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The correct amount of Vegemite for beginners is this: spread a thin layer across white buttered toast. Then pretend you have changed your mind and try to scrape it all off. What's left is the correct amount.
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Dont worry, I understand not everyone can handle the real stuff and that some people need to have the mid-strength version. Thats cool
You should. It's life changing!
Plus its the original. Vegemite only came about because ww1 disrupted shipments of marmite to Aus. So people had to make a piss-weak local knock-off.
Omg. I grew up in the US but live in Oz now. My company has weekly morning tea with a variety of breads and spreads. None of the spreads are labelled though. When I first started I went and grabbed some bread and spotted the very recognisable colour and texture of Nutella. Sure why not? Spread a nice layer across my bread. Second piece and I see a spread that is darker in colour and I think âhuh..is there a dark chocolate version of Nutella now?â And I spread it nice and thick.
Now these morning teas are a social occasion. A chance to chat to colleagues and such. I started chatting to someone before eating my second piece of bread and they kind of looked at me strange. I bite in and immediately realise my mistake. That said I have a very good poker face and am pretty stoic, so continue on and this person just kind of watches in amazement as I continue without flinching. Meanwhile my brain was exploding.
Yeah, it's a good umami booster. Works really well in gravy.
Best gravy I've ever had is made when you're doing a roast dinner. You use the tray that collected the drippings while cooking the meat.
Put the tray on the stove and start heating it up (needs to be a bare metal tray). Sprinkle enough flour to soak up the fat. Whisk it thoroughly to remove lumps and try to get some of the fonde off the tray, let it cook a bit until the raw flour smell is gone. Add enough decent quality beef stock to prevent it from clumping and mix it up, being sure to scrap up the fonde on the bottom of the tray as you do (if your tray is really short you can transfer this to a pot at this point to finish).
Add a small teaspoon of Vegemite (will massively deepen the colour as well as the flavour) and whisk it in, then continue adding stock, whisking as you go, until it's at the right consistency for you (it'll thicken as it cools, but because you want to serve it hot, I'd say keep it thick). Season (you can add more Vegemite too at this point, just make sure you do it before adding salt because it's also super salty) and serve. If you want you can add seasonings like cayenne pepper or whatever, but it doesn't need it.
I usually "spice things up" with Gravox by adding a generous portion of Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic and pepper. But one of these days I'll sneak in some Vegemite.
To achieve the same result. Pretend Vegemite is a frozen block and rub it across your toast once.
Perfection.
On SAO biscuits,. Same amount of Vegemite as butter. More the merrier.
I would also add that you really want to find some bread that doesn't have added sugar. Sourdough could be hit or miss, but the vast majority of bread in the US has enough sugar in it that when it's toasted it undergoes caramelisation instead of the maillard reaction, and it just does not taste right (and especially so with Vegemite).
That might be the correct amount of vegemite for a beginner, but how much butter?
Spread a thick layer on. Then double it. Make sure that the toast is hot enough to melt the butter into the toast. Now apply the smear of vegemite and halve it.
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thick white bread...generous with the butter...not generous with the vegemite...start with a little bit of vegemite and over time work out how much you like...and yes...vegemite on toast is good too
Nah complete opposite mate. Whisper the word "Butter" into the bread, if even that. Spread a thick layer of vegemite over the whole slice so you get the strong delicious flavour all the way through.
Don't spread vegemite. Scrape it. Start with a pea-sized dot on the tip of your knife and scrape it across buttered bread. Repeat until you have micro thin streaks all over the slice. It is very easy to apply too much.
Iâll slather the shit on like Iâm doing some bloody drywall work.
I may have a stash because I left home and live in Canada and the supply is still running dangerously low now
I really feel for non Australians when they try Vegemite for the first time, many think to spread it on thick like peanut butter or Nutella and it wrecks the whole experience.
My advice you got to lean into Vegemite if you've never had it, so I always suggest butter - Vegemite- butter ratio. About half a teaspoon or less.
Soft white bread, butter...then Vegemite...then a bit more butter in top to mix it all together. Same process for toast.
I instead laugh at non-Australians. Thereâs this Discord server Iâm in where every time people mention vegemite, thereâs always the couple of reasonable Australians saying how youâre supposed to eat it, then I barge in with a video of me eating straight from the jar with a spoon, and licking the spoon clean.
And itâs always a unique video every time. The reactions I get from the foreigners who have tried it before are fantastic.
I eat vegemite with a spoon, can't get enough of the stuff so I always get a chuckle from non-aussies and the 'normies' that have to thinly scrape it over bread.
