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#486268 - Tue Nov 03 2009 07:12 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MarchHare007 Enthusiast Registered: Wed Aug 08 2007 Posts: 222 Loc: Jilliby NSW Australia	launches self into the fray.... I'm a Vegemite Kid! My favourite vegemite eat treat is on hot buttered toast bliss but hot vegemite toast with a poached egg or buttered saos with vegemite and cheese run close! My daughter spent 4 months in Georgia with CCUSA and found two Americans who were hooked on vegemite and carried their own supplies. She did show them how to make their vegemite toast 'properly' - and then all the available councellors Embraced the Change! They are now also hooked on Tim Tams (a chocolate biscuits) as well! As for iSnack.... - look what's happened now! www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,26185420-462,00.html _________________________ "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land among the stars." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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#486269 - Tue Nov 03 2009 11:06 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Lones78 Prolific Registered: Mon Apr 27 2009 Posts: 1498 Loc: Forrestfield Westernï¿½Austral...	mmmm saos with vegemite and cheese - haven't had that in years. I might just go down the shops this arvo and get me some saos! And I have my jar of iSnack2.0 in my cupboard (for posperity). There is heaps of it on the shelves of my local shop, I might just buy some more jars (just in case) when I go down and get some saos. _________________________ In the process of thinking up something deep and meaningful to have as a signature line...
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#486270 - Tue Nov 03 2009 11:33 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MarchHare007 Enthusiast Registered: Wed Aug 08 2007 Posts: 222 Loc: Jilliby NSW Australia	Could be history making Lones! Did you do the vitawheat (sandwich) with the butter and vegemite 'worms' too? _________________________ "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land among the stars." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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#486271 - Wed Nov 04 2009 01:56 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Quote: Quote: Remember 'New Coke'? Yes, I do. I also remember the delightful 'Pepsi Blue', which provided your RDA of Blue Dye #1. Or Crystal Pepsi for that matter. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#486272 - Wed Nov 04 2009 07:47 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Lones78 Prolific Registered: Mon Apr 27 2009 Posts: 1498 Loc: Forrestfield Westernï¿½Austral...	Quote: Did you do the vitawheat (sandwich) with the butter and vegemite 'worms' too? What Australian child hasn't done that? _________________________ In the process of thinking up something deep and meaningful to have as a signature line...
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#486273 - Thu Nov 05 2009 01:10 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
The_lioness33 Multiloquent Registered: Sat Feb 25 2006 Posts: 2869 Loc: Adelaide South Australia	I want one again! I haven't had one in ages. That will be my lunch tomorrow.
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#486274 - Thu Nov 05 2009 06:16 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MadMags Star Poster Registered: Sat May 03 2008 Posts: 17092 Loc: Orosi Costa Rica	Ok, now you have to explain to us uninitiated in the ways of yeast spreads, what vegemite worms are! Quote: They are now also hooked on Tim Tams (a chocolate biscuits) as well! Jumps up and down Me too, me too! A friend just sent me nine (count 'em, nine! ) assorted packs of Tim Tams, as well as a box of Cadbury favourites. Seriously, they have to be the best cookie in the world! I just may have to move to Australia...... _________________________ A smile is a curved line that sets things straight. ~ Anon.
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#486275 - Thu Nov 05 2009 07:19 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Lones78 Prolific Registered: Mon Apr 27 2009 Posts: 1498 Loc: Forrestfield Westernï¿½Austral...	It's simple really, 'Vegemite worms' occur when you get 2 crackers with holes in them, spread with Vegemite, then squish together. The Vegemite has to go somewhere so it comes up through the holes in the cracker hence the reference to 'worms' And for those who like Tim Tams, I just won a year's supply of them! It's for work though and we'll go through them in a couple of months but at least we wont need to buy any for a while. _________________________ In the process of thinking up something deep and meaningful to have as a signature line...
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#486276 - Thu Nov 05 2009 08:04 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MarchHare007 Enthusiast Registered: Wed Aug 08 2007 Posts: 222 Loc: Jilliby NSW Australia	A year's supply Lones? I think you need the Genie for that...a Never Ending supply! Mags you lucky thing - aren't they Just the Best! yummie I love a Tim Tam Slam with my coffee (or hot chocolate) too! You bite off opposite corners from the Tim Tam...and suck the hot drink through it and then pop it into you mouth before it implodes! bliss Oooops...sorry. pushes thread back on track _________________________ "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land among the stars." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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#486277 - Thu Nov 05 2009 09:54 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Lones78 Prolific Registered: Mon Apr 27 2009 Posts: 1498 Loc: Forrestfield Westernï¿½Austral...	A year's supply (according to Arnotts) is 48 packets - which is 2 cartons. 1 will be delivered soon and the second in April next year. Almost as good as the genie The boys I work with are really looking forward to them. _________________________ In the process of thinking up something deep and meaningful to have as a signature line...
