Bovril

YES.

Fucking no way dude, everytime someone says Bovril I think of Coffee and thats the way its going to stay.

Marmite all the way.

Why does Bovril make you think of coffee? I need to know to properly understand your Bovril-hatred

For some reason I've always thought it was a hot drink, and then one day someone told me it was brown, this is literally the only conclusion I can come to.

Well, it can be a hot drink, but you can also spread it on bread or toast, like marmite.

and it's full of beefy goodness.

  Stoppit said:

Well, it can be a hot drink, but you can also spread it on bread or toast, like marmite.

 

and it's full of beefy goodness.

If your being serious and it tastes like beef, then you've reformed me.

Of course I'm being serious, Bovril is no laughing matter. It's beef extract. Get yourself some Bovril, stat

Consider it done, update-Friday thats when I do shopping, or rather, thats when dad takes me shopping and I spend all his money I'm like 22 this year and I still get nursed its awesome.

at some point in my childhood i realised bovril was supposed to be a drink (there's steam on the label) and i've felt weird about it ever since, actually the last time i had bovril was about 15 years ago, when i tried it as a drink.

i actually had marmite on toast today and didn't really enjoy it.

  tauboo said:

i actually had marmite on toast today and didn't really enjoy it.

You would have enjoyed it if it had been Bovril.

  Stoppit said:

  tauboo said:

i actually had marmite on toast today and didn't really enjoy it.

 

You would have enjoyed it if it had been Bovril.

you know, i think i preferred bovril

but it's so long ago... can you describe what makes bovril better?

oh yea, vegemite has a lot less protein in it than marmite, like 20% less or something

So like you can spread this stuff on toast and what do you do for the drink, put a dollop in mug and pour over boiling water?

  tauboo said:

but it's so long ago... can you describe what makes bovril better?

To me, its just got a slightly 'warmer' taste and is thicker...it's like the difference between butter and margerine (well, it's probably nothing like that, but that's the best I can do). And it's beefier, of course.

Its all a matter of personal preference, of course...

But if you think marmite is better, you're wrong.

wow

yet another british food that sounds utterly disgusting

  abusivegeorge said:

So like you can spread this stuff on toast and what do you do for the drink, put a dollop in mug and pour over boiling water?

yeah, simple as that.

When I was very little, I thought you drank it straight from the jar...

That didn't work out too well...

lol

  Stoppit said:

  tauboo said:

but it's so long ago... can you describe what makes bovril better?

 

... 'warmer' taste ... the difference between butter and margerine ... And it's beefier, of course.

i believe

  beneboi said:

wow

yet another british food that sounds utterly disgusting

do you even know that the 'sharp' cheddar you love so much is an english invention?

  xxx said:

rendering a cow into salty poo

lol

this is where it gets complicated...

they swapped it from beef to yeast extract for a while (it tasted pretty much the same though) in order to make it suitable for vegetarians. I think some people complained, and they started using beef again

the 'Bovrilgate' scandal was a dark time for Bovril-lovers...

Bovril and Marmite are very similar in so much that they both taste fucking grim!

Nice marmite.

this thread is full of shit.

marmite is the black blood of the earth.

saw a poster for bovril and had no idea what it was. someone thought it was a cross dresser, someone else thought type of medicine.

beef extract you spread on toast and make drinks with?? sounds filthy. what's wrong with vegemite.

Stoppit you best be trolling.

Marmite is all.