Meaning of marmite | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Marmite.
   alt-of, proscribed
3. A brand of sticky, dark brown, strongly flavored spread based on a yeast extract (a by-product of beer brewing), eaten on toast, in sandwiches, in savory dishes, etc.
   Commonwealth
4. Something which people either love or hate.
   UK, countable, informal, uncountable

Examples

“1824 Thomas Gill. The Technical Repository p. 180: XXXV: On the French Marmite, or Pot-au-Feu: and on preparing Bouillon with it My little boy having been ill of a fever for forty days, I have learned from his attendant how to make the celebrated soup (bouillon) of Paris: and finding it to be superior to any that I ever before tasted, I take the liberty to send you the directions necessary to enable any one to prepare this cheap and desirable food. Earthen-pots with covers, made to hold from one to seven pounds of meat, are found in every family. The marmite bought for me was for one-and-a-half pound only: this quantity of lean meat (bœufmaigre), was always part of the leg or shoulder: it was put into the marmite, which was then filled up with cold water, about five pints, and placed on the hearth, close to the wood-fire; and when it began to simmer or boil gently, it threw up a scum, which was carefully taken off from time to time with a spoon, for the space of threequarters of an hour, which perfectly cleansed the meat and water from every impurity.”

“Required: […] One tablespoonful of nutril or one small teaspoonful of marmite.”

“Stir a spoonful of marmite into some brown gravy, and pour over the potatoes, etc.”

“A teaspoonful of marmite, a dessertspoonful of a good brand of cod-liver oil, and two glasses of water between meals, would make the diet complete.”

“A spoonful of marmite added to soups and gravies after they are cooked improves their flavour.”

“The treatment of this particular form of anæmia lies in giving vitamin B, a suitable preparation being a teaspoonful of marmite three times a day, together with desiccated gastric mucosa.”

“I crawled up and retrieved it and, wiping it clean on some leaves, looked at the label. “Marmite,” it read. / “You have beriberi,” he shouted. / “I know,” I replied from the mud. / “Take a spoonful of that a day,” he advised. / “Will it do any good?” / “Might,” he replied, and, returning firmly inside the palisade of the headquarters camp, indicated that the subject was closed. I crawled back to our camp, where I found the guards very cross that I had eluded them. I took a spoonful of marmite and, exhausted, fell asleep.”

“Only a strong man can cut through the rind, but the inside, firm and juicy, we slice with onion, potato, carrot, parsnip – whatever there is – simmer till tender, then put through the liquidizer, bring to the consistency of cream with stock or milk, add nutmeg or mace as well as pepper and salt; if no stock, I add a spoonful of marmite, and always top of milk or a little cream.”

“Finely grated cheddar cheese used 50/50 with bread paste, plus a spoonful of marmite, makes a fabulous tangy bait; it can be fozen^([sic]) and used at any time. Alternatively, try sausage-meat, again used 50/50 with bread paste, with additives like marmite, bovril or a crushed oxo cube kneaded in.”

“1 pint stock - made by adding a generous spoon of marmite to boiling water”

“The night is a spoonful of marmite being spread over the planets.”

“More informally: vegemite and marmite share some property.”

“Peyró has the grace to acknowledge that Marmite isn’t really a sauce before dismissing it as “filth”, and moving on to mint sauce.”

“A pink gin is prepared by swirling a few drops of bitters round the glass and throwing any excess away. It's the Marmite of the drinking world.”

“Ah, anchovies - the marmite of the marine world. Personally, I love them, at least on pizzas.”

“I have a feeling that this pie is the Marmite of the school pie world. You either loved it or you hated it.”

“Catamarans are the Marmite of powerboating – you either love them or you hate them.”

“A LOT of people could ask me that question. It’s a Marmite thing, you either love him or hate him,” admits Consett actor Chris Coxon who is one of the first people on the planet to attempt to become a real-life version of cult animated character Spongebob Squarepants^([sic])”

““I’ve always been quite a Marmite personality,” she says, comparing herself to the divisive umami toast spread.”

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