Vegemite - Where to Get in So. Cal?
 

Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get this
locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County, CA?

Thanks,
Matt

"Matt" > wrote:

>Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get this
>locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County, CA?
>
>Thanks,
>Matt

With the tough anti-pollution laws in CA it's probably not allowed
into the state.

On 24-Feb-2005, "Matt" > wrote:

> Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get this
> locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County, CA?

I'm not from that area, but; World Market stores in my area carry it. World
Market's website show they have a store in Orange CA; perhaps it will also
carry Vegemite.

On 24 Feb 2005 20:33:06 -0800, "Matt" > wrote:

>Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get this
>locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County, CA?
>
>Thanks,
>Matt

Try Cost Plus; I know I've seen it there, but it may have been on the
shelf a long, long time (does Vegemite have a shelf life?). Also try
any of a number of British specialty shops scattered across the
county; in particular, try Flavour of Britain in San Juan Capistrano.

--
Chris Green

"Christopher Green" > wrote in message
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>
> Try Cost Plus; I know I've seen it there, but it may have been on the
> shelf a long, long time (does Vegemite have a shelf life?).

No, it's immortal

David

I was given this by someone else, not sure if its valid:

> Koala Blue??
the store owned by Olivia Newton John, stores everything Australian!

Linda

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:10:36 GMT, "David Hare-Scott"
> wrote:

>
>"Christopher Green" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Try Cost Plus; I know I've seen it there, but it may have been on the
>> shelf a long, long time (does Vegemite have a shelf life?).
>
>No, it's immortal
>

Like Uranium, it probably has a half-life. ;-)


Rusty

In article >, Rusty > wrote:
>On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:10:36 GMT, "David Hare-Scott"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Christopher Green" > wrote in message
. ..
>>>
>>> Try Cost Plus; I know I've seen it there, but it may have been on the
>>> shelf a long, long time (does Vegemite have a shelf life?).
>>
>>No, it's immortal
>
>Like Uranium, it probably has a half-life. ;-)

Yeah. But Uranium decays, vegemite doesn't.

I've got a jar in the fridge which was virginal until about July last
year (2004). It was in "as new" condition in spite of the Use By date
of Sep 1983. (How long do you expect black salt to last anyway? ;-)

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

Try Wild Oats or Trader Joes also World Market , Iv'e seen it in them.
There should be at least one of them in the area.

Dave

Good luck, not with finding it, but swallowing it.

"Matt" > wrote in message
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> Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get this
> locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County, CA?

Try looking in the international foods aisles in your local supermarkets.
It's there.

Mary

"Matt" > wrote in message
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> Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get this
> locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County, CA?
>

If you don't feel like running around you can try
the following. They have some neat products
and will deliver them right to your front door:
http://www.simplyoz.com/products/aussie_food

"Matt" > wrote in message
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> Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get this
> locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County, CA?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt

Orange County Diesel Engine cleaning supplies may have some, if you have a
hazardous materials license.

A fair substitue can be had by blending anchovies in a blender with vaseline
and letting it set for a couple years

Other wise, try a World Market?

>

"pavane" > wrote in
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> "Matt" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get
>> this locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County,
>> CA?
>>
>
> If you don't feel like running around you can try
> the following. They have some neat products
> and will deliver them right to your front door:
> http://www.simplyoz.com/products/aussie_food
>
>

Looks like they have quite a selection of products - the sort of things
I see on the supermarket shelf, and a number of products that I buy.

OK, if you buy your Vegemite from there you should also go into their
Crackers section and order some VitaWeats so you can partake in a ritual
played out by thousands of Aussie kids over the years. Take a Vitaweat
and spread with butter and Vegemite. Place another Vitaweat on top and
squeeze it down so that the butter and Vegemite squeezes out through the
holes in the Vitaweat like little worms! Never worked for me, because
I've never liked my Vegemite with butter.

Vegemite's also nice on SAOs which they also have in their Crackers
section. When I was quite small, shops here didn't open on Sundays. We
never had fresh bread left on Monday morning, so Mum would give me SAOs
with Vegemite or peanut butter for lunch for school.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
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> "pavane" > wrote in
> :
>
> >
> > "Matt" > wrote in message
> > ups.com...
> >> Ever since I heard about this I've had to try it. Can a bloke get
> >> this locally in the States? Preferably locally, in Orange County,
> >> CA?
> >>
> >
> > If you don't feel like running around you can try
> > the following. They have some neat products
> > and will deliver them right to your front door:
> > http://www.simplyoz.com/products/aussie_food
> >
> >
>
> Looks like they have quite a selection of products - the sort of things
> I see on the supermarket shelf, and a number of products that I buy.
>
> OK, if you buy your Vegemite from there you should also go into their
> Crackers section and order some VitaWeats so you can partake in a ritual
> played out by thousands of Aussie kids over the years. Take a Vitaweat
> and spread with butter and Vegemite. Place another Vitaweat on top and
> squeeze it down so that the butter and Vegemite squeezes out through the
> holes in the Vitaweat like little worms! Never worked for me, because
> I've never liked my Vegemite with butter.
>
> Vegemite's also nice on SAOs which they also have in their Crackers
> section. When I was quite small, shops here didn't open on Sundays. We
> never had fresh bread left on Monday morning, so Mum would give me SAOs
> with Vegemite or peanut butter for lunch for school.
>

