I had vegemite once had abuddy whose mom was from down under, it was not the worse thing I have ever eaten but then again I hae eaten some really nasty things

Bid sent me a tube of vegemite and tell you what I really like it.
Have let afew people try it , mixed reactions. From not my cup of tea to
thats horrible.
My problem is I'm just about out. Found a store in Texas (of all places)
I can order it from. Am going to get a couple of large jars on my first order...Cheers Mate.......Dennis

You can still buy it in the U.S.? Thought it was banned because of the folate. May be old stock, but no problems; the stuff lasts darn near forever in an unopened jar.
Naturally enough, we have several large jars in out preps.
Have you tried it with cheese on the crackers yet?

Bid : Found this on vegemite.
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp
And here's the store in Texas I found.
http://www.about-australia-shop.com/vegemite.htm

I think I've got enough left to try it with cheese.
Rob and his girl friend were over yesterday , Rob thought it was pretty good. Rita on the other hand rinsed her mouth out after a small bite.

Thanks for that Dennis. I was about to ask you where you could buy it. The entry from snopes was also handy as it clears up a common misconception regarding vegemite being banned. The pictures shown in the Texas website are slightly different from what you'd recieve if buying from there: The weight is shown in grams. There was a news report down here that stated a whole shipment was once dumped because the weight wasn't shown in ounces. Snopes would probably say that was a lie too!
BTW, that tube would have lasted perhaps nearly three days in our house.

One of the local grocery stores here carries Vegemite, though I've never tried it. I'll have to pick up a jar sometime.


http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/Vegemite.asp

Better pick up a small jar, Mate..... Unless you've got a lot of people you want to antagonise, lol.

Seriously though, it's good stuff. Just that you should only use a very small smear of the stuff, and be prepared for a salty taste, rather than something like a chocolate spread, which most newcomers think it is. Stateside, girls especially seem to take an instant dislike for it, though guys often don't find it too bad.

I've been experimenting with dehydration and vacuum packing. I have succesfully managed to dehydrate and rehydrate (in straight cold water) canned beans, corn, peas, potatoes and carrots. I have a cookbook entitled "Make a Mix" which has some very good mix recipes for chili, flavored rice, etc which should work good for the dehydrated meals. The next stage is to try and dehydrate ground meat (Elk in my case) then mix everything together, add the spices and rehydrate. Hopefully it has some semblance of food. Once I get some usable recipes I will start a new thread with instructions and the completed recipes. Don't expect it tomorrow tho, I has taken me about 2 weeks to get where I am now. What I'm headed for is Chili, vegetable soup, lemon rice, chicken rice, onion/rice soup. That's about all I can reasonably come up with but if anyone has a viable suggestion using what I have proven works PM me and I'll add it to the list.

Not a bad idea to add a few fruits such as apples apricots, bananas, tomatoes, etc. to your list of things to dehydrate, mate.
All can be rehydrated for use in cooking and some, such as apples and appricots, are good additions to a snack-pack/pouch, along with raisins and sultanas. These last two are probably not worth the time/effort/expense of dehydrating yourself as they aren't too expensive to buy. (Just go easy on using them as they do contain a small amount of sulpher dioxide as a preservative.)
What equipment are you using for the dehydrating and vacuum sealing?

I was planning on tackling the fruit thing after I got done with the main meals. I was thinking about making a mix of oat's, fruit, cinnamon & nutmeg as a breakfast. I am typically a meat eater and only eat the fruits/vegetables when I have to so for snacks I have a mix of approx 75lbs of jerky, snack stix and ground meat style jerky (Deer/Elk/Antelope). All vacuum packed in .25lb bags. As to the prep equipment I use here ya go.
Big Chief electric smoker for an initial prep of meats for the flavor.
American Harvest dehydrator with 12 racks
Cabelas vacuum packer for "clean" stuff and Sears Kenmore vacuum packer when there's liquids involved (blood usually). I'd rather have the Sears unit go down from liquid damage than the big Cabelas unit.
I use the vacuum packers for alot more than just food tho. I have matches, fire starters, my non-waterproof GPS unit (which can be operated when sealed), first aid supplies, ammunition, etc sealed up and ready to go.