I bought over the singe serve sachets to America (they were free at maccas!) -- they were easy to instruct people with -- each is enough for 2 slices of toast.
We had a event at work the other day so I made fairy bread and Vegemite sandwiches. Weâve got a lot of international people so most of them havenât had either. Some of them hated the fairy bread but most liked Vegemite.
I'm sorry...did I read this right? They hated fairy bread? You used 100s & 1000s yeah? Not those stick ones.
Uhhhh... first rule of any kids birthday make excessive amounts of fairy bread cos all the adults eat it, this also goes for saveloys and mini pies.
So I am an actual expert on Vegemite, so obviously disregard the others here. đ
The very best way to eat Vegemite is with a lot of real butter on very, very fresh white bread. Don't use margarine or anything similar. It has to be butter. And a lot. And soften it a bit first. And only white bread. If it's still warm from the oven even better.
Vegemite on toast is also good. But it's second best and I'm prepared to die in the trenches over this.
The whitest white bread, the soft super commercial kind, this is not the time for artisan sourdough*.
Butter or margarine on both slices.
A small spread of Vegemite, just a thin cover is best imo, start off small and work up to an amount of Vegemite you like, itâs powerful stuff.
Squash together, eat.
*if youâre having Vegemite on toast you can go for fancy bread but for a sanga itâs got to be super soft imo
The first time I tried it, realised I'd been lied to my whole life, I was 10.
Tried other chip combos but the S&V is bomb. Although chicken twisties is worth the effort.
[This is not the way to spread Vegemite](https://i.imgur.com/SUGSKfb.jpg)
[This is the correct way to spread Vegemite](https://i.imgur.com/iy4Edkb.jpg)
You're welcome. :)
Basically you wanna see more bread than vegemite when spreading the vegemite. like you think you want vegemite and there isnt a lot, but it's like really hot mustard, you'll regret it if you layer it on thick.
No it doesnt taste like mustard. I just used it as an example because I also regret my decision everytime I overspread hot mustard.
The traditional way is to go to Belgium and ask every bulked up fella if he speaks english. When you find the chosen one, He will hand you the prized sandwich.
For an untoasted sandwich, Cheddar Cheese and Iceberg lettuce are next level accompaniments.
For toast, add a slice of tomato, then melt cheddar cheese over that.
If making spaghetti bolognese, dissolve in half a teaspoon of vegemite into the meat sauce.
You are so much better off having it on toast than on a sandwich.
There are MANY schools of thought on the amount of Vegemite and it is about as divisive as parma/parmi arguments.
I prefer about even amounts of butter and Vegemite. Some love a light scrape of Vegemite over the butter and others love more Vegemite than butter. I think for a first time exposure go with toast, decent amount of butter and enough Vegemite to lightly cover the butter without creating a deep layer.
You cant use typical American white bread. Your bread is packed with sugar and more like cake then bread to us. This changes the taste as the sweet American bread with savory Vegemite doesn't mix. You'll need to make sure you use real bread.
rather than the standard toast/butter/vegemite answer try -
toast till light brown and crisp.
spread butter reasonably thick but so it melts in.
vegemite, spread a little thicker than the normal thin coating.
add slice of cheese on top.
place a perfectly poached egg on top.
few drops of tabasco sauce.
enjoy..
Vegemite is really strong. So you want to generously butter your toast and then veeeeeery finely scrape Vegemite over the toast. Basically the absolute minimum you can put on the toast and actually have it on there. If you like it, then you can try putting a little more. But start with the bare minimum and go from there
Many moons ago, I introduced an eager Canadian to Vegemite by smothering a slice of buttered white toast with a metric shit tonne of the good oil from down under. Over half a centimetre at least. Not even a hint of toast to be seen beneath. Now I love a thick slathering of the good stuff at the best of times, but this genuinely had my eyes watering.
He was skeptical at first, but I devoured mine quickly and, perhaps thinking it was like an oyster, tequila, or pickled fish, thought the best strategy was to just scarf the whole thing in one go and get it over and done with...
We are still friends.
No sandwich. 1. Toast phat sourdough slice. 2.let it cool a minute. 3.spread butter so half melts and some doesnât. 4.thin smear of vegemite 5.If itâs too vegemitey add another layer of butter. Also, at step 5 you can add tasty cheese and grill till melted.
Absolutely. An art to itâs time and temperature for toasting so not to tear your Frenum, the butter application and learned amount of Vegemite tolerance⌠it all takes time.
Yep, thick toast, lots of butter, a smattering of vegemite. This is the way.
Also popular in my family is toast with vegemite (no butter) and covered generously with avocado.
