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Posted by: Cinderella

US bans Vegemite



http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...44-953,00.html



THE United States has slapped a ban on Vegemite, outraging Australian expatriates there.
The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite contains folate, which in the US can be added only to breads and cereals.
Expatriates say that enforcement of the ban has been stepped up recently and is ruining lifelong traditions of having Vegemite on toast for breakfast.
Former Geelong man Daniel Fogarty, who now lives in Calgary, Canada, said he was stunned when searched while crossing the US border recently.
"The border guard asked us if we were carrying any Vegemite," Mr Fogarty said.
"I was flabbergasted." Paul Watkins, who owns a store called About Australia in San Antonio, Texas, said he had been forced to stop importing Vegemite six months ago.
"We have completely stopped bringing it in," he said.
"(US authorities) have made a stance and there is nothing that can be done about it."

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Posted by: EOD1

That is the most disgusting shit on the face of the planet!!! i tried some at a british base & it was horrible!

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Posted by: Andy0921

I never tried it, but it sounds repulsive!

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Posted by: Cinderella

it is disgusting .. i cant even bear the smell of it

but they say its good for u lol

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Posted by: USMCMP5811

What the hell is it?

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Posted by: Cinderella



concentrated yeast extract lol sounds lovely

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Posted by: USMCMP5811

I try to stay away from eating Yeast...expecialy the type you spread.

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Posted by: dcs2244

Vegemite is to Aussie cuisine what peanut butter is to ours...their kids are raised on it (I think you have to be to be able to eat it!).

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

isnt there a prescription you can get to cure that?

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Posted by: Cinderella

lol ken

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Posted by: Buford T

Think that's bad, try Haggis, mmm, mmmm, sheeps intestines.

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Posted by: mtc

Where do people get these ideas of food stuff? Gross!

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

Come on.. You guys heard of Vegemite before.
Men at Work - "The Land Down Under" song.

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,
"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

Quote:

Originally Posted by USMCMP5811 I try to stay away from eating Yeast...expecialy the type you spread.

OR THE KIND THEY SCRATCH DEVIL DOG!!

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Posted by: USMCMP5811

Quote:

Originally Posted by KozmoKramer OR THE KIND THEY SCRATCH DEVIL DOG!!

Precisely Koz.

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Posted by: Nachtwächter

For those that never heard the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyHQ5z-ooY

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

Now we KNOW what the ob/gyns do with the extra yeast!

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