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For those that don't know... (Score:1)

by Alias (5735)

Vegemite is made from beer.

"Concentrated Yeast Extract" ... the "Yeast" here being beer yeast.

The story goes that there was a big war (1? 2? One of the two anyway) and nutrient rich food was scarce, due to the war effort.

And basically beer was still being made, and there was all this scum (dead yeast) at the bottom of the beer brewing tanks that was pretty high in vitamins...

And so you take the beer dregs, concentrate them, extract out the healthy parts, concentrate it into a very salty paste, and you have
- Re:For those that don't know... (Score:2)
  
  by Dom2 (2981) <{dom} {at} {happygiraffe.net}> on 2006.10.23 16:37 (#51213) Homepage Journal
  
  It's Marmite [wikipedia.org], none of this "vegemite" rubbish. And it's best in thick quantities on toast, covered with a layer of scrambled eggs. Oooh, yes!
  -Dom
  
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