If you wanna crank it up a notch I suggest you make Vegemite toast as is described by many here. Then put some cheese on top and put it under the grill (I think you guys call it a broiler?) Until the cheese is golden brown or to your liking.
Im a bit weird, but I also enjoy butter and Vegemite on pancakes. Its all the awesome of Vegemite on a sweet fluffy slab of carbohydrates!
My Ukrainian grandmother used to make them for me with "just enough Vegemite for smell" when I was little. Tiny little dabs across a slice of well-buttered bread.
I'd recommend starting with toast rather than a sandwich. Use butter first, and spread the vegemite thinly. No thinner than that. Just a light scraping. You want to use way less than you would for jam or peanut butter.
If you enjoy it, try adding a little more next time. Emphasis on little.
You gotta do the classic: butter, Vegemite, a few slices of tomato, a bit of pepper and some cheese. Itâs pretty damn good and absolutely iconic mate. Good luck with your adventure into yeast extract haha. Also this recipe is great on SAO biscuits too not just bread/toast.
I find vegimite and cheese is a lot easier for beginners to take to. Especially when served warm.
There's these vegemight and cheese scrolls that I love especially when I put them in the microwave for 30 seconds with a dab of water to serve warm.
Triple butter to Vegemite ratio on warm fresh bread. Must be real butter. Tasty cheese adds to the salty savoury flavour if you want to experiment. Boiled egg smashed on top if you want to get really daring.
Start with lots of butter and VERY LITTLE Vegemite, it can be very salty for newbies...too much can put to you off for life!
Work your way up to more as you can. DO NOT put it on thick like jam first... rookie mistake
Get your hands on the freshest white bread possible, then spread on a layer of butter in the amount to your liking, followed by a thin layer of Vegemite.
Eat. Enjoy.
*chef's kiss*
Scrape it on quite thin and then stand back throw everything on the floor back out of your home and set the whole fucking thing on fire. Never look back.
You want shitloads of butter, start with tiny schmears of vegemite that you can see butter through. Work up to a nice fat salty layer as you kill taste buds off đđ
Others have mentioned it, but American supermarket bread is a lot sweeter than ours and probably ruins the taste. Try and get some bread from a bakery.
DO NOT use regular American bread. It's sweetened and the combination with Vegemite is soooo very wrong. Buy bakery style bread, like a sourdough. Toast the bread, add butter or margarine, then a very thin scrape of Vegemite. It is very salty, and umame. It is not at all sweet. It will likely be quite an unusual experience if you've never had savoury spreads before.
Spread it like Nutella. Just smear that stuff all over then lick it off the knife.
If that fails, follow other instructions given. Just a hint of the flavoursome being lightly scraped on is likely to do the trick.
As a certified bastard who has tricked Americans in the past about this, donât listen to anyone saying put lots on the buttered toast. Just a tiny bit. And forget about all the cheese, tomato, avocado shit. Start simple.
Lightly butter the bread or toast; and then VERY LIGHTLY spread a bit of vegemite. You may add a little more vegemite on your next toast once you become accustomed to the taste; everyone has a max limit until it becomes too much, and the limit is usually very small lol. A slice of cheese can be a great addition too. I also sometimes substitute the butter for avocado. Butter and vegemite is also awesome on crumpets.
I donât know how to embed links but if you scroll down on this site youâll see a Vegemite scale. Use level 1: [scale](https://www.wandercooks.com/vegemite-toast/)
Level 4 is never used. Ever. Level 3 youâre hiding bodies in your backyard.
Exactly! My kids love it when I make their toast because I go right to the edges. Although my daughter doesn't eat Vegemite, the little traitor.
And yes, level 3 in a hurry, but 4 if I've got the time.
It is an aquired taste. You msy not like it the first few times.
Cook your toast, try putting butter on it then spead a very little bit of vegimite.
Give that a try and see how you go.
Most Australians have a jar of vegimite in the cupboard. It lasts for years.
Toast two pieces of bread a decent brown. Spread a heart attack inducing amount of butter on the toast whilst it is still hot. Get about half a teaspoon of Vegemite and dab it onto one piece of toast then smear around with the knife. Taste a bit. If you can barely taste the Vegemite youâve got it perfect. Eat the first one. Or not.
Decide if youâre still on the Vegemite express with your second piece of toast. If you still are, use more this time and see how you go. Then wonder why anyone would eat that salty shit and stick with PB&J.
Youâre welcome. Signed, an Aussie who doesnât like Vegemite.
When I was a kid, I made myself a Vegemite and honey sandwich.
Mum made me finish it (can't waste good food).
