Re: Marmite and other "unique" foods

Terrence Donnelly wrote:
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> Several months ago, someone on this list mentioned Marmite.
> It sounded interesting and I've been trying to find it ever
> since.  I finally did, and - wow!  What a foodstuff!  I've
> finished half the jar in 3 days.
Take it easy!  A little bit goes a looooooooong way!

 It joins hot mango pickle
> and sauerkraut juice in my list of favorite foods that my
> family flees from.
Was that me???  I seem to be one of the very rare few who likes
that stuff on this side of the Atlantic!!!!  Marmite is right
up there with Laverbread, which should be bought fresh in Swansea,
rolled in flour (flower!), and fried with tomatoes and eggs.
Plenty of ground white pepper on top.

Is anyone saying bleah?  NO!  It's great!

> To relate this to conlanging (or manybe conculturing), do
> any of you have similar food items in your invented speaking
> communities, i.e., foods whose origin or method of production
> cause jaws to drop but which taste wonderful?  The Kadane
> (who speak my conlang Vogu) are pretty boring in this regard,
> I guess, because nothing comes to mind.  I'll have to explore
> this area more deeply.
Some of us have mounted recipes, Terry!  You can see mine at

        http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/recipes.html

So far, nothing to make you stumble, only some unusual combinations
of roots and stalks, but mouth-watering!  I'm especially fond of the
pink mashed potatoes.  We were actually able to garner some fresh
cilantro seeds this season, and that gave it some bite.

S.
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