And he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich

...you better run, you better take cover, yeah

In the English speaking countries of England, New Zealand and Australia the caramel coloured concoctions by the name of marmite (England, NZ) and vegemite (Australia) are ubiquitous.

Marmite & Vegemite together with another Australian food icon, TimTams which have squashed insect origined colouring added.

In fact in the case of Australia it reaches into the very language of the nation for example the phrase ‘little vegemite’ refers to a little (Australian natch) child. And of course there’s that song “Down Under” by Men At Work the song that gave me the title for this post “And he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich” (hmmm).