Hugh Jackman just smiled and gave Jimmy Fallon a Vegemite sandwich.

Hugh Jackman and Vegemite. Aussie as.

Australians. To the rest of the world, we’re a bunch of beach-loving larrikins who love our beer and barbie as much as our Acca Dacca and Aussie Rules – you know, the usual stereotypes. And we play along… We’re cool like that.

But there’s one thing the world does NOT get: our all-abiding, all-encompassing, all-embracing love for Vegemite.

"What is it?" they ask, peering into your jar of Vegemite, their faces a mixture of caution and curiosity.
"It's Vegemite," you answer. That should explain it, right?

"It looks like something from the deep dark depths of the earth's underbelly..."
Well, we are from the Land Down Under and this is our black gold.

"But is it a vegetable spread?" they question, latching onto the 'vege' in Vegemite.
Sure! If you consider yeast to be a veggie...

"Yeast!?! The only 'yeast' I know of is a yeast infection!"
TMI! Just. Too. Much. Information.

"Now please tell us, what's it really made from?"
The procedure goes a little something like this: Vegemite is made deep in the red centre of Outback Australia. We first crush the shin bones of a red kangaroo (roadkill) and mix this with the beak of a sulphur-crested cockatoo. We then add some possum poo and sprinkle this with the eggs of a redback spider. Very nutritious. Rich in Vitamin B.

"You're kidding, right?"
We never joke about our Aussie animals. We might eat them, though...

"Vegemite smells kind of... strange," they object, wrinkling up their noses.
You, my friend, have just smelt the savoury deliciousness of umami - the fifth fundamental type of taste after sweet, salt, sour and bitter. Acquired taste and all that. You should do it you know, acquire some taste.

"Hmph! This surely can't be good for you," they state, a tad supercilious.
Good? What's the superlative form of good? That's right, it's great! And eating it makes us happy little Vegemites. :)

"Now we're getting somewhere. How are you supposed to eat this goop?"
Glad you asked, mate. Follow the #1 rule of Vegemite: Less is more. Think of J Lo at the recent Billboard Music Awards. Now hold that thought and transfer it to your buttered toast.

"Is Vegemite that unpalatable that I have to fantasise about J Lo while eating it?"
No-no! Not J Lo, per se. Think of her dress – or lack of it. That's how you scrape Vegemite onto your toast: very skimpily. Just a hint will take you to your happy place.

But don't take my word for it. Just watch this video of our very own true-blue Aussie Hugh Jackman showing Jimmy Fallon how it's done. My heart just melted a little. Just like Vegemite on my hot buttered toast.

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