Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: snorkychopper on July 12, 2011, 01:52:49 pm
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Dear ALL
This is Mark writing from a gloomy day in London - brightened up by waiting for delivery today of my Thermomix !!
Its something I have seen on countless UK cookery shows and I always wondered "what is that odd looking machine on the counter top ?"
After much research I identified the machine did some research and tracked down my local agent (who ironically lives only a few hundred yards from me in Canary Wharf !) my wife and I were blown away by the functionality and versatility of the TMX
Already planning what to have for supper later - looking to this forum to help me with any problems I might have and wonderful recipes for when I crawl home after work and want something amazing !
We brought the Australian recipe book as well - 1st on the list has to be frozen Margaritas ?????
Thanks
Mark
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Welcome Mark! As an ex-Londoner I had to say hi.
So what have you made on day one!!!
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Hi Mark and welcome to the forum from a UK member.There are certainly some tremendous recipes here for you to cook after a hard days work.Enjoy your cooking in your new TM. :)
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Hi Mark, welcome to the forum. Love the name you have given yourself. Love hearing stories like yours where you had to do a bit of detective work to find out what this machine was all about. I believe many machines were sold in Australia from cooking shows where they made something very simple (without giving a plug to the product) - people were curious like you and had to have it. I think you may be the first English gentleman on this forum, we have quite a few English roses though.
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Hi Mark and welcome to the forum. Hope the TMX arrives safely and you get stuck into cooking straight away. Let us know what you make.
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Hi Mark from London. It never ceases to amaze me how easy it has become communicating with someone over the other side of the world. I'm sure you'll have great times ahead with your TMX.
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Hi snorkychopper and welcome to the forum. We have lots of delicious recipes here that our members have kindly posted - and here is my current list of favourites (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=6470.0) - we also look forward to hearing from you if you have any queries, comments or converted recipes of your own to offer.
PS: how did you come up with your name :D ?
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Good Morning and thanks to all of you for such a warm and effusive welcome, delighted to be among such a wonderful group TMX enthusiasts !!
rushed home last night and collected HUGE vorwerk box, unpacked it and stood back and sighed with great pleasure and excitement - looks amazing on the counter top
We started off slow with a gimme as a 1st experiment - (you guessed it ) sorbet !!
Frozen strawberries, slices of lime and Cinnamon sugar and - hey presto, sorbet in 5 mins AND on a Tuesday after"skool" as well - unbelievable - I am still terrified by the noise it makes doing this but seems as though the machine has the "grunt" to work through the crunching all OK ??
Tonight I have a pile of organic courgettes in the fridge so thought I would attempt to make a spicy tomato sauce in the TMX with some "sumac" and maybe some jerk sauce and then separately saute some sliced / chopped (?) courgettes in the TMX and then chuck the sauce back in with the courgettes to cook until soft and "gloopy" and then serve under some oven roasted pork shoulder slices I have defrosting, I also have some dried crispy bacon that I was going to blitz up to sprinkle on top - sounds feasible ???
Snorkychopper ?? - aahhh its long and forgotten story between my wonderful wife and I but its my standard ebay / forum name so I am stuck with as I brought the domain also !!
Mid July in London and it cold and dark - came to work in a raincoat - madness !!
Pip Pip
Mark
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If you want to keep the shape of the courgette (zucchini here) Mark, I would suggest slicing it by hand and of course using the reverse button after adding the sauce back into the bowl.
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Welcome to the forum Mark.
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Welcome, can relate to being frightened of the noise...you do get used to it,and for such a short time. I have had mine for a month and honestly dint know what I did before. Enjoy, I am sure you will.
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Thanks for all your kind comments - no idea what reverse soft speed is but will check the manual when I get home !
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Welcome Mark. I live not so very far from you in 'sunny' Bromley. I'm sure you're going to love your thermomix and wonder what you ever did without it.
Ps Isn't this summer dire, even for the UK?!
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My last introduction post here - and again my sincere thanks to all for the friendly and helpful welcome...
TMX arrived Tuesday and has been used every day since - last night made a Ragu sauce with what was in the fridge, assorted veggies + beef mince - we couldn't believe how QUICK it was and also considering how little went into it how FANTASTIC it tasted - better than anything I would have made on the hob..
