From: wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com   
      
   "vic arpeggio"  wrote in message   
   news:1176322428.694315.308590@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Apr 11, 3:29 am, "Wog George"    
   > wrote:   
   >> "vic arpeggio"  wrote in message   
   >>   
   >> news:1176225853.129322.90870@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...   
   >>   
   >> >> I always seem to get in trouble for having red salmon, black pepper   
   >> >> and   
   >> >> lemon on toast.  No butter though, and definitely no peanut butter.   
   >> >> I'm   
   >> >> happy to worship toast but only if it conforms to my ideals.   
   >>   
   >> >> --   
   >> >> George   
   >> >> "Strike me down while you can, but it won't make your dried up ovaries   
   >> >> any   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >> >> more fertile." - Eric Cartman - 3 May 2006   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >> > No butter or peanut butter?  You must be one of those sick Vegemite   
   >> > freaks! ;-)   
   >>   
   >> You picked it in one, Vic.  It may just look like horrible black shit,   
   >> and   
   >> perhaps it even tastes like horrible black shit, but that horrible black   
   >> shit has been a part of Australian life for about 84 years.  I even put   
   >> Vegemite on steak while it's cooking.  Mmmmmm!  Vegemiiiite!!   
   >>   
   >> In an ironic twist, this Australian icon has been American owned for   
   >> quite a   
   >> few years now.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> George   
   >> "Dolphins, Eskimos, who cares?! It's all a bunch of tree hugging hippie   
   >> crap!" - Eric Cartman - 20 August 1997   
   >   
   > You put it on your steak?  You really are a sick freak, George!  Why   
   > not rub a few dags on it as well?   
      
   I haven't tried dags, although the lack of a suitable endowed sheep isn't   
   the only reason!   
      
   A light smear of Vegemite on steak is something to behold.  I put the steak   
   on, then turn it shortly after and put the Vegemite on.  It's basically just   
   spices in a yeast extract (a by-product of beer manufacturing, of course),   
   and the spices soak in to the meat.   
      
   About 25 years ago a friend of mine who hated Vegemite complained long and   
   loud at the fact that I'd put the nasty gunk on a steak that I was cooking   
   for him.  He reluctantly ate it, but then went out and bought a jar himself   
   the next day...   
      
   > Seriously, though, I'm very   
   > familiar with the yeasty abomination, and I'm convinced you have to be   
   > raised on it to appreciate it. It's definitely not an acquired taste.   
   > Many years ago, an Aussie with a twisted sense of humor introduced me   
   > to it by enticing me to eat a big spoonful.   
      
   That would be quite an experience for an Australian too.  Moderation is the   
   key.   
      
   > I have to say I haven't   
   > experienced such a powerful taste sensation before or since.  I did   
   > give it a second chance, though, but only because a very nice sheila   
   > insisted on showing me that a little bit can go a very long way. That   
   > almost, but not quite, made it palatable.  After that, we wound up   
   > going all the way ourselves, but that's a story for another time...   
   >   
      
   It's funny that way you've used the word "sheila".  While I'm sure some   
   Aussies actually use that terminology in everyday conversation, most would   
   only say it when they're being a bit silly.   
      
   I think the Aussie's have escaped South Park's wrath to a great degree.   
   Starvin' Marvin landed the spaceship in Sydney and was greeted by the   
   "mayor" of Australia, and the Croc Hunter copped it a bit, but I think   
   that's all (so far...).   
      
   > I had no idea the company that makes it was American owned.   
   > Interesting.  Whoever runs that company obviously knows better than to   
   > try to market it here.  But to each his own, I say, and whatever   
   > doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.  Bon apetit!   
   >   
   >   
   I think they tried to market it to Americans in the 80's or maybe earlier,   
   but most people spread it on thick like it was jam (or "jelly" as you might   
   refer to it) and, not surprisingly, didn't exactly take to it!   
      
   As for not killing you, I read a headline in a paper a few years ago that   
   said that the American's reckon Vegemite cures cancer.  A quick read of the   
   article confirmed that they said no such thing.  They actually said that   
   vitamin B might help cure cancer and, as Vegemite is "one of the world's   
   richest known sources" of vitamin B, the "journalist" (for want of a more   
   appropriate term) saw fit to put words in the scientist's mouths.   
      
   --   
   George   
   "We've got Jews and perverts and bullies and all kinds of sinners in this   
   town, Sister Ann." - Eric Cartman - 26 July 2000   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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