[Sca-cooks] "Soul food" that others can't stand...

[Jessica Tiffin]

Glenda wrote:
>Of course, people
>from East Asia are used to the salty, sour tastes that Vegemite offers,
>unlike North Americans, or to a lesser degree, Europeans. I wonder what
>Africans think. The only sort-of African I know well was my 1/2 Scottish,
>1/2 Irish Grandmother who was born in Capetown, but she was a jam /honey
>type.
Marmite is a common spread in South Africa (and in Zimbabwe, where I was
born), although Vegemite is unavailable - I've never really worked out what
the difference is.  There is a very small subset of my friends who have the
"yuk, Marmite" reaction, but lots of people enjoy it.  Including me - it's
my first choice when craving savoury after a chocolate binge... :>  I
wouldn't judge South African food to particularly tend towards the
salty/sour; fruit/meat mixes of flavour are more common.  (For South
Africans, medieval is not as unexpected as it could be...)

JdH


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