OT: Where has all the Vegemite gone?
Apr 10, 2006, 7:26 pm
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OT: Where has all the Vegemite gone?
There are certain things that I associate with Australia and my QF plods around the world. I am sitting here in the capital of Australia, the well known site of great cultural heritage and history. The QF lounge in the "international" airport (you can fly to both NSW and Victoria several times a day) appears to have lost the plot.
Where is the Vegemite these days? They serve it on the aircraft from London to HK and HK to SYD. It was in the QF lounges in NZ. Where is it in Australia? Is it a great Australian cultural export, of such high demand it is never seen in its home country, like L, Kylie and Ms Kidman? The SYD domestic lounge: No, the Canberra lounge: no. How the hell am I meant to know that I am in Australia and not some other island floating around in an ocean? Where has all the raisin bread gone? My jet-lag alignment breakfast of raisin bread and vegemite is not to be seen!
Perhaps they are waiting for supplies of Marmite to come in under the BA JSA rules?
Why do I have the feeling that I have just been "enhanced" again. Sorry if this is way overdue, but I have been stuck on the international network for so long, I have not been to a domestic lounge in ages. Is it really a secret government plot because H5N1 bird flu is rampant throughout raisin bread and if it is withdrawn slowly, the public will not notice?
Where is the Vegemite these days? They serve it on the aircraft from London to HK and HK to SYD. It was in the QF lounges in NZ. Where is it in Australia? Is it a great Australian cultural export, of such high demand it is never seen in its home country, like L, Kylie and Ms Kidman? The SYD domestic lounge: No, the Canberra lounge: no. How the hell am I meant to know that I am in Australia and not some other island floating around in an ocean? Where has all the raisin bread gone? My jet-lag alignment breakfast of raisin bread and vegemite is not to be seen!
Perhaps they are waiting for supplies of Marmite to come in under the BA JSA rules?
Why do I have the feeling that I have just been "enhanced" again. Sorry if this is way overdue, but I have been stuck on the international network for so long, I have not been to a domestic lounge in ages. Is it really a secret government plot because H5N1 bird flu is rampant throughout raisin bread and if it is withdrawn slowly, the public will not notice?
Apr 10, 2006, 7:33 pm
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Vegemite and rasin toast? I can understand vegemite under perfect scrambled eggs with crispy bacon, but the idea of rasin toast (which is made for strawberry jam) doesn't mesh with vegemite.....
Apr 10, 2006, 7:55 pm
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I will hunt out the vegemite in MEL
MEL QP beware! The vegemite hunter is on his way in 6 hours.....
Apr 10, 2006, 8:08 pm
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Originally Posted by og
Vegemite and rasin toast? I can understand vegemite under perfect scrambled eggs with crispy bacon, but the idea of rasin toast (which is made for strawberry jam) doesn't mesh with vegemite.....
Apr 10, 2006, 8:10 pm
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Originally Posted by spotwelder
MEL QP beware! The vegemite hunter is on his way in 6 hours.....
(Then again, they may start setting up for Wednesday morning)You may need to ask for some at that hour...
Originally Posted by deeruck
No, no. Spottie's right. Vegemite is made for raisin toast, hot cross buns etc. I think it's a law, or something... 
Apr 10, 2006, 8:22 pm
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Originally Posted by CLELOSER
Yes I am American...
Yes I have tried it....
(edited - for bad taste - pun intended)
Yes I have tried it....
(edited - for bad taste - pun intended)
Last edited by willyroo; Apr 12, 2006 at 2:32 am
Apr 10, 2006, 8:26 pm
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Originally Posted by CLELOSER
Yes I am American...
Yes I have tried it....
(edited - for bad taste - pun intended)
Yes I have tried it....
(edited - for bad taste - pun intended)
That's a different way of putting it!
When we lived in Tucson, Arizona many years ago we brought across a container load of the stuff and I would say the conversion percentage would have been about 25% at the beginning however 5 years later it was up to about 65%.
Last edited by willyroo; Apr 12, 2006 at 2:33 am
Apr 10, 2006, 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by spotwelder
There are certain things that I associate with Australia and my QF plods around the world. I am sitting here in the capital of Australia, the well known site of great cultural heritage and history. The QF lounge in the "international" airport (you can fly to both NSW and Victoria several times a day) appears to have lost the plot.
Where is the Vegemite these days?
Where is the Vegemite these days?
Given it being 11:30ish when you posted, I would suggest that the lack of vegemite (urgh) would be due to breakfast being over
Dave