AVR-Chat

erikc wrote:

> Zack Widup wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Ted Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>>After reading the various replys to my original comment I apologise
>>>for upsetting anyone and it was not my intention to start a diatribe
>>>on the subject.
>>>It's just that we in Australia are sensitive to being put down (Eg.
>>>references to being "down under") and naturally have the desire to set
>>>things straight.
>>>I shall stick to purely technical matters in future.
>>>Ted
>>>
>>
>>I have many Aussie friends, both here in the USA and overseas via the 
>>radio and Internet.  Most don't seem to mind the terms "down under", 
>>"Oz", etc. at all.  
>>
>>Those who live in the USA now often wonder why they can't find Vegemite 
>>in the grocery stores.  Especially with a Kraft plant right here in the 
>>town where I live. All I say is that it's not a perfect world.
>>
>>Zack
> 
> 
> Here in Texas we have a grocery chain called "Fiesta".  There, you can 
> get all sorts of international foodstuffs, including Vegemite.  (You 
> can also get Marmite if you are British).  If you did not grow up with 
> the stuff, I do not recommend it.   I've tried it and it is NASTY.


Marmite? Sounds a bit like Road-Kill pate...

Bruce