Hi from New Zealand!

Jude Andrew · Post by **Jude Andrew** » 15 years ago

tcliffy wrote:I just found out our local "Publix" sells them

What's a Publix ??

tcliffy wrote:What about marmite

Oh hell No !!!

hideous stuff

tcenrt · Post by **tcenrt** » 15 years ago

Pardon my ignorance....what is marmite?

Ann

Jude Andrew · Post by **Jude Andrew** » 15 years ago

tcenrt wrote:Pardon my ignorance....what is marmite?

Ann

Ann, sometimes ignorance IS bliss.... certainly in this case

... but if you must...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

tcliffy · Post by **tcliffy** » 15 years ago

Jude Andrew wrote:
tcliffy wrote:I just found out our local "Publix" sells them
What's a Publix ??

tcliffy wrote:What about marmite
Oh hell No !!! hideous stuff

lol, thought people might think that. Certainly not my favourite spread.

oh, and for you non-Americans (what am I saying, I'm not even American), here the publix website...
http://www.publix.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

tcenrt · Post by **tcenrt** » 15 years ago

Jude Andrew wrote:
tcenrt wrote:Pardon my ignorance....what is marmite?

Ann
Ann, sometimes ignorance IS bliss.... certainly in this case ... but if you must...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

Hmm....I can understand soy sauce, and I certainly would not spread it on my bread.

Ann

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 15 years ago

tcliffy wrote:I've never had mushy peas but I just found out our local "Publix" sells them. Guess what I'm going to be trying.

What about marmite. I've heard a lt of people here tried it when they went there and their tongues almost tried to commit suicide. They clearly didn't like it. I don't mind it spread thinly over toast.

Sadly mushy peas can't really be enjoyed on their own - they are somewhat bland. I guess the benefit of them stems from ages past where a pea grown in summer could be dried for winter and turned in to a cheap filling dish. Not much need for that these days but I love 'em. Nice at Bonfire night with a nice growler.

Now Marmite. It's sold over here with the the tag line "you either love it or you hate it". If anybody wishes to try it the best way is as stated by tcliffy.....

Toast some bread (white by preference). Butter toast generously. Smear a tiny amount of Marmite over the buttered toast - DO NOT SPREAD ON A LOT OR YOU WILL DIE

With Marmite remember that a little goes along way.

FYI - did you know that mushy peas are also known as Yorkshire caviar

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 15 years ago

Now I know your next question will be: what's a growler?

Well traditionally it's a Yorkshire word for an individual sized pork pie (picture can be seen here)......

http://porkpieclub.net/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm not sure if you know about Bonfire Night here in the UK.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/bonfirenight.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

TullyBascombe · Post by **TullyBascombe** » 15 years ago

Yorkie wrote:Now I know your next question will be: what's a growler?

Well traditionally it's a Yorkshire word for an individual sized pork pie (picture can be seen here)......

http://porkpieclub.net/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm not sure if you know about Bonfire Night here in the UK.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/bonfirenight.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Prominently mentioned in the movie V for Vengence.

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 15 years ago

TullyBascombe wrote:
Yorkie wrote:Now I know your next question will be: what's a growler?

Well traditionally it's a Yorkshire word for an individual sized pork pie (picture can be seen here)......

http://porkpieclub.net/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm not sure if you know about Bonfire Night here in the UK.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/bonfirenight.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Prominently mentioned in the movie V for Vengence.

What? growlers?

tcliffy · Post by **tcliffy** » 15 years ago

regretfully, any meat pie is inextricably hard to come by (nb. I know that's not proper grammar but stuff and nonsense I don't care).

*sighs* It's about as hard to come by as boerewors is.
But yeah, in regards to marmite, as Yorkie stated, if you are going to try it, put a little eansy weansy little smidgen on a buttered piece of toast and try it. It's so... different, you'll think, uh... something wierd

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 15 years ago

TullyBascombe wrote:V for Vengence.

V for Vendetta?

danieb88 · Post by **danieb88** » 15 years ago

sorry to go back abit but marmite is amazing!! who wouldnt like it?! hehe

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 15 years ago

So what other British delicacies may not go down too well with our non-UK LIbera fans?

How about Spotted Dick, Faggots, Toad in the Hole, crumpets, scotch eggs & bubble and squeak?

Come on, you know you want to try them

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 15 years ago

Because I love you all I'll post a link to the site of a brave American gastronaut who has savoured some of our tastiest morsels so that you don't have to (and she used WAY too much marmite on that cracker).....

http://www.girlalive.com/food/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And you can have a recipe for faggots because I know you will be dying to try them

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/datab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 3899.shtml

Bon appetite

kthomp · Post by **kthomp** » 15 years ago

ok yorkie you have made me hungry thinking about faggots, marmite and scotch eggs lol

i never made faggots before so i shall be trying for my tea