From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T08:37:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Chunky Bacon

On 10/25/06, J2M <james2mccarthy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Austin Ziegler wrote:
>
> Vegemite (similar to Marmite) is
> > illegal in the U.S. Unofficially, they've looked the other way for
> > personal amounts imported.
>
> I know you either love it or hate it, but this this seems to be the
> patriot act of food importing game!

It's not clear whether or not it's really banned.  It seems to be
disappearing from shelves, and some have reported confiscation at
ports of entry. The administration seems to have disavowed this, but
perhaps they haven't decided whether to 'cut and run' or 'stay the
course' on Vegemite.

Personally I tasted it once when I was in Sydney for a month, but left
it to an ozzie colleague to have it for breakfast most mornings.

My strongest association to Vegemite is the Men at Work song.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

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