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[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I was raised on Marmite.



Lucky me.

It's made by Unilever. Huh.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
What does Vegemite taste like?

Hard to describe. It tastes like how you would think meat-flavored yeast extract would taste like. Pretty horrible. But when I was eating Marmite regularly (which tastes very similar) as a kid, I thought it was quite good -- in fact I would request it for lunch from my mom fairly often.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Hard to describe. It tastes like how you would think meat-flavored yeast extract would taste like. Pretty horrible. But when I was eating Marmite regularly (which tastes very similar) as a kid, I thought it was quite good -- in fact I would request it for lunch from my mom fairly often.

And yet it never caught on in the U.S. Huh.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
And yet it never caught on in the U.S. Huh.

So much of British cuisine hasn't caught on here. It's really quite baffling.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
So much of British cuisine hasn't caught on here. It's really quite baffling.

Piss warm beer, shit sandwiches, kidney pie.

They did give us the deep fried snickers, though.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
It tastes like how you would think meat-flavored yeast extract would taste like.

I guess the proverbial "shit sandwich" grows on you.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
So much of British cuisine hasn't caught on here. It's really quite baffling.

my kid spent a half year in NZ. she hated vegemite, but loved some chocolate spread. I forget the anme.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
I guess the proverbial "shit sandwich" grows on you.

It does. Some guys wrote a paper that showed that 99.5% (or something) of adults who liked marmite or vegemite grew up in Australia, New Zealand, or England (and maybe a couple of other places). If you didn't eat it as a young kid, you would never like it.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
my kid spent a half year in NZ. she hated vegemite, but loved some chocolate spread. I forget the anme.

Nutella.


ETA: Did you let her come home?

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Nutella.

That's good stuff, especially if you're smoking pot, but the all time, best sandwich material is:

I used to substitute Chock full o nuts frozen pound cake for bread.

Fatty.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
That's good stuff, especially if you're smoking pot, but the all time, best sandwich material is:

I used to substitute Chock full o nuts frozen pound cake for bread.

Fatty.

Beats the "nutted cheese sandwich"

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Beats the "nutted cheese sandwich"

I think I helped trademark Fluff or at least did the renewals/annuities on it.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

I have an irrational, but strong, dislike of David Eckstein. I would like to smack him. No connection to either team, but pulling for the Tigers just because that little fucker plays for the Cards.

I like Nutella, even if it is Kobe's favorite. Didn't they dump him as a spokesman after his little Colorado incident?

Unlike Coltrane, I like the vicodin. Coltrane, you may send your extras to me.

Finally, I checked out sexycanadiangirls.com, and I didn't see any trendy wristbands. So I'm pretty sure the site is lying, and the chicks are really Russians or something.

[andViolins]

Look out fair-goers - Fried Coke is coming your way!!!

NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters Life!) - A new fast food is making its debut at U.S. fairs this fall -- fried Coke.

Abel Gonzales, 36, a computer analyst from Dallas, tried about 15 different varieties before coming up with his perfect recipe -- a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, and some strawberries.

Balls of the batter are then deep-fried, ending up like ping-pong ball sized doughnuts which are then served in a cup, topped with Coca-Cola syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry on the top.

"It tastes great," said Sue Gooding, a spokeswoman for the State Fair of Texas where Gonzales' fried Coke made its debut this fall. "It was a huge success."

Gonzales ran two stands at the State Fair of Texas and sold up to 35,000 fried Cokes over 24 days for $4.50 each -- and won a prize for coming up with "most creative" new fair food.

Now other fairs in North Carolina and Arizona are following the trend, and other people are trying to emulate Gonzales' recipe.

Gonzales gave no indication of the calories in his creation and said he would not patent it.

"The best I can hope for is that it's the original and hopefully the best fried Coke out there," he said.

But Gonzales said the success of his fried Coke had inspired him. Next year's fair-goers can look forward to fried Sprite or -- for those watching their weight -- fried diet Coke.

"We are trying to cut a lot of the sugar out of it. It has less calories but it's still very, very sweet," he said.

Ray Crockett, a spokesman for Coca-Cola Co., said: "We're constantly amazed at the creative ways folks find to enjoy their Coke and make it part of celebrations like fairs and festivals. This is one is definitely different!"

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...lso_on_reuters

aV

[dtb]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
I guess the proverbial "shit sandwich" grows on you.

I have heard that shit sandwiches give you bad breath. Is that just a rumor?