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    I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    to ban us Aussies who love it dearly?!? That's just plain EVIL!



    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html
    THE US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians for jars of the spread when they enter the country.


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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    i would have thought the US would have many more important things than this to worry about...

    or maybe australia was the only country left to piss off???

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    The US can't piss us off as our Prime Minister is permanently attached to your president's ass (or so the general consensus seems to be around the people I speak with) ... if your president said JUMP .. our prime minister would require all of australia to jump.

    I thought the US had more important matters as well. It's only vegemite. It isn't like it is bad for you or anything plus the company that makes vegemite isn't even Australian... lol!!!


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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    Is this a game of tit for tat? I can't buy Pepto Bismol in liquid form in Australia, as it has a mild antibiotic. I can't buy Nyquil in Australia, due to the contents. Yet I can buy panadine over the counter in Australia.

    Personally I feel it is a dig at Australia, but as I've come to learn there are arcane and weird laws here. Did you get the one about being drunk in a pub, or our wonderful liquor transportation laws?

    Actually this may be a result of a prank I started.... spreading vegimite on thick like peanut butter and convincing americans to eat it. lol

    I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. It can be good at times.

    I'm still trying to figure out the percentage of wankers in power here.... lol
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    im just reading a book called 'the devils picnic' by taras grescoe.

    its pretty much outllines how fucked up the states are with food importation bans.

    its illegal for certain cheeses to be imported, and even spanish ham. its fucked up. the crap the FDA aproves for their own country to eat (omfg the meat sounds horrid! did you know your cattle are fed blood in its drinking water to boost its protein?! fucked up)

    im so gratful to have been brought up on clean meats and dairy.

    as for the vegimite...that fuckign bizaar. folate is good for you, pregnant woman are told to eat it as it promotes healthy births.

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    it's so odd how all Aussies love that and I don't know a single American who likes it

    but anyway, our farming practices are scary...no doubt about it. It still doesn't take away from the facts. VEGEMITE IS NASTY! *ducks*

    (but I would never know the pleasure unless an aussie smuggled it in!)

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    ^^ Another victim of my prank LOL. Oh and if I ever realy thought about what happens to food in the US I think I'd have to move out to an organic commune. Even the vegetables don't escape crap here.
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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    What does it taste like? What is it made of? Is it made of people? I'd like mine to bad made out of a sexy Aussie surfer boy.

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    It's salty Katrine, and well umm I know nothing that really tastes like it. It must be put on toast lightly and mixed with a butter like substance.
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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    it's just super salty and has an earthy feel to it. It's made out of yeast.

    I don't know how to describe it. I guess you'll never know now!

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    When Men At Work did their song in the '80s, vegemite made the news for a little while. One reviewer said it tasted like "rancid prune whip."

    That's all I know. If I tried it when I was there, I've blocked it.

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    ok, i've known about it for years, but never knew what it was made from. So i just looked it up. Apparantly its made from used brewers yeast. so technically, i could make my own :-P or anyone could make their own even if they dont homebrew(just go to a local brewery they're probably more than willing to get rid of it).

    Interesting note, it says that vegemite was banned, but i dont see anything about marmite which is the same thing basically and also has folic acid

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    Haha, call me American - but - our geography teacher always encouraged us to eat foods from all over, so we would get extra credit for bringing stuff in, being brave enough to try it. I'm sorry, aussies, but I about tossed my cookies all over my desk after the Vegemite on a cracker thing....::shivers:: That was some icky stuff. Maybe it was to reduce the number of vegemite related illnesses in geography classes?

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    ^ugh...mum is kiwi, so we always had it.

    I stuck my finger in the jar and jammed a big dollop of that stuff in my mouth when I was little, thinking it was Nutella...I can still taste it!

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    The funny thing about all this is this: Vegemite is made by Kraft. Kraft is AMERICAN! You guys are stopping an AMERICAN company continuing to make profits even in your own country (or its own country) .......... that's just mad!

    As for vegemite. Yeh.. it isn't for everyone however alot of us Aussies are 'raised' with it hence the reason we like it. I love having it on toast with marg/butter however also having it with cheese is

    Damn.. now I'm hungry...


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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    I checked vegemite out on wikipedia...

    The name was bought by Kraft, but that's about as American as it gets.

    And Americans won't buy it, so no lost profits here!

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    That's bullshit I don't know if i can live there anymore.
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    vegimite and potatoe chip vogels. mmmmm THE best sandwiches ever!! ohhh and vegimite and lettuce. or a load of melted butter and vegimite mixed.mmmmm creamy vegimite...

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    stop it jess... i just ate and now you have me wanting to make toast and it is nearly mid-night! !!!!!!!!!


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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    I did just have vegemite toast after reading this thread
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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    my understanding of the origin of vegemite was: WAR PASTE

    they didn't have a way to get all those vitamins into the diggers, so they made a vitamin B paste they could eat in the trenches... and vegemite was born....

    i suppose (just to be inflammatory), the US doesn't need any more war paste. ..

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    Sorry to spoil the party here, but you fell for a hoax GCG.

    http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp

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    Quote Originally Posted by DancerWealth
    Sorry to spoil the party here, but you fell for a hoax GCG.

    http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp
    Then so did the whole of Australia as I first saw this in a national newspaper and then found it on news.com.au which is a prime site for news .....and it was on the telly news as well.


    So AT THE TIME it was correct. It just goes to show even a whole entire nation/country can be fooled. Of course, everyone now knows that it was a misinterpreation (sp?)


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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    the snopes articles leaves room for it being an exaggeration, not a hoax:

    Later accounts, however, suggested the original news overstated the case

    the original article had very specific claims as well.
    Daniel Fogarty, a Geelong man who now lives in Calgary, Canada, told The Courier Mail that he was asked by a border guard if he was carrying any Vegemite. “I was flabbergasted.”

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    Default Re: I knew the US didn't like Vegemite.. but...

    ok, well according to snopes they did infact ban vegemite. however you're allowed to bring some in for personal use. So possesion and use is legal, but distribution is illegal. so no, its not a hoax.

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