Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site hplslc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tikal!hplsla!hplslc!dave From: dave@hplslc.UUCP (dave) Newsgroups: net.veg Subject: Re: Veggies in Australia Message-ID: <14800001@hplslc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 14:15:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hplslc.14800001 Posted: Thu Aug 8 14:15:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:12:07 EDT Lines: 32 Nf-ID: #N:hplslc:14800001:000:1405 Nf-From: hplslc!dave Aug 8 09:15:00 1985 On vegetarian eating in Australia: I was in Australia last year and had no trouble maintaining my vegetarian diet, although the only place I found a true vegetarian restraunt was in Cairns, North Queensland. That restraunt was run by Hare Krishna's and had fine meals, plus free food on Sunday evenings. It was a fine place to eat after a dive on the reef. Sydney is a very cosmopolitan city. There are quite a few Lebanese and Greek restraunts there (which always have some vegetarian entries) as well as Chinese and Japanese, where vegetarian meals are assured as well. Since I only spent two days in Sydney I didn't really look into pure vegetarian fare. On Vegimite: I was surprised to find that the origins of Vegimite differ according to whom you talk to down under. Some folks told me it was derived from ground up vegetables, others said it was the gook scraped from the bottom of beer fermenting barrels. Judging by the taste of the stuff, I'm inclined toward believing the latter. Vegimite is just about the most foul tasting stuff I've ever had, but it's worth a try so that you can say you've eaten a vegimite sandwich. There is another product similar to Vegimite in Australia called Maramite that you'll probably want to stay away from. Maramite is labelled as being a 'beef extract,' meaning cow's blood. Vegimite and Maramite look exactly the same.