tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5050363746976947117..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Home Thoughts From Abroad (1)The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-22884408566517524282008-10-23T18:45:00.000+01:002008-10-23T18:45:00.000+01:00Timecheck - marmite is a vegetable yeast extract: ...Timecheck - marmite is a vegetable yeast extract: a salty, savoury, treacly, black spread, ideal on toast or as a flavouring for some stocks and soups. It's a by-product of the brewing industry, and produced in that British mecca of the brewing industry, Burton-on-Trent, where, incidentally and coincidentally, both my children were born. All this is off the top of my head, stuck as I am in Pamplona - without marmite, sure, but then again there are those lovely tapas...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-4328869786684258582008-10-16T22:25:00.000+01:002008-10-16T22:25:00.000+01:00You could always do a Hamish Brown and send parcel...You could always do a Hamish Brown and send parcels to Post Offices for collection en route, assuming continental post offices are geared up for this. But perhaps in a perverse way, part of the pleasure of being abroad is being without these things.<BR/><BR/>Can't resist pointing out I'm just off to make myself some toast and marmite - always do, last thing. A bad habit, I'm sure :)Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-81882897625207785482008-10-15T19:34:00.000+01:002008-10-15T19:34:00.000+01:00Pretty food oriented! What in the world is marmite...Pretty food oriented! What in the world is marmite? We didn't find the food as good as on the Le Puy route, but didn't miss American food, other than a desire for cold cereal for breakfast.Timecheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655966328174898998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-12461795777005401962008-10-15T17:54:00.000+01:002008-10-15T17:54:00.000+01:00Enjoy your travels! Sounds fabulous.Enjoy your travels! Sounds fabulous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-8392172880126191922008-10-15T14:47:00.000+01:002008-10-15T14:47:00.000+01:00gardening.cool air.gardening.<BR/>cool air.Gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979621132151870323noreply@blogger.com