I am sorely tempted to -- you for your blasphemy so I guess I shall have to ++ you for admitting to the error of your ways :)

I've always had the impression that oatmeal is porridge -- I've never seen them standing together, for example.

Boil water for tea and quick oatmeal. Tear up a crystallized ginger piece, toss in bowl. Toss in dried blueberries or dried cherries. Put in quick oats.

Pour water in teapot, followed by pouring in bowl. Pull tea bags out after three minutes. Stir oatmeal around, eat about another three to five minutes later.

Yum!

Porridge does not necessarily mean oatmeal. While in Korea, I had opportunities to eat porridge. It was rice porridge -- sometimes blended smooth and sometimes chunky -- with various things added. Things like shrimp or abalone or pine nuts or pumpkin or any of a whole mess of things.

"and with two people professing their love for vegemite on this poll"

Better make that three :)
Well, 20-odd million actually, because just about every kid in Australia literally grows up on it. Vegemite, Weet-bix and Milo.

When I moved to Singapore from Australia about six years ago, one of my biggest concerns was that I may not be able to find my beloved Vegemite. But thankfully, there is a significant aussie expat population in Singapore, which keeps the demand high enough that most supermarkets keep it in stock. So it's Vegemite on toast for me, every morning. Washed down of course, with a nice big mug of Milo with cold milk :D

Marmite (at least in New Zealand) is pretty much just Vegemite with added sugar.

The more important thing though is: do you salt your porridge?

Nonsense!

Everybody knows that Marmite is just Clayton's Vegemite. Just as Pepsi is Clayton's Coke :p

Marmite (at least in New Zealand) is pretty much just Vegemite with added sugar.

I have a friend doing a PhD in marmite (no, really) who would disagree :) though if true it would probably explain why I prefer it :P I've always found that the texture of vegemite reminds me of a cross between petroleum jelly and wax which perhaps helps to explain my aversion..

The more important thing though is: do you salt your porridge?

Yes, I certainly do---though the most essential ingredient for me is raisins (fresh fruit like rasberries or blueberries would be nice, but it's usually not practicable for me). Yum :)

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You'll like your porridge even more if you soak the raisins overnight in whisky. Preferably an inoffensive middle-of-the-road Speyside, such as Glenlivet or Macallan.

I was sure there was a jar of marmite around here somewhere. Someone must have tossed it out. Never mind.

On the nutritional information panel marmite has a substantially higher sugar content than Vegemite. They are otherwise similar nutritionally. The extra sugar does of course make marmite much too sweet to be a real contender for a food of champions. ;)

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