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[Charles Brandon]

marmite on toast is just the beginning, you can also pile on cheese, beans and a fried egg in practically any permutation. Or, if you're particularly hedonistic, all at the same time ffffuuuuu!!!11one

Cheese, beans, fried egg AND Marmite, all on the same piece of toast!? Food for thought.

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

https://youtu.be/7qBbkSSEKkU

OMG what sorcery is this? This is like watching a waifu cutely eating stuff. This might be my new addiction, I'd better quit while I'm ahead.


On topic, you could try Hugh Jackman 's advice on how to eat this stuff : https://youtu.be/P_sUhTWtvG4

Or you could just listen to waifu and say "muri da"

 

[Jeronimo Jones]

Shut yer hole, Jones

Noticed you didn't defend the smell or looks... I assume it smells like an open hole.

It's an acquired taste I'll never acquire.

 

[entremet]

I love it.

Dat Umami.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Vegemite on toast.

Thick.

With no butter.

 

[Big Blue]

Because it smells and tastes horrid.

 

[Chezzymann]

Because it's an acquired taste and at first it's just awful. We have both Marmite and Vegamite in the office and only the Brits eat it.

I'll also never understand Europe's obsession of Nutella. It's good, but it's just pure sugar. When people try to tell me it's better than peanut butter I just have to laugh.

Yup. These threads make me proud to be an American. Peanutbutter and jam FTW

 

[Ban Puncher]

UK people are just mad that their inferior Marmite plop does not garner worldwide fear and respect that king Vegemite does.

 

[Bandini]

Vegemite is delicious. Just a bit of an acquired taste and most Americans are too soft to do something a second time they didn't like the first time.

 

[Kthulhu]

Nice try Australia. You can't poison me. Don't you have better shit to do like fixing the Rabbit wall?

 

[mrklaw]

I figure brits and aussies only like it because we're fed it as babies and grow up with it. Lots of food isn't that naturally palatable but is part of nations' food culture.

I love marmite. My wife loves natto. Both of us find the other absolutely disgusting

Marmite on toast is fantastic (butter not spread). Super thin as its strong. Scrambled eggs on top is lovely too

 

[smudge]

marmite is the goat spread

 

[Uzzy]

More for the rest of us I guess.

 

[adamantypants]

Haven't yet tried either. Willing to though, but my fellow Americans would leave me to believe it's terrible.

Then again, I enjoy fermented shrimp paste and rotted cabbage so what do I know.

 

[Piers]

https://youtu.be/7qBbkSSEKkU

Do these people have the same metabolism as Michael Phelps?

 

[mrklaw]

Just checked to see if my jar of Marmite is still in the cupboard - it is. It's also probably still good with the amount of salt in it.

I think my issue with the product is its use is completely at odds with the actual flavour. The other closest thing I've eaten would be that Better Than Bouillon goop:

Which is meant to be diluted in water and used as broth. On its own, it's way too strong and way too salty. That's not to say you could save Marmite by doing that, as it would probably be awful. Stuff really does taste like a dirty cornhole, or that yeast sludge you get at the bottom of your fermentor when making beer - just with an equal volume of salt added to it.

That's more like bovril which comes in a marmite shaped jar but is beef based

 

[moffattron9000]

The even bigger travesty is the right slice of bread is the heel of the loaf.

No piece of bread is as good as a thick crust piece. Also, heel?

 

[mrklaw]

The even bigger travesty is the right slice of bread is the heel of the loaf.

The heel? You mean the crust?

 

[kaname-san]

Too much yeast makes your teeth go grey.

 

[P44]

you've made me crave it

i'm gonna grab some marmite op spread the faith.

 

[Risible]

Universally, every video I've seen of someone trying marmite/vegemite for the first time is immediately followed by retching. Every. Single. Time.

I'll pass.

 

[J-Tier]

I've never had it, want to try it.

 

[Piggus]

 

[TheRedSnifit]

 

[ColdLasagna]

Look at that shit right there. MMMMM.

