OK, Vegemite is a dark brown Australian food paste made from yeast extract. It is a spread for sandwiches,toast, crumpets and cracker biscuits, and filling for pastries. It is similar to British, New Zealand and South African Marmite, AustralianPromite and Swiss Cenovis.Vegemite is made from used brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing,various vegetables, wheat and spice additives. It is salty, slightly bitter, and umami or malty – similar to beef bouillon. The texture is smooth, and the product is a paste. It is not as intensely flavoured as British Marmite and it is less sweet than the New Zealand version of Marmite.
In October 2006, Australian media reported that Vegemite had been banned in the United States, and that the United States Customs Service had gone so far as to search Australians entering the country for Vegemite because it contains folate, a B vitamin approved as an additive in the U.S. for just a few foods, including breakfast cereals.[31][32][33] The story appears to have originated as an anecdote by a traveller who claimed to have been searched by U.S. Customs and a spokesperson for Kraft made a misinformed comment to reporters. The story led to some anti-American comments in blogs and newspapers. The Herald Sun blamed George W. Bush, at the time the president of the United States, for the ban, and encouraged readers to post comments on its website and send emails to the White House. The Australian rock band Men at Work refer to a "Vegemite sandwich" in the second verse of their 1981 hit song "Down Under", from their début album Business as Usual.[39]
Amanda Palmer, on her album Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under, refers to Vegemite twice, in the songs "Vegemite (The Black Death)" and an audience-voiced cover of "We're Happy Little Vegemites".
Vegemite is mentioned in John Williamson's popular song "True Blue".
U.S. President Barack Obama, in response to a question in March 2011 during a joint visit with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to a high school in Virginia, gave his impression of Vegemite by stating "It’s horrible" and, following a description by Ms. Gillard, summarised it with "So it's like a quasi-vegetable by-product paste that you smear on your toast for breakfast - sounds good, doesn't it?"
Looks like petrolleum, tastes like crap, only eaten by australians, expats in other countries, and people who eat way too much crap. ... *starts eating vegemite, then proceeds to hum the "happy little vegemite" jingle.* ... Do not be fooled by it.
Looks like petrolleum, tastes like crap, only eaten by australians, expats in other countries, and people who eat way too much crap. ... *starts eating vegemite, then proceeds to hum the "happy little vegemite" jingle.* ... Do not be fooled by it.
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