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David Cameron is losing to Barack Obama in the fast-food power wars
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Cast your mind back to last July when David Cameron was forced to eat a grimy hot dog on the streets of Washington. Now he’s pandering to American tastes with his sleeves rolled up, sweating over a stove with a pair of tongs. You know what’s happening here: America is dominating us on a fast-food level.
To equal the playing field, Cameron should have served a spread of coronation chicken, poached salmon, jacket potatoes with cheese, spaghetti hoops and Beef Wellington. He wasn’t short of choice.
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Tags: Barack Obama, burgergate, David Cameron, mustardgate, State visit
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By Andrew M Brown Last updated: May 25th, 2011
Marmite (spread thinly) is delicious. I also like Vegemite, Kraft’s version from Australia – it has a smoother and slightly milder taste with a hint of beefiness. Therefore, I deplore the Danish and their banning of yummy vitamin-enriched yeast extract.
I see their point about foods that are adulterated with vitamins: it is possible that people will over-medicate themselves with vitamins that they don’t need. At best they will simply excrete the vits into the water supply; at worst they may poison themselves. If you start the day with a “fortified” breakfast cereal, wash it down with a glass of vit-enriched Ovaltine,(= a malty granuled producted for adding to milk.) let’s say, and a handful of multivits, then have Marmite on white toast (white flour also contains a range of extrinsic, i.e. added, nutrients), then it’s conceivable you might overdose on some of the substances.
But Marmite remains an essential ingredient, a “store-cupboard staple”. Could they try making it without the added B-vitamins? After all, yeast has B vitamins of its own without needing to boost them with more from that group. (Marmite’s probably a good thing to eat if you’re a heavy drinker, to replace some of the B vitamins the booze is leaching out of your system.)
Only last night I was munching a toasted bagel spread with salted butter and Vegemite, the salty, yeasty tang of the dark brown spread contrasting pleasingly with the slight sweetness of the bagel. And I thought how strange in our globalised world that if you go the United States you find virtually nobody eats Marmite and it’s not in the shops. I like the umami flavour, which you get from things that have matured – parmesan, sun-dried tomatoes, anchovies, dried seaweed. You also get some of this richness of flavour from the so-called Maillard reaction which causes browning under heat – the skin of roasted chicken or caramelised crusts of bread.
We must be programmed to like Marmite, then. At least, half of us are programmed; the other half hate Marmite. Americans, who, as I said, don’t eat Marmite, think it tastes like – how can I put this? – ordure.
I have a friend who hates Marmite on the grounds I’ve just mentioned, plus she won’t eat anything that comes out of jars. I know what she means. Go back to Hannah Glasse and it’s all meat, fish, butter, eggs and cheese. Glasse wrote in the mid-18th century and we can now read her again in excerpts in the wonderful new Penguin series “Great Food”. Here is the opening of one of her recipes:
From the times:
The industry was "incredulous at Denmark's bizarre decision" to make Marmite illegal under food safety laws, Katherine Rich, chief executive of the New Zealand Food & Grocery Council, said in a statement on Thursday.
Marmite, a sticky yeast extract first made in England in 1902, has been made in New Zealand since 1919. A food writer noted recently, "Marmite is undoubtedly part of Kiwi culture - generations have been raised to eat it on toast, with cheese and crackers or between bread with a slice of lettuce or a handful of chips."
Reportedly first devised by a German chemist named Justus von Liebig, Marmite is said to be one of the world's richest sources of B vitamins, containing five of them - Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate and B12.
The Guardian newspaper in Britain reported this week that imports of Marmite, along with its Australian equivalent Vegemite and the beverages Ovaltine and Horlicks had been banned under laws prohibiting products fortified with added vitamins.
"This weird law is not based on science, common sense or any issue remotely linked to food safety, factors which underpin New Zealand's approach to food safety regulation," Rich said.
"It's hard to think of anything else Denmark has done in the last 50 years which has simultaneously annoyed citizens of New Zealand, Great Britain, Australia, South Africa - countries where people are hugely loyal to breakfast brands like Marmite and Vegemite.
"What obviously started as the bright idea of a misguided Danish official has now made Denmark an international laughing stock, no doubt creating a headache for their foreign affairs diplomats."
Rich said that with all the other serious challenges for customs officials and border security presented by illicit drugs trade or terrorism, surely Danish regulators had more pressing priorities than expending resources on cross-border Marmite smuggling by expatriate New Zealanders and young people on their overseas experience travels.
Lyndsay Jensen, a Yorkshire-born graphic designer in Copenhagen, told The Guardian she would defy the ban and import supplies from Britain
"If they want to take my Marmite off me, they'll have to wrench it from my cold dead hands," she said.
from the net
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Marmite (click marmite to link to go to an earlier post of mine, mike)is delicious — the Danes are mad to ban it
Marmite - banned in Denmark
I see their point about foods that are adulterated with vitamins: it is possible that people will over-medicate themselves with vitamins that they don’t need. At best they will simply excrete the vits into the water supply; at worst they may poison themselves. If you start the day with a “fortified” breakfast cereal, wash it down with a glass of vit-enriched Ovaltine,(= a malty granuled producted for adding to milk.) let’s say, and a handful of multivits, then have Marmite on white toast (white flour also contains a range of extrinsic, i.e. added, nutrients), then it’s conceivable you might overdose on some of the substances.
But Marmite remains an essential ingredient, a “store-cupboard staple”. Could they try making it without the added B-vitamins? After all, yeast has B vitamins of its own without needing to boost them with more from that group. (Marmite’s probably a good thing to eat if you’re a heavy drinker, to replace some of the B vitamins the booze is leaching out of your system.)
