Spyke
lemmy.world

marmite and bovril... two products I just cannot fucking fathom how they made it to shelves...

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BluesFreply
lemmy.world

Because people like them and buy them? I mean sure, you don't, but it's not so mysterious.

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mum was of the opinion that “we have Vegemite at home” when what we had was Dick Smith’s Ozemite.

haha wow thank you for the insight!

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I also can't fathom how they stayed on the shelves after Vegemite was invented. It's the superior black toast tar.

And I'm not just saying that because I'm Australian and eat Vegemite off a spoon.

I was raised on Marmite, and promite, and I found them disgusting. Genuinely thought all the black yeast biproducts were the same, mum was of the opinion that "we have Vegemite at home" when what we had was Dick Smith's Ozemite.

Was introduced to name brand Vegemite in my late teens and finally understood why this product has survived capitalism. It's so fucking good.

I've never tried bovril (was raised vegetarian, and developed an alpha-gal allergy later in life), but I've definitely tried every application you can think of for Vegemite - it's good in gravy, including making a vegetarian "beef tea" and "Vegemite cordial" for hot days.

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lemmy.world

Ah yes, the animal we eat with just one hole for pee and poo and eggs.

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Okokimupreply
lemmy.world

Hot ocean milk with dead animal croutons.

A savory latte with bugs in it.

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lemmy.world

Better get used to bugs as food, though. The next protein we're gonna see is insect, and my bet's cricket.

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Beer is just cold, fermented herbal tea.

In other words: Beer is a cousin of kombucha...

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Aux
lemmy.world

Not tea, but heat extracted juice. And milk is just cold pressed juice.

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lemmy.today

Tea is just hot leaf juice. Both are diluted with water (tea and broth, that is).

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Auxreply
lemmy.world

Proper traditional French mayo is 70-80% oil. Shit mayo from the shop actually has less fat, usually 65% for "full fat" versions and 30-40% for "low calorie" bull shit. Reduced fat content is achieved by adding unnecessary shit like starch. So yeah, mayo, as in real proper mayo, is a whipped oil, not egg.

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According to my (parisian) cooking school, they managed to do 70 litres of oil with a single egg yolk while experimenting. Then it became too impractical and they had to stop.

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lemmy.world

Bones, i appreciate your posts but I think you're completely missing the point with your titles; meat tea is awesome.

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