As a kid, and indeed as a young adult, eating a teaspoon of Vegemite was something I did fairly frequently. It was just a snack, with no mucking about, just instant food. A sort-of after school thing.
It was way better than a spoonful of peanut paste, which was just over-the-top, way too much, and left your mouth and teeth gummed up and gagging.
Milo was also not unknown, albeit a smaller teaspoon, because it too was pretty intense.
But the king of the "instant spoonful of food" category was powdered milk. You had to more-or-less hyperventilate first, because you weren't going to be breathing for a while without making a lot of mess, but the gummy, sweet, mouthful of saliva-mixed-with-milk-powder was good enough that the difficulty of doing it successfully was kinda worth it.
I'm somewhat tempted to try a teaspoon of Vegemite now, you know "for science", but perhaps it's better left as just a memory.
It was way better than a spoonful of peanut paste, which was just over-the-top, way too much, and left your mouth and teeth gummed up and gagging.
Milo was also not unknown, albeit a smaller teaspoon, because it too was pretty intense.
But the king of the "instant spoonful of food" category was powdered milk. You had to more-or-less hyperventilate first, because you weren't going to be breathing for a while without making a lot of mess, but the gummy, sweet, mouthful of saliva-mixed-with-milk-powder was good enough that the difficulty of doing it successfully was kinda worth it.
I'm somewhat tempted to try a teaspoon of Vegemite now, you know "for science", but perhaps it's better left as just a memory.