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Cavan1
Reply #22 Friday, October 7, 2005 2:34 AM
Reply #22 Friday, October 7, 2005 2:34 AM
You're a good man NT.
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Reply #23 Friday, October 7, 2005 3:16 AM
Reply #23 Friday, October 7, 2005 3:16 AM
Thanks for the tip NT. I guess it would have helped had I read Post #8. oops. Anywho, a friend is going to be very happy when she checks her email. 
P.S. I'm not spamming, just bumping the thread for the person who needs a free scrippie.
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P.S. I'm not spamming, just bumping the thread for the person who needs a free scrippie.
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Sleeping Dragon
Reply #28 Friday, October 7, 2005 7:30 AM
Reply #28 Friday, October 7, 2005 7:30 AM
So, I'm going in the kitchen to make myself a peanut butter and honey sandwich, I reach for the honey and ...
oooops. Wrong thread.
oooops. Wrong thread.
SoliD_NuTs
Reply #29 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:31 AM
Vegemite RuleZ 
We are happy little Vegemites as bright as bright can be,
We all enjoy our Vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea,
Our mummy says we're growing stronger every single week,
Because we love our Vegemite,
We all adore our Vegemite,
It puts a rose in every cheek!
Reply #29 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:31 AM
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Vegemite RuleZ 
We are happy little Vegemites as bright as bright can be,
We all enjoy our Vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea,
Our mummy says we're growing stronger every single week,
Because we love our Vegemite,
We all adore our Vegemite,
It puts a rose in every cheek!
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #30 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:38 AM
Reply #30 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:38 AM
Songs from the group Men At Work are suddenly running through my mind. "Do you come from the land down under" "Overkill"
....so what exactly is Vegemite?
....so what exactly is Vegemite?
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #31 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:39 AM
Reply #31 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:39 AM
Googled it.
Vegemite is considered as much a part of Australia's heritage as kangaroos and the Holden cars. It is actually an Australian obsession that has become a unique and loved symbol of the Australian nation.
A Vegemite sandwich to an Australian kid is the equivalent of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to an American kid - but the taste is QUITE different!
Vegemite is one of several yeast extract spreads sold in Australia. It is made from leftover brewers' yeast extract (a by-product of beer manufacture) and various vegetable and spice additives. It is very dark reddish-brown, almost black, in color, and one of the richest sources known of Vitamin B. It's thick like peanut butter, it's very salty, and it tastes like - well let's just say that it is an acquired taste!
Australian children are brought up on Vegemite from the time they're babies. It is said that Australians are known to travel all over the world with at least one small jar of Vegemite in their luggage, for fear that they will not be able to find it.
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History of Vegemite
In 1922, Fred Walker (1884-1935) of Melbourne, Australia decided to try to make a special "yeast extract" that would be as delicious as it was nourishing for his Fred Walker Cheese Company to sell. The chief scientist in the company Fred owned was Dr. Cyril P. Callister, and it was Dr. Callister who invented the first Vegemite spread. He used brewer's yeast and blended the yeast extract with ingredients like celery, onion, salt, and a few secret ingredients to make this paste. In 1912, a national competition and a prize of 50 pounds was offered to the winner or winners to name the new product.. The name ‘Vegemite’ was finally chosen from the entries by Fred’s daughter Sheilah .
With its unusual and unique flavor, Vegemite was not an immediate success and sales were slow. In 1928 Vegemite was renamed and registered as Parwill in an attempt to boost its sales and to attract customers of the rival spread Marmite (an English yeast spread that dominated the Australian market sinc 1910). "If Marmite...then Parwill" was the rationale behind Walker's strategy to carve a niche in the market for his spread. The name Parwill and Walker's play on words didn't catch on. It was only sold as Parwill for a short time in Queensland. The name was withdrawn in 1935, and the original name was reinstated.
