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DixieGal · 12-09-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mtravellerh

LS: Carrot potage? You a rabbit?

Why am I expecting the Tasmanian Devil to come whirling by with his big soup pot?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-09-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Okay, I still have no clear picture of what Marmite tastes like.

I"m assuming its a pasty like substance, kinda like our peanut butter, except it tastes nothing like peanut butter.

You spread it on bread.

But if it doesn't taste good, no one would eat it, right?

I just did a search on Amazon....I can get a jar, but I"m wondering why, on the same page, a book entitled

"Whats your Poo Telling You"?

is also listed? I kid you not.....

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...armite&x=0&y=0

It's a bit runnier than peanut butter.

Maybe I should clarfiy. Marmite is a bit runnier than peanut butter

As LazyScott said, it really is a love or hate thing.

It's a bit like a less sweet version of vegemite, but that will undoubtedly only help any Australians in the Llounge.

LazyScot · 12-09-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Unless, of course, you're in Geneva where it seems to be some sort of chocolate pot used to celebrate defeating the French with the aid of some Soup. Or so I've been told.

Have a look at Geneva's Escalade. Its a celebration of when invading French troops were defeated, by a woman who spotted them and threw hot vegtable soup all over them from her marmite, her cooking pot. The celebration now has these made of chocolate (sometimes filled with marzipan sweets in place of the vegetables).

Incidentally, the name marmite comes from the pot it was originally sold in (and the shape of which is mirrored in the pots it is still sold in).

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

It tastes nothing like peanut butter.

Umm.... taste. Have you ever drunk Guinness? Imagine that reduced down to a paste, with salt added and the alcohol removed, and it probably tastes nothing like it. But it's the closest I can think of! It's yeasty and salty and savoury, and, umm... I'm in the "love it" camp!

I'd say that's a pretty good description. Wikipedia describes it about the same. Salty and Savoury would be my first attempt.

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

note to self : probably best to avoid lazy scot's carrot potage.

We are going to have to start considering a thread entitled "Memo to self" to collect all this accumulated wisdom on surviving the universe.

A little warning, I also use it in Mushroom Stroganoff (not that I've made that for ages).

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Originally Posted by mtravellerh

LS: Carrot potage? You a rabbit?

No. Carrot soup = cheap, tasty, nutrious meal = more money for (e)books.

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Why am I expecting the Tasmanian Devil to come whirling by with his big soup pot?

Have you got Marc and my good self mixed up. I don't do whirling. Or anything quickly for that matter. It takes me ages to make rissotto.

Wetdogeared · 12-09-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

It's a bit runnier than peanut butter.

Maybe I should clarfiy. Marmite is a bit runnier than peanut butter

As LazyScott said, it really is a love or hate thing.

It's a bit like a less sweet version of vegemite, but that will undoubtedly only help any Australians in the Llounge.

Do not look up vegemite on amazon.com.

zelda_pinwheel · 12-09-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Have a look at Geneva's Escalade. Its a celebration of when invading French troops were defeated, by a woman who spotted them and threw hot vegtable soup all over them from her marmite, her cooking pot. The celebration now has these made of chocolate (sometimes filled with marzipan sweets in place of the vegetables).

how on EARTH did i not know about this hilarious celebration ?? thanks for the cultchah.

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Incidentally, the name marmite comes from the pot it was originally sold in (and the shape of which is mirrored in the pots it is still sold in).

yep, it does look sort of like a marmite. if marmites were made out of glass.

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We are going to have to start considering a thread entitled "Memo to self" to collect all this accumulated wisdom on surviving the universe.

that would be bookmark number one. just think, all that wisdom collected in one place ! then again, it might be dangerous. what if it fell into the wrong hands ?

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A little warning, I also use it in Mushroom Stroganoff (not that I've made that for ages).

note to self... well, you heard him.

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No. Carrot soup = cheap, tasty, nutrious meal = more money for (e)books.

yep. soup=good. i love soup.

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Have you got Marc and my good self mixed up. I don't do whirling. Or anything quickly for that matter. It takes me ages to make rissotto.

oh my, i remember your risotto. is it warm in here, or is it just me ?? (fanning self with hand)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-09-2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

It takes me ages to make rissotto.

