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indi
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 10:22
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I just watched the news in disbelief.
apprantly US law doesnt allow folic acid products other then breads cereals etc..
how absurd is that one lmao.

vegemite on toast powers my business.

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Viva la Marmite, Revolution! :raises fist:

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 10:55
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promite is good as well. perhaps its the same thing as marmite.

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Personally I'm a bovril fan, myself. Never got on too well with vegemite. Bovril used to be liquified cow, but its actually veggie safe these days because it's yeast based now. The last time I saw a lot of vegemite, I was in a youth hostel in Oxford - they had a jar on every table in the dining hall!

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 12:43 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2006 12:56
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It is funny. I guess they don't make it themselves. They always ban imports first.

Edit: Btw, Marmite is filthy goodness.


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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 13:42 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2006 13:44
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We americans just can't handle the awesomeness that is Vegemite:
http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/vegemite/vegemite.html

And yes, I learned of vegemite through Men at Work.

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Being Portuguese I really don't "get" Marmite. I tasted in in the UK and was like "what the...?". 12 years later, in the safeness of my home country where there's no risk of me trading glances with a Marmite vial I still wonder...


... what the... ?

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Raven
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 14:17
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yup, it definately leaves you wondering something
They've released squeezy stuff now, it's so cool ^_^

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 14:46 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2006 14:56
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OMG INDI

you know the rules, no poltical discussion in this forum, especially american ones.

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<3 marmite btw... ftw
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 14:47
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you either love it or hate it, and I damn the bugger to hell

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 16:08
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They say when a man loves marmite, he is truly a man.

Forget acquiring the taste of beer, or perhaps stilton. No. When you can eat a splodge of marmite on a bit of toast and enjoy every mouthful, you have reached true manhood.

Btw on that website, those muppets didn't have butter on their bread! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? That's mouth tingling suicide!


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Raven
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lol well those aussies are crazy



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awesome, im a man (even though i dont like beer)
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Have to say no loss here. I tried vegemite during that men at work craze and thought it was awful. Give me good ole peanut butter or apple butter any day.

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What is so great about Vegemite? to me, so far it does not look like anything I would want to eat...


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Looks nasty.

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Quote: "Looks nasty"


I agree with that one.

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I'm more of a nuttella person

only had vegemite once... not in the USA, i just can't handle it sorry

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I think many people judge it based on it's nice dark brown (black) tar-like appearance. ^_^

Best way to try it for the first time, is on toast with melted butter and spreading it thinly (as it's a DAMN strong taste heh)

Personally I love it on toast with honey... and a side of pancake waffles. yum yum yum

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Quote: "spreading it thinly "

oops... i think that's were i went wrong...

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theres more important things than folic acid USA...

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Quote from The Courier-Mail:
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Former Geelong man Daniel Fogarty, who now lives in Calgary, Canada, said he was stunned when searched while crossing the US border recently.

"The border guard asked us if we were carrying any Vegemite," Mr Fogarty said."


The border guards are checking for it?? Good grief.

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Cheese and marmite sandwiches are the best.

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Well I cross the border every few weeks and have never been asked that--- but seeing as how I've never seen vegemite in the grocery stores, I can see why!

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...Vegemite? I don't think I'll miss it, having never tried it...

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Ive never heard of Vegemite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite


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Typical that they'd ban the breakfast of champions over in the US - this from a country who hapilly mix pancakes with syrup and bacon, that's fried pig flesh and processed sugar - they should never be on the same plate for freaksake!.

Marmite gives vegetarians a taste of what real people eat, hell I need to put it into the form of a slogan...

''Vegemite is a special treat, a fake runny meat that's good to eat''

With the right marketing I could sell Vegemite to mericans, who wouldn't like an ear-wax like paste that can make brocolli taste like beef - they just have to give it a chance.

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It's an outrage. Please consider signing my petition at www.savevegemite.com and help save our Aussie icon. WE ARE NOT HAPPY LITTLE VEGEMITES
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Wonder how many counteries know what Twiglets are

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Quote: "I think many people judge it based on it's nice dark brown (black) tar-like appearance"
Nope, I judge it on it's tar-like taste. I totally fall into the "hate" crowd.

Quote: "Wonder how many counteries know what Twiglets are"
Now you are talking. After a Twiglet "incident" when I was a kid I never touched them for years. Then a couple of years ago I tried them again, and they are lovely! Although if you eat too much you get this sticky coating on your fingers and you get giddy.

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Hah, insane. Marmite is GORGEOUS, the best stuff on toast, in a sarnie, with cheese, dipped in with a breadstick, etc. Lovely lovely lovely. And I fail to see how someone can like Twigletts and not like Marmite, that just doesn't make sense, sorry Dazzag

I didn't read the news article posted, but unless vegemite is drastically different in content to marmite then I love the complete irony of banning something that has a high B-vitamin content (helps prevent anemia), as well as riboflavin and niacin—and, and as such is extremely healthy. For a nation that is literally eating itself to death my mind can't begin to fathom the logic here.

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Agreed. When Marmite is banned, the self-destruct button must have already been pushed. Forget wars, government conspiracies, middle east turmoil and childhood obesity. The banning of Marmite is a sure sign of the impending human apocalypse and I for one am going to eat all the marmite I can find to save our twisted world from its untimely and yeast-extract malnourished demise.


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Quote: "For a nation that is literally eating itself to death my mind can't begin to fathom the logic here."

It is crazy. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Folic Acid, and getting too much isn't bad either. It's absolutely crazy. No way, you know what is absolutely crazy? The fact that customs officials are actually STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT of this crazy and stupid law. Usually we ignore stupid laws, but that is clearly not the case here. You would think that common sense would prevail somewhere.


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Folic Acid isn't even inherently bad for you, hell my wife had to take a folic acid *supplement* while pregnant (like most women do).

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Start buying pots of it now and flogging it to the US over ebay with a 1000% mark up!!!

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You'll all be glad to hear that I had a marmite/turkey/cheese/salad sandwich for lunch.

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Quote: "Folic Acid isn't even inherently bad for you, hell my wife had to take a folic acid *supplement* while pregnant (like most women do)."


B group are one of the best vitamins for you, but you can get to much of a good thing if all your food were enriched. I did a little more checking and vegemite can be back on our shelves easy but would have to be classified a vitamin supplement or nutritional supplement and have to be placed with such items or specifically sold as such an item. There is more legaleeze to digest. The FDA is super strict about food items conforming to certain guidelines and insane labeling standards and alot of imported foods are banned, even fresh fruit if certain pesticides are used.

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Getting too much vitamin B is like getting too much vitamin C - it's not bad. It's water soluble and your body easily gets rid of it. It just some insane legal technicalities designed to regulate a different industry. Vegemite just happens to cross a slim boundary, and I guess some American with a bit of authority really doesn't like the stuff. That's all it can be, because it sure isn't harmful. Maybe a bit too salty, if anything.


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snopes is now saying its fake, dear me.

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Well, I read something on MSN.com today or yesterday that was saying that vegemite was not banned in the USA because the folic acid was created naturally in it...I tried looking for the link but I couldn't find it again...I dont know if it is true or not but thats what I read


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