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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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The US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians for jars of the spread when they enter the country.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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First time I heard of the product. What does it taste like?
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 12:57 AM
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its yeast extract.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 02:04 AM
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Australians are pretty much brought up on it but it's really an acquired taste for anyone else.

I can't even describe the taste myself. I'd send you a jar but you'd probably get arrested.




WHAT DOES VEGEMITE TASTE LIKE?
For first timers, the flavour of Vegemite is often unexpected. Vegemite has a rather salty bite to it. It is often used as a stock in all kinds of cooking, so it's very savoury and can be likened to a concentrated flavour of a dark meat like beef.
http://about-australia-shop.com/vegemite.htm

Some people thinks it tastes like axle grease.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&safe...e+like%3F&meta=
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 05:00 AM
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How about I buy a battery tie down from your site and you pack vegemite as a complimentary 1798225th customer gift. Also, in your electrical section, you have JDM light sockets. How does it being JDM affect anything?
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 05:37 AM
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I've seen Vegemite over here in specialized food stores before. I would expect that you can still find it if you have any specialized groceries.

I have not tasted it, but I have smelled Vegemite and

It has got to be an aquired taste
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 06:44 AM
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Only reference I know of to vegemite. (Funny thing is, I thought it was slang for "knuckle" )

Down Under

Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,

"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said,

"Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
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^^^ Damn you beat me to it....ahhh Vegemite Sandwich....
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by kadeshpa,Oct 22 2006, 12:43 PM
^^^ Damn you beat me to it....ahhh Vegemite Sandwich....
Hahaha, first thing I thought of too when I opened this thread.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by AlX Boi,Oct 22 2006, 11:00 PM
How about I buy a battery tie down from your site and you pack vegemite as a complimentary 1798225th customer gift. Also, in your electrical section, you have JDM light sockets. How does it being JDM affect anything?
The light sockets are for US owners who have changed their headlights over to the clear JDM ones. According to my customers they are different.
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