Marmite with a Hint of Truffle Flavour - Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2022
- On 2nd May 2022, Marmite released a new flavour - truffle - it's in fairly short supply but I managed to get a jar - let's give it a try...
Links to previous reviews of Marmite products:
What is Marmite? • What is Marmite?
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*Erratum* it's the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this year, not diamond.
Ok thank you
I've been making this mistake all week when updating a clients website for a jubilee special, spent 3 hours going back over all my "Diamond Jubilee Special" edits🤣
No, it's her platinum jubbly.
"Erratum" is too powerful of a word, and every time it gets used we get one step closer to killing God
Is this a semi episode of weird stuff in a can? Except its a jar. :)
Came for Marmite review, left with British linguistics lessons and a toaster review. I love this channel.
May I interest you in more toasters? th-cam.com/video/1OfxlSG6q5Y/w-d-xo.html
Your exasperated huff over the mock-posh advertisement copy made me laugh, Mr Shrimp, because my dad did the exact same thing when he read it.
I appreciated that exasperated huff too! Wackaging is an evil and must be stopped.
It made me cringe
Gross for sure
8 minutes ago I wasn’t even slightly hungry, now all I can think about is having some marmite on toast (probably with an egg)!
Boiled eggs with marmite soldiers
I really like the fact that a lot of your videos can just be listened to without watching (like if i'm driving) and still deliver on quality/density of content
Oh, I've wanted this review so badly! I love Marmite, and I adore truffles too. Hopefully the combination works! 🤞 I completely agree, the price should reflect the ingredients, a truffle 'flavour' doesn't warrant a 100% price increase. 👎 Whack some in your next Bolognese and see how it tastes!
You might want to try first pasta in bianco - plain pasta boiled in salted water - to which you add bit of oil and some marmite. If it ok to taste, then you can add more ingredients. In Italy truffle pasta is always white, never with tomato sauce or meat. But you can mix and match whatever you fancy
I love sliced truffles in baked potato with olive oil and pepper😛 get in my belly!
I haven’t been around the channel in a while but I’m back again to watch all the new videos I’ve missed!
My immediate thoughts:
If Marmite has a “hint” of any kind of additional flavour (bar perhaps Carolina Reaper Pepper), how the heck are you going to be able to taste it?!
Do love my marmite though.
Peanutbutter kind of works cos it's earthy.
You can buy Marmite peanut butter. It's not great, let's just say that.
My Dad trained with the Northern Ireland Boys in WW2 and picked up a few interesting tastes while with them one of which was Marmite. He had a jar in the cupboard and tried me with it as a three year old. The toast was marbled with margarine and Marmite. I took a bite and remember having to brush my teeth. Made some trust issues.
hahahaha
@@mgratk margarine. uggh. It's been almost 60 years since I tried it and I still can't brush that taste from my teeth.
@@likebot. Stork margarine lol
I had a similar experience at that age with peanut butter. Sent from the US in a food parcel to us wartime English kids. Lifelong repulsion! If I were starving I might eat it. Not otherwise.
I’m so glad you didn’t use the same knife for the butter and then use it in the Marmite, that kind of thing really grinds my gears.
Top job as always Mike.
i've killed people for less... 🤣 Joking of course, but i feel you! All my guests can take w/e they want out of my fridge and pantry, but they shan't ever contaminate my butter, or they probably will be guests no more, in the future! I'll scold them at the very least...
Weird how those little things can get you all riled up, eh?!
If anyone else is stuck with a crappy toaster, I can’t recommend switching to a convection toaster oven enough. They provide a much more even toast on both sides of the bread and you can even melt cheese and other sandwich toppings/fillings inside without fear of burning down your house.
Jepp. Mini convection ovens rule!
I use my neighbours toaster in these instances.
I hadn't realised toasters were getting smaller (As Mr Shrimp asserts). But I have noticed some sliced bread being slightly too tall to fit in either direction recently. So I thought it was the bread getting bigger!
