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Marmite sucks
Discuss
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:29, 108 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
nowt to discuss
it does.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:30, Reply)
I'm afraid
that this heralds the end of our beautiful relationship my dear Badger.

I simply cannot carry on with someone who dislikes Marmite.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:31, Reply)
I agree
The food of evil.

Ban it. Now.

Oh, and parsnips. Don't like them either
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:31, Reply)
what?
parsnips are amazing!


bah

*storms off in a huff*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:31, Reply)
@vipros
I kinda agree with you actually :)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:32, Reply)
Time for a Mathematical Equation
MARMITE x 2 = VEGEMITE
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:32, Reply)
parsnips are ace
especially honey-roasted ones.

*goes into parsnip-related daydream*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:33, Reply)
Oooh, I wonder
how many more of Vipros' favourite foods I can diss by accident?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:33, Reply)
Parsnips are awesome!
Vipros is our mixed view on marmite really going to tear us apart? *dramatic gestures*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:33, Reply)
hmmmmm, I'm not sure
it can probably bear the brunt of you not liking marmite, but tell me, how do you feel about cucumbers and bananas?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:34, Reply)
I appear to be in a minority re parnsips
so let's chuck another foodstuff into the discussion -

Tapioca

Love it or hate it?

I'd rather starve than eat it.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:36, Reply)
I don't like actual bananas
But I love banoffee pie!

I don't really like cucumber either but I will eat it
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:36, Reply)
bananas are just silly
and cucumber, meh.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:37, Reply)
ok
I think we are safe

for the record, cucumbers and bananas both repulse me.

although strangely enough I can manage to eat banoffee pie. must be because the rest of it is so awesome it makes up for having banana in it
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:37, Reply)
I see your Tapioca and raise you
Peaches.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:38, Reply)
I like bananas
but not cucumbers.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:38, Reply)
my grandpa used to feed me marmite
when he was babysitting the toddler version of me , apparently he used to enjoy watching my little face screw up when the taste hit me . Now I love it and he's dead , so who's laughing now ?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:39, Reply)
Scentless
I love peaches. Fresh, not tinned, mind.

nyom nyom

*drools*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:39, Reply)
How can you not like peaches!?
Next you will be saying you don't like mango
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:39, Reply)
Thank god
that this bilge hasn't made it across the pond. It sounds like it would taste like hobo jizz.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:40, Reply)
Loon
You lot have Cheese Wizz. END OF.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:40, Reply)
I would do just about anything
for a lovely ripe mango.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:40, Reply)
happyjoy
that made me laugh like a bastard

Loon: you must seek out some marmite and try it.

it is a fact that you will either despise it more than anything you've ever tasted, or it will become your main reason for continued existence

either way, you have to find out
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:41, Reply)
Parmesan Cheese
Smells like feet and tastes of sick.

No.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:42, Reply)
I don't like fish

but I love tarama salarta!

only the tacky pink stuff though.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:42, Reply)
@ Loon
hobo jizz is actually nicer than marmite.






what?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:44, Reply)
Fennel
smells worse than it tastes. That ain't easy.



Edit: hlt, I know life in the borders isn't exactly exciting, but how the heck do you know that?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:44, Reply)
Parmasan is ok but
I looove gouda cheese. I am quite a cheese fan really....
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:45, Reply)
Parmesan does smell sick and feet
(gruyere smells exactly like feet) but I will eat parmesan in stuff

actually I'll eat most cheese in stuff (not blue cheese though, bleurgh)

fondue is the business. my mate is swiss and has his family recipe framed on the wall. it's so good
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:46, Reply)
elementary, my dear witch
marmite = nastiest tasting substance on planet.

ergo hobo jizz is less nasty.

you didn't think I'd tried it do you?

mr tulip is not a hobo in any way whatsoever.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:47, Reply)
Something that makes me sick, even just the smell
Jack Daniels.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:48, Reply)
Off topic in the off topic
how rebellious am I?

My little cat just absolutely shit herself. She's sprawled across the couch, and my mobile is resting on the arm of said couch.

A text message just came in and she nearly went into orbit. She's now giving me "that" look. The one that suggests if I die one night, she'll eat me.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:48, Reply)
raw onions
Taste smell texture... any one of those things'll make me boak...

