Not had a Marmite thread for a while
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 12:39 AM UTC
Grumps, what
have you gotten yourself into?
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I've yet to run across the wonderful product in any of my local food shops, even those with the two aisles of "International Foods".
Unless there is an aisle labelled "Internaldamnation Foods" you are unlikely to find Marmite at least...
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Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 02:07 AM UTC
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Unless there is an aisle labelled "Internaldamnation Foods" you are unlikely to find Marmite at least...
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 04:04 AM UTC
Vegemite - is that like Marmite for kids?
Saw Vegemite in Sainbury's while I was shopping today, maybe I ought to try some. Some day
David
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 05:32 AM UTC
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Vegemite - is that like Marmite for kids?
Saw Vegemite in Sainbury's while I was shopping today, maybe I ought to try some. Some day
David
David
Don't bother - it's not a patch on the Real Thing.
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Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 02:35 AM UTC
So there I was, going up and down the 2 aisle international section in the supermarket this morning on the way home. And still no Marmite or vegmite, but I did spy some of my favorite Polish cookies, and naturally had to pick them up. (I lived in a mostly Polish town for 15 years, so know what these taste like!)
Strangely, they had no real imported English tea, I figure I'd do this taste test with a cup of real English tea! Then I saw the other product--- not wishing to break the saftey seal, I bought a jar of it, the instructions say to simply add hot water to one good teaspoon of this stuff. Well, when I got it home, I opened it, and for a second though I bought 125g of old motor oil sludge. It's called BOVRIL.
Did I make a mistake? Do people really drink this? Will I need the barf bucket next to me? Character is what you do when no one is looking.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 12:02 PM UTC
Bovril?? Lovely stuff... Sort of concentrated soup stock for drinking. It was even issued as part of the Brit ration packs. Drink it or use it as flavouring...
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 01:56 PM UTC
bovril with crushed up army biscuits, on a wet cold day.
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 02:48 PM UTC
Thank you, now that I have a better idea of what it is, I'll give it a shot.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 10:51 PM UTC
Bovril - masters of sensitive advertising
David
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 11:20 PM UTC
Dave
Bovril, now there is something that you could use for weathering, oiling your bike etc etc. IMHO they should have banned it under the Geneva Conventions.
I'd prefer to eat Vegemite.
If you want a good meaty drink try crumbling an Oxo cude into a mug, and top up with hot water. Chicken Oxo works well also. If this is unavailable in your local international food shop, let me know and i'll send some.
Andy
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 11:27 PM UTC
There was a thread somewhere about using Marmite for weathering (variation on the salt technique), I'd be worried about Bovril eating the plastic
David
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Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 11:50 PM UTC
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.- Mark Twain
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.--Thomas Carlyle
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 11:50 PM UTC
yep ! i have the book its in and guess what ? it bloomin , WORKS, i tried it out on one of my old kits and it didnt look to bad.
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 12:02 AM UTC
Who would have thought that a jar of black sludge could generate such a discussion.
Poor customs, all this grot flying airmail between countries.
Let me know when the VEGEMITE arrives Dave.
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 12:12 AM UTC
Tony you´re joking ,..right??? Oxo is great stuff but IMO Bovril is the best!! for seasoning gravy, sauces & I even use it with my own burger mixes. For practical reasons the Oxo cubes are the best option for a hot drink outdoors but I think Bovril did cubes at some point,don´t know if they still do though. P.S do they still do "twiglets" that have a Marmite taste to them??
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 12:29 AM UTC
no joke its true mike ! and twiglets yep we still have them . i once did a scientific experiment , the more twiglets you eat the more beer you tend to drink. now thats science.
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 03:19 AM UTC
Well, as I sit here reading this thread, I'm happy to report that I'm rather enjoying my first cup of Borvil. Reminds me of the beef broth my mother use to give me as a child when I was sick. (although it's little too salty for my diet!)
So on a scale from 1 to 10, I give it a hearty 9 for flavor, and a 5 for too much salt, and because of the high salt content, will have to certainly limit my intake of it.
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.- Mark Twain
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.--Thomas Carlyle
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 03:41 AM UTC
good man ! welcome to the bovril club .
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 04:05 AM UTC
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no joke its true mike ! and twiglets yep we still have them . i once did a scientific experiment , the more twiglets you eat the more beer you tend to drink. now thats science.
I suppose that it is genuine science at that - if you repeat the experiment under the same conditions you will get the same result
David
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 01:03 PM UTC
you guys are really making me homesick. do they still make oxo crisps, ate a lot of them when i was a kid. never seen them this side of the pond. and Dave since you were brave enough to try the bovril i guess this makes you an honary Brit.
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Posted: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 02:07 AM UTC
John
Same offer goes to you as went to Grumpy - PM me your address and i'll send some marmite over.
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Posted: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 05:13 AM UTC
Drader I hit the link you posted on the previous page & found this: " In some neighborhoods it is (apparently!) common for nursing mothers to dab a little on their nipples before feeding their infants."
"There are reports that some balding men have tried smearing Marmite on their heads to promote hair growth. No assessment of whether it works, however."
I´ll see if I can convince the wife into partaking an old British custom then.
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Posted: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 02:17 PM UTC
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Dave
Bovril, now there is something that you could use for weathering, oiling your bike etc etc. IMHO they should have banned it under the Geneva Conventions.
I'd prefer to eat Vegemite.
Andy
You heathen Philistine! Have you no taste???
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Posted: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 02:28 PM UTC
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Posted: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 02:35 PM UTC
Vegemite eh hmmm, imagine this, you are sitting in a hole with your mates , its raining with bursts of sleet , the temperature 2 below 0 , your hands are so cold you cant even hold your weapon properly, and one of the guys suggest a hot drink, and you pipe up with make mine a Vegemite,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, doesn't bare thinking of