My toaster projects a reflection of light in the shape of a penis on my wall.
This channel is the most fantastic, irreverent, warm, engaging and wonderful little break from life. Atomic shrimp you are a legend.
One thing (of many) I love about this channel is the ability for me as an American to learn so much about British linguistics and some history as well. Good show, old chap, good show!
Just wondering, what was interesting about the linguistics, or at least different to what you might be familiar with from British TV shows?
@@capitalb5889 Mike always seems to provide, in addition to entertainment, education about words or phrases that may be commonplace in England, but perhaps uncommon elsewhere. For instance, the use of "flavour" versus "flavoured" on packaging was something I didn't know about and now I do. The differences in usage and meaning of the same words across different regions, "muffin" being one of them. I believe the word "pudding" is another which has been mentioned on this channel as well (carrying numerous meanings based on context).
Or maybe I'm just a weird Yank with an appreciation for linguistical differences lol.
@@StuartRedman not weird at all - no reason why you should know British uses. I was only vaguely aware of these flavour (flavor!)/flavoured difference.
But it's true that this channel gives a really interesting insight into Britain beyond the more superficial picture you might get elsewhere.
Seems quite nice! I've just recently "discovered" Marmite, through your old comparison video, and I definitely like it, so thank you for that! Not very easy to find in shops here in Sweden (in fact, I don't think any of the bigger/well known stores carry it here... at least I haven't found any), but one jar lasts for quite a while so I'm okay with a bit of extra travelling when it's time to buy more.
The sign in the background is such a simple thing, but it's something that always gives me a smile or a laugh 😁 Great vid as always my friend 👍
Dude, I wanted to comment on your older video about this or somehow get to you about it. I'm glad you found it. Imo it actually tastes amazing!
I always think making "limited edition" food stuffs is a stupid idea, because if you're fan of said product you only have the run of the product to enjoy it and then it may never grace the shelves and you're taste buds again. It's not like limited edition cds or cars, that will exist on and, ok at a price perhaps but be available to be either bought or enjoyed. Food is different, once it stops production and runs out of date, unless they make it again, you're stumped. Mars did alot LimEd chocolate bars in the past that are no longer about. I think if you're gonna make something, make it unlimited and if it sells badly, then kill the run, but don't make something foodie as Limited Edition, It's stupid...Rant over!!
Some limited edition Marmites have become collectors' items, the Guinness and Champagne ones for example. I think they may be cashing in on that by continuing to occasionally release limited editions. I prefer the XO Marmite, which is nearly a fiver a jar, but it lasts a long time and it seems it's no longer a "limited edition". That said, I haven't checked recently to see if Tesco is still stocking it.
I should also add, a lot of collectible non food items don't get enjoyed either, unless it's enjoyable enough having it on a shelf in its original packaging.
@@igotes true
I think sometimes the 'limited edition' foods that we see are really just public trials of potential new products - telling people that something will go away after a while is a way to (potentially) whip up a social media frenzy and that's basically free advertising.
@@AtomicShrimp maybe, but You'd think that would do the opposit of the desired effect, In that people will buy like you say in a kind of frenzy. Or unnatural way to, if it was just a new product that was put on the market, What I mean is, It would give a false idea of sales. If you get what I mean.
I love your late 80,s early 90,s decor in your home.
It’s testament to how watchable shrimps channel is that I despise marmite but still watch and enjoy his reviews of their range haha
Just tried it this morning on normal white bread toast and yes I find it ok, the truffle flavour gives it a kind of hidden depth that you don’t get with the normal marmite, in as much as there’s something else there in the taste but if I didn’t know it was truffle I wouldn’t have guest.
You mentioned the Chilli marmite (Dynamite Chilli) that one actually is my preferred favourite, there wasn’t any on the Sainsbury’s shelves by me and that’s why I’m now giving the truffle flavour a test run.
Thanks for a great review enjoyed it
I'm from Oklahoma and bought some marmite after watching your reviews. I like it quite a bit, I have it on toast and have used it in cooking. I will be trying this version.
