• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Fun fact: Vegemite was sent to Australian POWs in Japanese camps to combat B vitamin deficiencies. The guards dismissed it as shoe polish.

    Also, either can be used in small quantities to make gravies taste better. Makes mushroom gravy taste extra umami.

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      17 hours ago

      Vegemite has a high level of glutamates, which are the source of the umami flavor. And it doesn’t often trigger the kind of reactions that some people have to MSG, which the purified form of one particular glutamate.