I’m an American (sorry for ruining the world) and i just tried Vegemite. I was surprised to find that i neither love it or hate it. From the way people talk about it I thought it was this EXTREME thing that supposedly you love or hate. It’s certainly a strong flavor, but it’s not like wasabi level intense. To me it tastes very similar to the burnt bits stuck to the pan after cooking a burger.
I tried it straight and the first taste made me say “huh” out loud. The best thing I’ve tried it on is croutons (because i didn’t have bread to toast). I’ve tried it with a few other random foods and it doesn’t seem to improve anything.
Is it unusual for someone to have a neither love or hate opinion of it?
Is there any specific food you recommend to use it with?
I don’t understand people who use it as anything other than a spread. There is always a better alternative. Like ketchup, it really only has one job and anything else is just wrong. I do like it with lots of aussie butter on bread or crumpets. It would probably be disgusting to someone raised on a diet of HFCS, bleach and preservatives. And kind of meh to someone exposed to decent home cooked food.
There are at least 20 things I would rather be having for breakfast if time, money and opportunity allowed which they generally don’t.