9 Nov
2001
9 Nov
'01
3:18 p.m.
Geoff Roberts wrote:
Nope :-)
> What is
vegemite? I have never heard of it.
You don't know any Australians do you? :^) Favoured kids breakfast (and school lunch/recess.....)
spread in Australia.
Now owned by Kraft, a US company.
Kraft is actually part of one of the big tabacco companies now.... but I
don't recall which one.
Favoured by parents too as it contains very little
sugar and is actually
very good for growing kids.
Wow, surprising. I figured it was a kind of junk food type stuff,
considering some of the other foods (foods?) we have been discussing.
Kids grow up with it and usually carry the
'taste' for it into adulthood.
Most Yanks consider it child abuse to force this on children, however the
kids LIKE it
and we think the same about (Peanut Butter and Jelly- or in English, Peanut
Paste and Jam) Erk.
I like vegemite (having been raised on it). I also like Peanut paste, I like
various jams too, but peanut and
jam together is a needle pinner on the yuckometer.
You don't like Peanut Butter and Jelly? Wow! I guess tastes do vary by
country/culture.
The flavour is very strong, most people that try it
the first time put too
much on and get put off permanently,
it's an acquired taste, like chilli I guess.
The taste of Chilli is acquired? I didn't really like the beans in it
when I was little, but most people like it in the US, I think.
Kids don't go thru this, some parents put it on
kids dummies when they are
younger. By the time they are 2 or 3 they have it on toast at least daily.
What's a dummie? In the US a dummie, is a "dumb" Person.... a stupid
person, etc, but used jokingly most of the time, because if you really
get someone mad at your, for doing something dumb, they'll call you much
worse :-) (it might be dummy, not dummie..... I've never written it
down before)
Not unlike Bovril. (British beef based drink made
from a dark looking
paste)
Oddly enough it can be rather pleasant, especially in a gun pit at 3am on a
freezing, raining August morning when you are on guard duty and knee deep in
water, sipping it from a kidney cup. Because it's hot, smells good and you
ran out of coffee and sugar 3 hours ago.
That sounds absolutely disgusting :-(
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA