Skip to main content

Vegemite/Marmite

Ppl who know me, know that i LURVE vegemite. Dun look at me strangely. yes it has a strong taste and looks like an industrial lubricant, BUT it is full of wonderful vitamins and minerals and it is very tasty, to me at least! can't really recall when i started lurving this australian "national food". prob started in my teens on one my only 2 trips to australia the first being the school trip to perth in sec 2 (12 years ago, gulp!) and the next being the trip to brisbane in sec 3 (11 years ago, yikes!). i absolutely fell in love with the savoury taste despite its less than palatable appearance. and i just found out exactly why i CRAVE for it- it is made from yeast extract, a by-product of beer brewing! haha! so other than the barley hops, i probably dig every single product and by-product of beer brewing.


I have searched high and low for vegemite. to no avail. So i may have to settle for marmite, the UK version which recipe vegemite copied. Here's Nigella Lawson's recipe for Marmite sandwiches:

Whisk soft unsalted butter with some Marmite and then spread the peanut-butter coloured mix on to sliced white bread. 100g butter is enough to sandwich the slices of one loaf, the quantity of Marmite depends on whether you want a mild-tasting, buff-coloured cream or a salty-strong, sunbed-tan glaze.

there's even a fanclub webpage at and "hateclub" webpage, cos well, you either love it or hate it!
Labels:

Comments

Anonymous said…
Thanks for supporting Kraft. Need me to send some vegemite over for your bday?
Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:18:00 PM
joop said…
its ok.. i'll survive on marmite. almost the same. you save up to buy air ticket here for holiday.
Monday, May 28, 2007 2:44:00 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Happy Easter!

Busy Easter weekend! Got my screening report from the doctors on Thursday, I have to cut down on sugars, oily food and carbs.... uhoh, nothing about the lumps so i'm grateful. Marc Jacobs bag arrived in the evening, woohoo!   Good Friday was spent in Church and shopping at Sim Lim Square for Hao-e's new PC. Pilates on Saturday morning after a week's break, super out of shape.  think i should probably start doing some exercises at home and maybe go for swim downstairs when i get a chance. Chewy had a good scrubbing session at noon then off to watch Le Noir at Sands Theatre on Saturday afternoon, fun! Cousin-in-law's wedding dinner at Conrad on Saturday evening, no shark's fin which was a bummer. Easter mass on Sunday morning followed by Qingming thingamie at Mt Vernon. Sunday brunch at York Hotel's Penang Hawker Buffet, yum! Watched 1.5 movies too - GI Joe (meh) and SVFV (vulgar).  SVFV was the movie that  was banned and made the h...
Post a Comment
Read more

dinner at swizzle inn

last night we had a most scrumptious bbq dinner at the original swizzle inn . much much much better than the dinner we had some days back with O and K at the branch in warwick. woo.... i had the char-grilled prime rib and the much famed rum swizzle, while hao-e had the margarita shrimp and strawberry daiquiri. blogging about it brings back nice memories. heh. Oh! C and i found some fresh watercress at the marketplace yesterday. so today's lunch we had watercress soup. i've been yearning for some light clear vegetable soup for some time... especially after a discussion with HL about the lack of vege variety here, and how she spotted kailan on the island! KAILAN !!! how did they manage to get their hands on kailan ?! i was joking with HL that one of the chefs must have secretly brought over some seeds and planted some in his back garden. or else why doesn't kailan appear in the vege aisle of the marketplace as well?! oh, and i bought some canned longan, jackfrui...
Post a Comment
Read more

Forgive and Forget

it's been a long time since i've written anything of a serious nature. i try to keep this blog lighthearted but some things have been bugging me lately and i need to ventilate and detox myself. so please bear with me as i spurt and sputter some bad blood. one, because of man A's negligence, my start date has been delayed till further notice. was rather upset about it, not because i was looking forward to what i thought i was about to do, but because once again, my plans have been thwarted by things and people beyond my control. i should have been able to start in july had hao-e's permanent work permit been granted right after his first temporary work permit lapsed. BUT, it didn't happen that way cos hao-e had to settle for a second temporary work permit as they tried to sort out his permanent one. now, with this delay, i'm not sure when i can begin contributing to the "save stella" fund. [C was really cute today as i told her the amount that i ...
Post a Comment
Read more