From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!graeme Newsgroups: net.general Title: Re: What is Vegemite anyway???? - (nf) Article-I.D.: zehntel.762 Posted: Wed Feb 16 13:18:39 1983 Received: Sun Feb 20 10:27:58 1983 #R:tekid:-87500:zinfandel:5900008:000:929 zinfandel!graeme Feb 15 11:16:00 1983 This is my first shot at responding to the net, so I apologize in advance if it doesn't work and fouls somebody up. But I have just returned from a 6 week visit to Australia, and have brought back some Vegemite for my family. It's great stuff, PROVIDED only a little bit is used; otherwise the salty taste is too overpowering. Vegemite, to an Aussie, is the only true stuff. However, there are also some similar items on the market, in Australia and elsewhere. I haven't found Vegemite here yet. "Promite" and "Marmite" look like Vegemite, but taste different. Promite has a molasses taste, and indeed contains molasses. Not very salty, and preferred by some. Marmite tastes like beef bullion cubes. Vegemite is much like Polynesian "Poi", the stuff made from ground taro roots. You either love it or hate it. I like it because it's got a good taste that is unlike other things I've eaten. Anyone know what "chunder" means?