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Old 05-26-2015, 02:57 AM
 
Location: Australia, Melbourne
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Vegemite is an Australian wheat extract thread. Its taste is unique, often described as a cross between soy sauce and beef stock. I am the only person in my family who likes it. My dad calls it axle grease. Other people say that Vegemite is so gross that even a car doesn't deserve such a fate.

How to get the best from Vegemite. I am a highly experienced Vegemite veteran who began my Vegemite journey aged 3.

1. Get some bread slices
2. put the bread slices on a sandwich maker/toastie maker.
3. Add your preferred cheese onto the top of the bread.
4. Spread a little bit of Vegemite onto the inside of the bread. I mean a little bit.
5. Switch on Toastie maker/sandwich maker.
6. You will produce cheese and Vegemite toasties!! The Vegemite will have marbled with the cheese and produce a warm, marbled combo! Mmmm!

DO NOT eat spponfuls of Vegemite from the jar. I don't have it that way. The only people who do that are Aussie 3 year olds.

I have watched Youtube videos. Most people find Vegemite so bad that as a tool of interrogation it would make them confess to anything. No more waterboarding!! A Japanese woman liked it and said that it is like the Japanese "fifth flavour".

Vegemite is very, very salty. It competes with salty peanuts for that title.

Enjoy. Or not. .
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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I like Marmite, I can't get Vegemite around here.

I add a bit of Marmite to my braises and stews for extra umami flavor.
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Self explanatory
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Love it. Great on thick cut tomatoes!
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:44 AM
 
Location: Middle America
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I like Marmite but not Vegemite.
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:44 AM
 
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is it something that dissolves easily in a prepared dish? I often add bouillon to various dishes to enhance the flavor.
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Middle America
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Marmite will. I assume Vegemite will as well.
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:56 AM
 
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is either Marmite or Vegemite worth using as a flavor enhancer?
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Old 05-26-2015, 10:59 AM
 
Location: Middle America
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It's not really any different than adding bouillon or soy sauce for the same purpose. Just an additional salty/umami kick. Depending on where you are (I'm in the U.S.), it's costly enough as an import that it wouldn't be the most cost-effective flavor enhancer. If you live someplace where it's local, sure.
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Old 05-26-2015, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Austin
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I have a pretty eclectic taste. There are really VERY few things I don't enjoy or appreciate. I can enjoy everything from a simple tomato sandwich to Michelin-star dining, and consider myself a foodie. Despite that very varied palette and taste of mine ... this stuff is absolutely awful to me. I just don't get the attraction.
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Old 05-26-2015, 11:18 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Originally Posted by TabulaRasa View Post
It's not really any different than adding bouillon or soy sauce for the same purpose. Just an additional salty/umami kick. Depending on where you are (I'm in the U.S.), it's costly enough as an import that it wouldn't be the most cost-effective flavor enhancer. If you live someplace where it's local, sure.
Sounds like you could get the same effect using anchovy paste for less $$$.
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