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Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

icyfroth — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:27:06 GMT

The mighty brown paste celebrates its 90th birthday today - but for something that today is found in every single cupboard across our wide brown land - (well nearly every cupboard) - Vegemite took a while to gain public acceptance...

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And the Opera House Turns 40 this week!

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark have begun their official visit to Sydney with a tour of the Opera House.

The royal couple were greeted by a healthy crowd of well wishers as they arrived for a tour as part the Opera House's 40th birthday.

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And the company I work for turns 30 so wer'e celebrating at the Opera House tonight.

No Fireworks but. All been cancelled due to the bushfires.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

polksaladallie — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:26:52 GMT

Nah! Promite for me, much nicer.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

icyfroth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:37:05 GMT

They had ppl ringing in on the breakfast show this morning to say what they liked about Vegemite;

One lady rang in to say she puts it on her cold sores, heals em up real quick

A guy rang in to say he'd put a stripe of it across the bridge of his nose on a hiking trip. When he got back and washed it off he found all his face sunburned except the bit where the vegemite had been.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

polksaladallie — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:42:04 GMT

Put it with pyrethrum in a plastic soft drink bottle, cut a hole near the top, put yellow tape around the bottle, hang it near your fruit tree, a cheap fruit fly trap.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

cherry*135 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:07:02 GMT

Overpriced, over salty goo.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

polksaladallie — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:10:45 GMT

Vegemite or Promite? Or Marmite, or Ozemite, or......

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lakeland27 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:11:54 GMT

only in OZ do people celebrate the birthday of types of toxic waste.

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nevillesdaughter — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:15:48 GMT

Me too, and it has split my extended family. Me and mine are Promite people, but my mother is Vegemite all the way, so buys her own when she comes to stay. Problem is, my father (Neville) prefers Promite, and likes to complain that she won't buy it for him at home!

She responds with "When you do the shopping Neville, you can buy your own bloody Vegemite".

He says "Maybe I will, or maybe I'll just move in with Marina". Yikes!

She says "Do it - you wouldn't last 5 minutes - Marina expects you to cook, tidy up, do the washing, and take care of yourself - you don't even know how to go to the supermarket to buy bloody Promite!"

This goes on for some time, every time they visit with the result that the back of my fridge is full of old jars of Vegemite that I never bought, and I can't sleep because I'm frightened my father is going to move in.

They'll all be sorry when I get my own place.....

Marina.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

polksaladallie — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:24:36 GMT

Apparently it has similar properties as Medi-Honey, (see #3) so you could use the old jars to cure everything.

Buy some Promite for your dad for christmas.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

icyfroth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:47:11 GMT

@lakeland27 wrote:
only in OZ do people celebrate the birthday of types of toxic waste.

toxic?

I thought it was the byproduct of beer-brewing, as in the brewer's yeast they took out in the final process of brewing so the beer wouldn't be cloudy!

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

imastawka — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:50:18 GMT

Handy hint: Put a smear of vegemite on a splinter and it is so much easier to see and then remove

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

icyfroth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:56:49 GMT

lol. If you're having trouble reading an embossed maker's mark on the bottom of pottery, smear it with vegemite, it will become clearer.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

donnashuggy — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:07:49 GMT

The price is going up when tony puts up the gst

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

cherry*135 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:16:54 GMT

How odd/peculiar/obssessive to find the need to post Tony's name in just about every thread posted in.

The high salt content puts me off vegemite.

Vegemite is high in sodium. Originally at a salt content of 10 percent, the amount has since been lowered to around 8 percent, total. A 1 tsp. serving of Vegemite contains over 10 percent of the total recommended daily intake.

One vegemite sandwich provides 50% of a childs daily salt intake.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

dskracing — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:48:30 GMT

I love vegemite...have it for brekkie, either on toast or on my weetbix....use it in my shepherds pie and spag bog...makes a brilliant stock.

When I lived in the US, it was standard for my family to include vegemite in all care packages....until it was no longer able to be sent...then I had to outsource it from a little shop in Tecumseh...cost a bloody fortune...lol

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

icyfroth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:09:08 GMT

I find toast and vegemite an excellent hangover cure!

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*mrgrizz* — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:10:53 GMT

every sunday i toast 6 crumpets and have with vegemite and cheese spread, the dogs get 1 each

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

icyfroth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:18:37 GMT

@donnashuggy wrote:
The price is going up when tony puts up the gst

you had to bring politics into it.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

lurker17260 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:45:18 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
I find toast and vegemite an excellent hangover cure!

Same. Whenever and whyever (is that a word? well, it is now ) I'm feeling under the weather the one thing I crave is vegemite toast.

Re: Vegemite Turns 90 Today!

ambercat16 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:54:24 GMT

@am*3 wrote:

The high salt content puts me off vegemite.

Vegemite is high in sodium. Originally at a salt content of 10 percent, the amount has since been lowered to around 8 percent, total. A 1 tsp. serving of Vegemite contains over 10 percent of the total recommended daily intake.

One vegemite sandwich provides 50% of a childs daily salt intake.

Surely you don't put five teaspoons of vegemite on one sandwich?