[Sca-cooks] Totally OOP: looking for recipes with Marmite ...

[AEllin Olafs dotter]

But it was actually intended as a stock base! The shape of the jar comes 
from the name, not vice versa.

Another yeast based savory stuff, in this case a powder, is Bisto, which 
is used (I know in Ireland, I think  in England?) to make gravy.

AEllin

Christiane wrote:
> Oh, my, that's a true cook's answer! 
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> However, the stuff I am talking about is a yeast-based spread, a sticky brown "savory" goo beloved by Brits and Brit ex-pats (but not even all of them). Has nothing to do with the French vegetable soup. It is fairly nutritious, has lots of riboflavin and B vitamins.
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> But I am told that some like to add a bit of it to soup stock.
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> BTW, the jars the spread come in look a bit like a marmite-style soup pot. Thus the name ...
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> Gianotta
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