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This stuff also makes a pretty good herbicide.  We have a tree that's been removed from our yard, but still kept reshooting from the tiny bit of remaining stump.  Normal herbicides hadn't worked at all.  I hacked it right back, and brushed the concentrate on the raw ends.  It's never grown back.  Obviously the salt got it. 

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Starters and Snacks / Re: French Onion Dip from Judydawn
« on: February 24, 2012, 01:37:35 pm »
Thanks for this recipe.  French onion is one of my favourites, so it was exciting to make.  The flavour was slightly more subtle than a shop-bought one, and yet it the best word to describe that flavour is "authentic".  It really did taste like it was made from all natural ingredients instead of a bunch of chemicals.

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I've made jars and jars of this stuff with the ugly lemons off Mum's tree that nobody wants to cook with, and I love it.  We used it to clean the oven, and while it still needed a bit of elbow grease at least I knew that if I missed rinsing a bit it wouldn't release a cloud of toxic fumes into whatever I cooked next.

It also did wonders getting the smell out of our thermos after a batch of yoghurt made with goat's milk.  It set beautifully, and probably tasted exactly as it was supposed to, but sadly that wasn't quite to my taste, and the smell lingered in the thermos until some lemon paste and a really thorough scrub.  I also throw a splodge in when I do a load of dishcloths, tea towels etc.  A lot of them are microfibre so I can't use high temperatures, but this stuff seems to help the detergent to cut through the grease and leave them really clean.

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Bread / Re: Isi´s easy Portuguese Rolls
« on: January 22, 2012, 10:45:11 am »
I made these this morning for a family barbecue and they were a huge hit.  My only change - other than forgetting to turn the oven down to 200 when they went in, oops!  - was to add a teaspoon of bread improver to the mix.  The hint of honey was lovely.

This wasn't my first attempt at bread making but it was my first in the TMX and, like the yoghurt and mayonnaise before it, the TMX resulted in by far my most successful effort. 

Thanks Isi for such a great recipe.

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I made some of these tonight, as follows:

230g plain flour
60g table salt
1/4 tsp corn flour

I gave that a whiz for 5 seconds speed 5 to combine.

Next I set the TM to  *: and  :: , and while it was running poured through the lid:
2 MC (200g) of boiling water straight from the kettle
15 ml of fragrant oil
A tiny dab of gel food colouring

After about 2 minutes the colouring was mixed evenly through, and the dough that tipped out was lovely and silky.

The oil I used was just an oil burner blend from one of those shops that sells batik dresses and incense, and was $14 for 10ml.  The recipe needed 15ml so I just rinsed the bottle out with a splash of vegetable oil to make up the difference, and the mix was still very fragrant.

I rolled the dough out on baking paper and found that the thicker I rolled the easier it was to get back out of the cookie cutters without losing shape.  I also pressed some into my madeline molds for a shell shape, but time will tell if they come back out again once they dry.

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Introduce Yourself / Melbourne newbie
« on: January 16, 2012, 04:02:35 am »
Hello. My name is Tess and I'm addicted to my Thermomix, even though I've had it just less than a month. 

I've been lurking for a while and using the forums for advice converting my favourite recipes to TM-world, so thanks to everyone who has unknowingly helped me get started. 

I've also made the lemon cleaning solution in the non-food recipes section and used it to get the oven sparkling like new again.  It will probably stay that way for a while, because it doesn't get anywhere near as much use these days (except for sterlising jam jars - oh the TM is a dream for making jam!)

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