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in New Zealand, toast covered with Vegemite, a salty paste made of brewer’s yeast Up next, a crowd of angry Kiwis heading for the NYT offices. Vegemite is an
by jpatokal 12y ago
in New Zealand, toast covered with Vegemite, a salty paste made of brewer’s yeast
Up next, a crowd of angry Kiwis heading for the NYT offices. Vegemite is an Australian thing, New Zealanders eat Marmite. (Of course, to an outsider like me, they're both about as palatable as dipping my bread in soy sauce.)
- vosper 12y agoPoint of fact - Kiwis eat both Vegemite and Marmite, and the preference is binary and very strong (no-one likes both equally, that I've ever met) and survives the usual jingoism between Aussies and Kiwis. I am a Kiwi, and like my mother I've a strong preference for Vegemite, though my father and brother are both Marmite people. My wife is American, and has converted to being a Vegemite-lover after finally experiencing it correctly (NOT a mouthful on a spoon, like all those "look how disgusting Vegemite is" videos show). We did a blind taste test last time we were in New Zealand, and to my surprise we could both correctly tell Vegemite from Marmite, and both preferred Vegemite - even though it's Australian! Edit: grammar
- girvo 12y agoI like both equally, so you've now "met" one person! I was born and spent my first 8 years in NZ, then moved to Australia.
- demallien 12y agoFreak. Everyone knows that Vegemite is the one true spread. Fun thing you can do with vegemite - get a bunch of French people in a room that have tried vegemite and get them to discuss whether the word is masculine or feminine. Some want feminine because of the 'ite' ending, others want masculine because of the nature of the product :)
- abcd_f 12y agoBoth sounds like derivatives of thermite, so the confusion is at least somewhat justified :)
- adwf 12y agoI'm convinced Vegemite is something Australians thought up for the sole purpose of annoying British people when they buy it by mistake ;)