“I’ll have two Scotch eggs and a jar of Marmite”
– Twenty Four Hour Garage People
So… what do we know about Marmite?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
“I’ll have two Scotch eggs and a jar of Marmite”
– Twenty Four Hour Garage People
So… what do we know about Marmite?
bobby svarc
He just smiled and gave me a Marmite sandwich.
26 November 2015
flintlock
I don’t mind Marmite, it’s not bad.
26 November 2015
THIS LEADEN PAUL
Ideal tar substitute.
26 November 2015
Gok wan acolyte
Food of the gods
26 November 2015
peter mcornithologist
Illegal in Denmark. I wonder what the punishment is for possession?
26 November 2015
Mattkin as-is
My mate
26 November 2015
Mr. Abelazar woozle
@GWA – what sort of gods do you have in mind? The large celestial beard variety, the taxidermists mistake variety, or something else?
26 November 2015
Dickhead in quicksand
Invented by German chemist Justus von Liebig, also known for his condenser.
99% vegetarian would be a moderately useless claim.
I imagine manufacturing Marmite from vegans only would be too expensive.
26 November 2015
peter mcornithologist
Also banned in Canada, along with Irn Bru. No record of either of these goodies being responsible for any deaths in Keith.
26 November 2015
EXXO
Does anyone else know of a product which has a higher ratio of ‘own brand’ cost to ‘branded brand’ cost? I don’t think there is one, which indicates very low margins or a very litiginous recipe owner or both. And because of those low margins and inter-corporate persuasiveness, most supermarkets don’t even bother with an own brand.
If there was ALDI marmite I might be able to afford it, but there isn’t and it’s been about 4 years now that I just haven’t been able to bring meself to shell out for Marmite, even though we probably go through three quid’s worth of blackcurrant jam in about the same time that one jar of marmite would have taken.
Actually writing this has made me realise that Mrs. Exford prolly wouldn’t eat the marmite as much, so maybe I should get some after all and just let her buy the jam that she seems to go through so much of.
Thank you one again Lyrics Project for giving us this space for personal development through introspection
27 November 2015
featureless tv producer steve
So what does Marmite actually taste like? Wikipedia describes it as “a sticky, dark brown food paste with a distinctive, powerful flavour, which is extremely salty” but is that the best anyone can do? Does it actually taste like anything?
27 November 2015
bobby svarc
Exxo, ALDI plain crisps are superb, Walkers (made in table topping Lestoh btw) are nearly ten bob a packet. Anyway I think we’ll beat Manure.
27 November 2015
GOK WAN ACOLYTE
@mr abelazar woozle – it was the gods who made the gods I was referring to
@featureless tv producer steve – it tastes like Marmite… there really isn’t anything I can compare it to, except perhaps if you were to bite the corner of an Oxo cube, but smoother and creamier
27 November 2015
Mr. Abelazar woozle
Ahhh, but what of the gods who made the gods who made the gods? Who made those gods? Repeat ad nauseum, then go to the pub – it’s the only way….
27 November 2015
EXXO
Have had a u-turn thanks to this thread and the realisation that marmite really isn’t that expensive .. cos decent jam seems to have gone up.
Whoopee. Suppose this is how George Osborne must have felt recently.
Hope I get this bloody job though.
27 November 2015
EXXO
Will report tomorrow morning on first marmite brekky for about 4 years.
27 November 2015
Two fat feet
At an age when I was too young to remember, I once smashed a glass table top with a jar of Marmite.
In my adult years I have chipped the enamel off the cooker by dropping a jar as I took it from the cupboard, and the gene also seems to have passed to the youngest of my offspring; however that may prove to be just a wanton destructive streak rather than being Marmite-specific.
27 November 2015
featureless tv producer steve
@Exxo – I am looking forward to your report with what can only be desribed as a disturbing level of anticipation.
27 November 2015
featureless tv producer steve
@CtSO – by which of course I meant “described.” Grrr…..
27 November 2015
peter mcornithologist
@ Mr. Featureless. You could scoot over the border into Canada with a truck full of the stuff and make a fortune on the black market.
