Australians can't live without yeast sauce

If you ask Australians to name the food that best represents Australia, yeast sauce will definitely be on the list Yeast sauce, along with kangaroo, koala and Sydney Opera House, is listed as Australia's symbol on the website of the Australian Ministry of foreign affairs According to statistics, 90% of Australian families are inseparable from yeast sauce The main raw material of yeast sauce is the by-product of beer fermentation It is a kind of yeast extract It is seasoned with salt, malt, vegetable extract and so on The original yeast sauce formula has hardly changed since it was invented in 1922 In recent years, yeast sauce with cheese and low salt and sodium formula for children has also been developed for different markets The original yeast sauce is a kind of paste with dark coffee color It smells like Chinese bean paste and tastes salty The most common way to eat yeast sauce is to spread the bread slices for breakfast Australians usually bake the bread slices to golden yellow, spread butter on the bread while it is hot, and then spread yeast sauce on the surface of the bread, so that the delicious and nutritious healthy breakfast can be done in a few minutes Australians can also make soups with yeast sauce, which can be directly put into boiling water and stirred This soup tastes delicious, but slightly bitter Mashed potatoes with yeast sauce is also a common way of eating In addition, in the hands of chefs, yeast sauce can make many special dishes Yeast sauce is a kind of healthy food with rich nutrition and low calorie, which is welcomed by people who love beauty and pursue health Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom's Australian supermodel wife bought a lot of yeast sauce from Australia to meet her vitamin needs when she was pregnant Yeast sauce is not only an important food for Australians, but also has other influences Australian people usually call yeast sauce "Vegemite" In 1952, a nursery rhyme ad song called happy little Vegemite began to play on the radio The lyrics were about the benefits of eating yeast sauce Because of the high performance of this advertisement song, the Australian saying "happy little Vegemite" is used to refer to children in Australia The special yeast sauce in Australian's mind has little resonance in western countries with similar eating habits Many people in European and American countries dare not try this kind of dark sauce with strange smell Not long ago, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd was blocked in US customs, and the yeast sauce in his luggage was almost confiscated as "potentially dangerous goods" In March this year, Australian Prime Minister Gillard visited a high school with US President Barack Obama when he visited the United States During the visit, when a student asked Gillard what is yeast sauce, Obama described yeast sauce as a "terrible thing", while Gillard said he was very happy with yeast sauce The incident was later described by Australian media as a "disagreement" between the two.