Today I loaded up a picture of Marmite. The strap line for this Yeast Extract Spread is "love it or hate it". The reactions from folk has had me in hysterics on 2 counts. One is the extremes of Love and Hate - the other is that there are a whole load of people who've never even heard of it!
So, my question is two-fold. Is there a product like this in your country that folk on the other side of the world may never have heard of and/or provokes arguments of good vs bad??
I could name quite a few things from the Netherlands: drop (a kind of liquorice with a strong taste), raw herring with onions, stamppot (mashed and overcooked potatoes, vegetables and meat all in one pot - your spoon is supposed to stand upright in it).
I'm sure there are Dutch people over here who can add to this list :)
I haven't taken any shots of these foodproducts yet but maybe I should.
I'd love to know if people anywhere other than where I live know what Old Bay Seasoning is? http://www.oldbay.com/
We use it when steaming hardshell crabs, which is pretty localized to our bay type area. I don't have a photo though, but you can see what it looks like on their link.
@sparkle Definitely an acquired taste (one I have never really acquired myself). And yes, there are an amazing amount of varieties: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop#Soorten_drop
(in Dutch but you can see how endless this list is)
There is a Pennsylvanian Dutch (Amish) breakfast meat called Scrapple. It is similar to pork sausage but has different seasonings and fillers. It comes in a gray brick that you slice and fry. It is really only available in southern Pennsylvania, Maryland...maybe parts of Delaware and New Jersey. Many find it disgusting...having grown up with it, I find it delicious, especially when crispy.
@lislee75 obviously I know Old Bay too... Lots of people like to put it on French fries... Or "chips" as our friends on the other side of the pond would call them.
Don't have a clue what Marmite is or on what one would put yeast extract spread.
@marthashields marmite is amazing spread on toast ;)
the different flavour marmites aren't that nice, the champagne one especially had a funny after taste, you can't beat the original
@marthashields scrapple was the first thing that came to my mind (im in jersey, so that answers that question.)
also, i put old bay on my french fries as often as humanly possible. dip those bad boys in some melted american cheese and you have yourself something fantasticly awesome.
@nikkers Surprised your friends in Ohio get scrapple in their stores... Not all that sure what vegemite is either... time to visit Wikipeida, I guess.
@sallycheese what sort of flavor does Marmite have? Seems to me that it would be savory... I guess I'm picturing a bouillon paste kind of flavor but your statements that it comes in champagne flavor and is good on toast throws that theory to the wind...
And wow! What turns and tangents a photography site can take! :-)
@genesislomax REAL American cheese (that many around the world may argue is not real cheese) or the ever-so-smooth and creamy melting "processed cheese food"...? hahaha! Not only fantasticaly awesome but a heart-attack on a plate! Weee!
@wormentude@marthashields@genesislomax@nikkers@sallycheese@minxymissk@lislee75@marthashields@araminta oh my goodness, I have been killing myself at these posts - it was just these kinds of reactions and discussions / reactions i had to Marmite that made me post this! I've never heard of Scrapple or Old Bay - and I love your responses to Marmite / Vegimite or any other weird black stuff you may choose to put on toast!! Great discussion!!! I love, as Marti says, the weird tangents we revert to on this site. Thank you to Marmite (even though I hate you mostly!) and to you ladies for making a bad day into a good fun smiley day :o)
Another weird combo that I have , and I have only ever come across one other person to do so is, eating caramel chocolate with salt and vinegar chips. ohhh soooo yummy...
@nikkers - I know someone who does that too. It's cos he;s from Peru where chocolate is normally quite salty, he says. I have a friend who has salt on apples too.
Love it, especially combined with soft cheese in an onion bagel. And don't try telling me Vegemite is the same thing, there's no comparison.
Now I'm just waiting for the "Squeezy Marmite v regular" argument to kick off.
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I'm sure there are Dutch people over here who can add to this list :)
I haven't taken any shots of these foodproducts yet but maybe I should.
http://www.oldbay.com/
We use it when steaming hardshell crabs, which is pretty localized to our bay type area. I don't have a photo though, but you can see what it looks like on their link.
(in Dutch but you can see how endless this list is)
@lislee75 obviously I know Old Bay too... Lots of people like to put it on French fries... Or "chips" as our friends on the other side of the pond would call them.
Don't have a clue what Marmite is or on what one would put yeast extract spread.
the different flavour marmites aren't that nice, the champagne one especially had a funny after taste, you can't beat the original
also, i put old bay on my french fries as often as humanly possible. dip those bad boys in some melted american cheese and you have yourself something fantasticly awesome.
@sallycheese what sort of flavor does Marmite have? Seems to me that it would be savory... I guess I'm picturing a bouillon paste kind of flavor but your statements that it comes in champagne flavor and is good on toast throws that theory to the wind...
And wow! What turns and tangents a photography site can take! :-)
She just smiled and gave me a marmite sandwhich...
She just smiled and game me a scrapple & Old Bay sandwhich... (yum!)
Now I'm just waiting for the "Squeezy Marmite v regular" argument to kick off.