Marmite you love it or hate it

dobs

Hate Marmite with a vengeance, foul gross looking stuff. Unfortunately the other 4 in the house love it so had to make them marmite toast wiv their eggs this morning!

Am also making them 'marmite bites' later, a recipe i just found for kids lunchboxes - like little scones with marmite in - so long as i don't have to eat it i'm fine.

**skinnyminny**

I love, love, love love marmite:j:j

I love it with dairylea on toast, which could be seen as a tad strange:o

I am addicted to the marmite rice cakes and have just bought the marmite cereal bars but have not tried them yet, but my youngest son was not impressed in the slightest when he tried one:rotfl::rotfl:

lisa26_2

dobs wrote: »

Hate Marmite with a vengeance, foul gross looking stuff. Unfortunately the other 4 in the house love it so had to make them marmite toast wiv their eggs this morning!

Am also making them 'marmite bites' later, a recipe i just found for kids lunchboxes - like little scones with marmite in - so long as i don't have to eat it i'm fine.

The marmite bites sound lovely, any chance of the recipe?

dobs

Yep, going to make them in a min, hoping they turn out ok:

MARMITE BITES

makes 8 226 kcals and 6g sat fat each can be frozen

turn oven to fan 170c/conventional oven 190/gas mark 5. Mix together 140g SR flour with 140g wholemeal flour and 1 tsp baking powder. With your fingers, rub in 50g cold butter until mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in 50 g grated cheddar cheese. In another bowl, whisk together one egg, 1tbsp marmite, 2 tbsp greek yoghurt and 3 tbsp milk. Make a well in centre of dry ingredients and pour in egg mic. Bring together with a knife to make a soft dough. Add little more milk if dough is too dry. Tip mix onto a floured surface and roll out to 2 cm thick. Stamp out 4 rounds then gather and roll out trimmings and stamp out another 4. Put on baking sheet, brush with milk and scatter over 25gm grated cheese. Bake for 12 mins or until golden.

Think 140g is 5 oz 50g is 1 and three quarter ounces . Am going to make double that and freeze a batch as things like this don't last five minutes around here! Will let you know what they turn out like (tho i won't be eating any cos they've got marmite in!)

Update - in oven now. Doubled the mixture. It makes more than what they say. Have made 9 scone size ones and used my smaller cutter to make 25 more!(about the size of the bottom of jam tart tin). Really quick and easy to make and great for their lunchbox - just have to hope they'll eat them cos they're fussy little fellas - luckily oh is like a hoover lol.

dobs

Well cooked them and they turned out great. Hubby ate one and said it was lovely, i did try a v small bit and not too marmitey and v nice! I guess if you want it stronger just adapt the recipe a bit and add more marmite but he could taste in in them.

rubytuesday

I absolutely hate it! I lived in a Childrens' home betweeen the ages of six and ten and on Saturdays we would have a huge plate of Sandwiches to take from:- Marmite, Sandwich Spread, Chocolate Spread, Lemon Curd etc. You had to finish whatever you took. I remember accidently picking Marmite from time to time and nearly being sick trying to finish it! Ugh even the smell makes me heave these days!

dobs

rubytuesday ugh would have gone hungry as can't stand any of those fillings - rather have bread and butter!

longtermlurker_2

I love marmite.

I eat it on weetabix with a bit of butter or on toast with cucumber on top:T

rubytuesday

dobs wrote: »

rubytuesday ugh would have gone hungry as can't stand any of those fillings - rather have bread and butter!

Well imagine Sandwich Spread when you're on the beach! All that sand in it!:eek::rotfl:We also used to have a ploughmans lunch type thing and I absolutely hated cheese. I'd be sitting there for ever and a day after everyone had got down from the table! I absolutely love cheese now though but it's never gonna happen with the Marmite!

pollyskettle

Love it! When pregnant many moons ago with my first I craved marmite on toast with a runny egg on top. I ate this most days, along with drinking six pints of milk a day! After I'd given birth I tried egg and marmite on toast and it's vile, but I still love marmite, preferably between two slices of hovis with a square of value plastic cheese - mmmmmmmm the ultimate fast food, that one! It's also nice on cheeseburgers!