"Water. Fish in it. Hedgehogs, I love hedgehogs. Marmite....

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Date: 12 January 2005 16:05:52

"... Baths, but not with other people! Islands. I could go on all day. Katharine Clifton's reply to Almásy's question "What do you love most?" in The English Patient

I am going to refrain from using the tag line. But you've got to know: I. love. it.

And I have amazing, incredible, utterly waste-of-space facts about the smelly brown stuff. No sniggering there, please.

ONE!
There are actually Marmite clubs out there. Here's a Marmite Forum if you wish to join. Haters, please don't flame the nice people on the forum.

TWO!
When Catherine Zeta Jones was (is?) preggers she had loads of Marmite sent to her by the makers for her cravings. That and Branston Pickle. My mum craved gherkins with vanilla icecream when she had me. I turned out fine- honest.

THREE!
An 8 oz. (227 grams) jar of Marmite was sold in Jersey in May 1944 for £8, which is about £300 ($480) at 1990 prices. It was probably the only Marmite in the Channel Islands at the time. (I didn't know this but apparently the Channel Islands suffered occupation during the second world war)

FOUR!
It's nutritious! Veggies can enjoy it as a helpful supplement to their diets as it contains Vitamin B12. Preggers ladies can snack on Marmite fingers to their hearts' content as it also has both Riboflavin and Folic Acid.

And may I just say: don't overdo it. You'll only put the kiddles off if you offer them sandwiches with little margarine and too much Marmite. Easy on the brown stuff and it should go down beautifully. And marmite toast is one of the best car sickness antidotes I've ever had.