Hello, I am new here!

[Nobleone]

Greetings and thanks too for the welcome. 

I do indeed. It was force fed to me in teaspoons as a child and is the main reason i grew up big and strong. 

Question back at you: are you related to the infamous crime boss, Don Vito Nobleone?

The MW

I have an English Mum so I was also fed that awful stuff  yuck , No sorry no relation to Don Vito , not that I can talk about anyway >>

[Grovedale]

Welcome Marmite Warrior, you've made me laugh

[G.Elias]

Oh I remember the Marmite crisps,delicoius,not seen them for a bit.
Welcome aboard Marmite warrior.
You got to be from this side of the pond with that name,or do Americans get Marmite as well?

[IceWizard]

GE...
I think y'all have the market cornered on the Marmite...

I'll have to stick with cracklins, coon and crawfish

Ice

[Charon]

No, the average US citizen at least of my generation did not ever get marmite. i had to look up what the heck it was.

We got an abnormally large amt of shots as kids. But i vaguely remember some gave some potion to children to maintain health. Iron supplements? In an Irish household, of tradition, one got a shot of beer or whiskey if one were sick. Doctors are to be avoided.

I had to look it up, but kids of my generation and many others received Cod Liver Oil in the US. I was not one of em.

So, Marmite, to a born and bred US'er, You sir are an original.

I would hate to have to use Cod Liver Oil as my screen name. But, marmite seems to be a UK thing.

[Marmite Warrior]

Elias, Grovedale, thanks for the welcome and I'm glad i was able to make you chuckle.

Ice, I've seen YouTube videos of mass assembling of crawfish on what i believe is referred to as "game day". My mind was blown. 

Charon, i am immediately intrigued by your thought process, leading you to compare Marmite to health supplements, cod liver oil etc. Horrible health condiments for sure, and yes i was also subjected to these. 

However, Marmite..... it is no supplement. You do not seek it because you have to. Because it is a mandatory requirement.

You seek it because you want to. It is a mechanism to achieve pleasure rather than just mere survival.

Marmite crisps are just the beginning. Until you sample yeast extract, matured, in its rawest and purist form.... you cannot call yourself a Marmite Disciple.

I am the Marmite Warrior. Pay heed to my teachings.



***For the night is Dark and full of Marmite***

[Apple]

Greetings Marmite Warrior,
  I lived in Melbourne (Clifton Hills), for years and when I was a young man the citizens of Oz felt it was their sacred duty to feed a Yank vegamite. Not thinly spread as the nation of criminals enjoy the spread, they fed me toast with the hellish yeast extract spread like they were finishing the last of a peanut butter jar. I spit it out after 3 bites. I adore the Australian people ( but they have a government that should be overthrown by force and no mercy should be given to the MP's who served during the pandemic.) Sorry, I believe freedom is important. 
New Zealand is probably the best place on earth. The citizens are very nice, and the most attractive citizens per capita I have ever seen, and I travel A.LOT. The 2 major drawbacks to living in Godzone as they call it are Marmite, which I'm sure was originally used to patch holes in wooden ships, and Prime Minister Jacinda Arden. Do a deep dive on her, your jaw will drop.

 Again, Kiwis are the salt of the earth, they just have a terrible national food, and the worst PM in history,  However I'd gladly sit next to a Kiwi on the 17 hr flight to LA. I  have also had the pleasure of snowboarding in NZ and it was sublime. I lived in Breckinridge, CO., so I know what a.good skier is and the Kiwis are absolutely world class.
  Also, please do not visit. There too many visitors already. If you are thinking of overseas travel, I'll bet most people have never visited Mali. No tourists and super dooper cheap!!

  If you MUST visit NZ, take some time and definitely visit both islands as they are not the same. 

 Sorry for the lengthy post, I have spent years in OZ & NZ and I love and miss them terribly. Hell, 80% of my lifelong friends live in Victoria, New South Wales, or  in Queenstown, N.Z. I  only make fun of them because I love them.

[Charon]

[Marmite Warrior]

Greetings Apple! A fantastic post to dissect, plenty of material. 

The nation of criminals are a serious threat indeed, but not in their force feeding of the Lord's elbow grease to unsuspecting foreigners. It's probably worth mentioning that the true followers of Marmite (Clergy, Acolytes, Warriors, Drones and Prospects.... and yes we are ranked in that order) would never administer it against anyone's will, because that defeats the point. Truth is the bedrock of the Marmite religion. Truth leads to trust, trust leads to love and love leads to assimilation in the gloopy, sticky, powerfully tangy dark goodness. Dare i suggest......Try dipping a slice of apple. The forces of sweet and savoury, so often locked in eternal conflict, call a truce and unite in a meeting reminiscent of soldiers meeting in no mans land on Christmas Eve, 1914.

Where was I? Ah yes, the true threat the island of convicts poses. It is in their sporting prowess. They are a fiercely competitive people, and unfortunately excel at not just team sports but individual efforts as well. Despite their obsession with moustaches and barbequed shrimp, this makes them a serious adversary nonetheless. 

I had the privilege of visiting New Zealand when i was 15 years old, for a month over Christmas. My parents had saved up for years and we spent a week with friends who had emigrated and lived near Auckland. We then spent 2 weeks in a motor home, travelling down through North and then South Island, before flying back from Wellington to Auckland to spend the last week with our friends for Christmas. It was incredible. As you say, the people are nothing but welcoming. The country, i have never seen anything like it before or since. We stopped as 3000 sheep decided to cross the road. We saw clouds topple over mountains at dawn. We saw a Maori hakka. We bathed in pools heated by geysers. I was too young to appreciate it really, but i loved it. 

As for the deep dive on Jacinda- I'll pass thanks, my wife and I are very happy. 

This is the Marmite Warrior, with the Marmite Shieldmaiden reading over my shoulder with eyebrows raised, 

Signing off.

[Caver]

Welcome, Marmite Warrior!