What does this Vegemite taste like anyhow?
Posted on 08/09/2015 6:15:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The days of Vegemite, the Australian equivalent to Marmite, could be numbered down-under because people are using it to make moonshine.
Just like its British counter-part the love-it-or-hate-it sticky spread is somewhat of a cultural favourite.
But Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion, said its sale should be restricted in remote communities where alcohol is banned.
He went as far as describing the spread as a ‘precursor to misery’, claiming kids were too hung over to go to school and blaming it for a spike in domestic violence cases.
Mr Scullion says in communities where alcohol is banned because of addiction problems, the sale of Vegemite should also be restricted.
He said: ‘Businesses in these communities… have a responsibility to report any purchase that may raise their own suspicions.’
But Dr John Boffa, of the People’s Alcohol Action Coalition, who is based in Alice Springs, in Australia’s Northern Territory, says the problem is not widespread.
‘We’re talking about an isolated problem in a couple of communities around a very large nation, and a nation where there is a very large number of Aboriginal communities, and every community is different,’ he told the BBC.
Vegemite started as a war-time substitute for Marmite, and is now something of an Australian culinary icon.
Some 19 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland have alcohol bans or restrictions and it is an offence to make home brew.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott also ruled out a ban of the spread, saying Sunday he did not want a ‘Vegemite watch’. ‘The last thing it want to see is a Vegemite watch going on because Vegemite, quite properly, is for most people a reasonably nutritious spread on your morning toast or on your sandwiches,’ he told reporters in Queensland.
Any fruit could also be used to make booze.
Ban fruit.
Pruno, that’s it. And, like you, ain’t no way I want any. I’ve made hooch with Fleischmann’s and good grape juice, and it’s funky-tasting enough, even after siphoning and refrigeration. But it’s quick and dirty!
I guess he really did speak your language.
It’s similar to Vitameatavegamin.
Sugar, potatoes, corn, etc.
Folks will always find a way. In New Mexico, some of the reservations have restricted the sale of hairspray because it is used to make a drink called “Ocean” that is high in alcohol.
You can spread it on toast, but it tastes like . . .
I forgot the capital “D”. She’ll likely never speak to me again.
This seems to be one of those agenda 21 things, doesn’t it?
Or a stupid bureaucrat.
Ocean Spray?
When did Oz turn into such a nanny state?
Just like every other drug problem these people take a prohibitive approach to the problem which is destined from the outset to failure.
As can be seen from the Vegemite issue people are creative by nature and will find a way to satisfy their desires.
One of reasons that alcohol is a problem in these communities is that the people living there largely unemployed and on public assistance. They have huge amounts of unproductive time to fill and alcohol is one way to numb an under used mind.
Cut their public assistance payments to the bare minimum and their underutilized minds will find more productive things to do that drink themselves in to a stupor.
when Vegemite is banned...only outlaws will have it.
“I’ve made hooch with Fleischmann’s and good grape juice”
Heh, I did that once myself, back in high school. Not exactly vintage port, but it did the trick!
Yes, and White Rain.
What does this Vegemite taste like anyhow?
“And, yes, such a ban can also be applied to baking yeast, if that is an issue.”
Could they ban water, sugar, and grains too? Because all are also used to make alcohol.
Yep, I believe so. Looks remarkably like wheel bearing grease, though.
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