Earlier, in 1925, Walker had arranged with the Chicago, Illinois firm of James L. Kraft to make processed cheese in Australia. A company called the Kraft Walker Cheese Co. was established alongside Fred Walker and Co. In 1935, Walker used the success of his processed cheese to launch a new campaign to revive Vegemite. The company launched 2-year coupon redemption scheme whereby a jar of Vegemite was given away with every purchase of other products in the Fred Walker Cheese Company. Australians tried the product and loved it. Vegemite was well and truly on the road to success.
Two years later, the company held a poetry competition and once again brought Vegemite into the national spotlight. This time its success the prizes were imported American Pontiac cars. Entries flooded in and sales multiplied.
In 1935, the recipe and manufacturing methods was sold to Kraft Foods and has been wholly owned and made by American companies. In 1939 Vegemite received endorsement from the British Medical Association which allowed doctors to recommend it as a Vitamin B-rich, nutritionally balanced food for patients.
In World War II, soldiers, sailors, and the civilian population of Australia all had Vegemite included in their rations. Soldiers’ Vegemite came in three sizes: seven-pound tins for the platoon, eight-ounce tins for soldiers on the go, and half-ounce rations for behind enemy lines. This war-time demand meant that civilian were limited. Hence, advertisements were run to explain the situation: “Vegemite fights with the men up north! If you are one of those who don’t need Vegemite medicinally, then thousands of invalids are asking you to deny yourself of it for the time being.”
The main change to the original recipe in recent years has been to reduce the salt content from 10% to 8%.
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Vegemite is considered as much a part of Australia's heritage as kangaroos and the Holden cars. It is actually an Australian obsession that has become a unique and loved symbol of the Australian nation.
A Vegemite sandwich to an Australian kid is the equivalent of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to an American kid - but the taste is QUITE different!
Vegemite is one of several yeast extract spreads sold in Australia. It is made from leftover brewers' yeast extract (a by-product of beer manufacture) and various vegetable and spice additives. It is very dark reddish-brown, almost black, in color, and one of the richest sources known of Vitamin B. It's thick like peanut butter, it's very salty, and it tastes like - well let's just say that it is an acquired taste!
Australian children are brought up on Vegemite from the time they're babies. It is said that Australians are known to travel all over the world with at least one small jar of Vegemite in their luggage, for fear that they will not be able to find it.
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History of Vegemite
In 1922, Fred Walker (1884-1935) of Melbourne, Australia decided to try to make a special "yeast extract" that would be as delicious as it was nourishing for his Fred Walker Cheese Company to sell. The chief scientist in the company Fred owned was Dr. Cyril P. Callister, and it was Dr. Callister who invented the first Vegemite spread. He used brewer's yeast and blended the yeast extract with ingredients like celery, onion, salt, and a few secret ingredients to make this paste. In 1912, a national competition and a prize of 50 pounds was offered to the winner or winners to name the new product.. The name ‘Vegemite’ was finally chosen from the entries by Fred’s daughter Sheilah .
With its unusual and unique flavor, Vegemite was not an immediate success and sales were slow. In 1928 Vegemite was renamed and registered as Parwill in an attempt to boost its sales and to attract customers of the rival spread Marmite (an English yeast spread that dominated the Australian market sinc 1910). "If Marmite...then Parwill" was the rationale behind Walker's strategy to carve a niche in the market for his spread. The name Parwill and Walker's play on words didn't catch on. It was only sold as Parwill for a short time in Queensland. The name was withdrawn in 1935, and the original name was reinstated.
Earlier, in 1925, Walker had arranged with the Chicago, Illinois firm of James L. Kraft to make processed cheese in Australia. A company called the Kraft Walker Cheese Co. was established alongside Fred Walker and Co. In 1935, Walker used the success of his processed cheese to launch a new campaign to revive Vegemite. The company launched 2-year coupon redemption scheme whereby a jar of Vegemite was given away with every purchase of other products in the Fred Walker Cheese Company. Australians tried the product and loved it. Vegemite was well and truly on the road to success.
