Is there an Aussie in the house who can describe what Vega-mite is or tastes like?

Answer 1

WHAT IS VEGEMITE
As you may know, Vegemite is an Australian food, but over the years it has come to be known as an Australian icon. It is a spread made mainly from concentrated yeast extract that is leftover from the beer brewing process; but don't get your hopes up, that doesn't make it alcoholic. Vegemite's creators recognised that the yeast extract was a very valuable source of vitamins; add to that the various spices and vegetable extracts, and it's creators fulfilled their goals to create a highly nutritional and tasty spread. Vegemite has a solid consistency similar to that of butter, but it's heavier, and it's a very dark brown.

HISTORY
It all began in 1922 at the Fred Walker Cheese Company, in Melbourne, Australia. Fred Walker, founder of the company, wanted to explore the possibilities of the vitamin rich yeast extract that was readily available as a byproduct of brewing beer. He assigned the project to his chief scientist at the time, Dr. Cyril Callister, who ultimately invented Vegemite. Apart from the yeast extract concentrate itself, other ingredients included (and still do) extracts from vegetables such as onion & celery, a malt extract from barley, and salt. At this point, the Walker Cheese Company didn't have a name for their new product, so in an imaginative effort to not only find a name for, but also publicise the product, a national competition was held inviting Australia to think of it themselves. In 1923, in exchange for the generous sum of £50, the name Vegemite was picked and the product hit the shelves.

WHAT DOES VEGEMITE TASTE LIKE?
For first timers, the flavour of Vegemite is often unexpected. Most common spreads used in sandwiches, but in particular, on toast, is either sweet like jam or honey, or else it's peanut butter! Vegemite however, 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.

INGREDIENTS
Yeast Extract, Salt, Mineral Salt (508), Malt Extract (From Barley), Natural Colour (150d)(Contains Preservative 220), Vegetable Extract, Niacin, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folate.

Answer 2

I am not Australian but have tasted Vegimite as well as Marmite.Imagine a boullion cube made into a paste.

Answer 3

Im an aussie and vegemite (my favourite spread) tastes saltly and kinda like beer but not . . . . :)

Answer 4

Like lassy punchin, hee hee

Answer 5

almost like marmite