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So what's all the fuss about then? Surely someone there eats (and presumably likes) it. My departed mother and aunts loved the stuff but I'll eat it out of des

So what's all the fuss about then? Surely someone there eats (and presumably likes) it. My departed mother and aunts loved the stuff but I'll eat it out of desperation/under sufferance when Vegemite isn't available. Where both products are available in a bousehold there's never-ending wars over which is best. That's almost inevitable. :-)

SuoDuanDao 5y ago
It's an extremely salty, umami taste. Both flavours most people like, but too much of a good thing for the unprepared palatte. I like a thin layer of X-mite between a piece of toast and a fried egg. I find eggs need a lot of salt, so X-mite is a good combination.
adnmcq999 5y ago
I’m American and I ate a pretty good amount when I lived in the UK bc it’s high in B vitamins. I made this “sandwich” with a crumpet, polish mayo (winiary), marmite and sometimes a scotch egg and/or sauerkraut. It was disgusting, I mostly created it b/c it was cheap, but it was a staple of mine and a very British one at that (aside from the kraut). The polish mayo is an import but I’d still say very london at this point, I got it from sainsburys, but could just as well have picked it up from any number of polish stores. Anyway, marmite’s alright.
- Lio 5y ago
  This comment alone is probably enough to get you ongoing "indefinite leave to remain" and work in the UK.
  - vorpalhex 5y ago
    Just take the "sandwich" with you to immigration.. fastest visa paperwork in the history of formal countries.
- skocznymroczny 5y ago
  winiary is owned by Nestle, so it's hardly polish mayo
- pseudotrash 5y ago
  Most British thing ever said and it's not by a Brit
- hilbert42 5y ago
  ...But you had to dilute it with extras, that's cheating! True 'native' eaters like me spoon it straight from the jar! No problems.... ;-) Edit: shame there's no image posting here or I'd demonstrate (squirm factor).
- NeoTar 5y ago
  I think Polish shops are pretty common across the UK these days - in Huntingdon (pop. 23k, 1 h north of London) there are at least two, and you can pick it up in the big supermarket (Tesco). I think it has gone down a bit from the peak around 2016, but Poland became something like the third or fourth most common place of birth in the UK (after the UK, India and Pakistan I think) with roughly one million Polish immigrants. [I have a Polish boyfriend living in the UK, so know too much about this ;-) ]

SuoDuanDao 5y ago

It's an extremely salty, umami taste. Both flavours most people like, but too much of a good thing for the unprepared palatte. I like a thin layer of X-mite between a piece of toast and a fried egg. I find eggs need a lot of salt, so X-mite is a good combination.

adnmcq999 5y ago

I’m American and I ate a pretty good amount when I lived in the UK bc it’s high in B vitamins. I made this “sandwich” with a crumpet, polish mayo (winiary), marmite and sometimes a scotch egg and/or sauerkraut. It was disgusting, I mostly created it b/c it was cheap, but it was a staple of mine and a very British one at that (aside from the kraut). The polish mayo is an import but I’d still say very london at this point, I got it from sainsburys, but could just as well have picked it up from any number of polish stores. Anyway, marmite’s alright.

Lio 5y ago
This comment alone is probably enough to get you ongoing "indefinite leave to remain" and work in the UK.
- vorpalhex 5y ago
  Just take the "sandwich" with you to immigration.. fastest visa paperwork in the history of formal countries.
skocznymroczny 5y ago
winiary is owned by Nestle, so it's hardly polish mayo
pseudotrash 5y ago
Most British thing ever said and it's not by a Brit
hilbert42 5y ago
...But you had to dilute it with extras, that's cheating! True 'native' eaters like me spoon it straight from the jar! No problems.... ;-) Edit: shame there's no image posting here or I'd demonstrate (squirm factor).
NeoTar 5y ago
I think Polish shops are pretty common across the UK these days - in Huntingdon (pop. 23k, 1 h north of London) there are at least two, and you can pick it up in the big supermarket (Tesco). I think it has gone down a bit from the peak around 2016, but Poland became something like the third or fourth most common place of birth in the UK (after the UK, India and Pakistan I think) with roughly one million Polish immigrants. [I have a Polish boyfriend living in the UK, so know too much about this ;-) ]