When you hit a million subs, celebrate with a decent toaster!
I absolutely love Marmite, I'm not 100% certain I will like the add ins but I will definitely try it, thanks for the review 😊 if it takes like garlic I'm going to love it too
Love truffle, especially freshly grated, but indeed that is very expensive. Like a wee bit of marmite, every now and then, but only on toast with cheese and butter, so kind of specific. Do feel that truffle pairs excellently with both cheese and butter, so i think i might have enjoyed that muffin you just made! Probably would have left out the egg myself...
It is hard to describe truffle but you managed quite well, with the earthy, mushroomy, garlicky taste: i do feel that garlic added to truffles, really brings out the taste even better, just like cream. Thinking about it that would not necessarily make sense, but it really does ring true, to me at least...
The way i most enjoyed fresh truffle shavings, is on top of a very garlicky pasta, with some matured parmegiano, manchego or padano, and sometimes added panfried brown mushrooms, basil and mascarpone.
Really love your food related content, always a pleasure: would also love to see you do some more stuff with 'fancy' ingredients such as truffles, caviar, or see you make fake versions of it :) Enjoy your day Mr. Shrimp! As always you made mine a little better.
P.S.: i had to chuckle at that little blurb, ole chap!
Never thought to put fried egg on marmite and toast, must give it a try soon. Discovered your channel just a few months ago and loving all your content. Thanks 👍👍
I'm a big promite fan, but they're kinda the same. And I think the best is on toast with fresh sliced tomatoes, no need to salt the tomatoes. Really delish!
The line: One loves it, one hates it, one must have it. Sounds like something from Lord of the Rings
Nothing better than a slice of doorstop Farmhouse bread, buttered and spread sparingly with marmite. Unfortunately we don't have a Sainsbury here, but I may try pick some of this up when I'm in Manchester next month. Cheers Mike!
youre the reason I cut muffins with a fork.
and honestly it's amazing. it gives more "burnt" bits which I love!
I love muffins with a passion because I tend to really like plain bread products (other than a loaf of bread, which I don't like)
I’ve always done this, because my father did. It makes an enormous difference! If someone else cuts corners and uses a knife, or, heaven forbid, buys pre-sliced muffins, enjoyment is at least halved…
Your videos are a nice relaxing start to the weekend, like slipping on a comfy pair of slippers
I’m going to try this for breakfast! Looks fantastic.
Partly thanks to your previous Marmite videos, my wife ordered me a set of Marmite jars from the UK (regular, "Chilli", and XO). Unfortunately, the XO was smashed in transit, so I only got to try one new one ... which matched your review of it. I haven't tried boosting the flavour by adding Sriracha but it's something to look forward to. Rather than trying to get that company named after a South American river to process a return/refund, she contacted the UK supplier directly and they were very helpful ... I have a replacement XO jar en route plus some other Marmite-flavoured or related umami treats. I just hope this package doesn't get the same rough handling the first one did.
I think I detect a hint of longing or a realization of desire with "You're not meant to eat Marmite directly with a spoon. Although... There's nothing to stop you." (2:20) I had a similar feeling when I was a young Shrimp myself.
Steve1989 has eaten yeast extract off of a spoon, in several videos, and enjoyed it. He has admitted loving the stuff, which is unusual for Americans. A lot just cannot 'get' the complex flavours and saltiness, and are repulsed by it.
It's definitely a British thing - I was given it as a small child, on toasted 'soldiers' to dip in a boiled egg. Same for my brother. We've always got several jars handy.
This came out in the supermarket I work in last week, I nearly bought a jar to send to you. Oh well, I'll buy myself one now. I was convinced that the truffle flavour wouldn't come through due to the strong taste of the mite. But I'm pleasantly surprised that you say it's noticeable. I'll go grab a jar. Thanks shrimp
With the inflation rates and basic cost of living the way they are at the moment I reckon marmite have picked the wrong time to release a twice the price" novelty" product, as much as I love marmite I'd find it hard to justify paying that much for it to myself 👍
You do like your marmite spread very heavily. Love your cheese, egg & marmite bun, nice one !!
