“My Word” is, accourding to my sources ('cus I wouldn’t be listening myself, yes?), a fopish radio program of self congradulatory whit. The ‘contestants’ wow us by providing the definition of words, literary origins, and climax with a drawn out pun duel in which they propotedly, on-the-fly, twist a famous fraze and work it into the punch line of a drull story. The audience duetifly titters in appreciation.
-C
Re: I’m going to try Marmite
> Not bad with chese.
Oh yes. Something like Philadelphia (cream cheese).
Can look like diarrhoea on toast if you’re not careful
but tastes delicious.
I think Bruce is being very brave: sampling root beer
was never likely to send me into convulsions or running
for the tap (faucet) like Tanya. 
Arnold the Aardvark
The back of the bottle says Marmite is great on cottage cheese.
I’m sure in 10 years Marmite will be known to cure some horrible disease.
Oh, how we grow and learn at UNICON!
A day or two ago, I mentioned that the Marmite smell brought back a familiarity, something I couldn’t quite place. Well, I was able to place it! Last night, I was “giving it another go” with butter and crackers and quite enjoying it to be honest when I decided to see if our two Golden Retrievers liked the Marmite taste. Turns out they go ape over it.
I suddenly remembered our many years now deceased cat who was once prescribed a hairball medicine that came in a little tube and had the consistancy and smell of Marmite. Our cat absolutely loved the taste of the medicine. The medicine probably had a base similiar to Marmite which for some reason animals love.
That brings up another quick point, Golden Retrievers were developed from the Curly Coat Retriever, the British Water Spaniel, and the Irish Setter in the late 1800s for British monarchs. Obviously, Goldens must have a hereditary instinct for the taste of Marmite.
Our international experience from UNICON continues…
I was right, Marmite cures hairball disease.
Uh, absolutely no slander intended or implied to lovers of Marmite, but that hardly constitutes a scientific (or fair to Marmite) test! C’mon! When’s the last time you saw a restaurant review written by a dog? I’d say dogs rank well below humans in terms of gustatory pickiness.
My black Lab (may he rest in peace!) never turned-down anything except raw garlic cloves and uni (as in: sea-urchin sushi). He thought the cat’s litter box was his candy dish. 
All you could possibly want to know about mmmMarmite:
the Marmite FAQ
Wow, great info, Rick. Thanks for the links. I’m sort of enjoying this little foray into internationalism. Can’t wait to see what comes out of the next UNICON.
Bruce
Adam,
From the website provided by Rick,
http://www.accomodata.co.uk/marmite.htm
“During both the World Wars, MARMITE was served to soldiers on military duty and was used to combat outbreaks of beri-beri and other diseases.”
Wow, now I really have to get a hold that stuff! I should find something to order from unicylce.uk so Roger can send me some Marmite.
“In some neighborhoods it is (apparently!) common for nursing mothers to dab a little on their nipples before feeding their infants.”
I was breast-fed as an infant and have since become a breast man. Is this how everyone gets hooked on Marmite?
“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.”
This receeding hairline is getting to me… Forget Rogaine, let’s all try Marmite.
Re: I’m going to try Marmite
I might be able to send a lot of little sample marmite out with all orders.
I am working on it! Certainly enough if Tammy is anything to go by!
Roger
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Roger,
Sounds like a great idea, seriously. Without trying to sound sappy, it would be a small but hopefully one of many means of drawing the international unicycling community together and a tiny bit of great cultural education for the recipients. Thanks to a certain root beer aficionado at UNICON, I’m having a great time with this thread and the whole resulting experience.
I wonder if Marmite would work on a uni crank instead of Loctite?
Bruce
(We enjoyed a bedtime snack tonight of buttered crackers and Marmite. I need to find a larger jar and better value than the 4 oz. size jar.)
My search on E-bay yielded few eadible Marmite results, zero actually. However they have some nice coffee cups, old ads, and plastic trucks.
Re: I’m going to try Marmite
Bruce,
I did a search on a few food chain markets and none had it.
But one wrote back and suggested this site:
www.britishtraditionals.com.
The 8.8 ounce size is a better value than the 4.4 ounce, but the
shipping is almost as much as the Marmite. Give it a try, click
on Groceries.
Lowell
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> Roger,
>
> Sounds like a great idea, seriously. Without trying to sound sappy, it
> would be a small but hopefully one of many means of drawing the
> international unicycling community together and a tiny bit of great
> cultural education for the recipients. Thanks to a certain root beer
> aficionado at UNICON, I’m having a great time with this thread and the
> whole resulting experience.
>
> I wonder if Marmite would work on a uni crank instead of Loctite?
>
> Bruce
>
> (We enjoyed a bedtime snack tonight of buttered crackers and Marmite. I
> need to find a larger jar and better value than the 4 oz. size jar.)
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Re: I’m going to try Marmite
yoopers wrote:
> (We enjoyed a bedtime snack tonight of buttered crackers and Marmite. I
> need to find a larger jar and better value than the 4 oz. size jar.)
You need the 500g jar, that’s what I buy (17.65oz, but of course it’s
illegal to use imperial measures for foodstuffs in the UK).
I found a story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/711688.stm that might be
helpful, leading to http://www.expatshopping.com/ . A 500g jar of Marmite
costs US$7.77, which seems a little steep, but I can’t remember what I
usually pay. And while you’re at it you could do worse than ordering some
Colmans English mustard and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce (not to be
used for embalming - South Park reference).
Roger, it looks like unicycle.com may have to start up a grocery section.
I’m curious about Hershey’s, Twinkies and root beer 
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Re: Re: I’m going to try Marmite
Based on Carol McLeans description of Sarah’s encounter with a Twinkie, am I assuming correctly that a Twinkie is one American counterpart of British Marmite? Are Twinkie’s not found outside the land of Sea to Shining Sea?
As for Hershey’s, Hershey’s is the name of a large American confectionary company, a city in Pennsylvania, and the name of our neighbor’s cat. What exactly are you interested in? Of course, Hershey’s is probably most famous for their plain ol’ flat chocolate bar. If the British claim that Marmite is addictive, they ain’t seen nothin’ yet when it comes to the addictive draw of a Hershey’s chocolate bar! Wahoo!
Bruce
Re: Re: I’m going to try Marmite
Lowell,
Thanks for the tip. I checked out your suggested website and you’re right, the price of the product is a better value but the shipping ridiculously eats into any savings I might incur. I’ll keep looking.
Thanks for your efforts though,
Bruce
Re: I’m going to try Marmite
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:12:58 GMT, Sarah Miller wrote:
> yoopers <yoopers.9hxhz@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > So far I know to spread it very, very thinly on hot (buttered?) toast.
> > What other confectionary combination should I consider?
>
> Not bad with chese. Personaly I LIKE it thick spread over lots of
> butter on fresh bread, but I grew up with the stuff, I’m an experianced
> marmite eater and should warn you that this method may not be suitable
> for a novice.
For the true Marmite master, there’s nothing like a combination of Marmite
and honey. (I know it sounds strange, but so do banana and bacon sandwiches,
which are also great.) Actually, there is something like it, but it requires
even greater mastery; Marmite and honey on toast has the same great taste,
but be prepared to lose the skin from your hard palette.
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