Marmite- were you brought up on it??!
Marmite- were you brought up on it??
I have a theory about Marmite lovers of it must have had some when they were little- i.e. Marmite solidiers.
Those who hate it usually taste it when grown up and usually spread it too thickly on bread, crackers ect.
So If you love marmite were you brought up on it??
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Sorry to blow your theory out of the water, but I was brought up on Bovril soldiers, but now I'm an adult I just love Marmite too!
Nope, i wasn't brought up on it. Never heard of it when i was a child. I discovered that marmite, just a tiny layer, on dry toast is gorgeous. Too many people spread it like margarine and its bloody awful. Makes your mouth feel like you've been eating too many salt and vinegar crisps. A tiny little bit is all you need. Maybe more people would like it if they learned exactly how to spread the stuff.
i've never tasted it. but I dont like the smell of it, so I wont taste it
nah, my mum was always trying to give it me as a child, my brothers and sisters love it but i still hate it
my mum put marmite or vegimite on my toast most mornings.
also she put it in sunday roast gravy and in her sheperds pie.
i eat marmite daily and i am an addict
a marmite junky
Vegemite is better
I love Marmite - the thicker the better.
But it was a taste acquired as a perverse teenager, not an obliging tiny tot.
If you think you don't like Marmite, try it spread on one side of a toasty sandwich with strawberry jam on the other. Deeelicious!
no i was brought up on jam sandwiches.
i don't like marmite
I was brought up on it and I eat it regularly. I have brought up my kids on it and they all love it too. However, I'm one of 5 kids and we all were brought up on it but only 4 of us like it, one brother absolutely hates it!
Yes, like the TV advert when the baby sitting in its high chair and the mother is feeding it marmite soldiers, the baby says its first words being ma, ma, ma, marmite instead of mama.
Indeed i was. Your theory is correct Marmite lovers raise, marmite lovers. I think the same go's for most foods with a strong/peculiar flavour if you were given these foods as a child i.e pilchards, marmite etc you experience them just as you're starting to recognise flavours/smells etc and therefore don't experience these strong flavours as a shock. However i draw the line at feeding my daughter jellied eels!!!
i always have, and probably always will love it
I had marmite on toast as a child and I still love it to this day.
I agree with your theory. I also think in some strange way some people are just so not used to the weird taste of marmite that they don't like it simply because they've never had it before, or refuse to try it because of the look/smell of it. Most people I know that don't like it didn't have it when they were younger or won't even try it.
I often find it runs in families too, like all my siblings like it, further proving your theory.
I had marmite when I was little and I still love it. Specially on hot toast or crumpets! (And sometimes, though others find it disturbing, on pancakes). It does say on the jar 'spread thinly' and I think people hate it when they put loads on. It takes great skill to spread marmite super thin, but when you get the hang of it, it's lovely. One thing though: I never understood how people could eat it on cold, soft bread or sandwiches! Ack! Gotta be toasted, gotta be hot!
Emmaish: You may have a point about it being genetic! My mum's family like it and me and my brother, but my dad doesn't. Maybe I inherited a Marmite gene! Lol!
: )
yes..and still love a thin thin layer on toast. I was trying to describe marmite to a class of young italian adults recently and eventually gave up and took it in for them...most hated it but some more adventurous said they hated the smell but liked the taste...and thought it was like eating a stock cube....don't know how they would know that