Consulting the web, the most important thing to know about Marmite is apparently that it is NOT Vegemite. So what is it? Basically, it's beer yeast crap. Or more precisely, salty beer yeast crap.
If we're to believe advertising (ha hah hah ha HA! ahem) then Marmite: You either LOVE it or HATE it. Now I don't know about anyone else but I neither love nor hate Marmite.
So there I am, Marmite sandwich in hand, being watched like a hawk for any reaction (not just Helen mind you, the whole damn lot of 'em). Felt like an exhibit myself. Well, time to bite it so to speak....
Sculptor, Jeremy Fattorini has re-created Rodin's much loved sculpture, 'The Kiss', using Marmite to celebrate Valentines Day. Fattorini took nearly two and a half weeks to sculpt the 7ft replica statue which was coated in limited edition
Normally, just before valentines, you can pick up net bags of heart shaped Marmite portions. This year, things are different. How about this - Marmite with Champagne. Not only that, Selfridges are exclusively selling advance jars and 50 of them can be picked up with a silver engraved lid at a mere £145! True, true love for the one you love.
Oh dear God, what some people will do......
A short film made by Ollie for his Avant Garde film project (National Diploma Media at Guildford College). The main theme being an unhealthy obsession with Marmite.
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We were looking at the menu of a very nice London restaurant on Saturday when one of my co-lunchers exclaimed:
"Monkfish tail "en marmite"??! Whaaaat? Fish in Marmite?"
There has been a fair bit of press interest in the iLove/iHate marmite websites as we reach the 100th birthday of Marmite. I am happy to be available for a quotable quote or as talking head about the appeal of anything Marmite. I am a Brit living in the USA and have no connection with Unilever (the makers of Marmite).