What is marmite??!
Answers: it is really good on crackers!!! I wish they sold it in the us!!!
A very salty spread made from yeast extract, popular in Britain and usually spread on toast.
It's similar to Vegemite, which the Aussie's use.
Rhonda:
It is available in the US. My local big grocery stores have "Foreign Food" aisles with imported products. I get my Marmite there, as well as other British things like Cadbury's chocolate (REAL Cadbury's, not the Hershey's-made crap that tastes nothing like the real stuff).
Marmite
Marmite (pronounced [/?mɑ?ma?t/]) is the name given to two similar food spreads, a British version produced in the United Kingdom and South Africa and the other in New Zealand. Marmite is made from yeast extract, a by-product of beer brewing, and is suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
The British version of the product is a sticky, dark brown paste with a distinctive, powerful flavour. Being both extremely salty and extremely umami, the taste of Marmite is comparable to soy sauce. This distinctive taste is reflected in the British company's marketing slogan: "Love it or hate it." It is similar to the Australian Vegemite and Swiss Cenovis. Bovril is a similar-looking spread made from beef-extract.
The distinctive product was originally British, but a version with a noticeably different taste has been manufactured in New Zealand since 1919, and this is the dominant version in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
The image on the front of the British jar shows a marmite (French, "large covered earthenware or metal cooking pot"). The British Marmite was originally supplied in earthenware pots, but since the 1920s has been sold in glass jars that approximate the shape of such pots. A thinner version in squeezable plastic jars was introduced in March 2006.
Hope this helps! =)