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Marmite and co: disgustingly debatable foods in western Europe - the European magazine ~ Cafebabel
Travelling around Europe, you're never safe from a bad gastronomic surprise, be it vegetable yeast spread, bull's tail, pig's head paté, mushroom spread and much more ... brace your guts. Plus, a recipe for stewed oxtail

25% of Brits pack a pot in their suitcase to go on holiday." This could easily be the gastronomic scoop of the year... but rather than a saucepan, it's their jar of Marmite, the main ingredient of which is vegetable yeast (made of microscopic moulds and very rich in vitamin B1), that a quarter of the population cannot live without for two weeks in a row. The sales and marketing team at Marmite (born in 1902!) needed nothing more to produce an amusing publicity campaign. Because Marmite, and its bitter taste, divides the English palette. It's black or white, as the slogan says: Love it or hate it.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 02:26:39 PM EST
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But 25 % of the US population think George Bush was a good president !! Which shows that 25 % of people can be readily certified deranged. Their views on marmite are irrelevant once we have them in secure accomodation.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 06:14:21 PM EST
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they know that if the shit hits the fan while they're on hols, marmite will be worth more than platinum.

even the empty washed jar holds delicious wisps of olfactory memory nestled within!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Aug 15th, 2009 at 08:21:04 AM EST
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