Nutella

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Fri Nov 9 23:18:25 2001

Geoff Roberts wrote:
> > > What is vegemite? I have never heard of it.
>
> You don't know any Australians do you? :^)

Nope :-)

> Favoured kids breakfast (and school lunch/recess.....) spread in Australia.
> Now owned by Kraft, a US company.

Kraft is actually part of one of the big tabacco companies now.... but I
don't recall which one.

> Favoured by parents too as it contains very little sugar and is actually
> very good for growing kids.

Wow, surprising. I figured it was a kind of junk food type stuff,
considering some of the other foods (foods?) we have been discussing.

> Kids grow up with it and usually carry the 'taste' for it into adulthood.
> Most Yanks consider it child abuse to force this on children, however the
> kids LIKE it
> and we think the same about (Peanut Butter and Jelly- or in English, Peanut
> Paste and Jam) Erk.
> I like vegemite (having been raised on it). I also like Peanut paste, I like
> various jams too, but peanut and
> jam together is a needle pinner on the yuckometer.

You don't like Peanut Butter and Jelly? Wow! I guess tastes do vary by
country/culture.

> The flavour is very strong, most people that try it the first time put too
> much on and get put off permanently,
> it's an acquired taste, like chilli I guess.

The taste of Chilli is acquired? I didn't really like the beans in it
when I was little, but most people like it in the US, I think.

> Kids don't go thru this, some parents put it on kids dummies when they are
> younger. By the time they are 2 or 3 they have it on toast at least daily.

What's a dummie? In the US a dummie, is a "dumb" Person.... a stupid
person, etc, but used jokingly most of the time, because if you really
get someone mad at your, for doing something dumb, they'll call you much
worse :-) (it might be dummy, not dummie..... I've never written it
down before)
 
> Not unlike Bovril. (British beef based drink made from a dark looking
> paste)
> Oddly enough it can be rather pleasant, especially in a gun pit at 3am on a
> freezing, raining August morning when you are on guard duty and knee deep in
> water, sipping it from a kidney cup. Because it's hot, smells good and you
> ran out of coffee and sugar 3 hours ago.

That sounds absolutely disgusting :-(

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Received on Fri Nov 09 2001 - 23:18:25 GMT

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