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[Lord Jim]

Hands off my Vegemite, Kevin Rudd tells US airport staff

Australian foreign minister tweets that New York airport authorities tried to confiscate his supply

Former Australian Prime Minister (and current Foreign Minister) Kevin Rudd had a run-in with security at the airport in Mexico City en route to New York when his Vegemite caused concern to authorities, who tried to confiscate it.

Rudd was en route to New York for the United Nation's General Assembly when his Vegemite was flagged as "a potentially dangerous liquid," [as well it should be] the Herald Sun reports.

"Airport staff were surprised when I said it is good for you & I ate it for breakfast. They then waved me through," he added.

Vegemite was also a source of disagreement when Julia Gillard made her only visit to the United States as prime minister in March. She and the US president, Barack Obama, visited a high school in Virginia where an 11th grade student asked what Vegemite was.

"It's horrible," Obama exclaimed. [well, at least there's one thing we agree on]

"I love Vegemite," Gillard said, noting that their opinions of the spread served as a "little bit of division" between the two of them.

The Australian invention, launched in 1923, has a high vitamin B content and is marketed heavily on its health benefits for children. Australians abroad commonly bemoan how difficult Vegemite is to find.

It sparked international curiosity when "a Vegemite sandwich" was mentioned in the lyrics of the Australian band Men at Work's hit song Down Under, which topped the US and British charts in 1983.

The former prime minister John Howard claims more Australians know the lyrics of a Vegemite advertising jingle written in 1954 than know the Australian national anthem.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/se ... kevin-rudd

[Scooter]

He's back!

I guess in your absence you missed the thread about this one.

[Lord Jim]

I guess in your absence you missed the thread about this one.

Yes, indeed I did...

[Gob]

Never have too many threads about vegemeite!

[Scooter]

Next thing you know, David Cameron will be expecting that he can enter the country with Marmite in his bag.

[dales]

Well, speak of the......

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4167

[Sean]

Vegemite is salty muck and should be disposed of carefully and thoroughly.

Marmite on the other hand...

[Scooter]

...is salty muck that should be spread over asphalt to give tires extra traction in wet/icy weather?

[dales]

U235 vs. U237

[Gob]

Extra strong marmite!! Must get some!!

[Sean]

*drool*

My mum's coming out in November so I'll get my order in!

[Lord Jim]

[Gob]

*drool*

My mum's coming out in November so I'll get my order in!

We're going back to Blighty in December. I'll be coming back with my camera, the clothes I'm stood up in, and a rucksack full of Marmite XO and Laphrohiag.

[Sean]

Tch! You can always buy a new camera...

[Miles]

What is marmite made of?

[dales]

Do you REALLY want to know?

[Beer Sponge]

What is marmite made of?

Toxic waste, fermented in santorum.

[Gob]

What is marmite made of?

While the actual process is secret, the general method for making yeast extract on a commercial scale is to add salt to a suspension of yeast, making the solution hypertonic, which leads to the cells shrivelling up; this triggers "autolysis", in which the yeast self-destructs. The dying yeast cells are then heated to complete their breakdown, and since yeast cells have thick hull walls which would detract from the smoothness of the end product, the husks are sieved out. As with other yeast extracts, Marmite contains free glutamic acids, which are analogous to monosodium glutamate (MSG).

Today, the main ingredients of Marmite manufactured in the UK are glutamic acid-rich yeast extract, with lesser quantities of sodium chloride (table salt), vegetable extract, niacin, thiamine, spice extracts, riboflavin, folic acid, and celery extracts, although the precise composition is a trade secret. By 1912, the discovery of vitamins was a boost for Marmite, as the spread is a rich source of the vitamin B complex; vitamin B12 is not naturally found in yeast extract, but is added to Marmite during manufacture. With the vitamin B1 deficiency beri-beri being common during the First World War, the spread became more popular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite#Manufacture

[Sean]

Suffice to say it's a by-product of beer. How could this possibly be wrong?

[Scooter]

Because it looks and tastes like dehydrated vomit?