Thanks for your comments, Rhonda...I am always looking for things
to fill out the orders to SimplyOz; will try the VitaWeats and SAOs
as soon as I can. But I have never heard of Vegemite along with
peanut butter; thought they were antithetical substances as most
people I've talked to say that Australians dislike peanut butter as
much as Americans dislike Vegemite. Interesting thing, our world.

pavane

"pavane" > wrote in
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> "Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
> . 5...
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>> Vegemite's also nice on SAOs which they also have in their Crackers
>> section. When I was quite small, shops here didn't open on Sundays.
>> We never had fresh bread left on Monday morning, so Mum would give me
>> SAOs with Vegemite or peanut butter for lunch for school.
>>
>
> Thanks for your comments, Rhonda...I am always looking for things
> to fill out the orders to SimplyOz; will try the VitaWeats and SAOs
> as soon as I can. But I have never heard of Vegemite along with
> peanut butter;

That was Vegemite OR peanut butter - not together <vbg> - just in case
some people misread your statement, and think I'm really weird.

thought they were antithetical substances as most
> people I've talked to say that Australians dislike peanut butter as
> much as Americans dislike Vegemite. Interesting thing, our world.
>

There was always peanut butter in our house, and there's plenty of it on
the supermarket shelves (Skippy made an appearance a few years ago, not
sure if it's still there). No general dislike as far as I know. However,
I don't think Australian peanut butters have as much sugar in them as US
ones.I actually stopped buying the mainstream peanut butters which have
oil, salt and sugar added to them, and now buy Sanitarium brand natural
peanut butter (just peanuts, nothing else). My mum liked peanut butter
and honey sandwiches, but "peanut butter and jelly" is something I only
ever heard about on US tv shows. You find jams and conserves on the
shelves here, rather than jelly - only really a few jellies, and they
tend to be the ones used as condiments (like mint). There was a product
marketed at kids called "Jelly Jam" - marketed as jam without the seeds!
Don't think it's still available though. On hearing the word jelly, most
Australians would probably think of the gelatine dessert - so, as a
child, I did think peanut butter and jelly sandwiches sounded pretty
weird, until I had the different meaning of jelly explained to me <g>.

If you're looking for more things to buy from SimplyOz, and you like
ginger, - try the Buderim Ginger Bears. They're like little gummi bears,
but ginger flavoured - they're listed in their Ginger category. Really
nice. Also, in their plain biscuits category try the Butternut Snap
Cookies (which were always just called butternut biscuits when I was
growing up!) They're a lovely biscuit. I made a double crust baked
cheesecake the other week - the recipe used these to make the crust,
along with chopped toasted hazelnuts. I took the cheesecake to work
,where it went in a hurry, and several people commented that they
usually left the base on a cheesecake, but that they actually liked this
one.

I'll have to look more through SimplyOz's site and let you know if I see
any more favourites <g>

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

In > Christopher Green wrote:

> Try Cost Plus; I know I've seen it there, but it may have been on the
> shelf a long, long time (does Vegemite have a shelf life?). Also try
> any of a number of British specialty shops scattered across the
> county; in particular, try Flavour of Britain in San Juan Capistrano.

I don't know if the British specialty shops would have Vegemite as it's
from Oz. But they probably would have Marmite which everyone in the
know knows is much better...


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Cheers

Dennis

Remove 'Elle-Kabong' to reply

Thanks all. Found it at Cost Plus. Haven't had a chance to see if
Trader Joes or the local supermarkets have it.

Interestingly, Cost Plus had 4 oz jars of Vegemite and 4 oz jars of
Marmite. The Vegemite was $2.99 and the Marmite was $5.99. I bought
the Veg first to see if I liked it, but I'm very curious if the Marmite
price difference is reflected in the taste.

Oh the taste... Extremely salty, full of yeasty goodness. Very
concentrated. A little dab'll do ya. Let's see what kinds of uses I
can find for it.

Matt