(... that's what my mother always used to say when dealing with stroppy passengers in first. Or perhaps it was my old housemaster, I can't remember).

Anyway, I'm Mathias, live in London, and I bought a TM31 in a hurry as someone had broken my induction Kenwood (Don't pour liquid N2 directly into the bowl, even with the windows open) and I had a party in 36 hours to cater. I mostly do somewhat avant-garde cookery (needlessly pretentious and complicated, my partner would say) and I like to have a device that will heat to a precise temperature for a precise time and keep stirring, whilst I do something else. The staff at UK Thermomix have been very helpful and professional with my bizarre requests.

Anyway, the device came with a cookbook "Fast and Easy Cooking - TM31 Recipe Book" and I have found the recipes in there to be... erm... Well, not really to my taste. I didn't actually buy the machine to make complete meals with the steamer on top et al, I just bought it as another tool for the kitchen.

But as the book was there, I thought I would give a couple a try, and they have been ... erm... very unsatisfying. I won't get into specific criticism of the recipes (because it's not polite) but I wondered if there were any OTHER Thermomix books around that I could try?

p.s. I'll obviously be posting some of my own recipes in due course; no point giving criticism if you're not man enough to take it!