pubmeet. with marmite

[burntcopper]

Pubmeet, this month, was marked by certain assertions : one is that Robert Downey Jr can resurrect any franchise because he is that awesome. Especially if the main character has an addiction. Our main vote is She-Ra (yes, especially if it involves a blonde wig and the miniskirt) but we're quite happy for him to play The Doctor in Authority. But only if Alan Tudyk turns it down and resists the full-on strong arm.

gmh is evil, and responsible for horrible things. Some of which you already know about. However, it gets worse.

There were twitter conversations about whether Jaffa Cakes were one of your five a day. I asserted that they were in fact their very own nutritious food group. Somehow we added 'how to make a Jaffa Cake inedible', so yours truly volunteered Marmite and Jaffa Cakes. Later, there was the marmite war between those of who love marmite and the unbelievers.

Gideon turned up at pubmeet, and at one point produced jaffa Cakes. i pointed out that he was a fool for letting anyone know he had them. Then he produced a jar of marmite. And reminded me of the twittering and laid down the gauntlet. (admittedly the pubmeet has also been the scene of the durian taste test)

I probably made the most trepidatious faces you've ever seen before biting into it. And actually? It's not bad. Essentially tastes like marmite on oatcakes with a slightly sweet edge, and the aftertaste once you've swallowed is slightly salty Jaffa cake. Intrigued, the others tried it, and all agreed with this assertion (all of them quite surprised). We also tested the version where you put the marmite on the chocolate side, which produces very little aftertaste. And then Chrissy and I kept on eating the marmite.

Oh, and possibly the rudest inhabitants of the booth ever. They'd been there before us, we quite carefully tried to keep to one side, but due to sheer numbers filled it up, though still trying not to intrude on their table. Then they stood up and cursed us out for pushing them out. Er, what? We were trying to be reasonably quiet and we didn't even put a pint on their table as we're quite within our rights to do in a pub when there's a bunch of tables next to each other.

Comments

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

I was at our local on Friday, and I swear the squabbling over territory was worse than I've ever seen it before. Feelings were hurt! Harsh words were exchanged! I think it's something in the ether.

[mrmrsmith.livejournal.com]

Was it ever established that their parting insult WAS actually calling us "middle classed"?

[peterjevans.livejournal.com]

All I heard was a rather bitter "Happy New Year," but I think my headburster was just starting to kick in. I might have missed any class-based comments that had gone before...

[samphirette.livejournal.com]

Ah bugger. I hadn't realised it was the pub meet yesterday (having never been I don't make a mental note of the dates :o)

Rather frustratingly I was in London yesterday but finished what I was doing by 9.15pm ... having not realised anything else was on I headed back to KingsX for my next train home. That was rather a missed opportunity :(

[luckykaa.livejournal.com]

I was amused that the guy did have to apologetically crawl back and ask for his camera back.

We were exceptionally polite to him:)

[gmh.livejournal.com]

The terrible thing: I've spent a certain portion of the intervening time thinking up other weird biscuit combinations; the most promising one so far sounds like pink wafer biscuits and horseradish. I have a few days off-shift from tomorrow; I may abuse my tastebuds in new and horrific ways.

(Hm. Which flavour of Angel Delight would best go as a dip with Twiglets?)

That said, Marmite, India Pale Ale and Jaffa Cakes do have a slightly unusual combined effect; I was getting a distinctly strange aftertaste and the smell of Marmite for the entire night shift.