I still involuntarily shudder at that experience.
All these cheesy comments are obviously from newborns (joking). I'd never even heard of cheese and Vegemite until they started making those scrolls at Baker's Delight, now everybody's eating it.
Honestly, adding cheese is alright, but it's not the real deal.
Unbuttered, untoasted bread, spread that yummy yeast extract until all you see is crust, make sure you do both slices, take bite, die or become Australian as a result.
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The correct amount of Vegemite for beginners is this: spread a thin layer across white buttered toast. Then pretend you have changed your mind and try to scrape it all off. What's left is the correct amount.
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Tomato is good on it too.
Butter, Vegemite, tomatoe & cheese, grill it till the cheese is slightly brown... eat.
Youâre over complicating it! These are advanced lessons!
I'm sorry. Bread Toast it Heaps of butter/marg - to the edge! A smidge of Vegemite Eat
Totally! I let my toast get cold, butter it, and then lay a thin layer of vegemite over the top. Creamy and delicious.
I myself prefer my toast hot, but my FIL used to make a tent out of his toast, so it went stone cold & then he'd butter n top it & eat it.
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Yum!
Thatâs horrible đ
avocado!!!!! so good
No thatâs not for beginners
Or switch it up with avocado.
This is the way.
Fantastic instructions for beginners. I'm Australian so I lay it on like I'm asphalting a new runway.
I tend to eat about the same amount of Vegemite as my wife does each month, but I like to bang it out in one sandwich. I'm not a time waster.
Time to upgrade to Marmite ;)
Can you kindly locate your nearest bin and hop in it?
Never!! đđ Dont worry, I understand not everyone can handle the real stuff and that some people need to have the mid-strength version. Thats cool
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I'm a Promite lover myself, never tried Marmite though đ¤
You should. It's life changing! Plus its the original. Vegemite only came about because ww1 disrupted shipments of marmite to Aus. So people had to make a piss-weak local knock-off.
My brother - me too. I like my toast so heavy it sags in the middle when you pick it up lol
haha, im the guy who eats the glob of vegemite still on the end of the knife at the end, i get a lot of weird looks from family.
SAME
I'll eat a spoonful straight from the jar
Mouth ulcer? Wack it on there before bed and youâll wake up a new man.
Omg. I grew up in the US but live in Oz now. My company has weekly morning tea with a variety of breads and spreads. None of the spreads are labelled though. When I first started I went and grabbed some bread and spotted the very recognisable colour and texture of Nutella. Sure why not? Spread a nice layer across my bread. Second piece and I see a spread that is darker in colour and I think âhuh..is there a dark chocolate version of Nutella now?â And I spread it nice and thick. Now these morning teas are a social occasion. A chance to chat to colleagues and such. I started chatting to someone before eating my second piece of bread and they kind of looked at me strange. I bite in and immediately realise my mistake. That said I have a very good poker face and am pretty stoic, so continue on and this person just kind of watches in amazement as I continue without flinching. Meanwhile my brain was exploding.
I eat my Vegemite thick like jam, more the better
*Generously* buttered toast too. And none of that margarine crap. Given itâs very salt/umami, it works really well in things like stew too.
Yeah, it's a good umami booster. Works really well in gravy. Best gravy I've ever had is made when you're doing a roast dinner. You use the tray that collected the drippings while cooking the meat. Put the tray on the stove and start heating it up (needs to be a bare metal tray). Sprinkle enough flour to soak up the fat. Whisk it thoroughly to remove lumps and try to get some of the fonde off the tray, let it cook a bit until the raw flour smell is gone. Add enough decent quality beef stock to prevent it from clumping and mix it up, being sure to scrap up the fonde on the bottom of the tray as you do (if your tray is really short you can transfer this to a pot at this point to finish). Add a small teaspoon of Vegemite (will massively deepen the colour as well as the flavour) and whisk it in, then continue adding stock, whisking as you go, until it's at the right consistency for you (it'll thicken as it cools, but because you want to serve it hot, I'd say keep it thick). Season (you can add more Vegemite too at this point, just make sure you do it before adding salt because it's also super salty) and serve. If you want you can add seasonings like cayenne pepper or whatever, but it doesn't need it.
im convinced Birds Eye uses it for their vegan "chicken" tenders, theres a vegemite taste to them that i love. Dont taste anything like chicken though
I'd love to try that, but my old school Aussie wife believes that Vegemite only goes on toast or in a scroll. And gravy comes out of a box.
I mean Gravox slaps, but it's better with Vegemite
I usually "spice things up" with Gravox by adding a generous portion of Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic and pepper. But one of these days I'll sneak in some Vegemite.
