Vegemite and the Dark Side of the Moon

Somewhat symetrical

2011-11-05T10:50:00.001+11:00

Found this nice crater / ripple effect upon opening our latest jar this morning.... I like the symetry :)

Vegemite chips

2011-10-23T23:05:00.001+11:00

Seriously enjoying these Vegemite flavoured chips!

2011-09-28T09:17:00.001+10:00

Found some craters this morning when I opened a fresh jar... it's going to be a great day!

Mug Shot

2011-01-22T12:45:00.001+11:00

...just got one of the Vegemite mugs... you get one free when you buy a 270g Cheesybite :)

...a vegemite crater you can fill with coffee :D

Cecil

Combinations

2011-01-08T13:32:00.000+11:00

Just had a Vegemite and Salami sandwich for lunch..... not bad at all!

rogue app

2010-03-30T16:42:00.001+11:00

Apologies to anyone who tried to access this blog recently, seems the "asteroids" gadget (game) I had at the bottom of the page had turned nasty and was redirecting viewers to an advertising site. I checked the Blogger site and it is a "known problem" they are "working on".....

Thanks to Peter for alerting me to the issue!

cecil

I have seen it!

2010-02-01T17:29:00.001+11:00

I have now seen the new Cheesybite for sale at one of our local supermarkets!...alongside some slightly older stock of iSnack 2.0.....

...and on top of this... the same day the BigW in the same centre had some jars of "name me" with an expiry of 3/2/2010 (2 days to eat it!!!) for sale....hmmmmm.

cecil.

ps... don't forget to have a game of Asteroids at the bottom of this blog page while you are here......

Latest Craters

2009-12-14T20:13:00.000+11:00

The latest Vegemite craters......

...Oh yes, and there is still no sign of Cheesybite at my local supermarket...still selling NoName and iSnack 2.0.....

Cecil.

The biggest crater ....

2009-11-28T11:06:00.001+11:00

Of course, the biggest crater you will find in your jar of Vegemite is this one......

an empty jar!

Curiously, that last bit of Vegemite you scrape out from under the rim always seems to taste the best....I don't know why, it just does!

Perhaps it's the taste buds anticipation of your hard earned scrapings from the empty jar?

cecil

Still Waiting

2009-11-26T16:32:00.001+11:00

I am still yet to see a jar of Cheesybite on the shelves at the supermarket. In fact today when I had a good look, I noted that not only are they still selling "iSnack 2.0" but they still have stock of "Name Me" !!!!
Do you think the whole "Cheesybite" thing was just a scam to make us buy more name me, isnack2.0 ???

Asteroids

2009-11-22T14:54:00.002+11:00

...for those that haven't noticed yet, I've added the classic Asteroids video game to the bottom of this blog page above the moon of the day photo

...used to play this one at the video game arcade when I was a teenager..(yeah, that long ago!)... enjoy!

Hot Off The Presses ...(and onto the toast!)

2009-11-08T22:14:00.004+11:00

...it has been a while since I've had any craters in my Vegemite, but tonight I felt like a snack (I'm waiting up late for Michelle to arrive back from a trip to Melbourne with her friends) and as luck would have it I needed to crack open a new jar as the last of the old jar was used on the 'potholes' breakfast. And there they were!...a long time coming but some good craters!

Dark Side of The Mo

2009-11-02T15:26:00.003+11:00

..yes..you read that right. Dark Side of the Mo.

It's actually a promotional T-Shirt for Movember.
Movember is when Mo-Bro's grow a moustache to raise funds for Prostate Cancer research and male depression.

This is a cause close to my heart as I have personally been treated for deep depression twice in the last decade and have relatives who also suffer from depression.

You can donate here on my sponsorship page.

Cheers

Geoff
(Cecil)

no cheesybite , still iSnack.......

2009-10-20T17:04:00.002+11:00

Note, I purchased a jar of iSnack 2.0 @ Woolworths last week. (for prosperity?)
. . . No sign of the new Cheesybite jars yet!

Cheesy Name?

2009-10-07T15:51:00.004+11:00

It's now official, the "Name Me / iSnack 2.0" Vegemite / Cream Cheese Spread has now been dubbed Vegemite Cheesybite . Apparently 30,357 people voted, choosing from six suggested new names and Cheesybite won with 36% of the vote.....
I suppose anyone who bought an iSnack 2.0 jar should keep it....might be a collectors piece!

iSnack - apparently not!

2009-10-02T19:59:00.002+10:00

The "Name Me" Vegemite/Cream Cheese spread combo was named "iSnack 2.0", ...but only for a few days. Apparently public outcry has prompted them to retreat with their tail between their legs and think again.
Personally (even though I did not like the product) I didn't think that the name was too bad an effort...a little bit web generation etc. . . .
My first reaction to the news of the withdrawal of the i Snack name was to think a certain fruit flavoured IT company had laid claim to prefixing any product with an 'i', but that hasn't been mentioned.
My guess is whatever name it gets now will be fairly staid and boring!
Prove me wrong Kraft.....

