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Author Topic: Vegemite Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 10-21-2002 09:33 PM                     And I thought Marmite was an explosive: from black powder to cordite to marmite... Yes, Guinness Stout is my favorite. Had my first pint while push-biking through Eire; from Queenstown (Cove) westward along the coast through Inchigeala and Ballangeary, up through Killarney and somewhere en route discovered a shibeen on a country crossroad (farmers would hold their pitchforks and wave "All the best") where my pint was drawn from a mossy cask sunk into the roadside sod. Delicious lunch, though my cycle's wobble wasn't entirely due to going uphill on gravel roads...  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 10-23-2002 11:54 PM                     Thank you for that link, Dick. While we here in Toronto, are able to get may of the British products (such as Marmite and Bovril) which we have used for years in my family, the closing of Marks & Spencers here in Canada, has left us longing for some of the specialty foods we love so much. Who after all, made a better ginger maramalade than M & S?  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 01-19-2003 04:10 PM                     If you're playing Kangaroo Jack, are any kids (or adults) asking for Vegemite? That's cause you can hear "Down Under". BTW Kangaroo Jack is poised to top the box office on this long MLK weekend.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-19-2003 04:34 PM                     Of all the old threads you could've bumped up. Vegemite???  |  IP: Logged Bill Langfield Master Film Handler Posts: 280 From: Prospect, NSW, Australia Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-20-2003 12:02 PM                        I'm glad it got bumped up. Never saw the thread before. I enjoyed reading about it. However, Brad, have you tried the stuff yet? It is certainly different. It's strong as hell, so it needs to be spread thinly, it makes the roof of your mouth 'itch' in a strange pleasant way. Bill. And John Wilson (and Michael for that matter) where have you guys gone? Tooheys is BEST, you know that. VB is a southern chemical laden throw-up material. (Well it makes me sick like Fosters)  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-05-2003 01:12 PM                     I'm a big fan of the FOOD TV series, "COOK'S TOUR". It features chef/author Tony Bourdain traveling the world trying the local foods. He goes for the real stuff, not just the hotel or well-known restaurants. I've seen him eat just about everything, including a live cobra heart (yes, he could feel it beating "going down"). I have only seen him stopped twice with things he just couldn't handle. One was last week at Mall of America, a deep-fried cheesecake. AND, this week, he tasted and just didn't like the dreaded Vegemite. He loved the kangaroo and the bush country food, and also some crawfish like creatures from a sheep farm. But Vegemite was more than he could handle. Great show, and also a book. Tony is an excellent writer.  |  IP: Logged John Spooner Expert Film Handler Posts: 186 From: South Australia, Australia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 04-05-2003 01:30 PM                     Vegemite is an Australian icon. Like most Australian children I was virtually raised on it, it is thick, black and very strong. The label says that Vegemite began back in 1923, a scientist Dr.Cyril Callister and businessman Fred Walker developed a yeast extract which became known as Vegemite. The product has been made in Melbourne since 1923. The rudimentary ingredients are yeast extract and salt. Trust this of some information. John Spooner.  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 04-05-2003 07:41 PM                     So why were the containers the U.S. Army cooks used to send hot food to us in the field called "Marmite Containers?" If I remember correctly, there were three long, rectangular aluminum containers packed in a line inside a green, double-walled insulated, ribbed metal box with a rubber gasket around its clamped-down lid. It was clearly designed to keep food hot or cold. (Seems ideal for Chinese take-out.) Thing is, it was used for soup or stew. We never had anything called "marmite" yet the name stuck. How did the containers get that name in U.S. Army service?  |  IP: Logged John Spooner Expert Film Handler Posts: 186 From: South Australia, Australia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 04-06-2003 12:47 PM                     Paul Cunningham. Dear Paul. I tried to send you an e-mail, but the address shown is not valid/user unknown. The question was to ask you what army unit you are or were with, are you regular army or reserves, and are you an officer or nco. I was a member of 10 Royal South Australian Regiment (10RSAR), the Adelaide infantry reserves unit for 6 years. Regards. (cpl) John Spooner. Adelaide.  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-12-2004 09:18 PM                        My wife told me that Vegemite was a $2000 Double Jeopardy question today. The answer was something about it being an "acquired taste".  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 03-12-2004 10:52 PM                    You have a wife?  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-13-2004 11:34 AM                        She's from Elmhurst. We were both Co-Directors (but not at the same time) of the Case Western Reserve University Film Society. Our marriage ceremony was at the Everett Road Covered Bridge in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Our reception was on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. We reserved our own private train, including the Saint Lucie Sound executive railcar. Our guests all joined us, we rode the train to the covered bridge, said our vows, and returned to the train to continue our reception excursion. Much more fun than just renting a hall.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-13-2004 04:10 PM                        jeffry, the film-tech fact-checkers are picking through your story with a fine-toothed comb and will not rest until they have exposed the fraud of your alleged "marriage". but seriously, is it that improbable that a film-techer would be married? i know rachel was married, once. and pytlak sometimes talks about his wife. of course, noone has ever seen her in person. carl  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-13-2004 07:20 PM                        You are right, carl. If Rachel was married, that means really everyone can get married.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-13-2004 09:19 PM                        Carl Martin wrote: quote: ...i know rachel was married, once. and pytlak sometimes talks about his wife. of course, noone has ever seen her in person. My wife Betsy attended the United Drive-In Theatre Owners convention in Orlando last month. Or do you think those two beautiful young women accompanying me when I received my Academy Technical Achievement Award aren't my daughters? Betsy and I have been married 31 years:  |  IP: Logged

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