Amen to that folk's

I hate the bloody stuff.  My best description is that it resembles tar,
is very very salty, and definitely an acquired taste.  They have been
trying to force it down my throat for the past 50 years and I do say
without any luck.  All I can say is that the wife and kids love it.

Ray.

P.S.   It's a beef extract actually.

David Marshall wrote:

> 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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