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From: dave@hplslc.UUCP (dave)
Newsgroups: net.veg
Subject: Re: Veggies in Australia
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 14:15:00 EDT
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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.