Vegemite

[Lesbest]

Maybe PaulC can help with this one---- What do you do with Vegemite besides spread it on toast with butter? A friend of mine gave me a new jar and that is what he said to try but it must be an aquired taste--too salty. 160mg per serving- 1tsp. Any suggestions? Thanks, Les

[Lazybones]

I have a friend from Isreal who loves the stuff. He talked me into trying the stuff and it just about came back up. Vegimite is not for me

[Podunkfla]

What do you do with Vegemite besides spread it on toast with butter?

Repack your wheel bearings?

[Arne]

I think vegemite and marmite were developed to provide nutrition during the war (kind of a yeast paste). They were not developed for their taste (obviously)/g/.... far as I know, just spread on bread or toast, that's it. Remember, during the war, butter was in very short supply, so they really didn't put butter on first... just vegemite.

[rasp]

check this out http://www.vegemite.com.au/

[WarPony]

Vegemites......... are they the BocaBurger-eating, bastard cousins of the maggots?

[Woodbutcher]

I believe it's for regifting......like fruit cake just put a bow on it and pass it along!

[elmo]

I believe it's for regifting......like fruit cake just put a bow on it and pass it along!

+1

I was in Australia for about 4 weeks total and someone suckered me into trying that stuff...ick!

[PaulC]

Honey & Vegemite
Chicken Fillets Serves: 4
Preparation: 5 mins
Cooking: 30 mins

4 chicken fillets
Marinade:
1 spring onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons sherry
2 tablespoons VEGEMITE

BLEND all marinade ingredients. Use to coat chicken fillets and leave in refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
BAKE in oven at 200ºC until just cooked.

Garlic Beef
and Vegetables Serves: 4
Preparation: 10 mins
Cooking: 15 mins

1 teaspoon oil
500g rump steak, sliced finely
2 cloves garlic, crushed
150g sugar snap peas
6 spring onions,
cut into 3cm lengths
2 teaspoons VEGEMITE
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon plum sauce
1/2 bunch silverbeet,
roughly chopped
rice or noodles, to serve

HEAT a frying pan or wok, add the oil, and cook the steak and garlic in small amounts until beef is just browned.

ADD sugar peas, spring onions and stir in combined Vegemite, water and plum sauce. Stir fry for 4-5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add silverbeet, tossing gently until just cooked.

SERVE immediately with rice or noodles.

Indian-style
Chicken Wings Serves: 4
Preparation: 5 mins
Cooking: 1 hour





1 kg chicken wings
1 tablespoon VEGEMITE
2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 cup fruit chutney
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 cup natural yoghurt

PLACE chicken wings in a large dish. Mix together Vegemite, curry powder, chutney, garlic and yoghurt, and spoon evenly over the chicken wings to coat. Marinate 2 hours or overnight in refrigerator, turning wings occasionally.

PLACE wings on an ovenproof tray and bake at 200ºC for 30 minutes or until cooked and crisp.


Just a couple of recipes from from the Vegemite home page
Cheers
Paul

[PaulC]

It's also useful for adding to vegetable soups and broths rather than adding just plain salt. This will require some experimentation on the users part. The best advice is to add to suit your taste.
As for the bread part of it, once again use to suit your taste requirements. If the recommended amount is to salty, try less.
Most people make the mistake of spreading it like Peanut butter, even I blanch at that amount on a slice of bread.
Cheers
Paul

[doug hodder]

Paul...I had a buddies wife who was Aussie not want to taste the grilled Rattlesnake dip I made, with cream cheese and chipotle peppers....after a discussion about Vegemite, I reminded her that at least it "tasted like chicken" ....we agreed to disagree... Doug

[bledsoe3]

Vegemites......... are they the BocaBurger-eating, bastard cousins of the maggots?

[mfkaplan]

So what exactly is it? What's in it? From Paul C.'s recipes, it sounds like its used like we use soy sauce for seasoning although soy sauce can't be spread on bread.

Mary
Mom's Nest

[angib]

Repack your wheel bearings?:o

Hah, Brick, the joke's on you! Several years ago on the Gold Wing email list an Australian was reminding everyone that if you take out the rear wheel to fix a puncture, it's vital that you lubricate the drive splines when refitting it, or it seizes in place - he said anything would do for a few hundred miles, even Vegemite.

Now the Brits and the Aussies don't often agree on the relative merits of their two countries' yeast spreads (Vegemite and Marmite), so some smart-arse Brit said that if you could do a few hundred miles using Vegemite, you could do a few thousand using Marmite. Ended up in a war. Plus the Yanks kept asking what the **** all the arguing was about.

So repacking your wheel bearings ain't as far off as you thought.......

Andrew

[Podunkfla]

Repack your wheel bearings?:o

Hah, Brick, the joke's on you! Several years ago on the Gold Wing email list an Australian was reminding everyone that if you take out the rear wheel to fix a puncture, it's vital that you lubricate the drive splines when refitting it, or it seizes in place - he said anything would do for a few hundred miles, even Vegemite.

Now the Brits and the Aussies don't often agree on the relative merits of their two countries' yeast spreads (Vegemite and Marmite), so some smart-arse Brit said that if you could do a few hundred miles using Vegemite, you could do a few thousand using Marmite. Ended up in a war. Plus the Yanks kept asking what the **** all the arguing was about.

So repacking your wheel bearings ain't as far off as you thought.......

Andrew

Now... That's funny!
I don't think our good 'ol southern GRITS have ever saved the day for anyone?