Like before viewing because it's Shrimp and it's perfectly timed for me. :)
Edit: After viewing, the taste I'm left with is superb. I always like to imagine Mr. Shrimp is like a favorite uncle. He knows lots of cool stuff and always has something new to show you.
I love your videos so much, whenever I tell people about you they always just look at me confused and ask me why I watch you ahahahaha
Thanks for reviewing that for me, I do like Marmite but I've only tried Truffles the one time and wasn't over impressed.
The deep Earth flavour is not something that appeals to me and some freshwater fish also have quite a strong taste of it which deters me from eating them too.
I won't be trying myself for this reason, if they'd made it mushroom flavoured I'd have been all over it though !
You are so right about Marmite being good with eggs! Duck eggs and Marmite on toast is the best way to start the day!
PIGS DIG IT....🤣🤣🤣🤣...dogs too. Will Eva react to truffle flavour?
Came for the marmite, stayed for the egg sandwich stamp
I'm off down the shops now. Thank you for that.
Have not seen it here in Canada yet. I could survive on Marmite and bread, as long as I had beer to "wash it down!"
Just stocked up on the regular stuff. Thanks for the review
I've got to try this out. Yes.
Wonderful! I had to pause at the start to go and get some bread and marmite to properly appreciate this video.
Came for the review, left waiting for the weekend when I can try a marmite egg muffin!! Why haven't I thought of this before?? Am I the only one who's never thought of it??
I'm glad you finally reviewed the toaster!
I feel like I love this channel an unusually high amount considering I don’t like mushrooms. I even like the mushroom and mushroom adjacent content.
Is that the spoon that you found by the roadside? I forget which episode it was, but it will stay with me forever. As always, TY.
Love the review and love the slightly crap toaster. Absolutely agree about the chilli Marmite. Really underwhelming. Think I’ll try this one and see if it’s the real deal. 👍🏼
Ordered a whole fresh truffle once delivered fresh - cost an arm and a leg but it was on the bucket list… I wouldn’t mind seeing you review different types of fresh truffle!
Personally don’t much like the fake flavourings and while I enjoyed the fresh stuff I don’t know that it is worth the cost for my personal palate. Was worth trying though!
Living the dream , in Greece on holiday watching the shrimpmiester 👍
The Queens diamond jubilee was 10 years ago, this year is her platinum.
Oops
I'm polish and I love marmite. My first try of it wasn't too good because I put too much on it on toast with not enough butter. I gave it another chance by starting small and then going up and I absolutely love it now, I would eat nothing but marmite toast if I could. I also like truffle stuff but I feel like with that you CAN go horribly bad if you aren't careful, so I am curious how well it works with marmite.
I love Muffins with marmite and poached eggs, it's yummy ! Fab review
That beautiful shiny surface of a freshly opened marmite jar makes me want to find where to buy it and taste it.
Sounds good to me.
I recently treated myself to a small bottle of truffle flavored oil (with real truffle extract) and I emptied that in record time. Let's see, if it's available here!
Also: imagine getting an endorsement by the Queen for your product 👀😅
Edit: Nope, not available in Germany yet, apparently 😕
@@HansPeter-ft9hx
I just randomly bought it in a local shop here in Cologne. It's a chain, that sells a large variety of oils and vinegars and spices. The name eludes me atm, but you can find them in a lot of inner city shopping areas or malls.
It wasn't cheap, though. About 10€ for a 250ml bottle. Not my price range, usually...but I felt like indulging 😉
I love the stealth toaster review sandwiched between the marmite review
I like the fried egg tailored to fit the round muffin! Must try it.
I have never had Marmite, but I will go to GB in 2 weeks and will definitely try it! :) Very interested what it will taste like and experience hate or love !
Ooh, will have to get one for the collection.
Yes, I collect weird jars of Marmite
I would definitely give that a try.
