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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #30 on: July 01, 2006, 14:35:59 pm »
Mmmmmm Marmite. I eat it from the jar :)

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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #31 on: July 01, 2006, 16:47:21 pm »
Quote from: Miche on July 01, 2006, 10:56:41 am
I think the english equiv of vegemite is marmite. 

Both must be non-US terms. I don't even know what marmite is.  ???  :(

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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #32 on: July 01, 2006, 16:51:39 pm »
Quote from: Katet on July 01, 2006, 11:05:40 am
Here in Aus it is the highest selling cereal by a long way & there are ads with members of sporting teams asking "how many did you do today"... at one stage they had "9/10 Aussie Cricketers eats Weetbix... make that 10/10"... they stopped that ad after some of the team changed & we lost the ashes... maybe that is why????

If a had read this a couple weeks ago, and If you hadn't mentioned cricket, I wouldn't have understood the "ashes" reference. But I just started Elizabeth George's novel Playing for the Ashes, and she describes the test cricket thing at the beginning of her book, so I get the reference now.  ;D



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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #33 on: July 01, 2006, 16:52:45 pm »
Quote from: Debinoz on July 01, 2006, 09:29:39 am
personally i never tried it but i makle it for them both every morning -0 boy doies it suck up / absorb milk so for my 3 yo who does not drink milk it is a great way to get a lot in at breakfast

Since DD is drinking less and less milk these days (she even makes a face when she takes a sip!  ::) ), perhaps drowning some Wheatabix in milk would be a good way to get her to increase her milk intake. Thanks for the tip!

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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #34 on: July 01, 2006, 22:55:27 pm »
What does Vegemite/marmite taste like??  I saw it in the store recently and took a look since I've heard it so often on this site.  But the idea of fermented yeast did not sound appetizing at all, despite how good it may be for me!  LOL!
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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #35 on: July 01, 2006, 23:03:52 pm »
It's something you just can't describe, I know that doesn't help much sorry. If you do get some spread it REALLY thinly at first as it is strong.

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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #36 on: July 02, 2006, 00:39:56 am »
Quote from: julieb on July 01, 2006, 22:55:27 pm
What does Vegemite/marmite taste like??

Um..... Cardboard, vinegar, jet fuel.....?  :P :-X
It IS hard to describe,and it IS quite a strong taste. I can also tell you that jam doesn't help it AT ALL!!!! ;D
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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #37 on: July 02, 2006, 08:52:09 am »
  :-X OMG Deb i cannot imagine jam and marmite together - urgh making me sick thinking of it...

you have to ease yourself into marmite (vegemite is a milder taste IMO) so in the beginning when Dh gave me some (12 years ago) i had tons of butter and a tiny bit of marmite. almost spit it out. the second time i liked it better and by the 3rd time i was hooked.  when i brought it with me home to the states at one point my family could not stand the smell or anything to do with it, but my mom's cat was in heaven and if the jar got opened she would come running from wherever she was hiding - must be like catnip for her  ;D

it IS loaded with vitamins though so is great to give as a simple food for kids - toast/bread with butter/marg and a smear of vegemite/marmite.  some people add it to soups and casseroles as well.
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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #38 on: July 02, 2006, 09:14:40 am »
Uh oh I feel a poll in the lounge coming on... go take a peek!  ::)

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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #39 on: July 02, 2006, 09:32:36 am »
Quote from: Debinoz on July 02, 2006, 08:52:09 am
you have to ease yourself into marmite (vegemite is a milder taste IMO)

No, no NOOOOOOO!!!!!  ;D Marmite all the way LOL (of course it's not gluten free so is a moot point anyway  ::)).
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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #40 on: July 03, 2006, 09:31:53 am »
MARMITE and JAM! Oh my GOD!

Definately an aquired taste, I was strictly a Promite person and I took years of me hating vegemite until I had run out of Promite and started eating DH's vegemite!   :o

Now I'm hooked. 
Vegemite and cheese are a goer.
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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #41 on: July 03, 2006, 11:31:06 am »
Quote from: mum101 on July 03, 2006, 09:31:53 am
MARMITE and JAM! Oh my GOD!

Yeah, yeah, I know that NOW, but I was alone in my friend's kitchen one early morning and it loked like peanut butter! In my defense, it WAS before I'd had any caffeine! LOL
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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #42 on: July 03, 2006, 18:56:50 pm »
Its fantastic. I have only seen it here in Canada though, not in the US. There really is nothing quite like it. I like mine cold and crunchy too.
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Re: What is Wheatabix?
« Reply #43 on: July 04, 2006, 19:58:19 pm »
Alia absolutley loves it, both warm or cold with milk mixed with pureed fruit or banana.  Its really filling and works really well at supper time to ward of hunger during the night x
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