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Default Australia may limit Vegemite sales

On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 21:59:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> Vegemite was first introduced to market in 1923 -- a bit after Armistice Day.
> But the biggest problem is that the yeast in Vegemite is dead Dead DEAD.


Certainly the salt content would kill any residual live yeast. And
even it were miraculously viable somehow, there no way it's going to
turn out anything close to moonshine. A very weak wine, if anything.
The making of moonshine is a bit more complicated than a bathtub and
Vegemite.

Some reporter at BBC had a bunch of smoke blown up their ass.

-sw