Frank Walker originally touted Vegemite as "Delicious on sandwiches and toast, and improves the flavour of soups, stews and gravies". In an effort to bring it into modern times, vegemite.com.au gives plenty of recipies for grills, stir-fries and risottos.

Please note how LITTLE Vegemite appears in each recipie. If you try to eat the stuff by the spoonful, it's like eating a spoonful of salt or chili. Vegemite is NOT a food, it's a condiment.

I didn't grow up on the stuff, but came to appreciate it as a college student in Australia. (With all that vitamin B, it's a great hangover cure.)

Butter a piece of rye toast, and spread Vegemite THINLY on top. You'll find it has a kind of beefy, nutty, beery taste that goes well with cheddar cheese, avocado, or sweet potato. I use it to make gravy for vegetarian friends.

The advertising jingle for Vegemite is the Australian equivalent of the Oscar Mayer wiener song.

We're happy little Ve-ge-mites
As bright as bright can be
We all enjoy our Ve-ge-mite
For breakfast, lunch and tea
Our mummies say we're growing stronger
Every single week
Because we love our Ve-ge-mite
We all adore our Ve-ge-mite
It puts a rose in every cheek!

In 'Strine, anal sex is sometimes referred to as getting Vegemite on the saveloy, which is the lingo we used in high school when sniggering behind the shelter shed.

hb8
Adopted Australian and Vegemite convert.