I always thought that it was a yeast extract.

At 15:15 10/18/98 -0400, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
>Joel:  It is a  paste that one puts on bread or crackers that is the
>consistency of peanut butter, the color of chocolate (with a bit of
>red) and (to the north American palette) is foul tasting. It is an
>animal extract with what tastes like huge amounts of salt in it.
>
>If you want to get an idea of the taste, put an "Oxo" cube in your
>mouth!!  That is about as close as I can describe it to a North
>American.
>
>Popular in Aust. and maybe UK.
>
>I lived in Tasmania for two years and never got use to it.  It IS an
>acquired taste.
>
>Maybe someone from Aust. can send Joel a bit of it.
>
>> but what the heck is Vegemite!!!?????
>>
>> inquiring old farts want to know! :)
>>
>
>

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