June 23, 2006

• A Marmite(tm) childhood

  LAST edit of the day:
  Some of you said you might actually try this salty, savoury snack for
  the first time! I wrote to one or two of you with instructions on how
  to make this experience positive, and then I thought, hey, I’ll post it
  here. Follow these instructions if you ever get personal with a jar of
  Marmite!

  1. Make a lovely golden crunchy hot slice of toast from your favourite bread. Homemade white does it for me.
  2. Spread a medium amount of butter or margarine on it while it’s still nice and steamy.
  3. Take a very small amount of
     Marmite on the end of a butter knife and streak the toast lightly with
     it. Definitely leave gaps between the streaks. Don’t use more than
     about a pea-size amount of Marmite.
  4. Take a moment to smell the warm
     toast with its Marmite coating. Be sure to be thinking about how it’s
     salty and savoury, and not sweet in any way.
  5. Take a great big flavourful bite! Woowoo!

  Night, all!

  Yesterday I found the cookbook referenced above, while downtown with a
  friend, browsing through the shops. It’s the kind of thing you just buy
  instantly when you see it. Wait until my mom looks at this — there
  will be some laughing then!

  
  Marmite brings on delightful childhood nostalgia. Just a sniff of the
  open jar, and I am suddenly sitting at the sunny kitchen table with my
  born-in-England mom, feeling included in something special because we
  were indulging in our favourite snack, Marmite spread oh-so-thinly on
  crunchy hot buttered toast.

  It’s a well-known fact that unless you were introduced to Marmite as a
  little kid, you probably loathe the whole concept of it, whereas if you
  were, you are a lifelong devotee. Today, I thought about how this
  curious phenomenon highlights the importance to a person’s development
  of the experiences they have as a child. Marmite may be a trivial
  example, but I do think it’s vital to give children as wide an
  experience of life as possible, so that they will become receptive and
  open-minded adults.

  All these serious thoughts because of Marmite! Gotta go — gonna drool on my keyboard if I don’t have some this instant!

  
  Post-toast edit: You know how you really love something and it’s really
  part of your life, so you forget that there are people out there who
  are like, what the heck is that odd person talking about? Well, for those people, read up.

  Aha: Now that I’m out on the Internet looking at Marmite resources, I naturally have found the Missouri Marmite Museum. This proves that there are some Americans who have tasted this tasty taste!
  
  
  Recursive references award: I’ve just been Googled on “what’s been googled”! *goggles* *giggles*

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