Coming here from your Laksa salad... I had no idea Vegeta was so big in Australia! I grew up in Croatia and Vegeta was a staple.
As a vegetarian I was never really attached to the meat-heavy Croatian cuisine so I don't really miss anything from it now that I live far away, the only thing I miss was Vegeta. It's impossible to find in the north of Ireland, but all supermarkets here stock a very convincing Polish dupe.
Fun fact - I needed a moment to process that Vegeta is advertised as stock powder in Australian market... It's not at all considered a stock powder in Croatia! đ
It's considered to be a umami spice mixture ("mjeĆĄavina zaÄina" in Croatian). For stock you'd buy stock cubes, and you'd use Vegeta to season meats, vegetables, soups and stews.
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