Poll

Marmite

Love it
40 (76.9%)
Hate it
7 (13.5%)
Meh!
5 (9.6%)

Total Members Voted: 49

Author Topic: Marmite thread.  (Read 10340 times)

Beardy

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Marmite thread.
« on: 28 April, 2019, 10:41:27 am »
I thought we should have a dedicated Marmite thread, to discuss all things Marmite and to showcase photos of the beloved thread in exotic or ordinary locations.
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Beardy

  • Shedist
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #1 on: 28 April, 2019, 10:44:53 am »
The first Question though, do you love Marmite or hate Marmite. Or is this just a myth and you actually just feel ambivalent towards the lovely stuff?

I thought we had a poll option, but I can’t find it so no worries.
For every complex problem in the world, there is a simple and easily understood solution that’s wrong.

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #2 on: 28 April, 2019, 11:29:45 am »
I don't love or hate it, just like.

Jaded

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Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #3 on: 28 April, 2019, 11:52:23 am »
I love it but it plays havoc with colitis/crohns
It is simpler than it looks.

barakta

  • Bastard lovechild of Yomiko Readman and Johnny 5
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #4 on: 28 April, 2019, 12:19:59 pm »
I don't eat it as marmite if I can help it - I can eat it (unlike peanut butter which is evil and inedible) but I wouldn't choose to eat it.

I do like twiglets though.

My dad likes marmite so much he has it with marmalade on his toast "marmalite"  :sick:

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #5 on: 28 April, 2019, 12:49:34 pm »
What a great idea B. Will give that one a try.
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hellymedic

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Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #6 on: 28 April, 2019, 01:09:03 pm »
I don't eat it as marmite if I can help it - I can eat it (unlike peanut butter which is evil and inedible) but I wouldn't choose to eat it.

I do like twiglets though.

My dad likes marmite so much he has it with marmalade on his toast "marmalite"  :sick:

I believe some denizens of uk.rec.sheds were marmalite likers.

I don't care for Marmite but don't really hate it.

Mr Larrington

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Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #7 on: 28 April, 2019, 01:12:16 pm »
Foul stuff.  It's made from oil that's done twenty thousand miles in the sump of a minicab.
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Paul

  • L'enfer, c'est les autos.
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #8 on: 28 April, 2019, 01:39:03 pm »
By a wierd coincidence...
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Basil

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Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #9 on: 28 April, 2019, 01:50:58 pm »
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #10 on: 28 April, 2019, 02:28:35 pm »
Marmite is best deployed onto the windscreens and side windows of cars belonging to motorists who have systematically and repeatedly chosen to ignore The Highway Code.
Vegemite, on the other hand, is the food of kings.

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #11 on: 28 April, 2019, 02:40:21 pm »
Marmite is best deployed onto the windscreens and side windows of cars belonging to motorists who have systematically and repeatedly chosen to ignore The Highway Code.

Door handles really leaves 'em guessing.

WRT Marmite I can take it or leave it. When we have a jar, which is increasingly rare, it lasts for years.

I voted meh! but I would have preferred it without the exclamation mark.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #12 on: 28 April, 2019, 03:04:26 pm »
Having been hit directly in the eye by a snowball thrown by one of my colleagues whilst I was employed by the AA as a Relay driver, I chose to smear the door handles, steering wheel and handbrake lever of his crewed vehicle with jam.
I took time afterwards to point out to him that it could've so easily been dog shit and not jam.

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #13 on: 28 April, 2019, 03:33:55 pm »
I really like it and wiill eat it occasionally with a spoon. In fact   I had Marmite on crumpets for lunch today in fact. It also makes a nice drink if added to hot water.  I have a jar of Vegemite too, as I really like that as well, but if I had to choose between them I'd go for Marmite :thumbsup:

Kim

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Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #14 on: 29 April, 2019, 12:20:44 am »
Should only ever be used for kitchen pr0n purposes.


Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #15 on: 29 April, 2019, 09:58:57 am »
I love it, but squeezy Marmite is an abomination.

Anyone else think it's stealthily got more expensive recently? Is it a side-effect of the brexit thing, or maybe Marmite is supplanting Mars Bars as an indicator of the state of the economy?

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #16 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:06:08 am »
Give us this day our daily dose.

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #17 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:08:55 am »


Anyone else think it's stealthily got more expensive recently? Is it a side-effect of the brexit thing, or maybe Marmite is supplanting Mars Bars as an indicator of the state of the economy?

Unilever sharing the Brexit impact as punishment.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tesco-unilever-row-brexit-marmite-conspiracy-theories-brexiteers-ignorance-how-markets-work-a7363946.html


ian

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #18 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:14:33 am »
I don't hate Marmite, I just don't like the taste. It's just the sort of salty gloop that I don't love nearly enough to swallow.

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #19 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:16:55 am »

This Marmite is small. That Marmite is far away.
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"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #20 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:16:58 am »
I don't eat it as marmite if I can help it - I can eat it (unlike peanut butter which is evil and inedible) but I wouldn't choose to eat it.

I do like twiglets though.

My dad likes marmite so much he has it with marmalade on his toast "marmalite"  :sick:

I believe some denizens of uk.rec.sheds were marmalite likers.

I don't care for Marmite but don't really hate it.
Marmalite sounds like a generic name for the not quite Marmite things, such as Vegemite and various own label yeast extracts. Either that or a deadly weapon.
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T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #21 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:19:15 am »
UXB alert, experts are steaming out 250 kg of Marmalite.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Tim Hall

  • Victoria is my queen
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #22 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:22:18 am »
I don't eat it as marmite if I can help it - I can eat it (unlike peanut butter which is evil and inedible) but I wouldn't choose to eat it.

I do like twiglets though.

My dad likes marmite so much he has it with marmalade on his toast "marmalite"  :sick:

I believe some denizens of uk.rec.sheds were marmalite likers.

I don't care for Marmite but don't really hate it.
Marmalite sounds like a generic name for the not quite Marmite things, such as Vegemite and various own label yeast extracts. Either that or a deadly weapon.

The stuff in Ye Shedde was Creomite. An unholy blend of Creosote and Marmite.
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Creomite is a dark brown gooey (not Gooey) substance which can either be spread thinly on wood to preserve it, or spread thinly on bread and butter as preserve.
There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can
"overhaul" it, or you can ride it.  (Jerome K Jerome)

Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #23 on: 29 April, 2019, 10:34:13 am »


Anyone else think it's stealthily got more expensive recently? Is it a side-effect of the brexit thing, or maybe Marmite is supplanting Mars Bars as an indicator of the state of the economy?

Unilever sharing the Brexit impact as punishment.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tesco-unilever-row-brexit-marmite-conspiracy-theories-brexiteers-ignorance-how-markets-work-a7363946.html
Thanks, I hadn't seen that! It seems, anecdotally anyway, that Tesco caved in but Aldi didn't - their Marmite is still for sale at the old price. Other explanations for this are available of course.

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Marmite thread.
« Reply #24 on: 29 April, 2019, 06:42:16 pm »
Tim is correct and my brian is addled...