Minor rant. I hate ordering risotto in a restaurant and it comes out 5 minutes after I've ordered. There is no way it's been properly done... Grumblemutterkidstodayetcandso-on

RCR · 12-09-2008, 06:47 PM

What is wrong with you people???

Why is it that every thread here ends up talking about food???

I'd hate to be in an airplane crash over the Andes with any of you:

"Can we hike out of here?"

"Maybe...Um, your leg would taste nice smeared with marmite and sprinkled with popcorn."

zelda_pinwheel · 12-09-2008, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RCR

What is wrong with you people???

Why is it that every thread here ends up talking about food???

I'd hate to be in an airplane crash over the Andes with any of you:

"Can we hike out of here?"

"Maybe...Um, your leg would taste nice smeared with marmite and sprinkled with popcorn."

desertgrandma · 12-09-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RCR

What is wrong with you people???

Why is it that every thread here ends up talking about food???

I'd hate to be in an airplane crash over the Andes with any of you:

"Can we hike out of here?"

"Maybe...Um, your leg would taste nice smeared with marmite and sprinkled with popcorn."

Only if it has REAL butter......

LazyScot · 12-09-2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by RCR

What is wrong with you people???

Why is it that every thread here ends up talking about food???

I'd hate to be in an airplane crash over the Andes with any of you:

"Can we hike out of here?"

"Maybe...Um, your leg would taste nice smeared with marmite and sprinkled with popcorn."

Scene: Plane crash in Andes. Amongst the survivors are a group of somewhat silly liseuse users.

"I've a book on making snow shelters on mine somewhere."

"And I've a survival guide...."

"There's a how to convert your kindle to a radio beacon..."

"And this is a guide to safe fungi to eat...."

Voice over: "<insert liseuse name> because you never know when a book will save your life."

(Whadya mean, this is the wrong thread.....?)

zelda_pinwheel · 12-09-2008, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Scene: Plane crash in Andes. Amongst the survivors are a group of somewhat silly liseuse users.

"I've a book on making snow shelters on mine somewhere."

"And I've a survival guide...."

"There's a how to convert your kindle to a radio beacon..."

"And this is a guide to safe fungi to eat...."

Voice over: "<insert liseuse name> because you never know when a book will save your life."

(Whadya mean, this is the wrong thread.....?)

best one yet !! (well... among the best. it's kind of hard to choose actually.)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-09-2008, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RCR

What is wrong with you people???

Why is it that every thread here ends up talking about food???

I'd hate to be in an airplane crash over the Andes with any of you:

"Can we hike out of here?"

"Maybe...Um, your leg would taste nice smeared with marmite and sprinkled with popcorn."

oooh, marmite flavoured popcorn - that'd be nice!

And also

carandol · 12-09-2008, 07:19 PM

I don't know. I go away from an extremely exciting flame war for a few hours. I come back to find that not only has the flame war gained an audience, but the audience are eating each other. With Marmite!

(Personally, I hate Marmite on toast, but it's my "secret ingredient" for vegetarian stews, soups & pies. Think of it as British soy sauce.)

carandol · 12-09-2008, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

oooh, marmite flavoured popcorn - that'd be nice!

I actually saw Marmite-flavoured rice cakes on sale the other day.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-09-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by carandol

I actually saw Marmite-flavoured rice cakes on sale the other day.

*memo to self: must look out for them*

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RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	What is wrong with you people??? Why is it that every thread here ends up talking about food??? I'd hate to be in an airplane crash over the Andes with any of you: "Can we hike out of here?" "Maybe...Um, your leg would taste nice smeared with marmite and sprinkled with popcorn."

12-09-2008, 07:19 PM	#58
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	I don't know. I go away from an extremely exciting flame war for a few hours. I come back to find that not only has the flame war gained an audience, but the audience are eating each other. With Marmite! (Personally, I hate Marmite on toast, but it's my "secret ingredient" for vegetarian stews, soups & pies. Think of it as British soy sauce.)

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