----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Isidora Zamora wrote:
>
> > > > Perhaps, but the average American has neither heard of nor ever
eaten
> > >either
> > > > Vegemite or Marmite, though I've heard several either giggle or seen
then
> > > > wrinkle their noses in disgust.
> > > > Being more adventerous than my fellows, I have, and find it better
than
> > > > Velveeta*
> > >
> > >
> > >What do people have against Vege/marmite, anyway? Sure, it's strong,
but it
> > >tastes so good...
>
> To be honest, and I'll probably lose my citizenship over this,* I'm not
> that great a fan of Vegemite. It's too salty for me and the only place I
> really like a lot of salt is on fish and chips (e.g. I annoy my younger
> brother the cook by refusing to put salt into the water used to cook
> pasta).
Well, I've never actually tasted Vegemite, but Marmite doesn't taste so much
salty as...something else. I don't really know.