Fiona’s third track

To any readers unfamiliar with TwoTrackMind, please quickly cast your eyes over the post entitled “What’s in a name.” Over recent months, I have also revealed the full extent of track #3. Whilst technically still a second track thought, as it is food-related, my love of Marmite is so immense that the only way I can now accurately describe my addiction is to give it a track all of its very own.

I REALLY love Marmite. My friends know I love Marmite, and so do my students. I began a recent class with a group of final-years talking about the weather. Before I had told them the theme of the class, I asked them to think about stereotypes and asked “What to British people love to talk about?” I thought this would be straightforward, but was very impressed (and very proud) when, rather than saying “the weather,” I was given the answer “Marmite.” They know me so well! So imagine my excitement when, at the end of October last year, I became aware of the impending existence of a new, extra strong version of this most perfect of toast toppings.

I mentioned the competition when making pikelets back in November, and in the end my application for acceptance into the Second Circle of the Marmarati included three entries. The first was a collection of all my Marmite-related Facebook statuses and Tweets; the second, a video made from stills of my Marmite pikelet experimentation and the third was my favourite: a photo taken by Rachel of me choosing Marmite over everything else.

Never ask me to choose

My entries in, there followed a tense few weeks of obsessive voting and pestering of friends and family to help me gain entry into this most sticky of secret societies. Rachel’s dad deserves a huge thank you here as, from what I can gather, a large proportion of the votes were cast by him. Thank you!

Voting closed and I spent the following days wearing out the F5 key on my laptop and office computer, waiting to hear if my efforts had been enough. I did a dance around the office when the email arrived informing me that I had been accepted and to send my address so that the Marmarati could send me my prize, which arrived here in Le Mans yesterday, via my dad in Sheffield. (Thanks Dad!) So, knowing that a picture tells a thousand words, I will let the images do the talking for a while:

The Box of Joy

TWO Jars!

I was very, very happy that there are two jars. If it had only been the commemorative jar, I wouldn’t have been able to taste it.  It did mean that I am now doubly excited.

32/200

So, the next thing is to taste it. I want to wait for the right moment though. Next Friday (12th February) an international gathering (British, American and French) will be taking place so that we can discover the new spread together. Watch this space!

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~ by twotrackmind on February 6, 2010.