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Nah.......Peanut butter is peanut butter-peanuts
Vegemite is used yeast from brewers and they concentrate it.If you work in a brewery you know what it smells like...weak yeast.They just make it stronger again.Yeast has a lot of B vitamins and is sposed to be good for ya :P

Theres a little store that carries all kinds of Aussie and African and Jamaican foods(imported)near my house and they have vegemite.
I have some.I kinda like it but have had it more than once.You can throw some in soup and stuff too.
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Why is it called Vegemite ?  Who knows ?  Why is Peanut Butter called that when it is clearly nothing to do with butter ?  ???


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On a hippie trail, head full of zombie..."

A Combie BTW, is a Volkswagon Van.....


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But is was my understanding that it was spelled "Kombie"? ???  :-X

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OK, why is it called vegemite? And no fair putting up a vegemite link. ;)
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The company ran a competition inviting the public to come up with a name for its new spread.  

That's how it was named and there is no record of what the name Vegemite actually means.  Made up, I suspect. ;D

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What's a "head full of Zombie?" Extra points if you know what a vegemite sandwich is.

Carl
www.songfacts.com
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Peanut butter is called that because it could be spread on bread like butter. Just like apple butter is a "butter" made from apples, peanut butter is the "butter" made from peanuts. End Quote

Ehhhh!  :P  I was sort of trying to be fascetious, but it didn't work !  ;D

Here we call it Peanut Paste, for the same reasons, it can be spread like a paste.

I can't speak for the Vege, but maybe the "Mite" part is because outside of my homeland, there is a slight chance that we "Mite" find someone that likes it !  :P :P :P

And if we don't...more for me !  :)


Just for a laugh - search the net for Vegemite + origin = there are some higly ignorant assumptions floating round out there (that would be unusual for the internet hey ?)  ::)

My fave is the twit who suggests that it is made with the scrapings off the inside of the vats that beer is brewed in....

I understand the connection he is making, with the yeast aspect, but I suggest he has been having a little too much of the liquid product  ;D

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Here we call it Peanut Paste, for the same reasons, it can be spread like a paste.
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   ???

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My fave is the twit who suggests that it is made with the scrapings off the inside of the vats that beer is brewed in....

I understand the connection he is making, with the yeast aspect, but I suggest he has been having a little too much of the liquid product  ;D
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But it (or at least Marmite) is made from the extra yeast grown in the brewing process.  That's why the Marmite factory is in Burton-on-Trent where there is a big brewery.

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I have never heard peanut butter being referred to as peanut paste. Is that a Queensland thing, Fuss?

Combie is actually spelt "Kombi" too. I had a friend who was a VW mechanic, and Kombis were all he ever owned. I don't know why. I could understand driving a 500SEL if you were a Mercedes-Benz mechanic, but a Kombi?
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Must be a Queensland thing !  I always thought Peanut Butter was a term specific to America, but then again, as I won't go near the stuff (unless I intend to stop the gearbox from grinding long enough to fool a used car lot to buy my old clunker...) I wouldn't have known !

Kombi !   YES !   ;D  I am referring Zella to this site as we have had many a battle over the spelling !

Thanks Gore-man !  :D

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But it (or at least Marmite) is made from the extra yeast grown in the brewing process.  That's why the Marmite factory is in Burton-on-Trent where there is a big brewery.
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I am sure it is - my point to the earlier comment was that I doubt that breweries could produce enough on their own to make enough Vegemite to satisfy the demand  :)

Therefore it must be specifically produced ?

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I am sure it is - my point to the earlier comment was that I doubt that breweries could produce enough on their own to make enough Vegemite to satisfy the demand  :)

Therefore it must be specifically produced ?
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For Marmite it doesn't appear to be specifically produced.

Here's a link to a Marmite FAQ page I found.  Scroll down to #5  (I think)

http://www.gty.org/~phil/marmite.htm

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For Marmite it doesn't appear to be specifically produced.

Here's a link to a Marmite FAQ page I found.  Scroll down to #5  (I think)

http://www.gty.org/~phil/marmite.htm
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That's an interesting site karen  :)

I suppose if there is one thing I would add, it is that in my experience, is that both Promite and Marmite seem even tangier than Vegemite !

Anyone agree/disagree?