[valve bouncer]

So this is how you treat your friend is it? Bastards, is nothing sacred.
Partsy will be spewing, he'll be taking a 44 gallon drum full back with him.


http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20623014-948,00.html
THE US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians for jars of the spread when they enter the country.

The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed illegal under US food laws.

The great Aussie icon - faithfully carried around the world by travellers from Down Under - contains folate, which under a technicality, America allows to be added only to breads and cereals.

Australian expatriates in the US said enforcement of the ban had been gradually stepped up and was now ruining lifelong traditions of Vegemite on toast for breakfast.

Kraft spokeswoman Joanna Scott said: "The (US) Food and Drug Administration doesn't allow the import of Vegemite simply because the recipe does have the addition of folic acid.''

The US was "a minor market'' for Vegemite, she said.

 

[stevew]

You can't substitute it with paste?

 

[syadasti]

Can't you just use Marmite or Promite instead or are those banned too?

 

[valve bouncer]

Can't you just use Marmite or Promite instead or are those banned too?

I don't like vegemite that much. My old dear sends me Promite. My youngest bloke loves it but his brother won't eat it and it makes my missus gag just smelling it. She'll happily eat crab's brains but a simple yeast extract?

 

[syadasti]

I don't like vegemite that much. My old dear sends me Promite. My youngest bloke loves it but his brother won't eat it and it makes my missus gag just smelling it. She'll happily eat crab's brains but a simple yeast extract?

Suck it up and just drink more beer instead

 

[spincrazy]

 

[ATOMICFIREBALL]

What are they going to try & ban next !!

I remember when THEY tried to ban superbikes about 1989-90 because they were too dangerous.LOL

They need to go live in Teletubby land!

 

[LordOpie]

that's wierd since Folic acid has been proven to help reduce birth defects.

 

[syadasti]

that's wierd since Folic acid has been proven to help reduce birth defects.

Its a case of too much of a good thing. A large proportion of modern US food is now enriched with extra vitamins/minerals/other nutrients. Getting extra often doesn't do you any good, especially if you aren't deficient in the nutrient and in some cases extra is harmful.

 

[DaveW]

fvck 'em!
Blame bush, they don't deserve it!

lol

Never did like marmite and Vegemite as a kid but I love it now.

Weird thing to ban though?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[BurlyShirley]

that's wierd since Folic acid has been proven to help reduce birth defects.

Why would republicans want to reduce numbers of their future voters? Rednecks with hair lips make up 41%

 

[JohnE]

As if Partsy needed another reason to go ballistic...

 

[Changleen]

Proper English Marmite is tha shiz. You can keep your flat, boring aussie veggiemite and NZ marmite, Yuck!

 

[syadasti]

I think they should ban fish and chips before they ban Vegemite. I hate most super greasy fried food, blah:biggrin:

 

[BurlyShirley]

I think they should ban fish and chips before they ban Vegemite. I hate most super greasy fried food, blah:biggrin:

You hate fried chicken, you are a communist.

 

[syadasti]

You hate fried chicken, you are a communist.

Not too much really.

I like shoestring french fries occasionally. Tempura is a little better than fish and chips, but I wouldn't order it myself (might eat someone's leftovers when they are too full). Fried oysters are pretty awesome, but I just don't like eating fried food that much given the choice.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

We're hap-py lit-tle veg-e-mites
as bright as bright can be,
we all en-joy our Ve-ge-mite
for break-fast, lunch, and tea
our mum-mies say we're grow-ing stron-ger
eve-ry sin-gle week
be-cause we love our Ve-ge-mite
we all a-dore our Ve-ge-mite
it puts a rose in eve-ry cheek

 

[BurlyShirley]

Fried okra, fried taters mmmmm.....

 

[llkoolkeg]

Vegimite...nutella...nasty. George Washington Carver didn't bust his ass in the lab for all those years so you ninnies could eat that!

 

[Westy]

You don't like nutella? Nutella rules.

 

[Echo]

Dude nutella is teh pwn. I had vegemite when I was in Australia, it was just another condiment from what I remember, not bad not great. I just remember it being extremely salty.

 

[Changleen]

Vegemite is flat and BORING compared the salty, rich complexity of English Marmite!

 

[MMike]

First the canadian softwood lumber debacle, and now this.... The USA is going to run out of friends fast.

 

[syadasti]

I suppose I'd rather have these yeast spreads on the bread rather than loading them up with tons of nasty mayo or butter like they do across the pond.

 

[DaveW]

I suppose I'd rather have these yeast spreads on the bread rather than loading them up with tons of nasty mayo or butter like they do across the pond.

Whats wrong with butter?