Guinness + Marmite = Genius!

[john_childs]

Get your toast ready. Guinness and Marmite have teamed up for a special limited edition flavour. Only available in the UK.

GUINNESS + MARMITE = GENIUS! (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=guinness---marmite-%3D-genius--&method=full&objectid=18634347&siteid=66633-name_page.html)

17 February 2007
GUINNESS + MARMITE = GENIUS!
By Ian Dow

MARMITE have joined forces with drink firm Guinness to give a new meaning to going for a jar.

The two iconic brands have combined to make a limited edition yeast extract spread.

The main ingredient of normal Marmite is a blend of brewing yeasts which are left over when beer is produced.

Now it has been made exclusively from yeast left over after the famous Irish stout is brewed.

The nonalcoholic spread is said to have a distinctive yet subtle Guinness flavour. It comes packaged in a black jar with white lid, to resemble a pint of stout.

A total of 300,000 jars, priced at £2.49, are being produced and will be on shop shelves from this weekend for six weeks, to coincide with St Patrick's Day on March 17.

Cheryl Calverley, of Marmite, said: "This is the most unusual innovation in our history. We will be watching carefully to see if customers want this as a permanent option."

[iridemymuni]

your going to buy all 300,000 of them arent you

[kington99]

He can't, the US has banned marmite, and you can be detained without charge forever if you're found with a jar.

[john_childs]

If I was in the UK I would buy one of them. I don't know what I would do with 300,000 jars.

I'd fly to the UK to get a jar but I wouldn't be able to get it back through security and customs. Customs really cracks down on Marmite due to FDA regulations.

[kington99]

Tell you what John, if you send me the money I'll buy you one, spread it thickly on some toast and send you a photo. This is no small personal sacrifice, I can't stand the stuff.

[john_childs]

Oh! And then I could use that photo as my avatar. :cool:

Or this one:

[GILD]

I've got to get me some of that...

[ivan]

I've got to get me some of that...
+1

I've never tried marmite. I've never tried Guiness.

Why not try both at the same time?

[MrBoogiejuice]

I've got to get me some of that...

I'll pick you up a jar and hold it in cryo-stasis until you decide to come to the UK.

[GILD]

Yeah, I'll believe that.

[UniBrier]

Is the Marmite/Vegemite ban true or an urban legend (http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp)?

Seems you can get Marmite in the US (http://www.shopenglandonline.com/marmite88ozjar.html).

All hope may not be lost.

[kington99]

I'm loving the shop england site, interesting to see what you can't otherwise get in the US. Who would want to live in a country without twiglets?

[underdog]

He can't, the US has banned marmite, and you can be detained without charge forever if you're found with a jar.

So, is possession of marmite considered a terrorist activity in the US?

[MrBoogiejuice]

The administration are just jealous. One tub of Marmite, what with all the yeast, has more culture than any of those schmo's

[Into the blue]

I'll pick you up a jar and hold it in cryo-stasis until you decide to come to the UK.

No need for the Disney treatment.
Isn't the shelf life on a jar of marmite around ten years?

[MrBoogiejuice]

At least.

It does begin to evolve into intelligent life after about 14 though so you've gotta be careful.

[fexnix]

Marmite is really not good.
Who eats that stuff anyway?

[GILD]

I do.
Mainly because it's exceptionally excellent and is much better than anything you even almost think might be 'not bad'.

[john_childs]

Is the Marmite/Vegemite ban true or an urban legend (http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp)?

Seems you can get Marmite in the US (http://www.shopenglandonline.com/marmite88ozjar.html).

All hope may not be lost.
The supposed Vegemite ban was an entertaining diversion.

I have purchased Marmite in Seattle. You can get the stuff over here if you can find an international deli with a British influence. I haven't seen Vegemite though. But who would want Vegemite when you can get Marmite.

[GILD]

But who would want Vegemite when you can get Marmite.
+1

[maestro8]

But who would want Vegemite when you can get Marmite.
...and who wants either when you can get NUTELLA?

[GILD]

You are what you eat, avoid fruit and nuts.

But beer-dregs?
I'll have seconds, ta.

[tobbogonist]

But who would want Vegemite when you can get Marmite.

-1

[sarah.miller]

...and who wants either when you can get NUTELLA?

-1
why contaminate chocloate with milk and nuts.

[GILD]

Oh no, the purists enter the discussion.

[maestro8]

why contaminate chocloate with milk and nuts.
Ahem... Nutella is a hazelnut spread. If anything, the additives in Nutella are contaminating the hazelnut flavor!

Also, Nutella contains cocoa, not chocolate.

If you're gonna trash-talk, get your facts straight! :p