*edit* @weewitch for a minute i had visions of catpoo all over your sofa! ha ha ha!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:49, Reply)
Don't mind JD
Can't drink lambrini anymore though (not that I would really want to...)

Edit: haha TWW that's brilliant I can imagine the look now!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:50, Reply)
Yes Marmite does suck
My least favorite foodstuff? Mashed potatoes.

Yeuch.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:50, Reply)
Steak!
Further to a mini discussion the other day about steak, I've just picked up £7.80 worth of fillet steak for £2.20. So I'll be cooking it as per guidance from the other day. I'll report back later.

My, aren't we all culinaryary today?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:51, Reply)
Could be worse.
I hear that there's some stuff called Bovoril or something like that which also has homeless scrotal qualities about it, with essence of Anne Widdicombe's nadgers added for savor.

You lot eat far worse things than Cheez Whiz.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:52, Reply)
Actually
Bovril is alright, I like to drink it at the footy.

It used to be beef extract, but they made it vegetarian so basically it is a Marmite competitor now.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:54, Reply)
bovril
is also awesome

it's like concentrated salty steak in a jar

what's not to like?

note: I'm pretty sure they've put the beef back in bovril

yep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovril
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:54, Reply)
@resident
Bovril is amazing too!
(really good for hangovers actually)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:54, Reply)
Loon
I have no idea what Cheez Whiz is.

Can it be as bad as Kraft Cheesy pasta I wonder?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)
Marmite is a staple food stuff

essential to any healthy diet.

It's the best way to get your RDA of beefy goodness without raised cholesteral.

Fish = yuck
Tarama Salarta= Yum

Go figure
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)
cheez whiz?
sounds like cheesy peas!

although they are fictional.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)
Bovril is rank :(
I don't suppose anyone is clicking links anymore but I have passed a good 5 minutes looking at cute cats. And wondering if people get sad if their cat isn't declared the cutest.

kittenwar.com/ (you can type it into google instead if you are a linkophobe)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:56, Reply)
It sounds revolting.
I prefer actual steak, if I'm to taste beef. Unless it's a good stew.

Liquid steak sounds like the quintessence of fail.

EDIT: Cheez Whiz is basically Velveeta in a jar- runny, fluorescent yellow-orange stuff that tastes like it has the same relation to cheese that Yorkies have to wolves. Rather nasty, but it has its uses at times.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:56, Reply)
Now...
Bovril is good. On fluffy white toast with a smattering of butter... *drools*

I don't like it when it's a drink, though...
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:57, Reply)
SQUEEEEEZY CHEESY PEAS!
And now, new Strawberry flavour.

The Fast Show R.I.P.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:57, Reply)
bovril is best on toasted crumpets
with lashings of butter
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:58, Reply)
@weewitch
noooooo!
I love cheesypasta too!
but you can't get it in irisher land!

Carepackage of british food for me anyone??
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:58, Reply)
Ooh! Lashings!
*overexciteds*

*falls over*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 15:59, Reply)
Surely
You can make cheesypasta?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:00, Reply)
@PJM
Mashed potatoes bad?

Bet you were fed Smash as a kid and were warped and twisted for life....

Smash is truly awful.


*edit - Polenta. Eye-tie cocksnot on a plate.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:00, Reply)
kirst
I can see the guy's at the airport's face when that package goes through the security scanner ....

Marmite AND cheesy pasta?

Edit: TGB, it's bright orange. You can't achieve that colour with cheese.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:01, Reply)
@tgb
nope. kraft cheesy pasta tastes absolutely nothing like conventional macaroni cheese. nothing at all :)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:01, Reply)
Smash is the Devil's nob scrapings
proper mash is ace.

try whole grain mustard mash, cheesy mash, garlic mash or rustic mash (this involves being lazy and mashing potatoes with the skins on)

EDITED for less marshes
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:02, Reply)
I went through a strange phase
of not liking mashed potatoes

don't know what was going on there

now I love to put other stuff in them, like roasted garlic, or chives, or spring onions and soy sauce

@NakedApe: agreed. I had rustic parmesan mash with my meatballs last night
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:02, Reply)
mashed potatoes
food of Badgers everywhere.

with bangers and gravy = comfort food.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:03, Reply)
Care package
i'd want... ironbru, Scottish white pudding, beef flavour monstermunch, em...
there's loads n loads of stuff i can't get!

