June 27, 2005

DON'T DO IT ROB - YOU'VE GOT YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU!!

I have an Aussie friend (still living in Australia) and when I asked her about this Vegemite stuff, she said "Its disgusting".....Soooo, not sure I would recommend it...

Come on Rob you just got out of the hospital. I lived in OZ for two years and would rather eat that other national treat, witchetty grubs, than ever let that vile substance cross my lips again.

I tried the stuff once...

My advice is to have some of that blackberry brandy...err...wine handy to kill the taste.

It's not bad at all.

My girlfriend is English. We eat Marmite on toast all the time.

The Vegemite I have tasted is very similar to Marmite. Maybe a bit stronger.

Just don't spread it on TOO thick.

Vegemite Sandwich. Hmmm... Isn't that an old "Men at Work" Song?

Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,
"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,
"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said,
"Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

I love that stuff, but at $9 for a little 4-ounce jar, it is only an occasional pleasure.

The first time I tried vegemite I made the mistake of spreading it like peanut butter. When it comes to vegemite, a little goes a long way.

I too have heard it is nasty shit. But if you really like it, my friend is moving here from Australia this Sept. I can have her bring you some more.

Anyone that will eat that shit, will suck a dick, Cat

I'm with you Cat.
It tastes sorta like shit, just not quite as good.
As for Marmite, It goes well with burnt booger biscuits but that's about it.

Sobriety and marmite do not mix. If you must partake after all these admonitions, at least do yourself the favor of imbibing sufficient spirits to forget the experience.

I know whereof I speak. I regularly partake of "Limburger" and enjoy it immensely. Vegimite is not to be trifled with!

I think you should try it at least once. They are right, a little goes a very long way. I used a bit too much and it felt corrosive on my tongue.