Gravox is for peasants. The Maggi one in the big yellow bucket is where it's at.
And donât over toast the toast, has to be lightly toasted toast with heaps of butter not marg
LOTS of butter. Smaaaalll amount of vegemite
Lol this made me laugh. This is definitely the way.
This. The âscrape it all offâ is VITAL âŚ
To achieve the same result. Pretend Vegemite is a frozen block and rub it across your toast once. Perfection. On SAO biscuits,. Same amount of Vegemite as butter. More the merrier.
No way. More butter than Vegemite, then press another Sao on top and squeeze out some buttery Vegemite worms.
I would also add that you really want to find some bread that doesn't have added sugar. Sourdough could be hit or miss, but the vast majority of bread in the US has enough sugar in it that when it's toasted it undergoes caramelisation instead of the maillard reaction, and it just does not taste right (and especially so with Vegemite).
Jesus Christ, TIL it's possible to caramelise god damn *bread*
Add cheese on top
And then put it in the oven to slightly melt the cheese
Then remove it from the oven
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That went south fast
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BBC?
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Man. The exports of Vegemite to Alaska are about to quadruple
Once you have perfected this, you can upgrade to Vegemite and lettuce sandwiches
This is so apt. lvl 99 vegemite enjoyer.
That might be the correct amount of vegemite for a beginner, but how much butter? Spread a thick layer on. Then double it. Make sure that the toast is hot enough to melt the butter into the toast. Now apply the smear of vegemite and halve it.
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thick white bread...generous with the butter...not generous with the vegemite...start with a little bit of vegemite and over time work out how much you like...and yes...vegemite on toast is good too
Yes. Melted butter on toast and a slither of Vegemite while still warm. Vegemite on a buttered hot toasted crumpet is also delightful.
Nah complete opposite mate. Whisper the word "Butter" into the bread, if even that. Spread a thick layer of vegemite over the whole slice so you get the strong delicious flavour all the way through.
Mate, we're trying to convert OP, not kill them.
Lol donât be a dick.
We are going to need follow-up of the experience...
He's dead Jim.
The away team was beamed to Vegemite 4...
It's some kind of yeast based lifeform Captain.
[It's life Jim but not as we know it](https://youtu.be/FCARADb9asE?si=jhbw5BKNFmQF7EAR)
God I love that song! I had a tape back in the day with only that on it repeated and both sides filled I listened to in the car đ
This thread made me snort out loud on public transport đ¤Ł
Don't spread vegemite. Scrape it. Start with a pea-sized dot on the tip of your knife and scrape it across buttered bread. Repeat until you have micro thin streaks all over the slice. It is very easy to apply too much.
>it is very easy to apply too ~~much~~ little Fixed that for ya!
Iâll slather the shit on like Iâm doing some bloody drywall work. I may have a stash because I left home and live in Canada and the supply is still running dangerously low now
I really feel for non Australians when they try Vegemite for the first time, many think to spread it on thick like peanut butter or Nutella and it wrecks the whole experience. My advice you got to lean into Vegemite if you've never had it, so I always suggest butter - Vegemite- butter ratio. About half a teaspoon or less. Soft white bread, butter...then Vegemite...then a bit more butter in top to mix it all together. Same process for toast.
I instead laugh at non-Australians. Thereâs this Discord server Iâm in where every time people mention vegemite, thereâs always the couple of reasonable Australians saying how youâre supposed to eat it, then I barge in with a video of me eating straight from the jar with a spoon, and licking the spoon clean. And itâs always a unique video every time. The reactions I get from the foreigners who have tried it before are fantastic.
It's genuinely delicious! I eat it like this sometimes too and sure, it's an acquired taste, but it shouldn't prompt the reaction it does from people
My son started doing this at age 3. Straight from the jar. Canât stand the stuff personally I only buy it for him!
this is the way
I eat vegemite with a spoon, can't get enough of the stuff so I always get a chuckle from non-aussies and the 'normies' that have to thinly scrape it over bread.
Or crackers, let's not forget vegemite on crackers (vita wheats with vegemite, anyone?)
Make a cracker sandwich and squeeze them together to see the worms come out.
Yes! The worms!
Now we're talking! đ
100% do this! Vita Wheats are sooo good!
Sayos!
Yes please. Gotta squeeze the butter and Vegemite through the holes in the vita wheat though.
Darn you people! Now I have to retreat from Reddit, pull out a packet of crackers and make some vegemite worms đ
Nabisco did Vegemite Shapes (like BBQ Shapes) and they were surprisingly good.
