Christmas Food

@redstar @"M" I will PM it to you both, soon as I get it from my files

 

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Well it was not my "deposit" it was my "Money" I needed to spread the family Jeans, Denim is so be Coming and Three Quid was ridiculous

 

Got it, thanks.

 

My Grandmother made mince pie, I thought it was awful. Twiglets? and they taste like Marmite? Whatz a marmite? Plum pudding sounds like our fruit cake, not totally, but the same type tradition. Lots of Booze? Nah, I'll stick with the eggnog. I love the stuff-home made of course. Our Christmas is a great time for the family to gather, visit, eat lots of good food and celebrate Christmas. Sounds to me that y'all do the same!

 

The twigs are taken from the nest of a small marmoset like rodent

http://www.marmite.co.uk/

 

Denzil Avenue?

 

Save your money, bought a small jar to try, YUCK. its still in the back of my fridge. have to toss it I guess. all salty, that is all I tasted.

Yes, love my homemade eggnog also.

 

We got a price list from the girls when we were working there, not gone up much since Jack's day

 

It is a concentrated flavour, for sure!
Over here it has the slogan: "Marmite - love it or hate it!" It certainly is an "acquired" taste.

I used to have foreign students come to stay for a couple of weeks during the summertime. One year, a couple of young girls from Russia were staying with us and went crazy for cornflakes! Even kept a very large box of them in their room for snacking on. Anyway, one day at the breakfast table, I had Marmite out because my toddler liked it. They asked if they could have some and I said yes but tried to explain that it wasn't a chocolate spread, but a savoury flavour. They smiled and replied, "Yes, yes, we understand", picked up a knife and spread it, really thickly, on a Wheatabix cereal biscuit They never asked again!

How did you try it? Straight from the jar and on its own?

Before you throw it away, maybe consider trying it in one of these ways: ...

- try it (spread very thinly) on hot, buttered toast; or
- spread (again, very thinly) on a cracker to have with some mature cheddar cheese; or, when making cheese on toast; or,
- add a teaspoon to casseroles/soups; or,
- add a small teaspoon to boiled, hot water to have as a hot drink (very comforting after coming in from the cold!); or,
- whisk a small teaspoon of Marmite with a tablespoon of oil and brush over a chicken before putting in the oven to roast; or,
- as above but, instead of using on the chicken, use it on your roast potatoes;

Basically, it can be used as a spread, as a seasoning and as a basis for a stock. Again, if you remember it is a concentrated flavour, the secret to it is what it goes with.

 

So will decrease in sugar and bats. we do both. so good in that area.
My frugal self also said, this would be good to use as salt, as long as other ingredients are strong in the pot, like for soup or chilli. but so far it just sits there.