ao@faron.UUCP (Alan R. Ouellette) (03/14/86)
Does anyone know where I can buy Veg-a-mite in the Boston area? Al Ouellette linus!ao
joe@oucs.UUCP (Joseph Judge) (03/17/86)
> > Does anyone know where I can buy Veg-a-mite in the Boston area? > I've heard of Veg-a-mite sandwiches, what is veg-a-mite??? Joseph Judge ihnp4!{amc1,cbdkc1,cbosgd,cuuxb,}!oucs!joe All the same, we take our chances, Laughed at by time, tricked by circumstances, Plus ca change, Plus c'est la meme chose.
westerm@ecn-aa.UUCP (Richard P Westerman) (03/19/86)
Vegamite is a beef-flavored vegetable extract that serves the same function in Australia that peanut butter does in the U.S. The taste is ... acquired, to say the least. Both my parents are Australian and in spite of that I was never able to summon up much of a lust for Vegamite. However in spite of eighteen years in the U.S. I have yet to acquire a taste for peanut butter . I haven't any idea where it could be gotten in Boston, around here it turns up on the shelves of very-large-chain-grocery-stores from time to time... usually on the counter above the ice cream (don't ask me, I only shop there). H.T. Gilham "In your heart you know it's flat."
tab@vax135.UUCP (Tracey Baker) (03/19/86)
Vegamite is some sort of yeast extract. In my opinion, it
is one of the most horrible tasting things I have ever
encountered.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (03/19/86)
In article <177@oucs.UUCP> joe@oucs.UUCP writes: >> >> Does anyone know where I can buy Veg-a-mite in the Boston area? >> > I've heard of Veg-a-mite sandwiches, what is veg-a-mite??? > >Joseph Judge Veg-a-mite is a [strange; Australian; yeasty] [substance; acquired taste] found only in upside-down parts of the world. There's a store in DC in the National Press Building (near the Sharper Image and Banana Republic stores) which carries the stuff; maybe I should characterize it as a boutique and not a store. -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department <disclaimer> University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu ARPA n. [acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency.] An agency of the U.S. Department of Defense established in 1968 to test its defenses against misuse and piracy in the large-scale distributed processing environment. -Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"
jcollas@ll-xn.UUCP (03/19/86)
In article <177@oucs.UUCP>, joe@oucs.UUCP (Joseph Judge) writes: > > > > Does anyone know where I can buy Veg-a-mite in the Boston area? > > > I've heard of Veg-a-mite sandwiches, what is veg-a-mite??? > Veg-a-mite is to Australians what Peanut Butter is to Americans. I have a jar in my kitchen that a friend picked up in Australia. It's pretty terrible. I don't like the smell of it, and I gag when I think about actually eating it. Makes sense, though. Australians don't seem to think too much of peanut butter. NB: In England, they have "Marmite". Guess what that is. -- Juan Collas MIT Lincoln Laboratory
mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu (Lawrence J. Mazlack) (03/20/86)
>Vegamite is some sort of yeast extract. In my opinion, it >is one of the most horrible tasting things I have ever >encountered. Yah. I believe that only Aussies and some Kiwis can stomach the stuff. It is an incredible taste experience. Larry Mazlack UUCP {tektronix,dual,sun,ihnp4,decvax}!ucbvax!ucbernie!mazlack New style mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu ARPA | CSNET mazlack%ernie@berkeley.ARPA BITNET mazlack@ucbernie.BITNET telephone (415) 528-0496 snail CS Dept, 571 Evans, U. California, Berkeley, CA 94720