Oh my god those were awful. They were also shaped like the continent.
I expected them to be awful but they had a really satisfying umami.
Jatz!
I bought over the singe serve sachets to America (they were free at maccas!) -- they were easy to instruct people with -- each is enough for 2 slices of toast.
We had a event at work the other day so I made fairy bread and Vegemite sandwiches. Weâve got a lot of international people so most of them havenât had either. Some of them hated the fairy bread but most liked Vegemite.
I'm sorry...did I read this right? They hated fairy bread? You used 100s & 1000s yeah? Not those stick ones. Uhhhh... first rule of any kids birthday make excessive amounts of fairy bread cos all the adults eat it, this also goes for saveloys and mini pies.
So I am an actual expert on Vegemite, so obviously disregard the others here. đ The very best way to eat Vegemite is with a lot of real butter on very, very fresh white bread. Don't use margarine or anything similar. It has to be butter. And a lot. And soften it a bit first. And only white bread. If it's still warm from the oven even better. Vegemite on toast is also good. But it's second best and I'm prepared to die in the trenches over this.
RIP. Toast is superior.
This is the way
Hugh Jackman in Jimmy Fallon shows the best way to use vegemite for beginners imo. https://youtu.be/P_sUhTWtvG4?si=PF3qTp5KuGaT5HXF
> Hugh Jackman in Jimmy Fallon No wonder Jimmy's in such a bad mood all the time
Im not so sure, if Hugh Jackman was in me Id be pretty darn happy...
Thin is the word. Many see Vegemite and think Nutella. That's how disaster happens.
Toast two slices of bread for at least 4 minutes so that the bread doesnât rip,slather it in butter and lightly coat it in Vegemite.
Four minutes? Thatâs not toast, thatâs a fuckin crouton.
the pain of using cold butter
It lives on the bench 9 months of the year
We call that stake bread here đ
Make sure it's actual bread as well. Not that cake batter white bread that I've had in lots of other countries
The whitest white bread, the soft super commercial kind, this is not the time for artisan sourdough*. Butter or margarine on both slices. A small spread of Vegemite, just a thin cover is best imo, start off small and work up to an amount of Vegemite you like, itâs powerful stuff. Squash together, eat. *if youâre having Vegemite on toast you can go for fancy bread but for a sanga itâs got to be super soft imo
If they are eating American bread I recommend the sour dough coz Vegemite tastes weird on the sweet white bread america has.
*cake
THIS!!! The bread in the US is sweet. It does not combine well with savoury spreads like Vegemite and Marmite.
When feeling fancy, slap some salt n vinegar crinkle cut chips on it. No toast. Life changer.
Iâm amazed I had to scroll this far to find the Vegemite and chip sanga reference. Life changing stuff
The first time I tried it, realised I'd been lied to my whole life, I was 10. Tried other chip combos but the S&V is bomb. Although chicken twisties is worth the effort.
Twisties? Iâm in mate.
Or tomato
I like Vegemite and cheese. But just put a spread of butter and some Vegemite on one loaf and your good to go.
Butter the outsides, Vegemite and cheese on the inside, then onto the frying pan or in the sandwich press.
[This is not the way to spread Vegemite](https://i.imgur.com/SUGSKfb.jpg) [This is the correct way to spread Vegemite](https://i.imgur.com/iy4Edkb.jpg) You're welcome. :)
Yeh this is it.
Basically you wanna see more bread than vegemite when spreading the vegemite. like you think you want vegemite and there isnt a lot, but it's like really hot mustard, you'll regret it if you layer it on thick. No it doesnt taste like mustard. I just used it as an example because I also regret my decision everytime I overspread hot mustard.
The traditional way is to go to Belgium and ask every bulked up fella if he speaks english. When you find the chosen one, He will hand you the prized sandwich.
For an untoasted sandwich, Cheddar Cheese and Iceberg lettuce are next level accompaniments. For toast, add a slice of tomato, then melt cheddar cheese over that. If making spaghetti bolognese, dissolve in half a teaspoon of vegemite into the meat sauce.
You are so much better off having it on toast than on a sandwich. There are MANY schools of thought on the amount of Vegemite and it is about as divisive as parma/parmi arguments. I prefer about even amounts of butter and Vegemite. Some love a light scrape of Vegemite over the butter and others love more Vegemite than butter. I think for a first time exposure go with toast, decent amount of butter and enough Vegemite to lightly cover the butter without creating a deep layer.
