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Vegemite (Australian Marmite) Could Be Banned Because People Are Using it to Make Moonshine
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| Sunday 9 Aug 2015
| Carri-Ann Taylor
Posted on 08/09/2015 6:15:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Sheesh! Do you know how easy it is to make your own yeast? Ever heard of "sourdough"?
There are also all kinds of books about brewing homebrew beer with directions of making various kinds of brewers yeast too.
A couple of my uncles lived in the Texas hill country brewed their own beer all the time.
Good Stuff too if ya like beer.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:26:25 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: nickcarraway
Cant make it taste any worse than it already does I reckon.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:26:43 PM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
LOL
I see what you did there.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:26:47 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
To: CrazyIvan; SkyDancer
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:28:56 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: dfwgator
Being Australian I must say no.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:29:10 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Tax-chick
Interesting situation. I see the point now, but its still a question of whether anything can be made to work. Ban Vegemite, ban baking yeast, ban sourdough starter ... Yes - and it's just a suggestion at this stage. Some communities have a current problem with Vegemite being used in this way - but other substances currently aren't being used that way.
Vegemite is a particular issue because it's so ubiquitous. The number of people in these communities who are actively baking bread is small. But Vegemite is common. The local authorities would notice quickly if people started bringing in much more bakers yeast than before, but bringing in more and more Vegemite wasn't noticed.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:29:13 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: nickcarraway
Strong tasting stuff...like just a dab of it on a cracker, but have not had it for a while...hope this story is wrong. Is this metro news outlet credible?
To: naturalman1975
They are talking about the possibility of banning it in some isolated Aboriginal communities which are already dry and where there is a serious problem with alcohol abuse. Not a general ban across the country.
And the Prime Minister already said it's not going to happen. In other words, a non-story.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:31:10 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: naturalman1975
Best wishes to them. Fermentation is such a ubiquitous process that it’s hard to stop determined people from doing it and producing a beverage ... but they might find tomato beer pretty disgusting and you’d need to down a gallon of it at a time, and then you’d have the trots ...
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:31:46 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: nickcarraway
They use bread as a yeast substitute to ferment that nasty drink in prison. Some factions want to ban everything that enters their tiny liberal minds. Bang!
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:32:49 PM PDT
by
W.
(Get a rope. Now.)
To: nickcarraway
"But Dr John Boffa, of the
Peoples Alcohol Action Coalition"
Oh, I bet they're just *loads* of fun to be around...
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:33:30 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
To: dfwgator
Paul Hogan also spoke lovingly of Vegemite on the “Paul Hogan Show.”
I wish they would re-run that show. One of the funniest shows ever.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:33:53 PM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(Keep JRandomFreeper in you prayers)
To: Tax-chick
Danged if I know. Vegemite is a yeast-based product which originated in Australia as a B-vitamin supplement. Seems like they should have named it Yeastemite since it is yeast-based rather than vegetable-based.
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:35:08 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: W.
You mean,
Pruno? I think I'd rather hold my breath for 10 minutes for a buzz than drink that stuff!
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:35:32 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
To: dfwgator
Yes to your question, but there’s something similar from England but I can’t pull its name up...
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:36:28 PM PDT
by
W.
(Get a rope. Now.)
To: nickcarraway
well the horrible stuff is good for something anyway...
I used to love Marmite on toast myself..
To: aposiopetic
Its a yeast extract, right?Maybe, but it is like a brown thick goop that tastes like it was beer that has lost all the water in it with beef boullian concentrate mixed in.
A flavor so strong and overpowering its fun to see how much you can take at once.
I reckon people who spread it on bread have their taste buds numbed from years of building up a tolerance.
To: nickcarraway; All
Probably ought to ban sterno ,as well as, sugar, fruits, water, and grains because we all know where those lead
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:37:54 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: Tax-chick; naturalman1975; dfwgator
To: naturalman1975
Pretty rough to ban something as ubiquitous as yeast.
Working Saudi I know it’s not possible....
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posted on
08/09/2015 6:40:30 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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