William Shakespeare on Marmite as choler in a jar. Falstaff seizes it at the Boar's Head and declares it sack made flesh. Closes on the Bard's sonnet for the jar.
British National Identity
Marmite and Britishness: why Marmite is quintessentially British, expat nostalgia, and its role in national food culture.
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London loves Marmite, Glasgow really does not
Consumer surveys have repeatedly shown the same pattern. In London and the south-east, roughly six in ten people say they either love Marmite or are happy to eat it. In Scotland and the north of England, that figure drops to closer to three in ten. The midlands sit somewhere between.
More Marmite Love & Hate
A Yanks view of England 30 Jul 2001, Seamus For lunch, we had a picnic out of the boot (trunk for my fellow yanks). Damn, wot a lunch!!
Buy Marmite in Holland
I'm walking through the streets of Utrecht in Holland, when I happend across an interesting little shop window that has lots of little pyraminds and towers made of canned soups, Heinz Spagetti and..MARMITE! Good grief, I had to go in.....
Marmite, the essence of Britishness
The savoury spread Marmite was the subject of a Commons motion. Former sports minister Tony Banks said that 2002 marked the 100th anniversary of its creation.
A Yanks view of England
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).
You either love it or you hate it
Marmite. Mmmm. Ever since I was a baby I've enjoyed the taste of this black nectar. My favourite way to enjoy this marvel of yeast extraction is with sliced tomato betwixt two slices of buttery toast. It is also one of the best hangover cures I know.
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