Coles releases Vegemite roast chicken with cheese stuffing | Daily Mail Online

Coles has divided opinion by releasing a new Vegemite-flavoured roast chicken with cheese stuffing, dubbed ‘the yeast beast’ by one Aussie fan.The supermarket giant is selling the special ‘Aussie’ chicken variety claiming the unusual combination of tastes is ‘a match made in culinary heaven’.The RSPCA-approved roast chook, which is infused with a vegemite flavour and stuffed with Bega cheese, hit the shelves across the country for $13.00 each on Thursday.Coles said the yeast extract creates ‘a subtle and more-ish umami flavour’ but not everyone is convinced.’I just threw up in my mouth a little,’ one person wrote.The supermarket giant is selling the special ‘Aussie’ chicken variety claiming the unusual combination of tastes is ‘a match made in culinary heaven’Social media debate raged worldwide with some calling the combination ‘disgusting’ Would you try a Vegemite and cheese roast chicken? Now share your opinion Social media debate raged worldwide with some calling the combination ‘disgusting’.An American woman, from Michigan, said she was appalled at the Aussie flavour combination.’Can one of our comrades from Oz explain this seeming atrocity to me please? I’m open but skeptical,’ she wrote.’Everything is better with vegemite,’ an Australian woman replied.Others fiercely disagreed. ‘Vegemite is great, as is roast chicken, but together…yeah, nah from me,’ a man wrote. One Londoner claimed: ‘There’s a Chinese buffet in Essex that do marmite chicken. It’s Flippen delicious!”Yay! For science,’ someone posted in a viral Australian reddit thread, ‘Though I’m quite sure it’ll be disgusting.’Vegemite promoted the new chicken flavour on social media, where it was a spicy topic on several platforms The thread was titled ‘Coles scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should’. Most reddit users however were in favour.’Hand me one of those Yeast Beasts!’ one said.Some claimed Coles was merely picking up on a traditional Aussie recipe.’My nanna used to add Vegemite to her chicken. stuffing (melted it with butter) and stews. It just adds a salty umami flavour,’ one person said. this is a godless country pic.twitter.com/AQzUC6YSxk— bossmoz (parody) (@BossMoz) Another claimed had made chicken and vegemite toasted sandwiches – with cheese – for years. ‘Haven’t tried the coles one. But can report Vegemite on chicken is delicious! Tried it once when hung over and too lazy to make gravy 10/10 would recommend,’ one posted. On twitter one person said: ‘They used to do this is 1920s because the Vegemite was nice and salty.’ It is unlikely to become a staple however, with the supermarket already calling it a limited edition product.Unusual uses for Vegemite are not new. A 1930s recipes suggested mixing it with hot milk while in 2015 a caramel and Vegemite chocolate bar was releasedUnusual uses for Vegemite are not new.A controversial serving suggestion printed on the back of a jar of Vegemite from 90 years ago suggested mixing it with hot milk. Vegemite has long been a popular flavour in its own right, with shoppers able to choose buns, bread sticks, crackers, beans infused with it.In 2015 a Cadbury Vegemite and caramel chocolate bar was even released.But one Sydney man’s suggestion probably went too far though.’I want vegemite ice cream,’ he posted online. Share or comment on this article: Coles releases Vegemite roast chicken with cheese stuffing The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Add your comment By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.