Re: OT: Two countries separated by a common language

On Sunday 18 May 2003 02:27 am, you wrote:
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
<snip>
> >Besides, isn't Australian for peanut butter "Vegemite"? :)
>
> No, vegemite is Australian for nutella :) (Though I wouldn't try eating
> them the same way... nutella and cheese sounds like a rather revolting
> idea, nor would one want to use too much vegemite. Or putting nutella in
> bolognese sauce...)
No, vegemite is Australian ( and Kiwi) for Vegemite, a substance that is
related to Marmite and Promite in being derived from yeast and various other
vegetable extracts.  It's black, like tar seal, except you can eat vegemite,
which you can't apparently do with tar seal.

Nutella's another sort of thing itself, related to Peanut Butter, except it's
got cocoa butter mixed in with the ground nuts and nut oil.  That gives it
its dark colour and chocolatey taste - which is probably why they did it - it
competes favourably with Mars bars and suchlike.  And as such, proves popular
with children - you know what _they_ are like!

Offhand, I've mixed peanut butter with honey, and enjoyed it immensely.  I
have never risked that with nutella and honey; nor have I risked peanut
butter and jam/jelly ...

Wesley Parish

--
Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?"
You ask, "What is the most important thing?"
Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."

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