every now and then, or if you like from time to time, look you see, inspiration takes someone to a place where they elect to combine two elements that nobody has previously thought to do such a thing. perhaps the greatest example of this is when someone did the most amazing thing ever, which is to combine the theme from (proper 70s) Battlestar Galactica with InterGalactic by the Beastie Boys, but let us not get into that again.
recently it was so that i had chance to experience - taste, as it happens - such a fusion of ideas. what came together was two food stuffs of a similar nature, as in that they are spreadable on things that you eat (often toast). the two things in question were peanut butter and marmite.
did i try this willingly? no, not really. in truth i had no idea that this combination existed until an Aunt of mine (no, the other one) spoke of her frustration in finding it and instructed, or if you like commanded, me to procure it for her. which, as you can see by the picture and by my confession to trying it, i did. no, it is neither easy to find nor particularly reasonable in cost, but what an Aunt of mine wants is what they get.
how did my Aunt, since it was her who wished to try it, find it? she said that it just tasted like peanut butter at the start, and then had a peanut butter aftertaste. yes, she did indeed suggest (insist) that i try it, and i can confirm i experienced the very same. so it is possible that anyone having a go at it will have a replicated sensation.
without doing any research i would suspect that this is one of those "marketing" things which commenced with an April Fool tester. over the years this has become quite common. take a peculiar idea, run it on April 1st "for a laugh", but be prepared to roll it out if customers, or people with money, express an interest. in recent times the most famous instance of this was the KFC "double down" burger.
for the record, no, i doubt very much that i shall be getting any more of this stuff. it would seem that giving it a go the once has satisfied the curiosity of my Aunt. as for me, well, it was all right, you know, but nothing said "make this a regular thing".
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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