SaligoBay Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="KatieKopyKat"]Does anybody miss traditional pie and mash from the eel shops in london?[/quote]I've never tried it, but if I had I probably would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="Bassman"]S'funny cos' it's really just a waste product of the brewing industry i.e. old used up brewers yeast [/quote]That'll be why it tastes so good then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="SaligoBay"][quote user="Miki"][Oh no, now SB willget quite sordid on that score....what does one do with Marmiteindeed.... in SB's case, I believe it's to do with players andballs or summat like that innit ?[/quote]You are misaligning me, Miki.I think you'll find it was tongues rather than balls. I mean, there's sordid and there's sordid. Or is there? Or are there? Maybe sordidn't. [/quote]And then there's downright down and sordid, tongues of course being the issue here [:P] Misaligning, goodness, how many cases do Marmite have out against you now [;)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 There is no feeling like the smugness you feel when you manage to scrape just enough Marmite from the jar for another piece of toast. Top tip (from James Kew): pour boiling water into a near-empty jar and drink the jar clean. What can you do with Marmite?In some neighborhoods it is (apparently!) common for nursing mothers to dab a little on their nipples before feeding their infants.There are reports that some balding men have tried smearing Marmite on their heads to promote hair growth. No assessment of whether it works, however. Hmmm... I'm still not convinced [8-)] http://www.ilovemarmite.com/2006/3/14/marmite/squeezy-marmite.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 How very German! How very EU! Nipples eh! Remember Marmite aint English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Marmite not English ? Go and stand in the corner !Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Marmite was originally a by-product of brewing and was invented by the Germans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirpy Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 WHY AVOID THEM --JUST RUN THEM OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![au][6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"]Perhaps Hoddy is from Harlow ? [:D] [:D]http://www.harlow.gov.uk/content-7718(If either of you two stella pink font users saw Tags earlier posts, do you think you change to an easier to read type colour, please. She is not the only shortsighted member !)[/quote]Just logged on, wiped out after helping my daughters understaffed school with swimming lessons (CP & CE1 classes) all morining, organising and now starring in a birthday pyjama party for my 7 year old and 6 of her friends[:)] -only to discover that i'm not allowed to write in violet anymore! Is nègre alright for you all?[:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Its not a question of not being allowed Twinkle, it was a request as one of the contributers to this thread has extremely poor eyesight.[A]PS Hope you enjoy your party ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 It's going to take a bit of getting used to. For our next trick please visit this thread, which is all about the word nègre http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/647965/ShowPost.aspx Straight to the bad corner for you, but don't let it spoil the party![pi][G][D][^] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"] Its not a question of not being allowed Twinkle, it was a request as one of the contributers to this thread has extremely poor eyesight.[A]PS Hope you enjoy your party ![/quote]No problem! Not being funny but right now I wish I was hard of HEARING I think it's time I put this pyjama party to bed[;)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 If Pyjama Parties are anything like the ones I hosted, you won't be going to bed for some time. But then I was too soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 It looks as if you are both right Tag and Hoddy (fom the above site) : The basic raw material used in the manufacture of MARMITE is spent brewer's yeast, a substance whose original and only use was to ferment sugars into alcohol. For many years this by-product of the brewing process was seen as a nuisance rather than potentially valuable food source. However in 1680, a Dutch scientist, Leouwenhoek, examined this yeast under a microscope and saw that it was composed of tiny spherical and ovoid cells. The French scientist, Louis Pasteur, realised that these cells were in fact living plants. Further investigation by a German chemist, Leibig, found that this yeast could be made into a concentrated food product, which resembled extract of meat in appearance, smell and colour, however was vegetarian.A number of people tried to manufacture this yeast extract for commercial purposes, but with little success. This changed in 1902, when the Marmite Food Company Limited, was formed. This company was committed to producing a perfected form of yeast extract for popular consumption. They rented a disused malt house in Burton-on-Trent for the modest sum of 100.00 pounds a year and set to work. Tag, may I ask you if you are a he or a she. I thought you were Mr. Tag, but in the quote above Russethouse says "she is not the only shortsighted member." