Is America at war with Vegemite?

Post by **kman** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:23 pm

Speaking of vegemite (from another thread), that reminded me of an article I read recently where they said that stuff was being banned for import into America. Here are a couple of sites:

Blog: VEGEMITE !!! (Outlawed In The US)
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/205658

Is America at war with Vegemite?
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.ht ... _page_id=2

Pics courtesy the first link:

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:58 am

never seen that!

Is it a kind of Marmite?

olli · Post by **olli** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:19 am

looks like mayonaise

olli · Post by **olli** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:12 am

ahh i was just checkin german wikipedia about it, its say the rumors about vegemite beein banned from import to usa are not true....

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:11 am

after reading the links above more conscientiously

, it seems that it’s something like Marmite: a kind of brown sticky substance like that you find on beaches after a black tide… BUT it smells meat stock instead of crude oil

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:04 pm

NOT!
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20 ... 02,00.html

Post by **kman** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:51 pm

Ok...so maybe it's just a *covert* war on Vegemite. I was at a grocery store earlier today and while I was able to find a jar of Marmite, Vegemite was nowhere to be seen.

Stevie762 · Post by **Stevie762** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:36 pm

These two US compaines sell it.

http://britishhomemarket.com/market/pro ... cts_id=869

http://www.britishfoodshop.com/shopexd.asp?id=252

fdsman · Post by **fdsman** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:06 pm

I bet you could buy it on amazon.
EDIT: omfg yeah you can: click
EDIT 2: 45 bucks for a single mre entree...

dermeister025 · Post by **dermeister025** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:06 pm

How nice of them to list their $45 entree under emegency essentials... nothing like cashing in on preparedness!

It's like the phrase i coined the other night: "It seems like everyone is making money off rescue, except the rescuers!"

EDIT: Upon reading the fine print it says case of 18. Great marketing there, perhaps they should have mentioned this in the large, large, laaarge print to avoid scaring people off.