Good morning adventurers!
Good morning.
From another day here in Melbourne.
It is gotten a little bit into the fall vibes as you can see
It's cold and overcast.
but y'all the time has come today
We are finally trying something that is pretty much synonymous with Australia
In fact, the slogan for it is, "Tastes like Australia" and the food that we're trying is
Kangaroo
No
Koala
It's neither of those. It's Vegemite.
For our non-Aussie viewers, Vegemite is a thick dark spread that's made from leftover brewer's yeast
With some vegetables and spices added. It's similar to British Marmite
though, I'm guessing that Aussies and Brits would argue that it's not that similar
I was trying to think of the first time I ever heard of Vegemite
I remembered it was from that song Down Under. Do you remember that?
I don't know the words other than down under and thunder.
They talked about Vegemite?
Yeah, yeah
He says something about eating a Vegemite sandwich and I just assumed it was like a sandwich with vegetables on it or something
Oh, I have no idea
I don't even know when the first time I heard about Vegemite was
But since then we have resisted the urge to try
Vegemite mostly because we just assumed we wouldn't like it but also because we were waiting for the right moment to try
Right moment, yeah.
We weren't putting it off until almost our last day in Australia or anything like that
Melbourne is actually the perfect city to try Vegemite because it was invented here in
1922 so some people really love Vegemite.
It's like salt. That was Fantastic!
Some people really hate Vegemite.
I do not like the Vegemite.
I'm hoping we will be in the "love it" category.
Hope so
but one thing is for certain
Most Australians do love it and it is a staple in most households
In fact, we went to a liquor store the other day and the lady was telling us how much she loves Vegemite in fact
She says, she
make sure that is the one thing she has in her cabinet always because if there's nothing else to eat she can at least have
A Vegemite sandwich
You guys we have the cutest little jar of Vegemite right here
We got the smallest we could find because we figured on the off-chance that we don't like it
We don't have that much that we have to throw out or give away to some Aussie person on the street
First things first
We've got to do the smell test
I don't know if it's a good idea to smell it first
But I'm gonna.
I know I was even cooking with it earlier and resisted the urge to smell it
Yeah, we've used a little bit of it.
Oh, it doesn't smell wow, that is not what I was thinking of it smell like
Hmm, it smells like beef licorice
Ewww, it's very kind of meaty smell. Ewww, it's smells like beef gravy
With licorice in it.
Yeah, it's like congealed meat juice.
It's not like it smells bad though,
it smells super salty
It smells like beef jerky
It's got a lot going on in there.
This might not actually be that bad
Well, people really love it.
Well, I'm excited to try it.
There are all sorts of dishes that you can make with Vegemite
We thought of some really fun and interesting ones I think.
But first up we should probably try it the most classic way
Which I'm guessing is the way that most Australians prefer their Vegemite and that is going to be on a piece of buttered toast
Did you think we were really gonna put that much on this toast? Heck, no.
We've spent enough time in Australia that we know you got to use it sparingly
Alright, That's great.
It's really hard in realizing to spread this stuff. It's really thick.
Yeah, so we've already got some butter on the toast
That's kind of melted in
We also heard that you're supposed to put the butter on first and I've seen people get pretty
Disgruntled in some of the forums for people saying that they put the Vegemite on first.
It does seem weird. You'd want the butter to be melted
I don't know although I guess maybe you want the Vegemite to be melted. Is that good?
Is that a good amount?
I don't know. Guys, this is our first time I have no idea what I'm doing. I mean that looks good
Maybe we don't need that much.
Okay, let's try it
Cut it in half, I want to try it at the same time.
Oh, geez. It's happening
I'm so excited
Cheers
Cheers, I guess.
First time trying Vegemite.
Okay.
Woah, it's salty.
Oh no.
Holy cow
Potent.
Wow that is so much saltier than I thought it would ever be
I got a lot of it in my teeth and I can't, oh geez
It doesn't help that they're some crispy burned bits on the toast that's just making it kind of salty and burnt tasting
Sorry guys, it's not that good.
Well, I was not expecting it to be like that overwhelming
Yeah, well, I would put even less than I mean, it's not I like the saltiness
But even that was too much I think maybe I just need to get more used to it. I need to eat more Vegemite
Yeah, you do that. You tell me how that goes
Oh god
It's so salty and we used unsalted butter on this thing too. The first bite of it really punched me in the face
But it's not that awful of a taste. It's just so dang salty
I'm just - I don't know how to describe it. It's like salty motor oil
Yeah, it's got kind of a motor oil vibe
I'm open-minded to this you guys I think this could grow on me. I can see why you like it in a small amount.
Really want to taste it like in a good way. No, we have read that
If you add avocado or a hard-boiled egg or a fried egg or anything like that?
Definitely anything to cover up that flavor?
Maybe try that.
We were gonna try it with an avocado, but we couldn't find a ripe one at the store earlier so
Maybe next time
Up next we have a slightly different dish that has a bunch of cheese on it
And maybe that'll help to even up the flavors. Although now, I am really terrified about the amount of Vegemite I spread in there
I thought it was good and thin, but maybe it was still way too thick
We are trying a Vegemite cheese roll
I made this little bad boy earlier today. You do some self-rising flour
Some butter, some milk
You mix it all together make a dough and then you rub the Vegemite on there
Really thinly and then cover it in cheese, roll it up. You cut it with scissors and then pull them different ways
So they look like little roll-ups and then you bake it. It was pretty easy to put together.
