Well here I am eating the great Australian breakfast food! Vegemite toast! For those of you who have never heard of vegemite, it is a yeast extract paste that is supposed to taste like meat…it is very salty and Aunty Tenina LOVES it…but Sam’s mom Lori thinks it tastes like a mixture of vaseline and crunched up vitamin B pills and I have to agree with Lori! They eat it here like we eat Peanut Butter….on toast, on sandwiches, on crackers…YUCK! I am sending the class some to try out to see what you all think.
There is a television ad here for vegemite that you can all watch by clicking on the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vINFq6ZYLSM
It truly is an Australian icon! Anyway, I’ve had my vegemite for the day! Have you???
Sam's class said,
May 21, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
We have been reading Flat Sam’s blog and enjoying all the exciting places he has been. Mrs. Evans would have to agree with Sam’s mom about the vegemite! She had it once and it took quite awhile to get the “interesting” taste out of her mouth! Different strokes for different folks!! She is very anxious to see the looks on the children’s faces when they taste it!
We loved the beach and the ride on the horse. We are anxious to have the kind of weather Flat Sam is enjoying since summer is fast approaching us in the Northern Hemisphere! Our Cub Scouts found the rafting adventure something to aspire to someday.
Thank you for hosting Flat Sam and keeping us up to date on his Exciting Australian Adventure!