Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Mali on June 21, 2010, 09:01:45 pm
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Hi all, thanks for 'accepting' me on to your wonderful board.
Your kind selves and your delicious recipes plus the numerous blogs I've been reading helped me to finally make the phone call.
I ordered my TM31 last week and received 'Herman Therman the German' on friday.
I'm in love...**sigh**. :-*
I'm a full time working, married mum to two teens and I'd like to have said an avid cook....not good so much but keen. However I had lost my cooking mojo and had been spendng far too much money on takeaways and junk. That, however has changed and I'm off and away again re my cooking. It hasn't helped that I've been without a cooker for a number of months as my old one broke but I've kind of managed with the remoska which has been a briiliant standby.
Anyhow....new cooker gets delivered tomorrow so more 'stuff' will be made.
Here's what I've made so far...thank you to all who posted the recipes;
Friday when I received the thermo mix I made
Vegetable stock
Scones
Marinade for butter chicken
Iced coffee
Pepper sauce for pasta
Saturday
Cheesecake
Soup
Mushroom and garlic steamed rice
Gin and tonic slushy.
Sunday
Pea soup ~ disaster as used too much stock…too salty
Isi’s bread rolls from forum thermomix Australia
Strawberry and raspberry foam
Also though not in thermomix but had time to joint chicken and make oven baked southern chicken.
Mashed potato ~ put too much liquid in and it was sloppy but nice…no lumps.
Chocolate cake
Banana custard
Monday
Mushroom risotto ~wasn’t keen, too rich and ‘dirty’ looking for me.
Mars Bar crunch.
I have cooked more in the last few days than I have in the last few months...and it feels good. Should also add I'm from Yorkshire in the UK if anyone knows of it? :)
Right off to rustle up something else. ;)
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Hi Mali, Welcome to the forum.They are a very friendly bunch of people here and have made me very welcome.I live in the U.K. as well. I live in the south, in Buckinghamshire. My DH is originally from Yorkshire, both his parents live just outside of Thirsk.It sounds as though you are totally in love with your Thermomix with all the goodies you have been making.Fun isn't it?
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Hi Mali.... Welcome to this board which is a great place to find out all sorts of things about your machine.
I'm also in Yorkshire (Sheffield) and have had my machine for just over a year and love it. Like you, it has brought back my cooking Mojo and I think my friends are getting a bit weary of all the eulogising I do.
Sounds like you're off and running with yours - good luck with everything you do and don't be afraid to ask questions on here as everyone is really helpful.
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Hi Cornishcream and Katya, yeahhhhhh more UK folk. :)
Must say...I am amazed that the TM21 or TM31 aren't more popular in the UK, it was a complete fluke that I found out about them and couldn't understand why I hadn't heard of them before.
Its all good, hopefully they'll become as popular in the UK as they are in Australia and elsewhere.
Itching to make some mayonaise and butter,,,,just because I can... ;D
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Oh Welcome and good on ya Mali!! It's the best way to start. So glad you all found each other. Just noticed you didn't like your mushroom risotto - you can use white button mushrooms rather then the swiss brown if you like a white risotto - I like the brown - funny hey! :D All the best with it and keep it up! ;)
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Thanks Nay-Nay...but I think me and risotto are not going to meet again, I didn't like the texture...although I'll never say never. I may try a different flavoured version and forgo the mushrooms. ;)
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Welcome Mali. You are off to a flying start with Herman. Well done. ;D
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Welcome Mali. I think we may have a Herman living down south of WA with his Mum/Carer/operator Meganjane.
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Hi Mali, welcome to our forum. Sounds like you are having great fun with your TMX and it is only early days yet. The mushroom risotto didn't go down well in this house either, just a matter of personal taste I guess - different strokes for different folks. Guess we just are not keen on risotto, full stop because I do love mushrooms. So many other recipes to try that you will enjoy though so keep at it.
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Welcome Mali - sure sounds like LOVE :o :o :o :o At least Herman will take all the attention you can give him. Have fun
Good to have another UK mixer on board. :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Welcome to the forum Mali. Boy you have gotten off to a flying start. No stopping you now!!!
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Hi Mali. I see you waving though I don't know how you have had time with all that cooking!
Gretchen
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Hello,
I am originally from the UK, Lincoln, my husband is from Leeds - we moved to Cairns, Oz about 3 years ago - absolutely love it here and totally love my TM and hubby does too lol!!!!
Glad you are having fun!
Sam ;D
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Welcome Sam, lovely to have you with us tooooooooooo.
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Hello,
I am originally from the UK, Lincoln, my husband is from Leeds - we moved to Cairns, Oz about 3 years ago - absolutely love it here and totally love my TM and hubby does too lol!!!!