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#486278 - Thu Nov 05 2009 10:53 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MarchHare007 Enthusiast Registered: Wed Aug 08 2007 Posts: 222 Loc: Jilliby NSW Australia	Just as well it's not to be delivered on April 1st Lones! So 1.4 and a bit Tim Tams per day.....and how many fellas do you work with? _________________________ "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land among the stars." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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#486279 - Thu Nov 05 2009 11:55 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Copago Moderator Registered: Tue May 15 2001 Posts: 14384 Loc: Australia	Quote: A year's supply (according to Arnotts) is 48 packets - which is 2 cartons. scoff they don't know what they're talking about! I can imagine races to the tea room at your work come smoko.
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#486280 - Fri Nov 06 2009 12:00 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Lones78 Prolific Registered: Mon Apr 27 2009 Posts: 1498 Loc: Forrestfield Westernï¿½Austral...	There are 3 women and 12 men here where I work. Not enough Tim Tams to go around but not everyone eats them (phew!). We worked out that the win would save us about $120. Not too bad. Of course we had to buy all those packets of Tim Tams (and eat them) to enter the competition in the first place (I think I entered about 20 times). We can now spend the money we save on Tim Tams on the Coke that the boys out in the workshop seem to have hooked up to an intravenous drip. _________________________ In the process of thinking up something deep and meaningful to have as a signature line...
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#486281 - Mon Nov 09 2009 02:17 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
The_lioness33 Multiloquent Registered: Sat Feb 25 2006 Posts: 2869 Loc: Adelaide South Australia	I have a new convert to the vegemite crowd! I made my Japanese student a vegemite sandwich, and she loved it. Apparently it tastes like Miso Soup. yay
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#486282 - Mon Nov 09 2009 04:49 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MarchHare007 Enthusiast Registered: Wed Aug 08 2007 Posts: 222 Loc: Jilliby NSW Australia	Excellent lioness! When your Japanese student returns home, they can convert Japan and Vegemite can attain World Domination! _________________________ "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land among the stars." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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#486283 - Mon Nov 09 2009 06:39 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	Here is a link to let you know that Marmite is available in Japan, but sadly Vegemite is not popular. Oh dear http://www.deepkyoto.com/?tag=marmite _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#486284 - Mon Nov 09 2009 06:49 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MarchHare007 Enthusiast Registered: Wed Aug 08 2007 Posts: 222 Loc: Jilliby NSW Australia	Oh Ren - then there's scope for a Whole New Market right at your back door! _________________________ "Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land among the stars." ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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#486285 - Mon Nov 09 2009 07:13 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
The_lioness33 Multiloquent Registered: Sat Feb 25 2006 Posts: 2869 Loc: Adelaide South Australia	Quote: Here is a link to let you know that Marmite is available in Japan, but sadly Vegemite is not popular. Oh dear <a href="http://www.deepkyoto.com/?tag=marmite" target="_blank">http://www.deepkyoto.com/?tag=marmite</a> Yes, well. I will send her back with a little jar and she will convert all of them
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#486286 - Mon Nov 09 2009 08:56 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
ozzz2002 Moderator Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001 Posts: 20907 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	Lioness, you had better make it a big jar- there are an awful lot of them to convert! _________________________ The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not smashing it. Ex-Editor, Hobbies and Sports, and Forum Moderator
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#486287 - Mon Nov 09 2009 11:20 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Copago Moderator Registered: Tue May 15 2001 Posts: 14384 Loc: Australia	well, yeah, but you don't need much of it, Ozzz!
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#486288 - Tue Nov 10 2009 12:21 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	Quote: Lioness, you had better make it a big jar- there are an awful lot of them to convert! Only a few million...but ren has so many that can be converted too...1.7 billion. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#486289 - Tue Nov 10 2009 06:41 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MadMags Star Poster Registered: Sat May 03 2008 Posts: 17092 Loc: Orosi Costa Rica	Ren might need two jars then. _________________________ A smile is a curved line that sets things straight. ~ Anon.
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#486290 - Tue Nov 10 2009 10:07 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
dippo Mainstay Registered: Sat Jun 14 2008 Posts: 745 Loc: London England UK	Just to get back to the comparison, I don't think you can deny that Marmite wins for style (as well as taste). Is there a Vegemite shop anywhere? I think not! http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/marmite-pop-up-shop-article-8844.html
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#486291 - Tue Nov 10 2009 10:58 AM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
MadMags Star Poster Registered: Sat May 03 2008 Posts: 17092 Loc: Orosi Costa Rica	I see they're only open for ten weeks over the Christmas season. A good place to get that perfect gag gift! (Pun only semi-intended) _________________________ A smile is a curved line that sets things straight. ~ Anon.
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#486292 - Tue Nov 10 2009 01:58 PM Re: Marmite versus Vegemite - Let Battle Commence!
Copago Moderator Registered: Tue May 15 2001 Posts: 14384 Loc: Australia	Quote: Ren might need two jars then. HA!
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