MARMITE RULZ AND VEGEMITE SUX SHIT

you should try GIANT JAFFAS! i saw them at the supermarket today and thought of my favourite seattle ppl <3

GIANT JAFFAS

I just like writing that. It's too bad it's too late to suggest new usernames for John, though.

ha

tonight

this

guest judges - FB, K, others

how exactly are you going to test them, do you have a recipe or methodology?

I am looking forward to hearing the results of this v. v. important test.

lol i am not, i have actually only met one american ever who liked vege/mar/mite, everyone else has been uniformly scathing about them.

I haven't met any non-antipodeans who like it either.

Hmmmm - the person I stayed with on Friday night expressed a preference for one over the other, and didn't say she hated either! (Her husband had Australian snacks in the cupboard, and that is how we got to talking about international snack foods...). Anyway, R0bbi3 is an American! So there are a few of them out there.

Also, I truly believe John will eat or drink anything now. With the possible exceptions of tofu and Hardee's curly fries.

we're having a cocktail party this evening.

do i set out the marmite and vegemite and bovril to see if anyone takes the challenge, or do i leave them in the cupboard to moulder in peace?

^^oops

genuine lol, genuine awe:

i am gonna have more bovril tonight

-- remy bean, Sunday, May 18, 2008 4:09 PM (1 minute ago)

Most confusing post of the day? Very, very possible.

Sara, don't make me send you some Bovril...

Mark C, I don't fear your empty threats!

My lack of fear may be due to the fact that I have lost the key to my mailbox, however.

QUICK RANKINGS - MORE LATER

WINNER: BOVRIL
2ND PLACE: NOT EATING
3RD PLACE: BARELY EDGED BY VEGEMITE
4TH: MARMITE

in many ways i found it difficult to distinguish marmite and vegemite - bovril though was pretty good

i am the only one of our testers that feels this way though

Can I petition to have the thread title changed to "BOVRIL RULZ" etc?

remy, bless him, pocketed the bovril

i even dipped my finger in it on the way home. so did rrrickey, and up to the knuckle.

HI DERE OUT OF CONTEXT THREAD

I was in the supermarket in the "international" section and they had a product that looked exactly like Bovril, same bottle and font I think, but it ws called something else.

Plz explain, Mark C. Is it export Bovril because Bovril is such a bad name??

As far as I can tell Bonox is the Aussie equivalent, but it is in a vegemite-style jar rather than Bovril-style, being also made by Kraft.

Or was it Oxo Spread?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/72451728_82995dce8d.jpg

p.s. that is not the real (or at least British) Bovril label.

I can't remember, I might buy it.

While I appreciate reading the rankings (LOL at "NOT EATING"), I would like to see scorecards and photographs, please, Mr. Justen.

WHAT NO DICK SMITH'S "AUSSIEMITE" ????

Dick King Smith?

http://www.biography.com/animalographies/images/babe.jpg

uptoeleven Nick, what do you think of Bovril?

I *think* i like it but my experiences have been mostly confined to the terraces of various football grounds in winter months. I don't think this is an entirely fair test as I'm going to be in love with anything cockles-warming in such nads-shrinking situations.

I can say with confidence, however, that both marmite and vegemite be GROSS. Bovril pwns by default but I shall test it under climate-controlled conditions this weekend and report back.

Smashing - don't forget, good white bread, lightly toasted, generously buttered, with Bovril spread thinly and eaten while still hot. Man, I wonder if I can arrange for this to be my lunch?

I should have a party where all of the finger food is made of marmite/vegemite/bovril.

do you hate your guests?

it came to me late the other night, when i was drunk with a friend and we were doing some tasting

marmite's a salt lick. in 'edible' form

i bought some bovril yesterday and i had some on toast first, then in a hot drink, and i liked both (i'd realised i couldn't remember it very well because it had been such a long time). i still prefer vegemite on toast but bovril is better for drinking. also, i hate marmite.

hey i hate marmite too!

yeah aussiemite is likely better than marmite.

what in the fuck even is 'mar' btw.

mar's bar?

i heard men sprang from thence.

mar (mär)
1. To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.
2. To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.

(mär)

that's cute, the dots over the a

wanna see a party trick?

i think so.

aww

Vegemite kicks all of this ass btw