In a message dated 12/12/98 8:04:43 PM Central Standard Time,
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<<  I think grits and poi are allot like vegemite.  If you don't get used to
 it while a child, you may never be able to tolerate it. >>

Oh VEGEMITE!  I LOVE Vegemite!!  I like grits too, but vegemite??  The worst
thing about the Atkins diet is not having hot buttered toast with vegemite....
Now, I will have you know that my father learned to like vegemite when we
lived in Australia -- he must have been about 34 or 35 at the time.  My son
loves vegemite, Jill will only eat Marmite, and Torrey likes both.  I like
both, but my favorite is vegemite.  And I'll admit that secretly I think the
reason many Australian women have tons of milk is because their secret
ingredient is vegemite.

When I spoke at the first annual ALCA conference in '92, I discovered that the
restaurants had little teeny jars of vegemite on the tables along with the
jars of jam and jelly.  Oh my, I thought I had hit Nirvana....all that
vegemite to pack and take home with me.  The customs officials thought I had
lost it when most of what I had to show them were jars and jars of
vegemite....

Unfortunately I was well past breastfeeding, otherwise I would have put my
theory to the test....

Just a hunch here... <VBG>

Jan Barger, who lives in Wheaton, but whose heart is somewhere in
Australia.... (I lived there when I was about 2 1/2 to almost 5.)