How normal is peanut butter and marmite to you?
Posted by Guinness710@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 50 comments
So I thought this was a classic British combo like tea and crumpets or curry and a cobra. It's been my favourite since I was a child. But I've moved to a big city and almost everyone I meet here looks at me really weird when I mention it.
LogiCub@reddit
Add cheese to the mix and you have yourself a sandwich of champions.
pixeltash@reddit
Toast, butter, marmite, sliced cheese, popped under the grill to melt the cheese... Delicious!
Sea-Still5427@reddit
I love them both but they're equally dominant so not together. That would be like having a threesome with two ex husbands.
My favourite marmite combo is with full fat mayo and sliced cucumber, perhaps with a layer of crisps. PB combo would be with chilli jam.
dinkidoo7693@reddit
Ive tried it, not a fan. Have to be in the mood for marmite though and thats hardly ever.
Brutal_De1uxe@reddit
That sounds awful... Marmite is great so I wouldn't ruin it with peanut butter
OkDonkey6524@reddit
Agree. I love marmite and I love peanut butter but separately, not together.
Brickie78@reddit
It's like the torment nexus
Growing up, there were a lot of things I didn't like, but there were only two where the smell would actively make me gag, and they were peanut butter and marmite.
It made no sense, particularly with PB, as I liked peanuts, and it's not a dissimilar smell you get when chewing them yourself. But for some reason, my dad would open the jar and 🤢
Rude-Possibility4682@reddit
Can't have been that successful it' was 79p in my local Heron Foods the other week.
Kapika96@reddit
If I saw somebody eating that they'd get my ″what the fuck is wrong with you?″ look. So, not even remotely normal!
houndstooth_htrc@reddit
Peanut butter, marmite and banana is my favourite toast topping
ARobertNotABob@reddit
Completely. Had such a sarnie only last evening.
Peanute butter and marmalade works well too, for when you've a sweeter tooth.
And peanut butter and banana is a surprise you'd wished you learned of years ago.
PM-me-your-cuppa-tea@reddit
I have some marmite branded peanut butter in my cupboard. I bought it because it was reduced to 50p and still haven't tried it.
I bought it about 18 months ago and I've just checked and they still sell it, so clearly it's popular enough to be worth producing
https://www.ocado.com/products/marmite-peanut-butter/666819011?
worldworn@reddit
I like both separately, but together they don't stack up for me.
I would say it's fairly normal, as enough people must like it as it's an off the shelf item in some stores.
Marmite and cheese in various combinations recipes does really work well tho.
yourefunny@reddit
A radio DJ said it was great with lashings of butter about 2-3 years ago and I have eaten it semi-regularly since. I would say it is not usual, but that a fair amount of people eat it here in the UK and with vegimite in Aus and NZ.
HealthyWhereas3982@reddit
Perfectly normal. As is marmite and honey. But not peanut butter and honey - that's just weird ;-)
mdmnl@reddit
The only thing stopping me having some now is the complete dearth of bread in the house.
Appropriate-Bad-9379@reddit
Can’t stand either…
BassetHoundDrool@reddit
Amazing combo but I opt for Bovril over Marmite.
Sorry_Information749@reddit
Yeah this for me too. And it brings up the more interesting point. Many people dont even consider bovril on toast is a thing but I didnt realise that until I was in my 30s!
Think the only reason is Marmite had a better marketing campaign.
VolcanicBear@reddit
This is the first time I've heard or seen "peanut butter and marmite" in 40 years.
mdmnl@reddit
I suppose the gravity of that statement depends upon whether you are 40 or, say, 80 years old.
ThrustersToFull@reddit
That sounds really awful, though perhaps I only feel like that because I hate marmite.
Mortiis07@reddit
I agree it's awful because I hate peanut butter
lost-in-midgard@reddit
I love how Reddit brings people together 🫂
lost-in-midgard@reddit
Absolutely subhuman.
Ralphisinthehouse@reddit
Never heard of it and I've been British for 46 years now.
MzHmmz@reddit
Wouldn't say it's a "classic British combo", and certainly not on the same level as the other examples you gave, but also not particularly weird. I definitely ate that combination before I realised I was gluten intolerant, and I've seen/heard of other people eating it too.
Victorius_Meldrus@reddit
Pretty normal. I enjoy it, too.
Usual-Journalist-292@reddit
I love peanut butter and I love marmite. Never in my entire life have I imagined combining them.
To me it sounds truly horrifying.
Remote-Row-2151@reddit
Massive fault line for me. Marmite is quite usual and spread evenly and thinly across toast as close to fine dining at home as you can get. Peanut butter on the other hand is highly suspicious.
bearman-bao@reddit
We’ve always had that in our household! Incredible combo on crumpets or toast
MmmmHollandaise@reddit
I don’t think it’s normal but it is delicious
DatGuy82772@reddit
Not something I have any intention of trying
doihavetousethis@reddit
Fucking love it. The marmite peanut butter is next level. Gotta be crunchy tho
bradpitt3@reddit
Is there to end to this depravity.
DaijoubuKirameki@reddit
I eat this once in a while
But I also eat peanut butter with branston pickle lol
Illustrious-Air-7777@reddit
I was first introduced to peanut butter and marmite some sixty years ago, by my father who’d travelled extensively in North and South America. My mother was accepting of that but we were never allowed peanut butter and “jelly”.
guitarman12751@reddit
Tastes even better with a slice of cheddar.
Rolldeep01@reddit
goated combo and I'll hear nothing more on the subject
Flying_worms@reddit
Love this combo! Umami goodness.
Total_Rules@reddit
It’s a great combo that I’ve had since a child but I find the pre-mixed stuff vile for some reason.
owlsandminttea@reddit
Love it. But it has to be both peanut butter and marmite... not that combination they sell in a jar that tastes like neither
Dry_Action1734@reddit
What, together? On what?
But no, I wouldn’t say peanut butter is British at all. It’s dog food to me.
Obvious-Water569@reddit
Well, you can buy Marmite peanut butter these days so it can't be that uncommon.
Personally I think it's a combo made in hell.
Sufficient_Alps8989@reddit
Never tried it. Like both of them separately but can’t imagine them together.
Exact_Gazelle_7662@reddit
I can understand that they look at you like that. That sounds disgusting.
JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo@reddit
It's normal enough that you can buy a jar of them pre-combined.
Incredible combo in my opinion.
Fine-State8014@reddit
The most abnormal thing I can think of
CheesecakeExpress@reddit
It’s not something I’ve ever encountered anyone eating. I’ve not tried it even though I’m a big marmite fan. But I’m pretty sure they sold it as a product, so it must be a thing?
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