Marmite XO

[GUMPY]

Although not strictly a recipe (you can use it as a pasta sauce)

For the lovers of fine foods Marmite XO is back but only at Tescos.

It was a limited release 10 years ago, 

Did I say it was back?

 

I bought half my local Tescos shelf stock!

 

I am a happy man!

 

[Tumshie]

5 minutes ago, Loddon said:

I am a happy man!

Marmite is such an institution that it always saddens me that I don't really like it. Anywhy the XO bit confused/intrigued  me so I had to look it up, turns out it stands for extra old...... so it should fit in right well here. 

 

 

[NB Esk]

4 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

Marmite is such an institution that it always saddens me that I don't really like it. Anywhy the XO bit confused/intrigued  me so I had to look it up, turns out it stands for extra old...... so it should fit in right well here. 

 

 

 

Oi! You.....

 

 

 

[mrsmelly]

If people were forced to eat it the perpetrators would be taken to court for assault, attempted murder or somett. Feeding it to a pet dog should quite rightly incur a charge of cruelty to animals.

[Tumshie]

1 minute ago, mrsmelly said:

If people were forced to eat it the perpetrators would be taken to court for assault, attempted murder or somett. Feeding it to a pet dog should quite rightly incur a charge of cruelty to animals.

Not keen on it then, Tim? ?

[tree monkey]

5 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

Not keen on it then, Tim? ?

He doesn't like the archers either, the man's a fool 

[mrsmelly]

2 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

He doesn't like the archers either, the man's a fool 

I would rather drink Lager than eat mamite and listen to the spice girls before The Archers. ?

[GUMPY]

7 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

I would rather drink Lager than eat mamite and listen to the spice girls before The Archers. ?

But Marmite is British so must be good, lager is foreign muck

 

 

Edited July 8, 2019 by Loddon

[The Bearwood Boster]

Can't stand Marmite but I love Twiglets...?

[tree monkey]

1 minute ago, The Bearwood Boster said:

Can't stand Marmite but I love Twiglets...?

Love the initial kick of twiglets,  dislike the final mouthful of dry sticky stuff..

[mrsmelly]

25 minutes ago, Loddon said:

But Marmite is British so must be good, lager is foreign muck

 

 

They do brew Lager in the UK ?

[Richard10002]

1 hour ago, Loddon said:

Although not strictly a recipe (you can use it as a pasta sauce)

For the lovers of fine foods Marmite XO is back but only at Tescos.

It was a limited release 10 years ago, 

Did I say it was back?

 

I bought half my local Tescos shelf stock!

 

I am a happy man!

 

I went to our big Tesco the other day to try and find some Vegemite for my other half. Assuming it would be next to the Marmite, I searched high and low for the distinctive yellow jar, but couldn’t find it. There definitely wasn’t any XO either.

 

Apparently Sainsbury’s stopped selling Vegemite some years ago.

[Neil2]

1 hour ago, Loddon said:

Although not strictly a recipe (you can use it as a pasta sauce)

For the lovers of fine foods Marmite XO is back but only at Tescos.

It was a limited release 10 years ago, 

Did I say it was back?

 

I bought half my local Tescos shelf stock!

 

I am a happy man!

 

I already knew this - there was a two page spread in the local paper.

[dor]

5 minutes ago, Neil2 said:

I already knew this - there was a two page spread in the local paper.

Takes quite a lot of Marmite to spread over two pages; did it make the paper more palatable?

[GUMPY]

20 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

They do brew Lager in the UK ?

Still foreign, didn't originate here.

17 minutes ago, Richard10002 said:

There definitely wasn’t any XO either

It was only released today.

[MtB]

 

Marmite XO today is not a patch on the Marmite XO of ten years ago... 

[Tumshie]

2 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

Marmite XO today is not a patch on the Marmite XO of ten years ago... 

Well, it's older for a start. 

[GUMPY]

4 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Marmite XO today is not a patch on the Marmite XO of ten years ago... 

Have you still got some of the old stuff

Last pot I had was BBF 2014 or thereabouts.

[cuthound]

37 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

They do brew Lager in the UK ?

 

Yes but  it tastes nothing like the proper lager you get in Germany. ?

13 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Marmite XO today is not a patch on the Marmite XO of ten years ago... 

 

You can use Marmite to patch stuff?

 

Perhaps I'll try using it to touch up my blacking. ?

[TheBiscuits]

Try Marmite UXO ... that really goes with a bang. 

 

[Cheese]

4 hours ago, mrsmelly said:

I would rather drink Lager than eat mamite ...

But, but.... normal Marmite is based on lager (+ bitter & ale) extracts.

Marmite XO just uses bitter & ale.  ?

[cuthound]

10 hours ago, Cheese said:

But, but.... normal Marmite is based on lager (+ bitter & ale) extracts.

Marmite XO just uses bitter & ale.  ?

 

Very true, it was invented as a way to get rid of excess brewers yeast.

[Slim]

14 hours ago, cuthound said:

 

Yes but  it tastes nothing like the proper lager you get in Germany. ?

 

You can use Marmite to patch stuff?

 

Perhaps I'll try using it to touch up my blacking. ?

I once saw a transistor radio 'repaired' with  Marmite. It was dabbed on an overheating component as a heatsink. It lasted about 30 minutes then had to be re-applied. A bit messy  We were in the middle of the English Channel on a balmy day wanting to listen to live reports of the first crossing by a man powered aircraft. Gossimer Albatross. 

[GUMPY]

12 hours ago, Cheese said:

But, but.... normal Marmite is based on lager (+ bitter & ale) extracts.

Marmite XO just uses bitter & ale.  ?

Must be why I prefer XO