It turned out really good
It's nice and golden on the top kind of flaky looking there's bits of cheese baked on there
And of course, you can see the Vegemite kind of spilling out. Yeah
Well it remains to be seen whether or not we put too much or too little Vegemite on there
I don't know if that you can put too little.
it was so hard to spread it on the dough
I kept ripping the dough. I don't know if you're supposed to like
Warm up the Vegemite before you use it. I don't know let us know if there's a secret to actually spreading Vegemite
I don't know. Alright, I'm gonna cut two from the middle because those are the best looking
Oh one of my favorite things about this recipe is the cheese you use it's called Tasty Cheese
I thought it was just meaning like pick out whatever tasty cheese you'd like
But there's literally a brand of cheese here called Tasty Cheese
My brain is really gonna want this to be a cinnamon roll and it's gonna be the complete opposite.
Yeah, It's got a nice cheesy doughy smell to it
It almost smells like macaroni and cheese.
Oh it does.
I think it's gonna be pretty good. Alright Vegemites roll. Here we go.
It's nice and warm straight out of the oven.
Definitely better than the toast.
Much better
I would say
The Vegemite is subtle, but it adds something to this. I think it's better with it
Yeah, it's really nice and salty and just kind of an interesting flavor to it
I think if you rolled up some bacon in there as well. This would be a great little breakfast treat
Oh, it is nice and cheesy and so gooey in the middle. Nice job.
Yeah, Thank you
You really nailed it.
Okay.
Wow, That's good.
This is pretty yummy, I'm glad cuz I would have been so sad if we wouldn't finish this
Yeah, and we got a ton of it to eat still guys. Check it out
We are one for two I'd say and I think I'm gonna come around to the Vegemite toast.
Up next is, Vegemite spaghetti, but we don't have spaghetti noodles, and there's no tomato sauce
It's really just Vegemite noodles. But basically the recipe said you just mix
pasta with butter and a teaspoon of Vegemite
I did weigh less than a teaspoon though because I made not a full serving and I'm scared that that was too much
and we did come across some other recipes for
Vegemite spaghetti as well. But this was the one this was the first one we came across
Well, this is the one we're trying
Let us know if you actually eat this, the butter and Vegemite on noodles
I have a feeling that not many Australians are eating this.
So I got a nice little brown piece there with a lot of Vegemite on it. So that'll be fun Cheers.
I guess.
You know, I thought it would be a lot more salty but it's not that salty.
Maybe I used too little Vegemite this time.
Yeah, it's weird the Vegemite
is kind of scary because you never know if it's gonna be way too much or not enough. Yeah
It's not very salty. Mostly just tastes like buttered noodles
No just has kind of a mustiness to it.
Yes, that's what I would say
It just has like a little side down little down hide it back here
I guess if you're in a pinch though, and all you have are noodles and butter and Vegemite. Why not?
That's a meal
Well, it was interesting but this is probably the least the most lackluster dish even more lackluster than the toast.
The recipe the lady said that you could also add grated
Parmesan to this to make it super fancy
That would take it to the next level
Well, we have one more Vegemite dish to try and it's probably the one I am the most excited about.
These are Vegemite chicken wings they're kind of asian inspired
I think the recipe was some honey some Vegemite and
Some soy sauce and we were supposed to have some sort of Chinese wine
But we couldn't find it at the store so we left it out
I don't know that that would have made a difference. I marinated them for about three hours in
That concoction and then I put it in a frying pan and then poured all of the marinade in there until it all kind of
Caramelized I guess? And turned to this nice brown color got really gooey.
It looks pretty interesting
It could be pretty tasty
Barbecued chicken wings. I was scared
We're actually having chicken wings for dinner, but I was too scared to marinate them all in it. Just in case we hated it
So we just have two little little Vegemite chicken wings. It's great
But these are this is the chicken that we got at the market in our last video. Yes
I hope I cook these I've never done wings in a pan before.
I have a feeling this is going to have a very strong
Vegemite flavor to it.
Geez. I didn't put that much Vegemite in there.
I think this is gonna be the highlight though, I'm hoping.
You ready? Yep. Here we go
Huh, oh, it's too much
Oh man that first bite I thought oh this is gonna be really good it's kind of sweet
when you got the soy sauce but then I don't know if the sauce burnt in the pan and
Maybe
It kind of tastes like a tire.
It does taste like a tire.
You got a litttle Vegemite on your lip there.
Oh, great. Can save it for later.
The chicken itself is actually cooked well but
I'm completely taken out of it by the taste of the Vegemite. It's just really
musty and old
Tar kind of tasting or something like that.
Tastes like if you set a tire on fire.
Oh very salty
I may be open to giving this another try but we'll just do a lot less Vegemite
I think that's the key
Literally like just the slightest little bit maybe this much for like 20 chicken wings
Yeah, it'd have been good. Well, it is getting cold out here. It is also getting dark. So I think we're going to head inside
While Allison's cleaning off the Vegemite mess that she's made
It's so dark ugh.
But I hope you guys enjoyed watching a squirm trying Vegemite for the very first time.
We gave it a good go right?
and if you have any of your favourite Vegemite dishes or ways that you like to prepare it or something like that or if you
Just want to make fun of us for doing this horribly. Leave us a comment below and let us know
After Melbourne, we're going to be heading to Las Vegas
We're gonna be in Vegas.
So we're gonna go in and watch The Hangover to get us all hopped up to go to Vegas
Yeah, and we will not be taking this Vegemite with us on that trip. Alright, that'll do it
Tomorrow, we will be out in Melbourne for one final day exploring the city, seeing some amazing sights, trying some good foods. It's gonna be awesome
Cannot wait, but that's it for now. Good night adventurers.
We'll see you on the road