Vegemite wonders!!!!
I had my first taste of vegemite (the vegetarian version of Bovril) when I was in Melbourne...
Ugggh! That was the 1st reaction after the gunk went into my palate. . .
But I was told there are many many beneficial things that vegemite can do for you: this is taken from an article online...
The Cells
The billions of cells in your body each need thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, folacin, and vitamin B6 every day to keep healthy. Vegemite includes all of these and will often provide a good percentage of your daily requirement from one slice of bread with vegemite spread thinly over it.
The Nerves
The nerve cells in the body need large amounts of thiamin and vitamns B1 and B6. Where can you get such a large amount of B group vitamins? From the richest known source of Vitamin B in the world, Vegemite!
The Skin
Skin requires many different vitamins to stay healthy. The ones you can find in vegemite include riboflavin, niacin, biotin, and vitamin B6. The body can get as much as a third of your daily riboflavin intake from one slice of vegemite!
The Eyes
The riboflavin in vegemite will help to keep your eyes nice and bright and sparkling.
The Digestive Process
Thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin are all vitamins needed for digestion and vegemite contains all of these vitamins in the one convenient paste!
So you know why vegemite is good for you. The problem is, I bet you've tried vegemite and you hated it. Well, here's a piece of advice: IT'S NOT PEANUT BUTTER! SPREAD IT THINLY!
This stuff is extremely salty and you guys take big huge gunks of it and put it all over your bread. Vegemite is an aquired taste so start small. 5g of the stuff (1/5 oz) is more than enough to cover bread with just the right consistency and the salty flavour wont be that strong.
Idealy you should be able to see the butter underneath the vegemite. Once you get used to the taste you can try adding more vegemite to get the stronger flavour. One other thing, don't try to eat it out of the jar with a spoon! Even seasoned vegemite eaters have trouble with the stuff eating it raw in huge amounts.
If you must eat vegemite raw, try using your index finger to scrape the stuff from underneath the inner top of the jar. The knife always seems to miss that part of the jar and you won't get enough on you finger to make it taste too salty.
So what are you waiting for? Go get a jar of vegemite and try it properly! Who knows, you might learn to like it too! After all, 15 million happy vegemite addicts can't be wrong ;)
The billions of cells in your body each need thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, folacin, and vitamin B6 every day to keep healthy. Vegemite includes all of these and will often provide a good percentage of your daily requirement from one slice of bread with vegemite spread thinly over it.
The Nerves
The nerve cells in the body need large amounts of thiamin and vitamns B1 and B6. Where can you get such a large amount of B group vitamins? From the richest known source of Vitamin B in the world, Vegemite!
The Skin
Skin requires many different vitamins to stay healthy. The ones you can find in vegemite include riboflavin, niacin, biotin, and vitamin B6. The body can get as much as a third of your daily riboflavin intake from one slice of vegemite!
The Eyes
The riboflavin in vegemite will help to keep your eyes nice and bright and sparkling.
The Digestive Process
Thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin are all vitamins needed for digestion and vegemite contains all of these vitamins in the one convenient paste!
So you know why vegemite is good for you. The problem is, I bet you've tried vegemite and you hated it. Well, here's a piece of advice: IT'S NOT PEANUT BUTTER! SPREAD IT THINLY!
This stuff is extremely salty and you guys take big huge gunks of it and put it all over your bread. Vegemite is an aquired taste so start small. 5g of the stuff (1/5 oz) is more than enough to cover bread with just the right consistency and the salty flavour wont be that strong.
Idealy you should be able to see the butter underneath the vegemite. Once you get used to the taste you can try adding more vegemite to get the stronger flavour. One other thing, don't try to eat it out of the jar with a spoon! Even seasoned vegemite eaters have trouble with the stuff eating it raw in huge amounts.
If you must eat vegemite raw, try using your index finger to scrape the stuff from underneath the inner top of the jar. The knife always seems to miss that part of the jar and you won't get enough on you finger to make it taste too salty.
So what are you waiting for? Go get a jar of vegemite and try it properly! Who knows, you might learn to like it too! After all, 15 million happy vegemite addicts can't be wrong ;)
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