h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Assuming that Marmite and Vegemite are the same thing...this American (who has sampled vegemite) can only say...what ARE you people thinking????.

It is the same and it is great stuff!

Just a quick piece of advice to all marmite lovers.

1. Visit Burton-on-Trent, home of wonderful breweries such as Bass, Marstons, etc. Also, one of the places where marmite is made.
2. Stand at the Derby Turn roundabout (on the old A50, now the A511). You may even want to visit the Derby Turn pub, where you can enjoy a pint of Bass beer.
3. After you've finished your beer (optional), stand out side the pub, and take in a long deep breath.
Savour the aroma of used hops and yeast from the breweries and marmite factory. Let it destroy your taste buds in a way no curry ever could. The lining in your nose will simply give up and try to leave you for another host.
4. Remark at how the smell, (yes, your senses no longer function, but the experience is unforgettable!) tastes just like marmite.
5. Realise that marmite is, along with sprouts, a concoction of the devil himself, created to lower quality of life of all mankind.
6. Realise the I'm going over the top a little here, but, also realise that marmite is really awful.

You sure that's the same stuff? I thought there were people who claimed to be masters of the x-mite palette that could tell the different and vehemently prefer one to the other.

In my opinion I have to say that Marmite is actually much better than vegemite. It's lovely! They're not quite the same thing, they have differing qualities. The major one being that Marmite comes in a much better jar!!!

Never tried Vegemite but Marmite really is the tops.

Anyway to make a truly authentic Vegemite/Marmite toast concoction the MOST important things it to get a big dollop of butter in the Marmite jar and then a big dollop of Marmite in the butter. For some reason toast and Marmite always tastes so much better this way.

Indeed they are different. Firstly, Marmite is a darker, richer brown colour (almost black), whereas Vegemite is paler. Vegemite also has a slightly more fondant-like consistency than Marmite.
They are also different in flavour. Vegemite has a smoother, less vigorous taste, whereas marmite has a pleasant little kick at the back of the throat.

Another important difference is that Vegemite grows mouldy when left in the cupboard, whereas Marmite seems immune to going off; admittedly these experiments were carried out a number of years ago, and the process may have changed since then, but I think the data is still valid.

Marmite wins the 'best yeast extract' product award in my house.

Marmite is a lot thicker than vegemite - it's a lot less salty as well

Never tried Vegemite but Marmite really is the tops.

Anyway to make a truly authentic Vegemite/Marmite toast concoction the MOST important things it to get a big dollop of butter in the Marmite jar and then a big dollop of Marmite in the butter. For some reason toast and Marmite always tastes so much better this way.

I'm an Aussie and I would like to say a couple of things!

1. In Australia we get more 'mites than you can poke a stick at....
Vegimite
Marmite
Promite
These are just a few.......

2. I have had vegimite in the cupboard for several years and there ain't no mould!

3. Anyone one who says that vegimite is paler than marmite must be buying something different than the vegimite in Oz, It is pure black, It actually absorbs light........

Personally I like Promite best out of the three 'mites above!
A quick thought - So much brewing goes on in Oz, I guess that is why we have all the 'mites....

you are all crazy people. Marmite is bad.

Bob

Heretic! HERETIC!
How DARE you cuss Marmite?!

Vegemite is the true champion of the dark sticky foodstuffs. The Aussie know what they are doing and although I do like Marmite I'd go for Vegemite every time!

Yep, I have to agree Vegemite is much better than Marmite.

Recipie for Marmite -
1. Take 1 Part Vegemite
2. Take 1 Part Battery Acid
3. Mix Well

Eat at own risk . . .

Vegemite and Marmite must deteriorate. Upon checking the jar of Vegimite in my pantry, I found printed on it the words, 'use by 10 Feb 99'. Hmmmm. It tasted OK on this morning's toast.

On my jar of Marmite, best before Oct 2000, is the claim "Marmite now contains Folate, B12 and iron. Apparently Folate is "particularly important for mums to be and helps us use the energy from the foods we eat".

No, it is not the same.

Vegemite is by far the nicer of the two.

Vegemite is very "environmentally friendly" in terms of recycling.

How many people do you know have a "vegemite" glass in their collection of drinking glasses.

Cheers.

I just checked my cupboard and I have a jar with a "Best before" date of Sep 96.

It still looks ok, and tastes ok as well. Smells the same.

Vegimite has to be the food of the new millenium. After the human race has been wiped out, Vegimite will still be here in the Universe.

Could this be the mysterious "dark matter" that scientists predict there is?

I never knew Vegemite had that much of a gravitational pull.

I can't speak for marmite, but I know all about vegemite. When I and several other Americans visited Australia, one of the guys was given a jar as a gift. He amused himself by presenting it to the other guys, giving them a whiff, and watching their eyes water and their lips purse. The whiff was usually followed by the phrase "People actually eat that shit?" Nobody was willing to give it a taste, even on a dare.

Vegimite on crumpits, mmmmmmm (Todays lunch!)
You Americans really don't know what you are missing......!