Glad you are having fun!
Sam ;D
What is not to love about Cairns ;D We are very warm here while they are all into winter foods down south! Ah still it is nice to have the odd winterish meal.
Gretch
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Wrlcome to both Mali and Sam!
Yes, my Herman the German is safe and sound here in the Great Southern of WA!
You know, I've made Mushroom Risotto quite a lot because I love it, but last time I made it, the flavour just wasn't there and it was a dull grey colour. Not sure what went wrong, because it's usually delish! Don't give up on it just yet, Mali. Oh, and fresh parsley really lifts it colour and flavour wise.
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Welcome Mali and Herman, you look like you are off to a flying start. Plenty more recipes on this Forum to keep you cooking.
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Hi Mali, try grinding some porcini mushrooms to powder and add that to your risotts for a really intense flavour.
Gretchen
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Hi Mali - and welcome! Glad to hear you're enjoying Herman. Aren't he and the Remoska a match made in heaven? ;D I often combine the 2.
Are you a Lakeland addict too, or did you just go for the Remoska?
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Hi Mali - and welcome! Glad to hear you're enjoying Herman. Aren't he and the Remoska a match made in heaven? ;D I often combine the 2.
Are you a Lakeland addict too, or did you just go for the Remoska?
My name is Mali and I'm a recovering Lakeland addict ;).
Actually bizarrely enough the new catalogue came today and I resisted buying anything, although there are a few things I may look at more closely. :D
But no, my appliance cravings are well and truly satisfied at the mo with Herm **sighs** I'm in love...lol.
Poor old remoska hasn't seen much action since we got the cooker, ah well, I may take the remoska away with me this weekend. They are good though. :)
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I'm a Lakeland junkie as well.I've been eyeing up the yogurt maker,JulieO has had good results with a similar model she bought in Oz.I love their kitchen foil.
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My addiction has been reduced since thermie arrived on the scene. Now I mainly use them for jam jars, cordial bottles, etc. Like DH says, things to put TMX stuff in. Although I still use them for cleaning stuff too. Nothing beats their carpet stain remover (something we need a lot) for example. Plus I get their lemon oil and almond essence ... OK, yeah, I'm still pretty addicted. But honestly, truly, not as much as I was before ....
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Thanks for the tip about the carpet stain remover, DH sometimes brings the garden in with him. I have good results with the ecozone stain remover for my laundry.I love all recommendations by anyone.Have you tried the silicone pods to poach eggs in the steamer basket in the TM?They work well but you have to make sure they are well greased.
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Thanks for the tip about the carpet stain remover, DH sometimes brings the garden in with him. I have good results with the ecozone stain remover for my laundry.I love all recommendations by anyone.Have you tried the silicone pods to poach eggs in the steamer basket in the TM?They work well but you have to make sure they are well greased.
I got better results by doing eggs en cocotte in the varoma in little ramekins. Again something else I need to say goodbye to, my egg pods. :-\ :)
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I'm a bit of a Lakeland addict myself (and I get an unnecessary buzz from stationery as well, sad aren't I? ;) ). I was very excited when I was working in the area and visited their shop a while back. Picked up all sorts of little gizmos (some of which were actually quite useful ).
We went there when on holiday in the Lake District a few years ago and the shop has changed - everything is pre-packaged and just not so interesting. I was quite disappointed but my bank balance wasn't ;D ;D
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don't know what you are talking about and are obviously missing out on something really good :'( when i was a kid you were really lucky if you had Lakeland colouring pencils ??? (underprivileged child)
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CreamPuff Lakeland is a wonderful kitchen store( although they sell other things as well) here in the U.K.They have shops scattered all over the U.K. but you can buy on line (like I usually do)There customer service is excellent and I believe it still is a family business.Have a look
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/
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I'm another Lakeland addict in the UK - customer service second to none - recently ordered goods and they didn't arrive so they despatched second order and told me to keep first - if you ring up you speak to a human being and not some dreadful call centre. I recently bought a Remoska too and all the staff in the shop told me how they used it
Just got to take the plunge with the Thermomix now.............
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He He, we're sad together then Katya! I love stationery too :D
I haven't done poached eggs in the varoma as yet - I'll need to give it a go.
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CP 63 I used to see some lucky children with Lakeland pencils and would have died for some. I begged and begged but it didn't happen. From memory they were 9/6. I was eventually given 10/- for my birthday a couple of years later and was able to buy them. I thought I was one wonderful girl. I used to go into the local newsagent in a small country town and gaze at them.
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they were a very desirable item...its funny the things we remember cookie ;D
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Certainly got the UK team talking, and drooling over their keyboards ;) ;) ;)