27 November 2015
Dickhead in quicksand
I recall a university rag week event, where you paid your money to smash three bottles for charity against the walls of the college’s Rugby fives court. There was a discount if you brought your own bottles.
If you paid for three goes, you got a free shot with the Marmite jar. There was a prize for breaking it, but it went unclaimed.
27 November 2015
Brumbiscuit
Maybe it’s the cycling equivalent of a DPAK: http://www.foska.com/marmite-toastie-lite-en.html
My three kids spent their early years in Budapest and were raised on the stuff. Once Tesco opened a store in nearby Budaors (sic), I was able to get hold of supplies, but it was still cheaper to bring back a couple of the BFO jars every time I made a trip to Blighty.
My favourite breakfast is still runny boiled eggs and thinly sliced soldiers topped with the savoury, processed brewing by-product.
27 November 2015
Brumbiscuit
BTW, Vegemite is slimy Devil’s shite…
27 November 2015
Brumbiscuit
The proof that a fool and her/his money are easily parted? http://www.engravedgiftideas.com/sterling-silver-marmite-lid.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAm-CyBRDx65nBhcmVtbIBEiQA7zm8lfFcqt8bFtJOM-xQ0YwihtCFfnrXvzdFNp2a3pES4igaAgp48P8HAQ
(He says, having spent oodles of £££ on building two lilac Harry Quinns.)
27 November 2015
Dickhead in quicksand
“Hand wash using warm soapy water.” it says in that ad. Hmmmm.
28 November 2015
EXXO
It’s not like drugs is it kids? I mean after about 4 years off the stuff I still needed quite a big dent out of that little jar to get the real hit. I’d also forgotten how it’s a totally different substance on properly HOT toast, soaks in to the softer bits of a good thick slice.
Andy – with Dukla Prague being such a big name cycling team these days I’m surprised you haven’t got one of their tops yet. Been expecting someone to show up at a gig in one for a while (actually my money’s on Mrs Exford to be the first).
28 November 2015
BrumbiscUit
The problems with their kit, Exxo are a) it’s ugly, b) it’s plastered with corporate ads and c) I can’t read Czech. However, the real reason is that my svelte form struggles to fit into even XXXL cycling shirts.
28 November 2015
Dirk Hofman
Head of Marmite production company in New Zealand suggested spreading on hot toast as it goes further during shortages after earthquake damage to factory. NZ Marmageddon. Also Canadian brown out.
29 November 2015
radar
@FTVPS It tastes of malt extract and salt, and is one of the more delicious beer brewing by-products.
30 November 2015
EXXO
Remembered yesterday how good it is too on egg fried noodles – less salty than soy sauce (if you don’t use too much), less sweet than any pre-packed ‘stir fry sauce’.
30 November 2015
NAGASAKI shinPADS
When I took part in 3 cricket tours to India the necessary bottles to take were Johnny Walker Black Label….but when involved with golf trips to Girona the only request was jars of marmite cos it can’t be had in Spain apparently.
For me the only thing to do with it is pretend it is a grenade and hurl it at the Mars Ultras
30 November 2015
EXXO
Back to the Marmite jar this morning after a spell in exile (saves on heating). I’ve missed it, especially when I made my quickie egg/noodle thing the other day.
Gona be needing a new jar any day now. Didn’t get that last job I was after, but might have a month’s contract coming up soon (albeit in Mancy Milltown) so you never know, might even get a big posh jar.
6 January 2016
EXXO
Referring myself back to comment 10 in this thread, and since Morrisonswon’t be following Morphy Richards in the A-Z, I will now say that I am now willing to endorse their own brand yeast extract at the price. If the 250g Marmite were available at say £2.15 then I’d always go for that one… but it isn’t.
24 January 2016
gok WAN AcOLYTE
I hope Exxo is well stocked up…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37637954
12 October 2016
EXXO
Indeed. Stockpiled loads before the Britshit vote and now I hang around the back of the queue at the Tesco 24-hour garage offering it for double price, Euros only.
13 October 2016