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A Yanks view of England

By: Seamus Waldron Published: 30 July 2001

For lunch, we had a picnic out of the boot (trunk for my fellow yanks). Damn, wot a lunch!! This was my first time to sample Marmite (a picnic with Marmite sandwiches had been a part of the Twycross Zoo trip plan from day one as a result of an off-topic list thread that we took off list).

So there I am, Marmite sandwich in hand, being watched like a hawk for any reaction (not just Helen mind you, the whole damn lot of 'em). Felt like an exhibit myself. Well, time to bite it so to speak.

Chomp!

Chew!

Hey this stuff tastes great!

That clearly put me in the Marmite! Love it! camp. I had Marmite & cheese, Marmite & peanut butter, and Marmite and ham. All delish. For those of you who haven't heard of the stuff. Check out these web sites. The last is to give the folks down under a bit of a plug for their "ugly sister" Vegemite.

To see the full travelogue, click here.

Update, May 2026: Twenty-five years on, Americans are still discovering Marmite and pronouncing it wrong. The current vehicle is TikTok rather than a friend's kitchen: see "Mar-meet returns: Americans discover Marmite, briefly, and pronounce it wrong", written after the McCormick acquisition news pushed the jar back across the Atlantic.

Provenance: Originally published on ilovemarmite.com (the site's original domain, 2000–2016). Republished here on ilovemarmite.co.uk in 2025 after the .com domain was lost. Original publication date preserved above.

Tags: marmitearchivedfirsttasteamericanbritishfoodloveitorhateittravel
Categories: British National Identity , Marmite in USA , Love It or Hate It Phenomenon

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