Re: No more toast?

Sn!pe wrote, though the Organization header says "Sn!peCo World Wide
Wading Birds":

>Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-06-11, Kyonshi wrote:
>> > On 6/6/2024 1:53 PM, Simon wrote:
>> >> On 2024-06-05, Sn!pe wrote:
>> >>> Borax Man <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>> On 2024-05-28, Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>> On 2024-05-28, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> >>>>>> Borax Man <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>> On 2024-05-27, Sn!pe <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> Borax Man <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-26, Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-26, kyonshi wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>> kinda quiet here lately
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> I ran out of toast, but I have bread.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> I've momentarily switched to crumpets.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> While there is no substitute for Toast!, I must confess that I'm
>> >>>>>>>> quite partial to a well-buttered crumpet with salt and two kinds
>> >>>>>>>> of pepper.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Just butter, salt and pepper?  Nothing else?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> What types of pepper do you use?  I usually put either ham and
>> >>>>>>> cheese, ham or cream cheese, or just vegemite.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Veg e mite, emetic,  not in this house.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I was so glad to find a shop in Spain that sells Vegemite :-)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I met some Australians while travelling Europe who carried a tube
>> >>>> with them.  I'm Australian myself, and I grew up eating lots of the
>> >>>> stuff. Spread THICK on toast is lovely.  I'll even eat it out of the
>> >>>> jar with a spoon!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It's an acquired taste, to be sure.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> It's a pity that it's ersatz.  Vegemite tries to be a substitute
>> >>> for Marmite, which definitely came first.
>> >>>
>> >> I like both and have to say that I am glad I can at least
>> >> get Vegemite here. 
>> >>
>> >>> While we're on that sort of flavour:  I like a mug of hot Bovril
>> >>> to go with Toast!; a big mug, as in a pint or more.
>> >>>
>> >> Bovril is also something I miss :-(
>> >> 
>> >
>> > I have to say that Vegemite is clearly the better flavor. Marmite tastes
>> > burnt.
>> >
>> > (had a friend who likes Marmite try Vegemite once, she claimed it tasted
>> > burnt)
>>
>> I grew up with Marmite but when living in Australia you get used to Vegemite,
>> now I prefer it. I can eat both. 
>
>It occurs to me that this discussion would be just as much at home in
>alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove  AKA  
>"The Caff"  as it is here in  free.toast , so I've crossposted it.
>
>Greetings, Brekkie Fans, it's the Toast! Team on tour.

Hello. Marmite and Vegemite and Bovril are all very very different
from each other, other than a vague similarity of colour and texture.
They are most definitely not interchangeable, and they all have their
uses.
-- 
Ben