I only have one question does the VAROMA button JUST provide max heat and steam and if you dont want max heat and steam you just use the separate temp buttons - so you dont use VAROMA in tandem with the temp buttons ??
A genuinely life changing kitchen machine in my house - cooking will never be the same again !
Have a great weekend all !
Mark
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Hi Mark and Welcome. Sounds like you are getting quiet creative with the TM already. The Varoma button is just a higher Temperature and is used when cooking items in the basket like rice, potatoes etc, and steaming items in the varoma it self. Some recipes ask for varoma temp when cooking in the TM alone (No Varoma on top).
Good luck with all your cooking.
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Hi Mark,
I first saw the Thermomix at the Food and Drink show last November in London, as they were demonstrating it there. When I got home to Canada I found at they had started selling them here, so ordered it and have been using it constantly. Am back in London in November and hope they will be there again as I love watching it being demonstrated. Welcome to the Forum and hope you like it as much as I do. I guess you know the show is at the Olympiad, and I think it's a great show.
Marnie
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Hi Mark and welcome to the world of TMX and this forum. You have very quickly embraced the benefits of having this little wonder as your kitchen hand. Looking forward to hearing of further thermie adventures!!!!!! :) :)
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Wow Mark you seem to have hit the ground running. Enjoy all the ease and wonder of the TMX. It truely is a marvel in the modern day of cooking. The possibilities are endless so be sure to keep on with the forum as there are so many recipes, hints and tips that you can pick up here.
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Welcome Mark. I am a new one as well and from Christchurch New Zealand. South African born but living in Christchurch
Mel
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hi and welcome mark..glad your enjoying your machine...im over in France ( aussie born but have spend quite a number of years living here)...crappy summer we are having and we are much further south than you guys :'(
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Hi Mark, well I had to pop in and say welcome (trying to catch up on unread posts) but had to laugh at your user name and how it is it for everything! Mine is the same and came from my brother when he was little and couldn't say Kathryn - now I use faffa for everything everywhere ;D
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Sorry me again just so say two weeks on and I wanted to post some thoughts, especially as it's my (**th !) birthday today and the TMX was a generous present from my wonderful wife.
I have Used the TMX most days made sortbet (several time) and wonderful bolognese sauce, I must learn also NOT to run the speed tooo fast as I tried to make a sausage casserole and ended up with soup !!
The EDC recipe says add water to Zabaglione ?? - dreadful mistake - I threw it away - what a waste of Marsala !!
Last night unpacked the Varoma for the 1st time - made Holllandaise for the 1st time EVER (amazing) and steamed Cauliflower and alaskan salmon - all was wonderful and no washing up - I made raspberry sorbet to finish as well !!
Going to try a Birthday cake today !!
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Happy Birthday,Snorkychopper. I think your EDC is different to ours, so can't help with the zabaglione. I do love my machine,amazed I haven't worn it out and only had it about a month.
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Happy **th birthday snorkychopper. Don't be afraid to admit your age, we have some really old people on here - like me, 64!
Try this recipe from Thermomixer's blog for Baileys Zabaglione (http://thermomix-er.blogspot.com/2008/07/baileys-zabaglione-in-thermomix.html) - no water in that one!
We have a member who hasn't been on here for some time now but Bron always used to say you can turn savoury disasters into soup and sweet disasters into icecream. Guess you have found out she was correct.
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Happy birthday snorkychopper and a very belated welcome from another UK member. I think I was melting in Sicily when you joined the forum...
I'm sorry you wasted all that masala. Have you tried the zabaglione recipe from the UK cookbook? From comments on here, I think the UK book is probably better than the EDC one as its recipes seem to get more positive reviews.
Good luck with the birthday cake - hope it's big enough for all the candles ;D ;D ;D
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Hi mark, Welcome to the Thermie clan. having lived in many of the southern counties during an earlier life, I am currently now in Robin Hood country. The one good thing about dull days is that the Thermomix lights up in the kitchen. I have recently upgraded from a TM21 so I am having a great time with mine too.
Dot