You search the web time and again, but still you miss the most amazing things. In 2002, the centennial year of Marmite, it was discovered that inmates at a jail near Wolverhampton in England, were brewing their own "hooch" using Marmite.
Governor Mike Pascoe was philosophical in saying that her preferred illicit brewing if it meant fewer drugs getting into the prison. Of course, it begs the question, "How was the Marmite [probably in large quantities] smuggles into the jail?â
Mr. Pascoe said fruit and vegetables stolen from the prison kitchen were used in the brewing process, but inmates used Marmite because its yeast content aids the fermenting process.
