Two random shops and two chance happens upon a couple of Marmite products, one of a limited edition type nature and the other, a whole new product to us, so, a non purchase of either would have only looked rude, so we indeed indulged.
The Elton John, I'm Still Standing, Marmite from Iceland was an obvious must, as our current supply was running short (three jars) and is supporting Elton's AIDS Foundation, the last jar in a series of four limited editions. Somehow, we'd missed the first three, but thanks to the aforesaid Iceland, we secured this edition for £2.99, quite a bargain, if you'd care to look at the prices on eBay and Amazon, although, sadly, via resellers this doesn't actually benefit the charity!
Anyway, with "Elt" being part of Hugh's, Darrell's mentor of all things Marmite and charitable causes, circle of friends in his younger, naughtier days, it was a no brainer, but on this occasion we didn't feel a review of the jar's contents necessary.
Our next discovery was in M&S where we immediately spotted their Cheesy Clouds with Marmite ......
It was a risky purchase as the bag was small and the price high (in our humble opinion) at £1.40 a pop! Just by feeling the bag we knew there were very few clouds within.......
....... made all the more obvious when we decanted them into one of our best Royal Doulton demitasse saucers.
We reckon we paid at least 11p per ball cloud, a mahooooosive commitment considering Darrell's stringent budget.
But, were they worth it? Well they were certainly Marmitey and the cheese was sufficiently strong enough to compliment and not be overpowered by the former, so that was good. We wouldn't describe the balls as clouds though, as we found the "shell" a little tough with little within and not at all fluffy and cloudlike as we'd imagined.
Our thoughts? For taste, they delivered, the texture failed, as did the price, miserably, at £1.40. To be honest, we'd expect something akin to a family share bag, so perhaps 100 balls for our buck? Will we be buying them again, definitely not, we may be fans of Marmite, but we have our financial limits! Therefore we feel we can only award M&S Cheesy Clouds with Marmite a paltry 1.5 altocumulus out of clear blue sky ...... disappointing!, very, very disappointing!