Any suggestions folks?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:03, Reply)
mashed potatoes
with smoked cheese, a little sour cream and finely chopped red onion.

*drools*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:04, Reply)
Cheese and onion mash potato
yummy yum yum

Edit: Ooh same wavelength TWW I like it!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:04, Reply)
Bangers mash and gravy FTW
best way to have this is an enormous pile of mash in the middle of your plate and the sausages stuck in it, so it looks like a plate of food out of the Beano
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:04, Reply)
@ Vipros

You just made me very, very hungry!

*comtemplates filth in vending machine*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:05, Reply)
@Vipros
Even better in a big yorkshire pudding
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:06, Reply)
@ vipros
yes! yes yes yes!

and sometimes with beanz as well.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:06, Reply)
@Vipros
I thought I was the only one who did that!

I absolutely love Bangers 'n Mash with a bit of Dijon mustard in the mash.

Yum!

(These last two threads have made me very hungry indeed!)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:06, Reply)
Yep, mashed potato
Every single evening meal, for the first sixteen years of my life.

I think it's something to do with the blandness. They're the Lighthouse Family of root vegetables.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:06, Reply)
Mashed potato is...
...the devils shit.

Back in the poor days when we had no carpets, the Scentless family often had to rely on this.

Praise the lord for the day that my mum decided to start putting cheese in it.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:07, Reply)
Meal of the Gods

Big yorkshire pudding filled with rustic, cheesy mash, with 4 linconshire sausages sticking out of it smothered in rich red onion gravy.

and a pint of Adnams.

*is an M&S advert*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:07, Reply)
wow, 4 replies at me in a row!
you people love your mash!

:-)

*wishes he was having bangers and mash for dinner*

balti chicken pilaf unfortunately...

@NakedApe: dear god, my stomach is about to eat itself after that description
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:08, Reply)
speaking of mash
if you whizz up some cauliflower in the blender with butter and cream it makes yummy, but less stodgy, mash.

and butternut squash mash with mascarpone cheese is almost indecently tasty.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:09, Reply)
PJM
my mum did her very own special "lumpy" mash with nothing added. No butter, no milk, nothing.

I only started liking it when I started making my own and adding things to spice it up. Also gravy. Mum treated gravy powder like an endangered species. I make it almost thick enough to stand the spoon in!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:09, Reply)
Childhood Scoff
That your healthy-eating brain screams 'Noooooo' at but is just so nice...

Tinned meatballs
Tinned burgers in gravy

(made out of the rejected 'meat' from the Whiskas factory, but schlurpy gravy)

Mince & Tatties

(Sole vegetable aside from the tatties being the onion)

Corned beef hash

Stovies

(Higher fat content than a spermwhale butty)


Any more?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:09, Reply)
Sweet potato makes a good mash
well, more of a puree really

good with slow roast belly pork and roast shallots (had it with prunes too. this was good)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:10, Reply)
Stovies
Were another Scentless family staple.

That and mince.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:10, Reply)
Bolognese

Can be delicious, but beware I once had mince fried with an onion, that was all.

I also once had mince fried with red wine, that was also rubbish.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:11, Reply)
@TWW
Can I come over for dinner, please?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:12, Reply)
Osok
our mothers went to the same cooking school!

You forgot stew - the cheapest cut of meat with the taste boiled out of it!

Edit: DiT, tonight, if you missed the announcement earlier, is chips (proper ones, homemade), beefburgers (again proper homemade big thick burgers with onion and Worcester sauce) and some sweetcorn. If you can get here in the next 20 minutes, you can have some too.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:13, Reply)
Tartiflette

Any skiers/snowboarders out there will appreciate the hot cheesy, bacony yummy gloopiness of this alpine dish.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartiflette
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:15, Reply)
TWW
In Embra in the 70s/80s that was what you ate. She is actually a superb cook, coming from a farming family helps, but we were very poor in those days.

She also likes brawn (wobble).
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:16, Reply)
The optimal dinner
Filet mignon, cooked so that the center is still red but warm, with mashed potatoes (with sour cream, butter, salt, pepper and some parmesan mixed in), broccoli lightly steamed so it's still crunchy with butter and lemon on it, and a bottle of Chimay Grande Reserve to go with it. A little highland malt to serve as dessert, and I could die a happy man.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:16, Reply)
Hmm
I most definitely would
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:16, Reply)
@Naked Ape
Tartiflette is wonderful, I only discovered it last month.

