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Old 09-25-2012, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Australia
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I've run out of Vegemite, it's been about 5 days now and I'm jonesing bad.

I have no money until tomorrow and all I can think of is vegemite toast.

Visions of it are dancing through my head. It will be the FIRST thing I buy tomorrow when I get paid.

I'm suffering...how do you Aussies in foreign lands cope???

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Old 09-25-2012, 09:47 PM
 
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I have never had it, but I know this guy that lived for a couple of years in Australia and he told me that was the food he hated the most. What is it exactly?
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Old 09-25-2012, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Australia
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Opinions vary but

Its the boiled down scrapings from recycled tyres

The sweepings off the floor from the factory where they make golliwogs

Recycled sump oil

Nah it's yeast extract, what's left over when they brew beer.

The worlds richest known source of Vitamin B which is why the FDA in all their wisdom have BANNED it as a supplement in the US. All Aussies know it is actually the toejam of the Gods.
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Old 09-25-2012, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Volcano
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What is it exactly?
It's a dark paste, manufactured from brewer's yeast, a byproduct of the beer industry. It has some flavoring added from vegetables and spices. It is salty and savory and somewhat reminiscent of beef bouillon, but rather than being used to make broth, it is spread on toast as a snack.

It's wildly popular in Australia. As the saying goes, there's no accounting for taste.
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Old 09-25-2012, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Volcano
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The worlds richest known source of Vitamin B which is why the FDA in all their wisdom have BANNED it as a supplement in the US.
Not true.

snopes.com: FDA Vegemite Ban
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Old 09-26-2012, 06:18 AM
 
Location: In a house
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It's not available in the USA, because American gods don't ooze toejam. They ooze marshmallow fluff.
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Old 09-26-2012, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Volcano
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Accchhh. For those who can't be bothered to open the Snopes citation, the FDA says there is no government ban on Vegemite.
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Old 09-26-2012, 09:35 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Yeah I've seen it in stores, so no way it's banned.
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Old 09-26-2012, 09:36 AM
 
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I buy it at the local "World Market" (for those who don't know, it's a chain specializing in imported odd'n'ends). Good stuff.
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Old 09-26-2012, 09:39 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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I buy it at the local "World Market" (for those who don't know, it's a chain specializing in imported odd'n'ends). Good stuff.
Yeah that's where I've seen it!
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