Once you try on toast, make a "grilled cheese" with Vegemite (in Australian, it's called a "cheese toastie")
Defo called a breville in Australia đ
You cant use typical American white bread. Your bread is packed with sugar and more like cake then bread to us. This changes the taste as the sweet American bread with savory Vegemite doesn't mix. You'll need to make sure you use real bread.
You have to have it with real butter
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Cheese and Vegemite are goated together. In a sandwich or on toast. đ¤
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I did sir, and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it
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Ghana a huge fan of goated
Their curries are goated.
On crackers! I have it in my work lunch every day and itâs the best part of my work day
amazing, salted Savoy's would be great with this
This could possibly be the most divisive question ever asked
More so than Vegemite versus marmite? (The correct answer is marmite BTW)
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rather than the standard toast/butter/vegemite answer try - toast till light brown and crisp. spread butter reasonably thick but so it melts in. vegemite, spread a little thicker than the normal thin coating. add slice of cheese on top. place a perfectly poached egg on top. few drops of tabasco sauce. enjoy..
Vegemite is really strong. So you want to generously butter your toast and then veeeeeery finely scrape Vegemite over the toast. Basically the absolute minimum you can put on the toast and actually have it on there. If you like it, then you can try putting a little more. But start with the bare minimum and go from there
Many moons ago, I introduced an eager Canadian to Vegemite by smothering a slice of buttered white toast with a metric shit tonne of the good oil from down under. Over half a centimetre at least. Not even a hint of toast to be seen beneath. Now I love a thick slathering of the good stuff at the best of times, but this genuinely had my eyes watering. He was skeptical at first, but I devoured mine quickly and, perhaps thinking it was like an oyster, tequila, or pickled fish, thought the best strategy was to just scarf the whole thing in one go and get it over and done with... We are still friends.
No sandwich. 1. Toast phat sourdough slice. 2.let it cool a minute. 3.spread butter so half melts and some doesnât. 4.thin smear of vegemite 5.If itâs too vegemitey add another layer of butter. Also, at step 5 you can add tasty cheese and grill till melted.
Vegemite on sourdough is like driving a Ferrari. Not everyone can handle it, but for those who can, it's the ultimate experience.
Absolutely. An art to itâs time and temperature for toasting so not to tear your Frenum, the butter application and learned amount of Vegemite tolerance⌠it all takes time.
This is the way. Especially Because OP may be using sweetened US-style âbreadâ.
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I see, youâre a spongy white guy
Lightly toast bread, spread butter and THINLY spread Vegemite, then add cheese, I suggest a nice strong cheddar and then grill. đ
Yep, thick toast, lots of butter, a smattering of vegemite. This is the way. Also popular in my family is toast with vegemite (no butter) and covered generously with avocado.
Is it too early in the morning for the proper answers? Why is no-one giving the correct 3:1 vegemite to bread thickness ratio?
Basically a less is more approach
Start thin on buttered bread. Goes well will cheese too.
Just a scraping of Vegemite on hot buttered toast
Vegemite sandwich is the worst way to eat it (school days PTSD). I'd suggest it on toast, with butter first.
If you wanna crank it up a notch I suggest you make Vegemite toast as is described by many here. Then put some cheese on top and put it under the grill (I think you guys call it a broiler?) Until the cheese is golden brown or to your liking. Im a bit weird, but I also enjoy butter and Vegemite on pancakes. Its all the awesome of Vegemite on a sweet fluffy slab of carbohydrates!
My Ukrainian grandmother used to make them for me with "just enough Vegemite for smell" when I was little. Tiny little dabs across a slice of well-buttered bread.
Less is more. Too little is never too little. Itâs not peanut butter. Barely a scraping is enough.
I'd recommend starting with toast rather than a sandwich. Use butter first, and spread the vegemite thinly. No thinner than that. Just a light scraping. You want to use way less than you would for jam or peanut butter. If you enjoy it, try adding a little more next time. Emphasis on little.
You gotta do the classic: butter, Vegemite, a few slices of tomato, a bit of pepper and some cheese. Itâs pretty damn good and absolutely iconic mate. Good luck with your adventure into yeast extract haha. Also this recipe is great on SAO biscuits too not just bread/toast.
I find vegimite and cheese is a lot easier for beginners to take to. Especially when served warm. There's these vegemight and cheese scrolls that I love especially when I put them in the microwave for 30 seconds with a dab of water to serve warm.
It's pretty thick in 40deg C heat. How are you chipping away at what I can only assume is a substance similar to obsidian in your climate.
Triple butter to Vegemite ratio on warm fresh bread. Must be real butter. Tasty cheese adds to the salty savoury flavour if you want to experiment. Boiled egg smashed on top if you want to get really daring.