Never had Marmite, but it must be beneficial to one's overall gut health.
High in vitamin B I think. And packed full of folic acid, so it's great if you're up the duff.
Good video, I like your food combinations. would never think to combine marmite and egg
Guess I’m going to have to buy some. Wish I’d bought a horizontal type toaster like yours too, with or without a window.
Off to the shops now, I need this
I like your blue keyboard 💙 😍.. I don't know what a truffle tastes like, only the chocolate rum ones you get at Christmas.
I'm glad I had my breakfast while watching this. I wouldn't have been able to cope with the hunger pangs otherwise.
loved the video! i have 2 questions. #1 what is marmite? #2 what is a truffle?
thanks so much for your review!! i went to australia 20+ years ago and tried vegemite and loved it. i found marmite when i got back to the states and like even better (more carrot and/or onion?), but i wasn't sure what to make of this truffle flavor version, and i didn't want to spend on it and get stuck with something i didn't like as much as the original.
Have you tried Promite? I'm not even sure its original country
@@jaegrant6441 never heard of it! thanks for the tip. :)
@@ushere5791 There's Marmite from New Zealand as well, same name as the UK stuff but totally different company making it. It's more like vegemite.
I have a glass see through Toaster as well, mine seems to cook fine
I took a chance on this before your review, and I must say it is an acquired taste in other words I don’t like it, but will persevere with it perhaps I might like it in the end.
The garlic taste is from 2,4-Dithiapentane a synthetic aromachemical used to give perfumes and foods an impression of truffles
Probably not in here, since it says natural flavouring
@@AtomicShrimp I do think it does naturally occur in some foods
Love the shout out to the pigs on the truffle related video. 10/10
I have the same toaster under a different brand, I bought it to toast weird shaped bread where my normal 2 slot toaster wouldn't fit them width wise. The toaster I have is deep enough, but will still only hold two normal sandwich slices in width and no more, so if I want to toast two pieces of odd shaped toast at once, I have to overlap them. I didn't know it was only 1 slot when I bought it though I guess I should have figured that when I saw the window.
The quest for an extra wide two slot toaster continues.
We need more toaster reviews please, that was mesmerising.
Not sure if this also applies in the UK, but in the States, "truffle-flavored" items like truffle oil typically refer to products containing manufactured compounds like 2,4-Dithiapentane and have never so much as sniffed a real truffle. It was really popular a few years back for the novelty, but is now decried as "one note" and "fake" much like cheap "vanilla" extract (i.e. vanillin from wood pulp processing). I try to avoid such extreme stances - everything has its uses.
Never made the garlic connection myself, but the immediate byproduct of allicin (garlic's primary flavor) seems to be 4,5-Dithia-1,7-dioctene, another sulfur-containing hydrocarbon. Breakdown products should be different, but maybe it's similar enough aromatically?
Also, egg, truffle oil, and parmesan cheese (cheddar has a bit too much of its own flavor) make for an outstanding flatbread/pizza.
LOVE Marmite! On toast…..with cheese….with egg….add chilli flakes….stir into all sorts of green or brown lentil dishes for depth of flavour. Can’t bring myself to try this new one though. The price doesn’t help, but I don’t see the point of it…..🤔
Dynamite - the Chili flavoured Marmite - is the way forward. That stuff is incredible.
Awesome. Looking up on amazon!
I am so jealous. I can only get the smal size jar of the regular marmite here in my area of Canada 🇨🇦 😒. I really want to try every version except the hot pepper 🌶 one.
I just got into marmite in the last 2 years and I didn't like it at first but I'm cheap and it took me about half the bottle over 2 weeks to get a taste for it and now I buy 2 bottles a month.
Slowly building a resistance to it is the key to marmite success.