And, to a much lessor extent you also have the almost-as-good-but-not-quite Australian Vegemite

But in the US? Nothing. How can this be explained?

I would rather eat ass.

 

[Gutek]

Vegemite is pure trash. A mistake. Marmite on the other hand... soooo good on plain bread. I even use it as a condiment in gravy and sauces.

 

[blame space]

is it gluten free?

 

[mrklaw]

is it gluten free?

Yes and generally very good for you.

I think the biggest mistake with first timers is spreading it too thickly

 

[charlie1701]

I love marmite and just made myself some on toast after reading this thread.

Maybe it is an acquired taste, but since childhood it's been one of my top-tier comfort foods.

 

[Sulik2]

Marmite is maybe the worst tasting substance on the planet. The only food I can think that I have a worse reaction to (instant gagging and spitting it back up as soon as I taste it) is pickled ginger. Marmite should be a banned substance. Its not fit for human consumption.

 

[Toxi]

marmite on toast is just the beginning, you can also pile on cheese, beans and a fried egg in practically any permutation. Or, if you're particularly hedonistic, all at the same time ffffuuuuu!!!11one

So what you're saying is marmite is most enjoyable when you can't taste the marmite.

 

[The Lamp]

My stepdad eats this shit.

I agree with the first page. In fact, people talk about voter ID laws--I think that if you're caught with this shit in your kitchen, you shouldn't be allowed to vote in America.

Fucking vile British madness in a jar.

 

[Iksenpets]

I bought a jar of marmite at an import store once. It was the worst mistake of my life. It tastes like sweaty socks??

 

[Eyeh4wk]

Better than eating plain bread, I guess.

 

[Anoregon]

I would rather eat ass.

For a lot of people on gaf that's not saying much.

 

[Kadayi]

The Marmite XO was great. Unfortunately, it looks like it's been discontinued now

 

[Kthulhu]

For a lot of people on gaf that's not saying much.

Lol.

 

[edbrat]

Cheese, beans, fried egg AND Marmite, all on the same piece of toast!? Food for thought.

Yes it's like cheese, beans and eggs on toast but even better.

So what you're saying is marmite is most enjoyable when you can't taste the marmite.

oh you can still taste the marmite bro, you can still taste the marmite...

 

[milanbaros]

I love marmite. It is to me, far preferable over sweet toast spreads like Jam or marmalade. I can understand why people don't like it though. I was eating it at 2 years old.

It is just the leftovers from making beer.

 

[milanbaros]

So what you're saying is marmite is most enjoyable when you can't taste the marmite.

You have clearly never had marmite if you don't think it would win in this contest of flavoures.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Marmite was likely a practical joke that brits never caught onto and just keep consuming out of a sense of duty.

 

[WinFonda]

...yeast infection in a jar?

why is this a thing?

 

[Kthulhu]

...yeast infection in a jar?

why is this a thing?

Because the UK and Australia have terrible cuisine.

 

[Semajer]

People that don't like Marmite are probably applying it to their toast incorrectly. The secret is to microwave it for 20 seconds, and then pour it on. About 1/6th of the jar per slice of toast is about right. The Extra Strong version is better suited to the task. You know it's working when you swallow it and it gets stuck on the wall of your throat and you can feel an intense burning sensation.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Why would I ever eat that?

 

[Aztechnology]

Samus, Doge, and Tristan Thompson disagree.

Samus, Dog and Tristan need to get the hell out of the way of the monitor. Doesn't that impact the sight line to your monitors or is it just the angle?

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Gross. I even have a thing.

 

[jblank83]

Because it tastes like salt someone scraped off the street.

Superior Alternatives:
- butter and jam
- butter and cinammon-sugar
- butter and honey
- butter and butter
- butter

 

[xevis]

I bought some Marmite the other year out of curiousity.

It tastes like an unwashed asshole.

Did you try to eat it like Nutella?

 

[Peagles]

Well for starters, that's the wrong Marmite. Proper Marmite is made by Seventh-Day Adventists next to the Weet-Bix.

It also needs to be spread thin, as illustrated below.

Yes. Lol at the JPG name though!