What came in the mail today
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 2:25 pm
Got this envelope with something in it. It came from France. No note. Just a handful of small packets of something called Marmite. Then I looked on the back of the envelope they came in and there was Duncan's address. Then I remembered this stuff was mentioned on a chat.
What it is... I think... is a sauce made with something left over from the brewery business. It's brown, sticky about like honey. and you are supposed to put it on toast like jam or jelly. It was .. so I read... invented during WWI because the British were hard up for something to take the place of food and instead came up with this stuff as the best they could do.
I had to taste it of course. Well... it's very salty. It has a taste sort of like the burnt fat on the bottom of an unlined oven pan after you've baked a ham smells. And since I never tasted the burnt fat on the bottom of an oven pan I can't say for sure how similar the taste is. Marmite is an acquired taste for sure. One packet was enough. I don't think I'll be needing the rest.
What it is... I think... is a sauce made with something left over from the brewery business. It's brown, sticky about like honey. and you are supposed to put it on toast like jam or jelly. It was .. so I read... invented during WWI because the British were hard up for something to take the place of food and instead came up with this stuff as the best they could do.
I had to taste it of course. Well... it's very salty. It has a taste sort of like the burnt fat on the bottom of an unlined oven pan after you've baked a ham smells. And since I never tasted the burnt fat on the bottom of an oven pan I can't say for sure how similar the taste is. Marmite is an acquired taste for sure. One packet was enough. I don't think I'll be needing the rest.