E le o se taumafa e talaina ma le fiafia e tagata uma, ae maise i latou faato’a tofo i le Vegemite i le taimi ua matutua.
"I grew up having Vegemite and it's great food // I feel I hate it is that. It's like a strong smell // It makes my day everyday. // How bad could it be? It was bad, I hated it."
E fola ma le pata i se falaoa faapa’u poo se masi, e lanu uliuli ma o’ona ae to’a ai le moa.
I aso nei, e ‘ova i le 20 miliona fagu Vegemite e faatauina i fale’oloa i le lalolagi i tausaga ta’itasi. Ae i le amataga i le 100 tausaga ua mavae, e le’i to’atele na fiafia i le tofo i le Vegemite.
E le o iloa tonu pe aisea na faaigoa ai le pata o’ona ma liuli o le Vegemite, ae na faaalia e Jamie Callister o seisi na tupuga mai i le tagata na muamua gaosia pe na faavaeina le recipe o le Vegemite, i le amataga e le’i to’atele nisi na fiafia e tofo iai.
"It was remarkable, because when it rolled off the production line, 100 years ago today, it was a complete and absolute dud. And now it's just become the icon it is today. And I think really, it was because of their grandfather's perseverance and the fact that they just stuck it out."
O le recipe o le Vegemite, na muamua fausia e Dr Cyril Callister, o se talavai poo se chemist mai le yeast lea e gaosi ai le beer (pia).
Na maketi o se taumafa e maua ai le Vaitamini ‘B’ ma na aofia i ‘aiga a fitafita Ausetalia i le taua lona lua o le lalolagi.
Ua atoa nei le 100 tausaga o le Vegemite, ae malosi le talitonuga o Jamie Callister o le a faaauau ona alumia i le isi 100 tausaga o soso’o nei le taumafa na amata ona gaosi e lona grandfather i le 1923.
"I just think that that most Aussies, that doesn't worry them. I mean, whether you love it or hate it, it doesn't really matter. For those of us that love it., if somebody says 'I don't like it', it just means more for us. We don't get too worried."
(Ripoti a Adrianna Wainstok mo le SBS News)
