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# a Marmite is in fact a cooking pot
which is the same shape as the jar. The product took its name from this shape of pot.
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 12:14, archived)
# The image on the front of the British jar shows a "marmite",
a French term for a large, covered earthenware or metal cooking pot. The British Marmite was originally supplied in earthenware pots, but since the 1920s has been sold in glass jars that approximate the shape of such pots.
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 12:16, archived)
# "marmite" is the term for a young marmoset
In France, they capture wild Marmites, hollow them out and tan the hides. These hides are then used as containers in which to ferment various alcoholic drinks.
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 12:19, archived)
# MARMITE IS SUPER AWESOME!
See? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

Wikipedia agrees!
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 12:21, archived)
# Yeast of Eden?
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 12:23, archived)
# Pfft!
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 12:23, archived)