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I've heard news about Kiwis having to ration their Marmite(?)............many

post #1 of 21
3/25/12 at 3:16am
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U.S. citizens I know find that and Vegamite impossible to ingest, any B'noters out there unable to understand another country's popular food item?

EDIT: I'm actually open to anything, I'd like to try eating those live little white octopus that they enjoy in Korea and guinea pig served the way people of the Andean region prefer.........
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post #2 of 21
3/25/12 at 5:40am
I like marmite.
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post #3 of 21
3/25/12 at 5:48am
If you can't find Marmite, I find sucking on a stock cube just as fulfilling.
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post #4 of 21
3/25/12 at 5:59am
I love Marmite.

I also just recently met some Swedes who got me into these: http://www.fazer.fi/Brandit/Tyrkisk_Peber/. Disgusting and addictive.
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post #5 of 21
3/25/12 at 6:58am
Try eating Filipino "balut" I am game for almost anything but not this.
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post #6 of 21
3/25/12 at 9:34am
Maybe people in NZ will understand when they get to eat Japan's Natto. Or Norway's Lutefisk.
But i have heard they don't like those, so why ask for understanding if some think this way?
Sounds like it's only valid to some if it's a one-way street.
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post #7 of 21
3/25/12 at 9:41am
Add me to the list of people who like Marmite-- if spread thinly on buttered toast.

I sometimes use it in soups I'm making; it adds "umami", or savoriness, which is the 5th quality detected by our tongues (in addition to sweet, salty, sour and bitter.)

But as to flavors from other countries that I don't like, I love licorice but cannot abide the sort from Scandinavia that has ammonia (or some version of ammonia salts) in it! I can't eat Brie after it develops the ammonia taste, either. But my husband loves both and barely detects the ammonia.
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post #8 of 21
3/25/12 at 9:47am
I hate Vegemite intensely.
Which means I can't undertsand my own country's popular food habit.

When I travel to northern Italy, I can't uinderstand Pollenta. It was about all there was to eat during the great Depression, so they ate it. But the depression ended some time back.
Same goes for tripe.
Cheers,
Renato
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post #9 of 21
3/25/12 at 9:49am
Love polenta! (Have you tried it sliced and deep fried?) Or just sliced and with extra virgin olive oil drizzled on it? I grew up with polenta.
Love tripe, too! Slow cooked with garlic, tomatoes, parsley for garnish...
Also black rice-- rice cooked with cuttlefish ink. Haven't had that in years-- I must seek out some ink, soon, so my husband and daughter can try it.

This is making me hungry!
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post #10 of 21
3/25/12 at 10:31am
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When I travel to northern Italy, I can't uinderstand Pollenta. It was about all there was to eat during the great Depression, so they ate it. But the depression ended some time back.

My feeling exactly. The funny thing is that it's really expensive in the supermarkets here in England; I guess now it's considered posh.
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post #11 of 21
3/25/12 at 10:42am
Pollenta appeals to me for the texture rather than the taste.
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post #12 of 21
3/25/12 at 2:18pm
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Lutefisk. (Sweden/Norway) Fish jello with a dog urine smell and aftertaste. Godawful. And that is a charitable review.
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post #13 of 21
3/25/12 at 3:41pm
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

Try eating Filipino "balut" I am game for almost anything but not this.

Here in So. California there is a large Filipino community and I forgot all about balut................now that is a little too much for me to even think of doing................
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post #14 of 21
3/25/12 at 4:14pm
I love marmite ! World Market in
CA normally has some small bottles of it .
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post #15 of 21
3/27/12 at 9:29am
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Love tripe, too! Slow cooked with garlic, tomatoes, parsley for garnish...

Maybe that's why I never cared for tripe. I was making it wrong.
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post #16 of 21
3/27/12 at 10:24am
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Originally Posted by 30 Roses View Post

Love polenta! (Have you tried it sliced and deep fried?) Or just sliced and with extra virgin olive oil drizzled on it? I grew up with polenta.
Love tripe, too! Slow cooked with garlic, tomatoes, parsley for garnish...

I remember when my mum would cook tripe, I'd arrive at her place - say "ciao", smell it, and leave real quick.

I recollect trying pollenta when I was three (didn't like it), then I was served a tiny piece in an officer's mess three decades later (didn't like it), then I tasted it again in Italy 5 years ago (didn't like it). Beats me how it was cooked.
I don't understand why it's so loved - still.
Cheers,
Renato
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post #17 of 21
3/27/12 at 11:49am
Love Marmite! Any fans manage to try that marmite 'with a hint of champagne' that came out a while back?? There are plenty of foods from my own country's cuisine where I fail to see the appeal - black pudding, tripe, anything cooked in lard, pork pie ...
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post #18 of 21
3/31/12 at 1:39am
The best use for Marmite I have found is to stir a tsp in to the pan juices when you have roasted a joint of beef and are making the gravy. You can't taste it as Marmite but the depth of flavour it gives is remarkable!
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post #19 of 21
6/3/12 at 8:12pm
There is still a shortage! The supermarkets' shelves look weird with empty spots and price tag saying "sorry, out of stock". The Sanitarium factory in Christchurch was affected by the earthquake, hence the shortage.

I can't stand the stuff. Same applies to Vegemite. And don't understand the hype.
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post #20 of 21
6/4/12 at 5:34am
Vegemite is yummy that's why. Just a little V on heavily buttered toast tastes awesome
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post #21 of 21
6/4/12 at 6:00am
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Vegemite is yummy that's why. Just a little V on heavily buttered toast tastes awesome

Does Vegemite taste similar to marmite?
Do you put the vegemite first or butter.
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