Author Topic: Hands off our Vegemite (Read 81509 times)

Kathyp · « **Reply #180 on:** April 02, 2016, 12:40:04 pm »

Lol. An Easter season resurrection of an old thread :-D

It's a miracle!!

Richard M · « **Reply #181 on:** April 02, 2016, 11:11:58 pm »

Vegemite? Disgusting stuff.

Australians are pretty naive thinking they can persuade the Rest of The World to like Vegemite; it's a bit like Moroccans trying to promote roasted sheeps eyes as the next big thing in the kitchen.

Honeycomb king · « **Reply #182 on:** April 03, 2016, 12:04:45 am »

Yum roasted sheep's eyes, smeared in Vegemite. Great idea Richard. What do you reckon mick?

SlickMick · « **Reply #183 on:** April 03, 2016, 03:48:25 am »

HK that sounds like heaven on earth

Mick

SlickMick · « **Reply #184 on:** April 03, 2016, 03:52:25 am »

Good to touch base again Kathyp

because Vegemite (as we know) puts a rose in every cheek

Mick

little john · « **Reply #185 on:** April 03, 2016, 04:04:19 am »

Quote from: Richard M on April 02, 2016, 11:11:58 pm

Vegemite? Disgusting stuff.

Suggest you try Marmite (it's the REAL thing

). I could happily live on that stuff, if only it wasn't so expensive.

One reason the 'colonials' don't like it, is that most have never tasted real Marmite ! The antipodean variety which carries that name is a totally different formulation. See Wiki for the history ...

Just love your Fosters, but Vegemite ain't for me. Maybe it's been designed for a sunnier climate ?

LJ

SlickMick · « **Reply #186 on:** April 03, 2016, 08:49:49 am »

LJ, OK marmite may have come out first, but it took Aussies to improve it to its present exulted position today and call it Vegemite

Remember the jingle "it puts a rose in every cheek"

Mick

Kathyp · « **Reply #187 on:** April 03, 2016, 07:30:50 pm »

Quote from: SlickMick on April 03, 2016, 03:52:25 am

Good to touch base again Kathyp because Vegemite (as we know) puts a rose in every cheek

Mick

Where have you been?

Honeycomb king · « **Reply #188 on:** April 04, 2016, 07:30:50 am »

How is this all for timing. A street in Melbourne was renamed "Vegemite way", today.
Cook street in port melbourne, just near the Vegemite head office is now Vegemite way in honour of its 93 year history and ..........we'll I think we all know the rest.

Anyone on this forum have any interest in beekeeping? Since this thread restarted not one new thread. How australian are we all.

little john · « **Reply #189 on:** April 04, 2016, 08:12:47 am »

Quote from: Honeycomb king on April 04, 2016, 07:30:50 am

Anyone on this forum have any interest in beekeeping? Since this thread restarted not one new thread. How australian are we all.

Ok - some beekeeping ....

Although my earlier post was a bit 'tongue in cheek' - I'm being serious with this:

bees love anything salty ... and Vegemite is nothing if not salty (as is Marmite, but let's not go there) ... so - has anyone ever tried lacing sugar syrup or fondant with Vegemite ?

It might even result in Vegemite-flavoured honey ...

LJ

Honeycomb king · « **Reply #190 on:** April 04, 2016, 08:46:39 am »

What if I spread some on the top of the frames first to see if they will eat it or at least remove it. Seriously I'll try it on a hive.I'll get back to you.

SlickMick · « **Reply #191 on:** April 04, 2016, 10:02:57 am »

Seriously HK we could be talking big money here... imagine if it solved CCD or scared SHB away, we could be rich and we wouldn't let LJ know

Mick

Lancej · « **Reply #192 on:** April 04, 2016, 10:17:10 am »

Waiting to hear the results HCK.

little john · « **Reply #193 on:** April 04, 2016, 02:46:26 pm »

Well - for once, I'm ahead of you guys ...

Having made the suggestion ... I figured why not try it out myself (without letting those kangeroo-wrestlers in on it - didn't know then that you'd been planning the same thing).
So - about 2 hrs ago I put a blob of Marmite (yeah, I know - but that's all I've got) about the size of my pinky's top-joint on a top bar underneath an empty jar feeder.

I've just checked, and that top-bar is now as clean as a proverbial whistle. And that's the neat stuff ! To be honest I thought it'd be too salty for 'em - but no - they love it.

Dunno where to go from here with this one - be interesting to see how they get on with Vegemite - there might be a Nobel Prize going if it produces a super-bee which feeds on Varroa mites.

LJ

Honeycomb king · « **Reply #194 on:** April 04, 2016, 07:15:20 pm »

Makes sense 25% protein. That puts it up there with the better pollens. It's a yeast extract, and lots of bee feeds (commercial and home made) use yeast of some description. It's just the cost that would seriously put it out of contention.

Kathyp · « **Reply #195 on:** April 04, 2016, 10:23:08 pm »

so...It's a yeasty salty thing? Sounds like a disease

Honeycomb king · « **Reply #196 on:** April 04, 2016, 11:43:27 pm »

Kathy I think your right.it's something you catch of your parents. And it spreads from there (pun intended).

amun-ra · « **Reply #197 on:** April 06, 2016, 01:02:54 am »

some of our members put a thin spread in hive beetle traps it also attracts them to the oil trap

SlickMick · « **Reply #198 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:42:22 am »

I put a dollop on the landing board yesterday and it was gone in a couple of hours

Mick

iddee · « **Reply #199 on:** April 06, 2016, 08:51:55 am »

Hey, Mick, amun-ra makes it sound like you are feeding the SHB.