Marmite

[RicandJo]

Just thought I'd share this with you.

A French colleague of mine asked me to try and get hime some marmite as he had heard of it from a friend, who had some in England and liked it (weirdo...[;-)]).  But when this friend went to a shop in England and asked for some 'Mermaid' all he got, surprisingly was blank looks.

So, I brought some marmite to work for him which I obtained at a shop close to home (I love being able to call France home now...).

He tried some and remarked in his very French accent "Ughhhhh Rich, 'is 'ORRIBLE"

All I could get out as a reply was 'oui!'

 

[Clair]

The first time I tasted it, I spread it on my toast as if it was strawberry jam [:-))]

That taught me a lesson and I am no longer that greedy! [:D]

I grew to like it thinly spread on hot buttered toast [:)]

[powerdesal]

[quote user="RicandJo"]

He tried some and remarked in his very French accent "Ughhhhh Rich, 'is 'ORRIBLE"

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Obviously a man of impeccable taste.

[Dick Smith]

Quite.

[mint]

[quote user="Clair"]The first time I tasted it, I spread it on my toast as if it was strawberry jam [:-))]

That taught me a lesson and I am no longer that greedy! [:D]

I grew to like it thinly spread on hot buttered toast [:)]
[/quote]

Clair, I've got a story to recount that would rival yours.  I was taken to a Japanese restaurant some years ago and, it being the first time I'd encountered Japanese food, I was charmed by the different colours and the tiny, elegant proportions on my plate.  That was until I picked up a green cone of what I thought was something like mushy peas and popped the whole little cone into my mouth.  If I told you that the pretty green cone was some sort of eye-wateringly strong mustard, you can imagine what my next action was, can't you?

[Clair]

It is strong, isn't it!![:-))]

[mint]

I haven't been right in the head since!  Must have blown my brains off.

[odile]

if you live near Switzerland, try Cenovis - sold in a tube. Very similarp- I actually prefer it to Marmite!

[AnOther]

[quote user="sweet 17"] a green cone of what I thought was something like mushy peas and popped the whole little cone into my mouth.[/quote]Japanese horseraddish me thinks, a friend of mine in Germany did exactly the same and it nearly blew his head off - before that he reckoned NOTHING was too hot for him [:-))]

 

[Iceni]

[quote user="powerdesal"][quote user="RicandJo"]

He tried some and remarked in his very French accent "Ughhhhh Rich, 'is 'ORRIBLE"

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Obviously a man of impeccable taste.
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Would spreading marmite on my andouillettes improve either or neither ?

John

[Iceni]

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[mint]

The only sensible thing to spread on andouillettes is that Japanese horseradish that Ernie was talking about.  Put another way, it will numb your tongue completely so that you can neither taste the andouillettes nor the marmite [:P]

[Iceni]

[quote user="sweet 17"]

.......that Japanese horseradish that Ernie was talking about.  

 [:P][/quote]

Wasabe to you too.

I tried andouillettes once - IMHO the best place for them is on A.N. Other's plate.

John

[mint]

Thank you, Iceni.  I couldn't for the life of me think of the word "wasabe".  How the little grey cells let one down with increasing frequency!

[Iceni]

I have the same prob with the grey cell but luckily not with my typing finger. Googling "Japanese horseradish" generates 112,000 entries seemingly spelt "wasabi" - doubtless someone will explain whether "e" or "i".

John

 

[Pierre ZFP]

I think it is spelt with an 'i' as the plant it comes from is the Wasabia japonica.

Have a look at www.wasabia.com if you have nothing better to do........

BTW.  Marmite is one of the most wonderful foods known to man [:P]

[dolly daydream]

Just I was reading this I realised I am drinking hot marmite right now.  Brings back memories of swimming baths when I was a child, yummie.  Only then we had a wagon wheel to dip into it.  Yummie