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USA bans world's greatest hangover cure.
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This completely smacks of something that will turn out to be a false rumor. Vegemite is still on the shelves in American supermarkets, and the only reporting on this has been done in the Australian press. It probably had to do with people's vegemite jars being confiscated going through customs; which has more to do with food importation without inspection than a ban. An analagous case: you can buy Italian sausage at the grocery store, but you can't bring a hunk of sausage through customs yourself (unless vacuum-sealed). Would you call that a ban on sausage? I wouldn't.
Dave
Dave
There's your problem - Vegemite and duck just doesn't go. Try putting it on toast or watermelon.
<Skunk switches off holographic projector and laughs as seen in Total Recall. Chundles applies Vegemite poultice to grazed knuckles>Chundles said:
I can't stand the stuff, but it's probably more the texture. We had some Australian distant cousins stay with us when I was younger, and they ate this stuff on their toast. One of them tried to gross me out with it by spreading it all over everything, really thick. I had to leave the room, but he had to eat it. But it would be stupid if they tried to ban it.
I'd like to think there was some perfectly valid reason, and/or that this is just some sort of misunderstanding, but nowadays, I don't know.
I'd like to think there was some perfectly valid reason, and/or that this is just some sort of misunderstanding, but nowadays, I don't know.
You should probably go with your gut, but if not, Google the term minus the Vegamite part.welshandrew said:
Chundles said:
No wonder I was attacked by the pesky drop bears when I lived in Australia. Vegemite could possibly be the worst tasting substance meant for human consumption on the face of the earth. Needless to say I never ate it (after the first time), thus the frequent attacks by drop bears.
welshandrew said:
It's a hilarious joke which I will use in conversation at a bar this weekend. Thanks Chundles!
(Oh yeah, andrew...try looking up dirty sanchez on urban dictionary. It's kinda NSFW.)
Vegemite has NOT been banned in the US.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20641599-1702,00.html
Move along... move along... All yee chicken littles...
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20641599-1702,00.html
Move along... move along... All yee chicken littles...
The one time I tasted it, I really didn't like it at all. Probably part of the problem was that I had an Aussie girlfriend at the time who just raved and raved about it, and I was expecting to taste something pleasant, when instead it gave me that feeling like you get when you get the coffee from the bottom of the pot and get some grains... ugh. But, whatever floats your boat. The fact that some people eat Hagas proves that there is a taste for just about anything.skunk said:
Dave
Does anyone else think it's funny and interesting that this food took off in one part of the world and is rejected everywhere else? I wonder how a taste develops so locally like that. And we're not taking about some kind of exotic dish here; it's just yeast extract. I mean, the food preferences here in the U.S. and in Australia overlap in a lot of ways. (I hear there are a lot of KFCs there.) But for this one food we're polar opposites. Am I the only one that finds that fascinating?
Speaking of Vegemite and/or Marmite - what sorts of prices do you folks see at shops around the US?
Personally, I'm a Marmite fellow myself and tend to pick it up for $4.99 for a tiny jar. Am I getting ripped off, or is this a consistent import price?
Personally, I'm a Marmite fellow myself and tend to pick it up for $4.99 for a tiny jar. Am I getting ripped off, or is this a consistent import price?