Yes, I'm so Happy! 2012

[maggiepie]

Glad that Mafeking has been relieved, Helen.

two points :1)  we can buy vegemite here. (Though Ian says since it is already fossilised when it goes into the jar, why would a "best before date" be a worry ?  )

 2) What is "Gumption" in a tin?

Maggi, you either love or hate vegemite, no in betweens.
Gumption in a tub. It's ( was) an Aussie brand of cleaning paste. The tub lasts for ages and it is great for all sorts of things, cleaning stainless steel, baths, even glass stovetops.
A few years ago the company was bought out by an American company, think Chlorox or something like that.
I have written to them several times asking why they wiill not sell it in North America and they didn't reply.
It is heaps better than anything else on the market. (my opinion of course)

http://www.productreview.com.au/p/clorox-gumption-multi-purpose-cleanser.html

If you can't beat them, buy them out !!

[maggiepie]

Helen

Is marmite the same as vegemite? If so I have seen one or the other at Pete's Frootique in the UK section.

Tell me more about Keen's curry.  Have you found Major Gray has gone into a slide of late?

johnw

John, Marmite is very different to vegemite in taste, at least I think so.
Couldn't eat marmite.

Keen's Curry powder is the one I grew up with, my mother made curried chicken ( not to be confused with chicken curry) and curried salmon and always used a sprinkle in egg sandwiches and salmon rissoles ( well more than a pinch)

From Wikipedia.

In 1841, 22-year-old carpenter Joseph Keen sailed to Australia from Britain with his bride, Johanna. Following Johanna's death in Sydney in 1843, Joseph left for Van Diemen's Land where he soon married Annie (Nancy) Burrows and became a father of 16 – nine daughters and seven sons. Joseph and Annie settled at Browns River, Kingston, south of Hobart, where they established a bakery, small manufacturing outlet and a general store. Here, Joseph produced and sold his own sauces and condiments including his own special blend of curry powder.
Within a decade, Joseph's curry powder was known throughout the colony and his produce was winning awards: he received a medal for his spice mix at the 1866 Inter-Colonial Exhibition in Melbourne and an honourable mention for his spicy sauce at the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition.
In 1915, after both Joseph and Annie had passed away, the couple's sixth daughter Louisa and her husband Horace Watson took over the family’s curry-powder business. Horace was a colourful character, and daringly transformed land at the foothills of Mount Wellington, overlooking Hobart, into a large advertising sign: using heavy stones painted white, he formed the words 'KEEN'S Curry' in letters 15 metres high. Public uproar resulted, but Horace won the right to use the land as an advertising sign. In a university prank in 1926, the letters briefly read 'Hell's Curse', and students altered it again in 1962 to promote a theatre production. In 1994 the landmark read 'No Cable Car' as a protest against a proposed development. However the sign has been restored after every change.
While renowned in Tasmania, KEEN'S Curry Powder became a household name right across Australia in 1954, when the formula and rights were sold to Reckitt & Colman Australia Ltd (currently, Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Pty Limited) - more than a century after Joseph set sail from England.
Reckitt & Colman Australia had long been the manufacturers of a different product - KEEN'S Mustard.
In 1998, both the KEEN'S Mustard and Curry brands were acquired by McCormick Foods Australia Pty Ltd.

[art600]

Helen

Is marmite the same as vegemite? If so I have seen one or the other at Pete's Frootique in the UK section.

Tell me more about Keen's curry.  Have you found Major Gray has gone into a slide of late?

johnw

John, Marmite is very different to vegemite in taste, at least I think so.
Couldn't eat marmite.

I think most British would say they couldn't eat vegemite.  I love marmite toast.

[art600]

Specially for David Nicholson and his fellow Yorkies


              Four old retired guys are walking down a street in London . They
              turn a corner and see a sign that says, “Old Timers Bar - ALL drinks 10p.”
              They look at each other and then go in, thinking, this is too good to be  true.

              The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, "Come
              on in and let me pour one for you! What'll it be, gentlemen?" There's a  fully stocked bar, so each of the men orders a             martini.          In no time the bartender serves up four iced 
             martinis—shaken, not stirred—and says,             "That'll be 10p each, please."

