get some decent food.
Barf I think the husband might be able to use it to grease up his
snow blower. I had to swallow a whole extra glass of red wine to get
rid of the taste - woe is me!! :-))

Sharon (N.B.)


LOLOLOL! I LOVE it - but, as the advert says - you either love it or hate
it. It`s very similar to Australia`s Vegemite, but their`s is only for
wusses - it`s not as strong as ours! It`s vary good for you though!

Pat


I do not like Marmite. I have never liked Marmite. Not even as gravy
browning (nor do I like Bovril or Oxo. They all taste fake to me).
Just as an aside, I once bought some Marmite for an American guest who
wanted to try it. He didn't like it either, so it got pushed to the
back of the pantry shelf. About five years later, I came across it.
Unchanged. Not mouldy, not changed in texture, just exactly the same
after five (or more) years sitting on the shelf.

OTOH, I do like peanut butter provided it is all-natural. The one
easiest to find is by Smuckers, although when I lived in the North I was
able to find a few other brands of all-natural. However, in this house
we do not normally eat it with jelly. DH having first tasted it during
WWII in a care package, but knowing nothing about it, his family ate it
with a sprinkle of salt. Peanuts get salted, right? So, that is what
he taught me after we came to this country. Peanut butter, stirred
thoroughly upon first opening, then stored in the fridge to keep the oil
well distributed, then spread on home-made whole wheat bread with a
sprinkle of table salt. Delicious.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

lucretia borgia wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:59:02 -0500, "lucille"
opined:

You don't SLATHER the stuff!!!...Like Brylcream.. a little dab will do
you. Why do they come in such small jars at such a high price do you
think??

Have we mentioned Twiglets yet?

Gillian?


What the hell is a twiglet? I sounds like a small, sharp piece of wood.



Go on Gillian, you enlighten her lol

Lord, and t think came over here in 1961 to educate the colonials, as
my younger brother put it!!!

Twiglets, dear Lucille are not now as tasty as they were. They really do
look like little twigs, but the brown spots on them are Marmite. They
accompany wine, booze or whatever is your evil. Here in the US we have
all the pretzels and other filling, bland non-tasty stuff..but a
twiglet or two, nibbled carefully gets that palate ready to appreciate
whatever liquid you choose to imbibe!

A connoisseurs choice.

Gillian