@@themayorreturns8686 or the start of a very weird addiction 🤔 😅🤣😂. I'm really happy I figured out that even though I thought I was using a small amount I was using about 1.5 teaspoons per slice. Once I got the right amount for a beginner I was hooked and now I am using about a teaspoon or more regularly and I quite like it and have it at least 5 days a week
@@allanfulton7569 Is that not a LOT of salt? I have always seen marmite as more of a seasoning than a food, and two jars pr month sounds hefty! Tasty though 😄
@@goingslowlynowhere yeah probably but I don't use salt in cooking so that's probably my only salt intake. With my age I better ask my doctor though.i don't need s heart attack
Toaster manufactures take heed , The Atomic shrimps criticism of toasters is spot on ,if you could market a device that browns two standard slices of bread laid on their side ,and do that evenly, you would dominate the Toaster market.
We're lucky over here in Canada. We have Marmite, Vegemite and a couple of other brands. All are yummy, except for my wife who says How can you eat that stuff.
You may call them "Brazil Nuts," but in Brazil, we just call them "nuts." On a completely different topic, I need one of those rings for making perfect eggs,.
I would like to try it.
My favorite way to eat marmite is to butter toast marmite and grate really nice cheddar or even better weirdly enough is Parmigiano regiano
As soon as you forked that muffin I sang out: I'm not a muffin forker, I'm a muffin forkers' son. I'm only forking muffins 'til the muffin forkers come!
I like the little cheeky jokes on the board in the background 😁
Would Marmite go with fried mushrooms on toast 🤔
That sound delicious.
Truffle flavor reminds me of the scent additive added to natural gas lines
Yeah, a little bit. Mercaptans.
Before you mentioned it, I wondered if the truffles were porcini mushrooms, I know that the flavor is close enough to be rich, luxurious and mushroom but without the musk. Could the garlicky flavor be bears garlic or garlic mustard?
A toaster consumer test and recommendation would be good but I suspect Mr Shrimp will not get a new one until the one he has conks out. I have a Dualit and highly recommend.
I rather like Marmite. Hideously expensive here in south Florida but some stores stock it for seasonal British residents.
Lots of artificial truffle flavored oil out there. That usually has some chemical or chemicals actually found in truffles but produced synthetically, much as vanillin is found in real vanilla but is produced synthetically and serves as the mainstay of artificial vanilla extract…
I use some garlic scented fishing baits and they smell suspiciously similar to some of the cheaper truffle "flavor" things I've tried. I have enjoyed some things with genuine truffle but I find the artificial flavoring is a bit much
This might be my incentive to finally try Marmite, although it may not make it to our shelves here in RSA. Shrimp, have you ever been to South Africa? If not, I think you might like it.
Have you tried Promite?
@@jaegrant6441 never heard of it
I'm wondering if you couldn't get the same effect by stirring in a little truffle oil to regular Marmite. It would be cheaper and not limited to the duration of the marketing campaign should you end up really liking it. Its like the Marmite peanut butter - it was nice but not really distinct from just putting Marmite and peanut butter onto toast.
You really need to upload more often and with longer videos. Thanks in advance ☺
3 videos every week, usually over an hour in total. What are you talking about?
@@AtomicShrimp I meant it as a compliment. As in, I really enjoy your videos. Apologies if you thought I was being unkind.
Thank you (Sorry, I did take it as 'work harder!' ;)
@@AtomicShrimp No not at all! Your videos are very therapeutic 😌
I wonder if black garlic and marmite would work well together. Black garlic has a rather unique flavor profile, and goes well with the strangest things.
I've combined marmite and sriracha in the past, and that was very enjoyable - in part due to the garlic aroma. I think black garlic might be a good combo, although in some ways, the two flavours seem like they might be competing - only one way to be sure though...
Good evening atomic shrimp could you please try and do an air fryer challenge. I have found ours to be very useful at reducing cooking times and the food comes out crispy and presumably less fatty than if fried. What do you think?
My favourite is soft boiled egg and marmite soldier’s toasted 😋👍 & thanks
I must remember to try forking my muffins! PS: Aldi/Lidl have both done glass sided toasters if you really want one.
Just dont fork them when they're in the toaster 😂!