For months I've been (obnoxiously?) anticipating my first taste of a Roo Burger - but the truth is that I've never actually considered Australian cuisine. As I learn more and more about the country that I liken to Disney World in form of a nation, I'm finding out about Australian foods and C's favorites, most notably, Vegemite.
Vegemite is a dark brown, super-salty paste that tastes like wet buillion on steriods. The Kraft Foods of Australia website describes it as a concentrated yeast product and full of vitamin B. If C eats breakfast, it's Vegemite spread on toast, and apparently, his countrymen swear by this as a cure-all health food. It's part of their heritage. When he shared it with me for the first time, he told me how Americans can't handle the strong taste of Vegemite - and, in fact, a product launch in the U.S. failed - so I was only allowed to taste a tiny bit on a cracker. I stomached it, and will do it again, because I think I might be brainwashed like the Aussies into believing this stuff is good for me!
Still waiting for that Roo Burger.
Read more in Whole Foods' feature on Australian cuisine.
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