                The four guys stare at the bartender for a moment, then at each
              other. They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40p, finish their  martinis, and order another round.

              Again, four excellent martinis are
              produced, with the bartender again saying, "That's 40p, please." They pay  the 40p, but their curiosity gets the better of them. They've each had two  martinis and haven't even
              spent a £1 yet.

                Finally one of them says, "How can you afford to serve martinis
              as good as these for a 10p a piece?"
                "I'm a retired tailor," the bartender says, “and I always wanted
              to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery Jackpot for £25 million and
              decided to open this place. Every drink costs 10p. wine, liquor, beer—it's  all the same."


                "Wow! That's some story!" one of the men says.

                As the four of them sip at their martinis, they can't help
              noticing seven other people at the end of the bar who don't have any drinks
              in front of them and haven't ordered anything the whole time they've been  there. Nodding at the seven at the end of the bar, one of the men asks the
              bartender, "What's with them?"


                The bartender says, "They're retired people from Yorkshire ..
              They're waiting for Happy Hour when drinks are half-price”.

[ronm]

Cheeky 

[Brian Ellis]

Isn't vegemite the vegetarian option of Marmite?  edited: Shows what I know they're both similarly vegetarian, Wikipedia full of information!

[art600]

Brian

I thought they both had the same origin so do not understand why they taste so different 

[maggiepie]

Brian

I thought they both had the same origin so do not understand why they taste so different 

They don't even smell alike.
Marmite is horrid stuff.

[Brian Ellis]

Well it says

Vegemite is made from used brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing, various vegetables, wheat and spice additives. It is salty, slightly bitter, and umami or malty – similar to beef bouillon. The texture is smooth, and the product is a paste. It is not as intensely flavoured as British Marmite and it is less sweet than the New Zealand version of Marmite.

[maggiepie]

Well it says

Vegemite is made from used brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing, various vegetables, wheat and spice additives. It is salty, slightly bitter, and umami or malty – similar to beef bouillon. The texture is smooth, and the product is a paste. It is not as intensely flavoured as British Marmite and it is less sweet than the New Zealand version of Marmite.

In other words, it's just right 

Btw, Brian,  yesterday I found the first of your G. libani seed hatchlings!!
I only bagged them up a few weeks ago. Very happy to have it and sure more will follow, so thanks again.
One more thing to be happy for.

 

[David Nicholson]

Cheeky 

You see Ron I don't know why but there's a view on this Forum (especially from members overseas; soft southerners; macho northerners and those who don't fit anywhere) that Yorkshiremen are tight. We're not tight, just careful. Very careful!

[David Nicholson]

I am enjoying a cheese - the expiry date is a year ago. It is very good! (I also have a glass of red wine )

Now the wine I can cope with, it's the cheese at this time of night that does for me

This time of night? The evening has just begun! BTW, don't you eat very late dinners, and aren't you an hour after me anyway?

Trond, although I haven't (quite!) got to the porridge dribbling stage I have got to the stage where eating much after 1900 means a disturbed night for me, and most importantly a disturbed night for she who must be obeyed. It wasn't always such and years, plus the absence now of a gall bladder means I have to be careful. I used to be able to cope with a few pints on a Friday night as well as fish and chips on the way back home from the pub. These days I give the fish and chips a miss

[Anthony Darby]

I like Marmite. Haven't seen the need to try Vegemite, but if it is less intense I would need to put more on my toast for the same effect? I didn't know the NZ version of Marmite was different. Haven't tried it yet. Lots of NZ jarred/tinned foods are different. I haven't found a decent curry or sweet and sour sauce yet. The ones I've tried are insipid. My daughter loves Heinz tomato soup. Watties seems to have the same logo as Heinz, so must be the NZ? She doesn't like Watties tomato soup, but fortunately we can get Heinz tomato soup and tomato ketchup (for chips), so she's happy.

[ronm]

very, very, very careful. But generous!  
If you ever pine for fresh haddock/ halibut/ lemon sole etc David, let me know and I'll send you the best of Yorkshires catch. FOC 4 u.

[art600]

I was born in Derbyshire, so that doesn't qualify a s a soft Southerner.

Also have Scottish blood so appreciate the value of things