{"id":2384,"date":"2007-08-13T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:27:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:27:08","slug":"top-five-reasons-for-vegemite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2384","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Reasons for Vegemite"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are plenty of good reasons for Vegemite. I mean, other than the fact that it’s a fine example of nutritive recycling — Vegemite is made out of leftover brewer’s yeast, which is a by-product of brewing beer — it’s also \u00fcber vitamin-healthy, and if you don’t count the sodium (or use scant amounts), it’s \u00fcber-healthy all ’round. It inspires ‘roses in every cheek’ I am told (though the child looks a bit feverish to me), and is an all around favorite Australian snack.
<\/a>We here at Finding Wonderland salute the wonder that is Vegemite, and offer you just a few more reasons why it is so, so awesome and so book-friendly:<\/p>\n

5.) It’s not jam.
Jam sandwiches, which seem to work so well for British characters, tend to leak. Librarians? They no like the sticky books. Jam: book unfriendly. Vegemite: somewhat book friendlier (though unidentified brown smudges in books make librarians also quite uneasy. Just… be neat, okay?).<\/p>\n

4.) It’s not as attractive to ants.
Okay, Australia is often called Oz, for its completely otherworldly weirdness factor, which is quite high. For instance: have you seen the ants<\/a> in Oz?! Do you want<\/i> to see the ants<\/a> in Oz? Wouldn’t you just hate to be carried off by huge, six-legged, venomous, jam-sucking insects whilst you were innocently reading? Sure, some ants will eat Vegemite. But some ants… will eat anything. ‘Nough said.<\/p>\n

3.) It’s a spread made for sharing.
Vegemite anagrams to ‘meet give.’ Meet. Give. It’s the international symbol of friendship!<\/p>\n

2.) Dude, can you PAINT<\/a> with jam?<\/b>
Okay, yes. Technically. But is it as cool? ‘Course not.<\/p>\n

1.) And the number one reason why Vegemite is so awesome is that it’s the rich goo that will glue together authors as diverse as Barry Jonsberg<\/a>, the nuanced Margo Lanagan<\/a>, Alyssa Brugman<\/a>, Tasmanian resident Penni Russon<\/a> and newcomer Randa Abdel-Fattah<\/a>. It’s part of the Australian history and culture which we’ll celebrate kidlitosphere-style this week.<\/p>\n

Best Read With Vegemite! Coming Wednesday to a blog near you<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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