Got a brilliant recipe for it, anyone wants it, GAZ me
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:18, Reply)
Osok
I see your brawn and raise you ....

potted haugh

and

tongue


Edit: time to go and get some food cooked. Probably be back later.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:18, Reply)
TWW
Tongue not soo bad.

Still don't like kidneys, though.

How about some stewed tripe?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:21, Reply)
I don't think I am going to last until dinner time!
But I am going to my friends and there is home made banoffee pie *is a happy badger*
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:21, Reply)
something I've discovered recently is
Malt loaf

fucking ace with butter.

then I decided to toast it. it's amazing. cut a thick slice of soreen (any variety although cinnamon one is nicest) and whack it in the toaster (you'll need tongs to get the bugger out again)

It goes deliciously crispy on the outside and soft and gooey on the inside.

mmmm
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:22, Reply)
Oh Poo
I'm not going to make it! :(

And it sounded so nice too! :)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:23, Reply)
The best and only new years resolution
That I've kept was to eat new things.

Sometimes horrid, mostly enlightening and delicious!

It's incredible how much food prejudice the average person has that is unfounded or out of date.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:25, Reply)
@Naked ape
Well if you missed it from the other thread I highly recommend horse :)

And if you have never had it haggis is yummy :)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:31, Reply)
haggis is good
finally got to try it in scotland last year

perfect setting too, it was in a castle, with my hangover cure fry up after a wedding

I prefer black pudding though
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:33, Reply)
Black pudding is yummy
I go through phases of eating it cold though, first time you try it I would recommend heating it through though.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:36, Reply)
black pudding, a big scallop and a poached egg
are what you want

right my pretties, I think it's time I left

have to get the bus home today. boo.

*marmitey hugs all round*

smell you later
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:37, Reply)
Bye Vipros *hugs*
I should probably go back to pretending to work :p
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:41, Reply)
@TGB My mum fed me horse once
When I was wee, I only really remember it tasting like tough beef.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:41, Reply)
How did you have it?
In a stew is nice I was going to try steaks but I was debating if it would taste better cooked medium rare like steak or more well done like venison.

Edit: I read your sig as you wanting badgers and mash!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:46, Reply)
Stewed, I think

It was a very long time ago! I would ask your friendly butcher waht he suggests for the particular cut.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:47, Reply)
Venison? Well-done?
Sacrelige, Madam! It should be lovely and pink!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:50, Reply)
I need to find a new friendly butcher who sells horse
I can only think of one butcher and I think he may be too mainstream

Edit: DiT sorry I meant I have my cow steak rare to medium rare but I like venison steak more medium (so more well done than the cow steak)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:51, Reply)
butchers
I'm not sure i'd get it over here at all! :O
They do love their horses here. I see them tied to bricks all over the place! ;)
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:51, Reply)
Any 'shoppers on?
Fancy spending two mins with a scan I've got to optimise for /board? I'm on a friends 'puter with no shop or gimp *pouts*

Gaz pls ithankyouverymuchinadvance

Edit: Pixlr is really very limited =o[
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:57, Reply)
Hello...
I would like to whore out Mrs. Devil, please:

www.b3ta.com/board/8692534

Thanks!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:04, Reply)
DiT
I'm listening...
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:14, Reply)
Sorry...
I meant whore out Mrs. Devil's work.

Apols if I've given you a red hot tip.
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:16, Reply)
Chortles
*wonders if Mrs Devil's gaz-box is overloading*

I didn't realise Mrs Devil was a b3tan?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:17, Reply)
Yeah...
She just doesn't ever post, really. Which is a shame, as she makes some really good pictures!

EDIT: You ok, squire?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:25, Reply)
Of course
I knew what you meant...
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:26, Reply)
Well... if we're pimping...
www.b3ta.com/board/8692807
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:33, Reply)
See, I CAN be nice
I just went and clicked on both of those pictures.

They are good, I didn't just click 'cos you guys asked me to ...


Edit: DiT, its a shame you couldn't make dinner - was mucho scrummy. Best of all, eldest witchlet brought home choccie muffins made in Home Ec. God bless education!
(, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 17:48, Reply)

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