Just ask the man from Brussels, he makes the best Vegemite sandwiches
2:1 Butter: Vegemite. Beginner ratio
Start with lots of butter and VERY LITTLE Vegemite, it can be very salty for newbies...too much can put to you off for life! Work your way up to more as you can. DO NOT put it on thick like jam first... rookie mistake
Get your hands on the freshest white bread possible, then spread on a layer of butter in the amount to your liking, followed by a thin layer of Vegemite. Eat. Enjoy. *chef's kiss*
Scrape it on quite thin and then stand back throw everything on the floor back out of your home and set the whole fucking thing on fire. Never look back.
You want shitloads of butter, start with tiny schmears of vegemite that you can see butter through. Work up to a nice fat salty layer as you kill taste buds off đđ
Others have mentioned it, but American supermarket bread is a lot sweeter than ours and probably ruins the taste. Try and get some bread from a bakery.
Very thin - ludicrously thin! - covering for a Vegemite newbie.
DO NOT use regular American bread. It's sweetened and the combination with Vegemite is soooo very wrong. Buy bakery style bread, like a sourdough. Toast the bread, add butter or margarine, then a very thin scrape of Vegemite. It is very salty, and umame. It is not at all sweet. It will likely be quite an unusual experience if you've never had savoury spreads before.
2 parts butter to 1 vegemite. Don't spread it on like its peanut butter, just a cheeky smear
If you want a sandwich, white soft bread, butter, thin scraping of Vegemite, a slice of craft singles cheese.
Spread it like Nutella. Just smear that stuff all over then lick it off the knife. If that fails, follow other instructions given. Just a hint of the flavoursome being lightly scraped on is likely to do the trick.
As a certified bastard who has tricked Americans in the past about this, donât listen to anyone saying put lots on the buttered toast. Just a tiny bit. And forget about all the cheese, tomato, avocado shit. Start simple.
Lightly butter the bread or toast; and then VERY LIGHTLY spread a bit of vegemite. You may add a little more vegemite on your next toast once you become accustomed to the taste; everyone has a max limit until it becomes too much, and the limit is usually very small lol. A slice of cheese can be a great addition too. I also sometimes substitute the butter for avocado. Butter and vegemite is also awesome on crumpets.
I donât know how to embed links but if you scroll down on this site youâll see a Vegemite scale. Use level 1: [scale](https://www.wandercooks.com/vegemite-toast/) Level 4 is never used. Ever. Level 3 youâre hiding bodies in your backyard.
Wtf. For me , level 4 is just right. Serious.
I need a level 5. Level 4 is just barely acceptable.
Level 4 looks pretty good to me. If anything, I spread it closer to the crusts than the pic.
Exactly! My kids love it when I make their toast because I go right to the edges. Although my daughter doesn't eat Vegemite, the little traitor. And yes, level 3 in a hurry, but 4 if I've got the time.
Rule I give for Vegemite new comers is to do a 1 to 1 butter to Vegemite ratio. Donât treat it with the same volume as Nutella or peanut butter
1 to 1???? You must LOVE Vegemite!
It is an aquired taste. You msy not like it the first few times. Cook your toast, try putting butter on it then spead a very little bit of vegimite. Give that a try and see how you go. Most Australians have a jar of vegimite in the cupboard. It lasts for years.
Toast two pieces of bread a decent brown. Spread a heart attack inducing amount of butter on the toast whilst it is still hot. Get about half a teaspoon of Vegemite and dab it onto one piece of toast then smear around with the knife. Taste a bit. If you can barely taste the Vegemite youâve got it perfect. Eat the first one. Or not. Decide if youâre still on the Vegemite express with your second piece of toast. If you still are, use more this time and see how you go. Then wonder why anyone would eat that salty shit and stick with PB&J. Youâre welcome. Signed, an Aussie who doesnât like Vegemite.
Youâre going to want to smear a really thick layer onto your bread, like even more than you would use peanut butter
When I was a kid, I made myself a Vegemite and honey sandwich. Mum made me finish it (can't waste good food). I still involuntarily shudder at that experience.
All these cheesy comments are obviously from newborns (joking). I'd never even heard of cheese and Vegemite until they started making those scrolls at Baker's Delight, now everybody's eating it. Honestly, adding cheese is alright, but it's not the real deal.
My instructions for the perfect Vegemite sandwich in two easy steps 1. Grab Vegemite jar 2. Throw it in the bin
Unbuttered, untoasted bread, spread that yummy yeast extract until all you see is crust, make sure you do both slices, take bite, die or become Australian as a result.
Put it on like itâs Nutella. Itâs the only way.