Marmite..

[ukric]

Just reading the furore surrounding the Marmite ban in Denmark on the BBC website. The following struck me as odd.

4. Jail staff are not keen on it. There's an urban myth that it is banned in British prisons because it can be used to make hooch. In 2002 it was reported that inmates at Featherstone jail, near Wolverhampton, were using it, along with fermented fruit and vegetables, to make moonshine. In 2009 it was reported that inmates at Dartmoor prison were cooking up a brew called a Marmite Mule. But a Prison Service spokesman said on Wednesday it was not banned as it could not be used to make any alcoholic drinks.

I wonder if the inmates know more than the PS?

[lockwood1956]

for shame

tis the food of sporting champions

(it is of course a useful yeast energiser, as it contains vit B1)

[fatbloke]

Concur with Bob (in part). The bit about B1 (Keith uses it regularly).

The "real" food of champions is Bovril. Makes a good drink and you can spread it on toast etc as well.

Oh, and the best of the marmites, has been some of the special editions i.e. the champagne yeast one was good, as was the one made with the yeasts from Marstons.

While I found the one from guiness to be "ok".....

[Cellar_Rat]

Nutrients excepted - it is possible then to get the yeast from it then? If you want to make moonshine I would have thought there was easier things to culture yeast from.

[NorthernWiner]

Prison moonshine? Sounds like "Pruno" to me...

More info here: http://www.drunkard.com/issues/11-03...-jailhouse.htm

[goldseal]

The "real" food of champions is Bovril

BLASPHEMER!

Marmite is the one true yeast extract!

[fatbloke]

From experience (i spent some time as a child, I wasn't always in my 40's) Bovril soldiers always tasted better than the marmite ones.

Oh, and I wouldn't have rubbish like yeast in my Bovril, only genuine beef...... :-D

[NorthernWiner]

Marmite = spreadable fungus
Bovril = liquid cow

Mmmmm. You guys really know how to live it up, lol.

[goldseal]

I refer you to my previous statement

[Rich]

+1 for Marmite over Bovril.

[koomber]

Liquid cow FTW. Stuff of champions. Only hippys eat marmite

[fatbloke]

Liquid cow FTW. Stuff of champions. Only hippys eat marmite

See, a man of taste (and obvious ability).......

The Scots know their food, all Scottish food tastes good, even if you can feel your arteries hardening by the mouth full.......

regards

jtfb

p.s. besides that, who was it that was bad mannered enough to reduce this thread to "bovril Vs marmite" ???? Oh yes, that's right. It was probably me

[lockwood1956]

Only hippys eat marmite

lol