Marmite Jar

I’ve enjoyed a slice of toast and Marmite for as long as I can remember and Marmite fans will know this already, but there is an oddity about the standard jar.

Because Marmite is spread thinly and because of shape of the jar and the way Marmite clings to the inside, there is a technical issue with finishing the jar. However empty the jar seems to be, there is always the possibility that with a little dexterity, enough Marmite may be retrieved on the end of the knife to be worth smearing one more slice of buttered toast. Even half a slice.

Right to the end of the jar, Marmite jars are never quite empty. It’s more human than that, a reluctant realisation that however dextrous the knife-work it is finally time to buy another jar. Yesterday we acquired another jar and it’s time for another slice.

Spread thinly of course.