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

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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?