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Cheesecakemouse 
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 Posted: June 12 2006 at 07:44 |
 Yes Kiwis and Aussies have it and maybe Sth Africans. I hate the stuff, my Mum used to feed me that poison when I was a baby, until one day I realised I was eating sh*&. When I went to school girls used to have that crap in their sandwitches, from what I've seen it seems to be a largely feminine spread; my sisters love that detestable crap. Marmite is evil it is what satan spreads on his sandwitches, its so replusive and must be eradicated. Yes I hate Marmite!!!!!!
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Phil
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Posted: June 12 2006 at 07:50 |
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There was quite a clever advertising campaign about Marmite some while back, they realised people either loved or hated it and based the ads around that idea (e.g. lifeguard gives kiss of life, victim stands up and splutters as lifeguard has been eating Marmite...)
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Peace Frog
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Posted: June 12 2006 at 14:04 |
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I've never heard of this stuff before this poll. But from the imagery in my head I'm seeing as I've read some of the posts explaining it, I don't think I want to try it. I'm wondering- can it be worse than brussels sprouts?
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valravennz
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Posted: June 12 2006 at 23:22 |
 Peace Frog wrote:
I've never heard of this stuff before this poll. But from the imagery in my head I'm seeing as I've read some of the posts explaining it, I don't think I want to try it. I'm wondering- can it be worse than brussels sprouts? |
 It could be... but I love both brussel sprouts and marmite - not together though! If given a choice I would take brussel sprouts over marmite any time. BTW vegemite is much easier on the palate than marmite - imho!!
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PROGMAN
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Posted: June 13 2006 at 12:36 |
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Yes, Marmite is scrumcious, lovely with toast.
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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Peter
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Posted: June 13 2006 at 12:54 |
For the edification on non-UK members, a "marmite" is a baby marmot (see below), an inoffensive little mountain-climbing critter, and marmite (the "food") is a popular, traditional meat spread in the UK.
(It is made by grinding up boiled marmites, which are much more tender than adult marmots.)
As with foxhunting, where drunken in-bred nobility terrorise and have their dogs rip to shreds that benighted island's largest native carnivore, there are those enlightened souls who are seeking to ban this lamentably popular "food," but the pro-marmite lobby is large, rich and powerful.  |
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Peter
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Posted: June 13 2006 at 13:19 |
 The facts about vegemite (which has been mentioned here) are even more disturbing:
Vegemite is a popular, traditional Australian meat spread, which is made from the ground-up, boiled flesh of baby vegetarians. (It supposedly has a markedly "nutty" flavour.)
Illegal since the Sydney olympics (it was feared that visiting, more "sensitive" non-Australians -- as with the East-Asian penchant for devouring dog meat -- might look askance at this "delicacy"), it is now mainly smuggled in from neighbouring New Guinea (many anthropologists are vegetarians).
Caveat emptor -- think twice before you accept a taste of this "food." 
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daz2112
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Posted: June 13 2006 at 14:11 |
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Love it!!
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Peter
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Posted: June 13 2006 at 15:52 |
And then there is " dynamite" ( also known as "dy-no-mite"), which is a popular American meat spread made from ground-up Jimmy Walkers....
 "Dy-No-Mite!"
Yes, Ruth is stranger than Richard, my friends!
Pass the pate, SVP....
Edited by Peter Rideout - June 13 2006 at 15:56
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