OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
20-03-2012, 06:15
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OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
http://news.yahoo.com/marmageddon-ze...060117216.html
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It's a sticky black sandwich spread that much of New Zealand adores, though detractors liken it to axle grease. And when it runs out, it's Marmageddon.
The manufacturer of Marmite says its supplies of the yeast-extract product ran out this week, four months after earthquakes forced it to close the only factory that made New Zealand's version.
"Don't freak. We will be back soon!" the company, Sanitarium, says on the Marmite website. But there are signs of freaking in this country of 4.4 million people, which eats its way through 640 metric tons of the savory spread every year.
"I can confirm there was a rush on Marmite yesterday," Antoinette Shallue, spokeswoman for the grocery chain Foodstuffs, said in an email. "Clearly Kiwis took the news of the impending shortage very seriously!"
Some are calling the crisis "Marmageddon." Others are auctioning their supplies of Marmite online. Even the country's leader sounds concerned.
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I suppose it must be nice to not have more pressing things to worry about 
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20-03-2012, 07:07
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
When your country is recovering from serious earthquakes, comfort food is a biggy. 
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20-03-2012, 07:13
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
Yes comfort food is a great comforter at these times but Marmite l am afraid is not on my lists of comforts foods as l have always hated the stuff.
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20-03-2012, 07:26
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
I just considered a marmite blackout - and I shuddered
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20-03-2012, 08:37
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
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I just considered a marmite blackout - and I shuddered |
I shudder at even the mention of the word "m*****e" 
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20-03-2012, 08:44
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
I cannot eat it as it is on my foods to avoid list, as I suffer from gout attacks.
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20-03-2012, 09:28
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
They should import Vegemite. 
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20-03-2012, 16:24
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
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I cannot eat it as it is on my foods to avoid list, as I suffer from gout attacks.
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Gout, hark at Henry VIII over there with his rich living 
Only kidding hope it's not to bad/painful
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20-03-2012, 16:46
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
Marmite cheese on toast 
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20-03-2012, 17:11
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701
I just considered a marmite blackout - and I shuddered |
Me to.
Must now go and binge on marmite sarnies to recuperate.
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20-03-2012, 17:29
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
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They should import Vegemite. |
That's what I was thinking. Vegemite is much better than Marmite anyway.
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20-03-2012, 18:03
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
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Marmite cheese on toast |
+1. 
A Food fit for kings!
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20-03-2012, 18:08
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Re: OMG!!!!! It's Marmegeddon...
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Gout, hark at Henry VIII over there with his rich living
Only kidding hope it's not to bad/painful |
Gout is a form of arthritis, and I've been told more painfull than childbirth.
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