Cecil

follow up on No Name Vegemite

2009-08-29T16:00:00.004+10:00

...we did buy some of the yet to be named Vegemite/Cheese spread....
The fact that I haven't commented on it already probably says something...lol
Tried once, it has sat in the fridge for weeks with only a fraction of its contents consumed and is destined to end up supplementing the dog's dinner one night...be interesting to see if they turn their noses up at it. . . .
I used to eat Vegemite and Cheese sandwiches as a child but obviously the taste doesn't appeal anymore as an adult.
Good luck Kraft! Perhaps someone out there likes it, but for me it's just not cricket!
Born n bred on the real stuff....and hope to die eating the real stuff!

cecil

The new Vegemite

2009-07-01T15:28:00.003+10:00

By now everyone should have heard of the New Vegemite, the one they are releasing that has been blended with cream cheese. Hard to imagine what it will taste like as cream cheese tastes different to say cheddar which most people would have tried with vegemite on a sandwich or cracker. The benefits they say are that it will be a more 'dip' like consistency but still taste like vegemite....
And as with the original product, we the general public get to name the new product...see the vegemite website.
I will definitely be trying it and reporting back here with my verdict!

Peter's Crater

2009-03-13T16:48:00.003+11:00

Thanks to Peter for sending in this picture of a Vegemite Crater.

mmmm I can smell that freshly opened jar....

Mega craters vs Minimal craters

2008-09-25T10:19:00.006+10:00

Here is a picture that is several years old that shows some mega craters...

and here is one taken this month that is has very few craters....
I can see a face in this one....

Either way it all tastes great!

Vegemite Census

2008-07-19T16:54:00.004+10:00

There is a Vegemite Census running at the moment on the Vegemite website.....log on and cast your vote for your preferred method of eating vegemite..... :)

http://www.howdoyoulikeyourvegemite.com.au/

Cecil

Spot the moon critters

2008-07-14T12:58:00.005+10:00

There is a prize for the first person to spot the Moon Critter hiding in one of the craters in this photo!

I mean if they were going to hide from us they would hide on the dark side of the moon, right?

More Craters

2008-07-10T10:47:00.005+10:00

Here is another craterised Vegemite......

..I get disappointed when we get a jar that has no craters! I wonder if the supermarket would accept craterless vegemite back for a refund?

Hmmmm.

Finally !

2008-01-04T08:03:00.003+11:00

I have now captured some craters in the new jar size (600g)

May your toast always land Vegemite side up!
Cecil

New Vegemite Sizes

2007-12-08T19:15:00.001+11:00

The size of Vegemite Jars has changed...
One of those tricks the marketers use to make you buy less product for more money.... Here we used to buy the BIG 910g Jar or the 455g size, which they now don't make, instead the biggest size on the shelf is now 600g for not much less cost than what the BIG jar used to be!
...and the other disappointment, not many craters!!...either we've just been unlucky so far or they just don't appear as much? I've only had one 600g jar with one crater and I didn't get a photo as I was in a rush doing the school lunches for my Potholes. (Potholes are my sons, pre-pubescent Pitts)
here is an older crater photo....

cheers, and "Happy Little Vegemites" to you all!

Cecil

Vegemite Favourites

2006-11-06T09:22:00.001+11:00

What is my favourite Vegemite concoction?
A Vegemite, Lettuce and Onion sandwich..........
How did this come about? I hear you ask!
When I was a young lad I was introduced to Vegemite and Lettuce sandwiches which I ate regularly for my school lunch...The combination of Vegemite and Lettuce on a sandwich is quite a treat with the saltiness of Vegemite and the crunch of Lettuce together making a superb gourmet lunch on a budget.
The onion version...
Once I left school and started working I would often buy my lunch, often being my favourite Vegemite and Lettuce....a lot of sandwich shops had never heard of a vegemite and lettuce sandwich and some would even ask "do you want salt on that?" (what the.!.)..every now and then I would get one that tasted a little different than normal but only in one or two of the bites...it took me a little while to figure it out... but it eventually dawned on me that the different ingredient was onion, probably inserted into my sandwich accidentally by the some onion left on the tongs used to put my Lettuce on with, after someone elses salad sanga was made..
After that I would regularly ask for the Trifecta of vegemite lettuce and onion..
.....that raised the eyebrows of a lot of sandwich artists ;-)

Craters Craters Craters

2006-09-07T14:08:00.001+10:00

Here's a couple of jars to get started....

I can smell it now!

YUM!

Welcome to the Vegemite and the Dark Side of the Moon blog

2006-09-07T12:14:00.001+10:00

Yeah,,, I know....I'm weird!
But hey, we are all allowed a little insanity right?
...and as Pink Floyd said...."There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it's all dark... and the thing that makes it look alight is the sun."

So what do the craters in our Vegemite represent!

From early childhood I have been fascinated by the craters in a new Vegemite jar, (and raptured by the aroma eminating from the same!).
So here i will post all my Vegemite crater pics and my thoughts about Vegemite in general...
Please feel free to send me your own Crater photos to add to the collection.

cheers, Geoff