Now you got my interest - what's "wasabi"?

Frank Miller
At 09:51 AM 10/21/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks to the group that replied on the cruise control input.  I'll be
putting
>this info to work after the BD Yahoo gets my speedo head repaired.  They
simply
>yanked the cable out rather than disconnecting it.  Damaged the head, and the
>cable and broke the cluster cover tabs.
>
>Vegemite is a byproduct of the beer industry.  Marmite and Promite are
similar
>but lack that certain something that sets Vegemite apart from the rest of the
>yeasty pack.  Very high in sodium and B Complex, not good on icecream.
>Generations of Oz kids had V&B on toast for breakfast.  Toast with butter
and a
>vanishingly thin layer of Vegemite for the unwashed and as much as you
want for
>the true aficionado.
>
>I had my first V&B at Ian Ivey's Glentanner Station in NZ South island.
Ian and
>Pat run a huge sheep station on the way into Mt. Cook National Park and are
>gracious hosts.  NZ has many visitors from Japan for skiing in the NZ alps
and I
>was fortunate to acquire a quaint home remedy for colds.
>
>NZ Nosehammer:
>
>On a single cracker (Ritz/Saltine or Hulsbrooke Cracked Pepper) spread a 1mm
>layer of Vegemite to cover.  Top with a 1mm layer of wasabi freshly mixed
with
>cold water.  Eat the cracker in one mouthful, chewing slowly without opening
>your mouth.  The combined effect of a massive dose of B Complex with the
>cauterizing capabilites of 0.5tsp of wasabi sends those symptoms packing.
>Clears the nose, the mind, and the memory.
>
>SPAM.  My father was a field hospital commander for G.S. Patton in the
European
>theater.  Spam was a staple and he liked it.  In the pacific theater spam was
>also widely available and today the highest US per capita consumption of the
>venerable foodstuff is in Hawaii.  A hawaiian island specialty is spam
musubi,
>a nigiri style sushi made with thinly sliced and lightly broiled spam with
a bit
>of teriaki-style glaze and a wrap of nori on the usual nigiri rice.  A bit of
>wasabi adds a non-hawaiian tangent to the delicacy.  I haven't tried putting
>together a combination of NZ Nosehammer and thinly sliced spam, musubi style.
>
>Oddly VM is very expensive in the US and comparatively cheap in NZ and Oz.  A
>454gm jar (2 months supply for a small NZ household is about US2$ as I
remember
>while a miniscule dab in a yuppie size souveniere jar brings US4$ here.
>
>al
>
>89 syncro westie (bessie)
>