U.S. news presenters amuse all of Australia by eating Vegemite live on air

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The team at Fox 17 Morning News in West Michigan, U.S., has given Australia the greatest Australia Day gift — priceless reactions to an on-air taste test of Vegemite.

Meteorologist Jon Shaner presented the team with a jar of the quintessentially Australian spread, sent to him by a former exchange student, to mark the occasion

The first response offered a clue as to what was to follow: "crikey."

See also: Pizza Hut Australia introduces vegemite-stuffed crust pizza

"Vegemite is a somewhat national condiment, I suppose you could call it a spread," Shaner attempts to explain. "People compare it to peanut butter in the U.S., but it doesn't taste anything like peanut butter ... it is actually a barley yeast extract." Read more...

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