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| Vegemite on a Ritz cracker |
Somehow Vegemite has become a "famous Australian food" even though every Aussie I've asked hates the stuff. It's meant to be eaten on crackers or toast and is a spread originally made from brewer's yeast and sold as a source of Vitamin B (1922). The name, Vegemite, wasn't chosen until later (1923). Soon doctors were recommending the stuff because of its vitamin content, and the invention of the toaster made it an even more popular household item (late 1930s-early 1940s). In 1984, a jar of Vegemite became the first product to be electronically scanned at the checkout in a supermarket in Australia. In 1996 a statistic was released which stated that Australians went through 22 million jars of "our favourite spread" a year and that every household pantry had a jar.So we finally tried Vegemite for the first time...and could barely finish half of a cracker.
In an attempt to explain the taste, I offer up these less than attractive photos:
you should bring me back some. looks delic.
ReplyDeleteactually you would like it! it's suuuuuper salty
ReplyDeleteMy friend Sadie says they serve it for breakfast in England and the English like it. She said, "It tastes terrible".
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