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[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

For God's sake, man! Don't waste the tea! Throw marmite or something.

My former MIL does love marmite. I'm going to go with I like it about 5%. That translates to: 'I'll put it in my mouth, but there are roughly a billion food products that I would replace it with.'

 

[jian]

Are we taking over this thread??? Is this our Boston Tea Party moment?

Although I do enjoy scones. And I was informed by my Jersey Island born, extremely English (though raised in Belfast) former mother-in-law that it's pronounced 'skawn'. I changed my pronunciation from 'skown' based on this quasi-maternal influence. Apparently there is no pronunciation of scone that is universally accepted I have since learned. But I still go with 'skawn'.

RP (Received Pronunciation, the posh English accent which I have) would have it as skon (rhymes with Don). Skone (rhymes with stone) is common elsewhere. I don’t think I’ve heard skawn (rhymes with born) anywhere.

 

[jian]

My former MIL does love marmite. I'm going to go with I like it about 5%. That translates to: 'I'll put it in my mouth, but there are roughly a billion food products that I would replace it with.'

The cliche is that you either love or hate Marmite. It’s concentrated yeasty umami. I’m personally in the hate camp.

(At school, we used to have a 15 minute break for tea at 4.45, after sport and before lessons at 5. We would all cram into the kitchen and make ourselves toast, spreading it with a small selection of shared knives. Using a knife to spread Marmite and then not cleaning it was considered an utterly repulsive act, at least by us haters.)

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

RP (Received Pronunciation, the posh English accent which I have) would have it as skon (rhymes with Don). Skone (rhymes with stone) is common elsewhere. I don’t think I’ve heard skawn (rhymes with born) anywhere.

I use the former from your examples... rhymes with Don.

 

[Morrus]

The cliche is that you either love or hate Marmite.

It's not true. I quite like it, but I don't love or hate it! It's... fine.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

The cliche is that you either love or hate Marmite. It’s concentrated yeasty umami. I’m personally in the hate camp.

(At school, we used to have a 15 minute break for tea at 4.45, after sport and before lessons at 5. We would all cram into the kitchen and make ourselves toast, spreading it with a small selection of shared knives. Using a knife to spread Marmite and then not cleaning it was considered an utterly repulsive act, at least by us haters.)

You don't want to leave some crusty Marmite for the next lad... I get it. Is this the universal serving style for Marmite? This is the only way that my MIL would eat it: spread on toast.

 

[soviet]

You don't want to leave some crusty Marmite for the next lad... I get it. Is this the universal serving style for Marmite? This is the only way that my MIL would eat it: spread on toast.

It's very good in a (not toasted) cheese sandwich on brown bread

 

[jian]

Gosh, discussing the merits and uses of Marmite is the most British thing ever.

(Not Vegemite, that’s Australian.)

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

It's very good in a (not toasted) cheese sandwich on brown bread

Now we're getting into the guts of this issue...

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Gosh, discussing the merits and uses of Marmite is the most British thing ever.

(Not Vegemite, that’s Australian.)

a) my former BIL has lived in Australia for years b) I'm old enough to remember Men At Work's "Down Under"