Only last night I was munching a toasted bagel spread with salted butter and Vegemite, the salty, yeasty tang of the dark brown spread contrasting pleasingly with the slight sweetness of the bagel. And I thought how strange in our globalised world that if you go the United States you find virtually nobody eats Marmite and it’s not in the shops. I like the umami flavour, which you get from things that have matured – parmesan, sun-dried tomatoes, anchovies, dried seaweed. You also get some of this richness of flavour from the so-called Maillard reaction which causes browning under heat – the skin of roasted chicken or caramelised crusts of bread.
We must be programmed to like Marmite, then. At least, half of us are programmed; the other half hate Marmite. Americans, who, as I said, don’t eat Marmite, think it tastes like – how can I put this? – ordure.
I have a friend who hates Marmite on the grounds I’ve just mentioned, plus she won’t eat anything that comes out of jars. I know what she means. Go back to Hannah Glasse and it’s all meat, fish, butter, eggs and cheese. Glasse wrote in the mid-18th century and we can now read her again in excerpts in the wonderful new Penguin series “Great Food”. Here is the opening of one of her recipes:
To dress a Turtle the West India WayThey didn’t feel sentimental about the living creatures who provide us with food in those days, did they? Glasse didn’t have Marmite, but aged and yeasty flavour enhancers go back to the Romans. Many of the recipes collected by Apicius (c. AD 350-400) contain a dash of garum, for example, which was a universal condiment made of the fermented innards of oily fish such as tuna and mackerel. I doubt whether those people who think Marmite is too pungent would care for garum much, either.
Take the turtle out of water the night before you dress it, and lay it on its back, in the morning cut its head off, and hang it by its hind-fins for it to bleed till the blood is all out.
From the times:
New Zealand attacks Denmark over ban on marmite
May 26, 2011 6:55 AM | By Sapa-dpaA New Zealand food industry executive appealed to the government to challenge Denmark over an import ban on Kiwis' favourite breakfast spread, Marmite.
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It's hard to think of anything else Denmark has done in the last 50 years which has simultaneously annoyed citizens of New Zealand, Great Britain, Australia, South Africa - countries where people are hugely loyal to breakfast brands like Marmite and Vegemite
Marmite, a sticky yeast extract first made in England in 1902, has been made in New Zealand since 1919. A food writer noted recently, "Marmite is undoubtedly part of Kiwi culture - generations have been raised to eat it on toast, with cheese and crackers or between bread with a slice of lettuce or a handful of chips."
Reportedly first devised by a German chemist named Justus von Liebig, Marmite is said to be one of the world's richest sources of B vitamins, containing five of them - Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate and B12.
The Guardian newspaper in Britain reported this week that imports of Marmite, along with its Australian equivalent Vegemite and the beverages Ovaltine and Horlicks had been banned under laws prohibiting products fortified with added vitamins.
"This weird law is not based on science, common sense or any issue remotely linked to food safety, factors which underpin New Zealand's approach to food safety regulation," Rich said.
"It's hard to think of anything else Denmark has done in the last 50 years which has simultaneously annoyed citizens of New Zealand, Great Britain, Australia, South Africa - countries where people are hugely loyal to breakfast brands like Marmite and Vegemite.
"What obviously started as the bright idea of a misguided Danish official has now made Denmark an international laughing stock, no doubt creating a headache for their foreign affairs diplomats."
Rich said that with all the other serious challenges for customs officials and border security presented by illicit drugs trade or terrorism, surely Danish regulators had more pressing priorities than expending resources on cross-border Marmite smuggling by expatriate New Zealanders and young people on their overseas experience travels.
Lyndsay Jensen, a Yorkshire-born graphic designer in Copenhagen, told The Guardian she would defy the ban and import supplies from Britain
"If they want to take my Marmite off me, they'll have to wrench it from my cold dead hands," she said.
from the net
Ex Danish police chief warns Marmite ban plays into the hands of criminal gangs
Danish ban has Marmite lovers sticking mad
Globe and Mail - - 9 hours ago
When it comes to Marmite – that briny yeast extract fed to British children – there's truth in advertising. “Love it or hate it,” the slogan goes. But in Denmark, shoppers may no longer have the choice. Protests are brewing in reaction to a Marmite ban ...
Marmite Banned in Denmark: Lovers And Haters Share Their Thoughts On Twitter
Huffington Post - 13 hours ago
Sales of Marmite, a dark and sticky substance usually eaten on toast, were halted by the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries because it violated regulations over vitamin-fortified produce. Naturally, the social networks are going wild. ...
Denmark's Marmite snub sparks fury across Britain
Mirror.co.uk - - 6 hours ago
Marmite fans are calling for a boycott of Danish exports as a backlash against a ban. Yesterday it emerged the yeast paste had been outlawed in Denmark because it fell foul of a 2004 ban on unapproved foods ...
Danish embassy issues MARMITE WAFFLE
Register - - 1 hour ago
Following yesterday's news that the Danish authorities had deprived Brit expats of their favourite yeast-based nourishment, the country's London embassy has seen fit to clarify the position vis-à-vis Marmite ...
Danish Marmite ban enforced
Stuff.co.nz - - May 24, 2011
First it was Vegemite, then it was Ovaltine - now the Danish government has banned importing New Zealand's beloved breakfast spread, Marmite. The Kiwi favourite has been outlawed by legislation that prohibits products fortified with added vitamins, ...
Marmite off the menu in Denmark
Newstalk ZB - - 8 hours ago
Marmite is off the table in Denmark and that's got New Zealand foodies(A foodie is a food fantatic)up in arms. It's been banned along with Vegemite, because they both have added vitamins and breach food safety laws. The yeast spread has been a Kiwi icon since ...
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