Vegemite (Australian Marmite) Could Be Banned Because People Are Using it to Make Moonshine

Metro UK ^ | Sunday 9 Aug 2015 | Carri-Ann Taylor

[Fiddlstix]

Sheesh! Do you know how easy it is to make your own yeast? Ever heard of "sourdough"?
There are also all kinds of books about brewing homebrew beer with directions of making various kinds of brewers yeast too.
A couple of my uncles lived in the Texas hill country brewed their own beer all the time.
Good Stuff too if ya like beer.

[absalom01]

Cant make it taste any worse than it already does I reckon.

[Michael.SF.]

LOL

I see what you did there.

[knarf]

How ‘bout it, Janey ?

[xp38]

Being Australian I must say no.

[naturalman1975]

Interesting situation. I see the point now, but it’s still a question of whether anything can be made to work. Ban Vegemite, ban baking yeast, ban sourdough starter ...

Yes - and it's just a suggestion at this stage. Some communities have a current problem with Vegemite being used in this way - but other substances currently aren't being used that way.

Vegemite is a particular issue because it's so ubiquitous. The number of people in these communities who are actively baking bread is small. But Vegemite is common. The local authorities would notice quickly if people started bringing in much more bakers yeast than before, but bringing in more and more Vegemite wasn't noticed.

[AndyTheBear]

Strong tasting stuff...like just a dab of it on a cracker, but have not had it for a while...hope this story is wrong. Is this metro news outlet credible?

[Drew68]

They are talking about the possibility of banning it in some isolated Aboriginal communities which are already ‘dry’ and where there is a serious problem with alcohol abuse.

Not a general ban across the country.

And the Prime Minister already said it's not going to happen. In other words, a non-story.

[Tax-chick]

Best wishes to them. Fermentation is such a ubiquitous process that it’s hard to stop determined people from doing it and producing a beverage ... but they might find tomato beer pretty disgusting and you’d need to down a gallon of it at a time, and then you’d have the trots ...

[W.]

They use bread as a yeast substitute to ferment that nasty drink in prison. Some factions want to ban everything that enters their tiny liberal minds. Bang!

[DemforBush]

"But Dr John Boffa, of the People’s Alcohol Action Coalition"

Oh, I bet they're just *loads* of fun to be around...

[Clay Moore]

Paul Hogan also spoke lovingly of Vegemite on the “Paul Hogan Show.”

I wish they would re-run that show. One of the funniest shows ever.

[Pontiac]

Danged if I know. “Vegemite” is a yeast-based product which originated in Australia as a B-vitamin supplement.

Seems like they should have named it Yeastemite since it is yeast-based rather than vegetable-based.

[DemforBush]

You mean, Pruno?

I think I'd rather hold my breath for 10 minutes for a buzz than drink that stuff!

[W.]

Yes to your question, but there’s something similar from England but I can’t pull its name up...

[Tennessee Nana]

well the horrible stuff is good for something anyway...

I used to love Marmite on toast myself..

[AndyTheBear]

It’s a yeast extract, right?

Maybe, but it is like a brown thick goop that tastes like it was beer that has lost all the water in it with beef boullian concentrate mixed in.

A flavor so strong and overpowering its fun to see how much you can take at once.

I reckon people who spread it on bread have their taste buds numbed from years of building up a tolerance.

[Nifster]

Probably ought to ban sterno ,as well as, sugar, fruits, water, and grains because we all know where those lead

[nickcarraway]

Someone should call on their fully sick boys!

[Kozak]

Pretty rough to ban something as ubiquitous as yeast.
Working Saudi I know it’s not possible....