[Sca-cooks] Re: Sugar free sports drink alternative

Adele de Maisieres ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Mon Jul 4 14:07:08 PDT 2005


Elaine Koogler wrote:

> Adele de Maisieres wrote:
>
>> Marmite is the New Zealand version of yeast extract-- rather stronger 
>> tasting than Vegemite.  Good in a thin marmite-and-cheese sandwich.  
>> (Incidentally, the enthusiastic consumptionof Marmite is probably an 
>> indicator that one has been living New Zealand too long.)  Alcohol-- 
>> like up to a point.  Tobacco-- can't stand.
>>
> I dunno...I lived in Papua New Guinea (just north of Australia) for a 
> year...associated with both Aussies and Kiwis...not to mention the 
> occasional POMmie...saw and tried Vegemite on numerous occasions.  
> Never developed a taste for it.  ;-)

Yes, lots of NZers eat Vegemite as well, but Marmite is the version made 
in NZ.

-- 
Adele de Maisieres

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