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Tags a geezer Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 It might be my error Christine - I think we used to have a female 'tag' I'm not sure this is who I am thinking of.I'm trying so hard to lose weight and all this talk of marmite has made me fancy a sandwich - drat !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="Christine Animal"] It looks as if you are both right Tag and Hoddy (fom the above site) : The basic raw material used in the manufacture of MARMITE is spent brewer's yeast, a substance whose original and only use was to ferment sugars into alcohol. For many years this by-product of the brewing process was seen as a nuisance rather than potentially valuable food source. However in 1680, a Dutch scientist, Leouwenhoek, examined this yeast under a microscope and saw that it was composed of tiny spherical and ovoid cells. The French scientist, Louis Pasteur, realised that these cells were in fact living plants. Further investigation by a German chemist, Leibig, found that this yeast could be made into a concentrated food product, which resembled extract of meat in appearance, smell and colour, however was vegetarian.[/quote]This is just too good to be true! Some of the greatest minds have willingly applied their energies to the creation of the amazing finished product we know as Marmite. It gets better and better.If it was good enough for Pasteur and Liebig and that Dutch bloke, it's good enough for me."Only" brewer's yeast paste indeed. O ye of little thick stickiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I have to ask SB, have you (or anyone else) ever tried to wean yourself off this evil temptress they are calling brewers yeast and on to that golden taste of sunlight.....................Heinz Sandwich spread. Don't mock....I personally know of many ex pats that have gonethrough this shock treatment and for many, it has opened their mind asto their now being a life outside...Marmite.Tonight we had 2 sandwich spread filled sandwiches as an apero andafterwards (with digestif) only needed one half a slice of toast eachtopped with Marmite. This time last year we were having up to 10 thicklyMarmited slices a day, now we are free and it's all thanks to...............Heinz Sandwich spread.So there is hope, where once there was none............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I'd rather eat jellied eels than HSS. And thats saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"]I'd rather eat jellied eels than HSS. And thats saying something.[/quote]I hadn't got to that, have you tried them together in a weak mixture ofBirds custard. Now that's French cooking at its very best [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty0 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Hello allJust been catching up on this thread and have to say that HSS is vomit in a jar. Now marmite, well is the perfect hangover cure. Not that I ever get hangovers of course. I am told two heavily buttered, lightly marmited slices of toast is the perfect way to end the nausea. Damn, my son used the last of our jar this morning, how am I going to manage tomorrow. Dotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 [quote user="Miki"][quote user="KatieKopyKat"]Does anybody miss traditional pie and mash from the eel shops in london?[/quote]You betcha and wiv a nice lashing of liquor, although O.H and other friends often preferredgravy, and how can one forget those cooshty salt beef sarnies from Tubby Isaacs !!Do miss old smokie now and again ![/quote]There was a place called (I think) Brown's in Rotherhithe thatused to do brilliant jellied eels. We used to get taken out (on schoolnights, no less) for evenings of ill repute by some service suppliersof ours and we'd always end up there about 2am. It was a cabman'spull-up as well, so it was usually possible to find a ride back to NW2from there. I could never find it when I was sober. Looks like catfood,smells like catfood, but tastes divine.I reckon I could live without marmite now. I don't want to, but I could if I had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 [quote user="jond"] I reckon I could live without marmite now. I don't want to, but I could if I had to.[/quote] Oh no you couldn't [;)] You think you could but if it came to it .......... LOLOL Heinz Sandwich Spread is the work of Satan and evil monstrosity the name of which should never be uttered in civilized company...... OH damn I just did [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Marmite is gross !!!!The proper spread is Bovril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I prefer Bovril as well, but do you realise that it is no longer made from beef, but from yeast extract! I haven't tasted it since it changed as I still have supplies of old stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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