KDE Gear 21.08

Posted Aug 16, 2021 20:03 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: KDE Gear 21.08 by vasvir
Parent article: KDE Gear 21.08

I've heard that Marmite (yeast extract) is banned in the US. It's very much a Brit thing. And in Oz they have Vegemite.

But because they are both very distinctive tastes (and very strong), yes it is a case of it divides people. And the manufacturer plays on that :-)

Cheers,
Wol

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Posted Aug 16, 2021 23:07 UTC (Mon) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link] (1 responses)

> I've heard that Marmite (yeast extract) is banned in the US.

It's not.

KDE Gear 21.08

Posted Aug 17, 2021 14:21 UTC (Tue) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link]

I am expecting they are thinking of Bovril which was banned during the BSE outbreaks in Britain.

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Posted Aug 17, 2021 7:53 UTC (Tue) by vasvir (subscriber, #92389) [Link]

Oh you are talking about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

I wasn't aware of that.

I always thought that marmite was a big metallic ball where food is cooked. I believed that the word had french origin due to Asterix. After all the marmite is where the magic portion is made in Asterix.

Apparently I was right on this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite_(cooking_dish)