Vegemite
 

We are brilliant, I tell you. So now they search passengers for Vegemite and bomb making supplies. My tax $$ at work.

There's no accounting for taste?

Drop your suitcase and step slooooowly away from the Vegemite!

:yikes:

Hmmmmmmm.... I wonder what happened to all the Vegemite that Sharni sent us in the old "Pixie's Box #1"?

It's just sitting there, waiting for The Day when it shall rise and bring to the benighted foreigners the health and taste benefits of Australian gastronomic culture, full of good things so long as you discount a touch of folate on it's march towards total domination of the breakfast spread universe.

Der Tag das Vegimite!

Ja wohl Herr Obertoastenfuhrer!

Dyna-mite
Vege-mite

We are just trying to keep the mites out of the country. :rofl:

While I think it is rather idiotic, I think most people in the US that have even heard of vegemite only did so because of an '80s song by Men At Work. :p

/me sings along!!

ridiculous.
there may not be too many people in the u.s. that eat it, or have even heard of it but i'll bet there's a few from down under that will have one less thing to remind them of home.

Too right.

Not an act of brotherhood and friendship, that's for sure.

:eew: After my recovery :yikes: :faint: ………………………… a sample was submitted to a local lab:huh: for testing. They forwarded it to the Center for Disease Control, :sad: who sent some to the Center for Biological Weapons Research. :starwars: Last I heard, Homeland Security:jester: was putting together an inspection team to track it down, so don't worry. They'll never find it.







:rofl:

:spank: ^^^^^^^

But funny!!!!!

LMAO@PF's pic!



I've tried it...and it's not my bag (<---old hippie statement), so I won't miss it. It's more of an aquired taste than scotch to me!

But...ummmmm...what's the dealio with folate? Why does anyone care about the source of where we get it? It's good for you...ain't it? What? Does the government think we're gonna OD on it or something???? I'm about tired of the big wigs telling me what I can and can't OD on!

Oops! Wait! That ^^^ came out wrong. But...you get my gist...yes?

folate, in the supplement form (aka folic acid) is possible to od on (i think) but it's part of the b vitamin family and they are all water soluble. ya just pee out the excess usually. od-ing on folate consumed in foods is practically unheard of.

and it *is* good for you! possibly prevents cancer, and it's especially good for women who are preggers cause so much of it is needed during rapid cell division plus it's been shown to reduce neural tube defects like spina bifida.

this ban is especially stupid cause just a few years ago, the fda *required* that it be added to grain products and it's naturally present in a whole slew of foods: bananas, oranges, berries, beans, nuts, and broccoli just to name a few.

The jingle alone nearly brought my "brekkie" back to life...

I know...I know! So why the ban then? I'm baffled over governmental priority!!

First I can't get my grits here......well, damnit, now i can't get my Vegemite there!!!.....is there no end to the madness? :hair:


--kathy1

:roflmao:
Kinda like having breakfast with a dung beetle. :eew:


Can anyone say "LOBBY"?

Oh Sweety! I just discovered grits (was a little gun shy...being from the north and all) and I'm diggin em with a pinch of salt and some butter! I don't like them sweet though. Some peeps round here eat them in the most peculiar ways...YUCK!

Anyway...if it ain't illegal to get em where you are...I'll be glad to send a pack (or 60) of instant or cookable...whichever you prefer! My treat...no strings attached!

PM me if this sounds like a yummy good idea! We have Quaker Instant variety packs around here. And...all the other varieties you can think of...I think. Keep in mind...I'm not southern and so I might not be privvy to what you are accustomed to. I'll give it a whirl though!

Garlic and cheese grits ROCK!

(just sayin)

Apparently no-one in the FDA can say why or whether Vegemite is restricted. I suspect it was a security alert that was misconstrued.

Someone found out that if you add six ounces of Vegemite to a kilo of Torpex or plastique, you get about the yield of a kilo of Torpex or plastique. This is obviously too dangerous to leave in the hands of irresponsible Aussies.

its stupid after all the senceless killings around the world their worried about vegemite.

but all you US guys its great for hangovers!

'officials were checking people for the salty brown spread.'

Would that be with or without rubber gloves?


Catch22

So Kraft is at it again, they spread a false rumor for free advertisment, now people in the US will want to try it. I just hope that they wear rubber gloves. :)

http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp

Seems to me Scarecrow is right on this....

*SCRUDD* :banghead: foiled again








:doorpeek:

that makes more sense. seemed like the dumbest law ever. not that we don't already have a few of those. :D

Yes PF, the slow march of Vegemite continues ever onward.

:yikes:

LOL..... So you do collect more than just panties!!! hehe