Two years later, the company held a poetry competition and once again brought Vegemite into the national spotlight. This time its success the prizes were imported American Pontiac cars. Entries flooded in and sales multiplied.
In 1935, the recipe and manufacturing methods was sold to Kraft Foods and has been wholly owned and made by American companies. In 1939 Vegemite received endorsement from the British Medical Association which allowed doctors to recommend it as a Vitamin B-rich, nutritionally balanced food for patients.
In World War II, soldiers, sailors, and the civilian population of Australia all had Vegemite included in their rations. Soldiers’ Vegemite came in three sizes: seven-pound tins for the platoon, eight-ounce tins for soldiers on the go, and half-ounce rations for behind enemy lines. This war-time demand meant that civilian were limited. Hence, advertisements were run to explain the situation: “Vegemite fights with the men up north! If you are one of those who don’t need Vegemite medicinally, then thousands of invalids are asking you to deny yourself of it for the time being.”
The main change to the original recipe in recent years has been to reduce the salt content from 10% to 8%.
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Gollums
Reply #32 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:52 AM
Reply #32 Friday, October 7, 2005 9:52 AM
hmm, interesting about the Vegemite. I learned something new, I can go back to bed now.!
GhoS
Reply #33 Friday, October 7, 2005 1:44 PM
Reply #33 Friday, October 7, 2005 1:44 PM
I figured I add a post to help this get to 100. I have a subscription and I think its worth it. Currently money has been tight or I'd offer to sponsor someone as well. Great idea though for community spirit as well.
aufisch
Reply #35 Friday, October 7, 2005 2:25 PM
Reply #35 Friday, October 7, 2005 2:25 PM
What you won't find anywhere written down SD is that unless you have grown up with this stuff (unless your mum dipped your percifier into a jar of Vegemite to get used to it) it's amlost inedible. It's a bit like a salt-paste spread over your bread.
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iseekserendipity
Reply #37 Friday, October 7, 2005 3:53 PM
Reply #37 Friday, October 7, 2005 3:53 PM
(i figured i'd help get it to 100 too! 
) great idea! and thanx for the tip! someone is doing the purchase for me (no cc here! 
) so this is quite convenient!
thank ya night train!
) great idea! and thanx for the tip! someone is doing the purchase for me (no cc here! 
) so this is quite convenient!thank ya night train!
iseekserendipity
Reply #38 Friday, October 7, 2005 3:56 PM
Reply #38 Friday, October 7, 2005 3:56 PM
oh my goodness! it's a cat invasion! 
(sorry, not spamming i swear! and i don't swear often! just laughed so loud when i noticed the amount of users on this page that use cats as their avatar)
(sorry, not spamming i swear! and i don't swear often! just laughed so loud when i noticed the amount of users on this page that use cats as their avatar)
iseekserendipity
Reply #39 Friday, October 7, 2005 4:26 PM
Reply #39 Friday, October 7, 2005 4:26 PM
now (not to bump the thread or anything) i have a question. is this option also available when you click on the stardock order page?
and another question: (wincustomize related) when you subscribe, can you send p.m.s? (personal messages) there is are two users in an other thread that had a problem similar to mine with wb5. i happen to have solved it i think (the ati 9200 serie not showing up as supporting per-pixel) and posted that. but i want to make sure they saw it, particularly because i rarely get to be the helpful "knowledgable" one! well, besides with my mother and other people who use a pc like a typewriter that is!
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and another question: (wincustomize related) when you subscribe, can you send p.m.s? (personal messages) there is are two users in an other thread that had a problem similar to mine with wb5. i happen to have solved it i think (the ati 9200 serie not showing up as supporting per-pixel) and posted that. but i want to make sure they saw it, particularly because i rarely get to be the helpful "knowledgable" one!
well, besides with my mother and other people who use a pc like a typewriter that is! 61
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Reply #21 Friday, October 7, 2005 2:01 AM
You are just a good soul NT. Good on you!!