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 When I was very young, I developed a great love for Vegemite. You may think this odd, since I grew up in the US and not Australia, where this wonderful item hails from. However I was fortunate enough to be exposed to it, and thus I have been enjoying my morning toast spread with a thin layer of butter and then a thicker layer of Vegemite for many, many years. Breakfast is simply not the same without it. Vegemite is, of course, a yeast extract spread. It is made by taking the spent yeast from beer making, washing it of impurities, and then steeping it in water where it breaks down into its constituent proteins. It is then centrifuged, vacuum concentrated, and flavoured with celery, onion, and plenty of salt. I've tried lots of other yeast extracts, but none are the same. Unfortunately, the one thing Vegemite does not do is make a very nice hot drink. For that we must turn to  Bovril is what makes sporting events in the cold possible. It is what helped us defeat the Hun in two world wars. It is a manly drink which keeps hair on your chest. Made by pressure cooking beef carcasses and combining that broth with dehydrated meat powder, then concentrating the whole thing and flavoring with a bit of vegetable extract, Bovril is almost the only thing I want to or will drink when it is snowy and terrible outside. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to get in the United States these days, so I've taken to using an analogue made in North Carolina called Bovrite which is almost but not quite as good. In this thread let us talk about the dark pasty extracts you enjoy, and if you don't enjoy dark pasty extracts then let those of us who do change your mind because they are very good.
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Dec 11, 2014 22:42
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I buy it on amazon. It's got a bit too much celery flavor for my taste, but it does the trick since we can't get Bovril reliably in the States.
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Dec 11, 2014 22:55
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Yeah, world market. The problem with them though is that they only sell the 220 gram jars. There used to be an import store that sold the 1 kilo jars and that owned bones.
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Dec 12, 2014 07:22
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Marmite is good, though more "vegetably" than Vegemite. It's also more syrupy, and thus harder to spread.
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Dec 12, 2014 18:41
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But... salt is one of the points of eating it. That's like low sodium soy sauce or something.
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Dec 14, 2014 19:04
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If you drank bovril instead, you would have the resolute strength of character to not double post.
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Dec 15, 2014 15:43
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ColdPie posted:I can't get enough of this loving poo poo! You have become a better, more well-seasoned person.
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Mar 12, 2015 06:21
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Hey, cool. That's some Marmite. I buy Vegemite in 1 kg pails with little handles. 
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Apr 15, 2015 04:15
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I melted equal parts Vegemite and butter together last night and poured it over popcorn. Very good this is probably my new standard. Don't know why I never did it before.
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Apr 17, 2015 14:25
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There is no other kind but that in the green can.
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Apr 27, 2015 03:34
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