Marmite

Hetty58, have you ever tried the Marmite peanut butter?

I love Marmite with peanut butter on toast, so buy the large sizes. Do try it! I keep both tubs on a high shelf as they spread easier if they're warm.

That’s ok 🦊y, thank you for getting back to me (and the truffle marmite is really very nice ) x

Apologies FannyC -my SOH can be a bit Marmite too.

Foxygloves

Oh dear - the irony seems to have been lost

Was that to me? I don’t usually lose irony

Oh dear - the irony seems to have been lost

I do that too, 25Avalon - in fact, I've just been making mince and tatties and put some Marmite in it because I didn't have any Bovril.

I always put a spoonful in shepherd’s pie etc. My son was an avid marmite eater so grandma always kept a jar in for when we visited. One day grandad decided to try it and spread it very thickly on his toast ……………………. I will say no more!

Try the truffle marmite Foxy, it’s richer and not so salty.

I can never really decide whether I like Marmite or not.
It’s a bit Marmite

Vegemite is lovely, it’s not as strong as Marmite, so you can have more of it! 😋
I haven’t tried tapping it though, now there’s a thought…

Molly I read something years and years ago about something called The Marmite Tappers Club. Someone like Willy Rushton was involved. Long before the internet.
Incredibly intrigued I had to try it! 🥄

paddyann54

I've never had Marmite but I've eaten Vegemite for 3 decades or more .Its Ausralian, a vegetarian product and I use it a lot on toast and in beef gravies for a bit of body .Worth a try if your Marmite is failing you .

We've not had either Marmite or Vegemite.

Vegemite sounds interesting. Thank you.

FannyCornforth

I’ve got some truffle marmite at the moment and it’s absolutely delicious.
Like Aldom, I haven’t noticed any change. I’ve been eating it since the 80s.

Something I’ve just remembered.
Did you know that if, with a teaspoon, you repeatedly hit a smear of marmite on a plate, it turns white?
It’s absolutely true!
It takes a while, but it does

What’s on earth are you doing to discover that? I’ll have to try it .

. Blondiescot!

You’ve reminded me that I also once took Christmas pudding to the US. That was rather bomb-like, too. I got hauled out of line to explain what exactly a Christmas pudding was to a ten-foot tall & broad security guard who had a rusty knife poised ready to plunge into my lovingly homemade pudding! 😱 After a grilling, I was finally allowed in.

SueDonim - your comment about the bombs made me laugh, because it reminded me of the time my dad was asked to take a haggis down to London for a work colleague. My mum had wrapped it up securely in foil for him to put in his case - but this was at the height of the IRA bomb campaigns in London, so you can imagine the commotion it caused when his bag was searched on arrival at the station in London! Fortunately the haggis survived...

FannyCornforth

Callistemon
The lad here has really quick results, it happens almost immediately. It must be because it’s the end of the jar and has oxygenated (or something 🤔)

youtu.be/VpE0E9GXTLQ

I was waiting for the plate to smash!

We all love Marmite. I’ve just lugged some over to the USA for my son. I always wonder what they look like in my luggage on their X-rays - small bombs? 👀

We could only get Vegemite when we lived in Indonesia. It’s vile, I’d rather go without.

I use Tesco yeast extract, which is the closest that I’ve found to Marmite and it’s gluten free.

I think they have made it runnier to use in the squeezy jars.

I absolutely love Marmite and have done ever since I was a toddler! I buy mine in the big tubs from Costco, and can't say I've noticed any change in the taste or consistency. Can't remember the last time I bought it in a jar though.

Totally agree with you Watermeadow, marmite is now quite difficult to spread. I thought at first it was an old pot but the new one is just the same….’stiffer’!

Oh I adore Marmite! But the high salt content has forced me to very sadly give it up. 😭😭

paddyanne marmite is not only vegetarian but suitable for vegans. It is made from a by-product from brewing. There is no beef in my beer.

Fanny - I think it's just incorporating loads of tiny bubbles. That's all.

Vegemite in my opinion is lighter and more malty so quite a lot sweeter. It's also on the "grainy" side.
Not my thing at all.
I'm assuming this is paler and sweeter because more lager than beer is drunk in Australia? When Marmite made a "lager" version it was definitely lighter and paler too.

I would expect that the reason Marmite is different (arguably one batch to another) is that it's made from the left-over yeast from the brewery vats in the big brewery town Burton-on-Trent where it's based.

As our tastes change in beer I would expect Marmite to slowly morph. They can't logically keep it exactly the same if we are drinking less porter and dark ales and more lagers etc. Also, hoppy beers will have to be modulated by different vegetables in the stock or perhaps other tweaks to counteract the bitterness.

Just as a sourdough starter will also be constantly changing if your flour is different over time.

I'm sure Unilever is trying to keep the flavour the same though. The consistency may be down to less "reduction" and energy savings.

All this is only guessing really. But having read about the processes I think it's likely.

This is the only yeast extract paste I like other than Marmite - I keep both at home. It used to be marketed as Vitam-R and is very very different to all the others, - light, fresh and sweet... (but not in the Vegemite way!!).
Yummy.

www.essential-trading.coop/products/vitam-r-yeast-extract-s713p/#:~:text=Not%20all%20yeast%20extracts%20are,your%20vegan%20stocks%20and%20recipes.