Marmite - Love it or Hate it?

[Churchill]

devil

The Devil's Sputum!

[Gordon Brown]

I don't love it or hate it, but I will tax it.

[Denny]

I don't love it or hate it, but I will tax it.

I'll have Gordo assassinated, if he does that.

[Denny]

The Devil's Sputum!

There's something seriously wrong with your taste buds, C'hill.

[Denny]

The yummies are winning.

[Board Game Geek]

Where is the option : "Neither love nor hate Marmite ?"

I want to vote for that, but I cannot.

Yet we have the stupid AndyW option, which makes the poll pointless, as has been discussed before.

[EqualOpportunities]

Buttered white toast spread with Marmite, topped with mashed banana - heavenly...

[OwlHoot]

I'll have Gordo assassinated, if he does that.

I love it, but I'd use it more if it didn't have such an exorbitant salt content.

Someone mentioned taxing junk food, and marmite would be included in that on account of the salt.

[Denny]

I love it, but I'd use it more if it didn't have such an exorbitant salt content.

Someone mentioned taxing junk food, and marmite would be included in that on account of the salt.

If you use it very sparingly (a very light scraping on wholewheat bread or toast (which has a lower salt content than white bread) on top of unsalted butter or margarine, I doubt that the salt content is any higher, if not a lot lower, than you'd find buried away in many pre-prepared convenience, tinned and junk foods, not to mention the added hidden sugar added to these other foods I've mentioned. Marmite does not contain any sugar. I have eaten Marmite since I was kid (which probably explains why I am so tall. After all, it is 'the growing up spread you never grow out of ' to use the old advertising slogan before the love it or hate it campaign started. ) and my family has a history of high blood pressure. Yet I've never been diagnosed with any medical conditions requiring a drastic reduction in sodium. I have also never used convenience foods or eaten junk food to any great degree. My biggest rubbish food weakness has always been confectionary, not salty foods.

If you cut those out those other foods I've mentioned, or cut them down considerably, then Marmite, I suggest, is a great addition to the diet because of the Vitamin B content.

[Denny]

Buttered white toast spread with Marmite, topped with mashed banana - heavenly...

I must say that I have never been that experimental with Marmite by adding banana or or anything else on top. To me it would ruin the taste and enjoyment. Like coffee drinks, I like my food simple and straightforward.