Interview · moment 12 of 12
Vegemite vs Marmite and the Meat Pie Debate
from Born on the 4th of Meat Pie · #124
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8 minGuest
A deep dive into Australian cuisine: the disgusting origins of Marmite/Vegemite from beer sludge, sausage sizzle onion controversy, meat pies and pie floaters, and Tim comparing pie floater soup to a decomposing body he saw at the morgue.
- 47:48Tim argues Vegemite and Marmite are the same thing, but the guest insists they're different.
- 47:58Marmite is yeast extract, basically sludge from the bottom of beer tanks that someone decided to eat.
- 48:58Vegemite in Australia is just British Marmite, though the guest claims Australian companies may have made an inferior version.
- 49:46Tim doubts barbecued sausages can be Australia's national food since that wouldn't work at an American school event.
- 50:26Australia is in the middle of a heated national debate over whether onions should go on top of or underneath sausages at Bunnings.
- 50:49The guest suggests meat pies would be Australia's national food, described as like a better hot pocket with beef and gravy.
- 51:55Tuck Shop is what Australians call their school cafeteria, and tucker is slang for food.
- 52:47A pie floater is a meat pie served in pea soup, which sounds like a decomposing body.
- 53:11Tim compares the green sludge appearance of pie floaters to decomposed bodies, which often turn green unless they rot very quickly.
- 53:59Round-trip flights to Australia can be found for around $700 to $780, which the guest calls return.
- 54:17Tim mocks Australian slang by combining tucker and tuckered, then imagines a scenario of Aboriginal people being hit with meat pies.