Thank you Cornish Cream.   That steak and the sauce look delicious and just the kind of thing I was hoping to find.

I see that the steaks were 'steamed' in the Varoma whereas the demonstrator suggested putting the sealed pouches straight into a litre of water in the jug.

I will try both and see if there is a difference.  TMX should add sous vide to the list of equipment which one can do without when a TMX owner!

Roll on Tuesday when my Thermomix arrives (both of them!)  I can't wait!

Lynn

It seems to have taken ages to happen but yesterday, I had my demonstration!

My sceptical daughter came with me and it was fascinating to see her scepticism wilting away and replaced by enthusiasm.

So the big question . . . did I buy one?  Well the honest answer is NO.

I ended up buying TWO!  One for me and one for my daughter.  I said that it was her birthday and Christmas present for the next twenty-five years and she said that was fine.   

Delivery will be Tuesday so I must get my act together and decide what I will be cooking first.

Thank you Winn for the suggestion of brushes from Lakeland and thanks to you all for your wonderful welcome and advice.  On Tuesday, I shall really be a TMX owner and a proper member of the 'TMX Club'.

I do!   

Hi JB,

I have just looked at the Amazon link and wonder if I need the mat?  I have granite worktops and tend to roll out straight onto them.  Seems to work.

I will buy the spatulas though - and the brushes - although I use this
 
                             http://www.lakeland.co.uk/21572/SonicScrubber-Bathroom-Brush

to clean around the taps.  No effort!  LOL.

Lynn

Thanks Gert, JB and Shirlmac,

I am hoping - perhaps in vain - that all the books will be available at the demonstration so that I can have a good look at them.  One way or another I will buy For Food's Sake as Tenina seems to be the doyenne of Thermomix.  I wish Amazon stocked  this.  The only one they have is the Spanish recipe book which - translated into English - doesn't have a good write up.  I have even tried Amazon US.  Thermomix don't make things easy do they?  It feels like trying to join a secret society and having to undergo an initiative test!!  LOL.  "First task is to find a demonstrator!"

If I can't get the book via the demonstrator, I will try to have it shipped.

Roll on next Saturday!  I am getting excited.  I spent the morning ogling the TMX on 'Saturday Kitchen' and wondering why it sits in glory on a shelf but I have never seen it used!  Has anyone else?

I searched the BBC Saturday Kitchen website and the only recipe I could find using a TMX had a two hour prep time!  I will have to write and ask for some TMX presentations on the show!!

Lynn

Many thanks to you all for your good wishes. 

I am delighted to say that I have now recovered from the dreaded virus.  Honestly, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy - not that I think I have enemies, but one never knows!  LOL.

I have just had an email from the  demonstrator confirming my booking for 30 June.  He sounded really helpful and suggested I think of my favourite recipies and he will give advice on how to convert them.  I thought that was so helpful.

I think that one recipe book comes as standard and the Indian cookbook is given this month as an extra.  Is there another book that you would recommend I buy at the same time?  I already own dozens and dozens of cookbooks - can't resist them and hope to adapt recipes as soon as I have learnt the basics.

Best wishes to you all.

Lynn

Hi everyone and thank you for all your lovely welcomes, comments and advice.

I  have been off into a twilight world - somehow managed to pick up the Norovirus.  Not nice.  I couldn't even think about food so I stayed away from the forum for the sake of my health.  LOL.  It is the virus that rampages through cruise ships and hospitals; as I have been to neither it will remain one of life's mysteries how I picked it up.

The only good bit of news is that the heat retaining casseroles have arrived.  Now all I need is a Thermomix!

Droverjess:

I need cakes and pies like I need a hole in the head!  Please don't tempt me!!  I am trying to regain my once youthful figure!  It gets harder as the years roll by!  I want a TMX to get healthier and slimmer!!!!  Mind you, I do recall somebody saying I will put on weight!  Oh no!!!

JB:

Thank you for the tip about asking what else they have.  It does seem to me that Thermomis need a better retail strategy in the UK!  I discovered its existence by accident and I have yet to see an advertisement for it. 

I hope that you get your dehydrator - if you do, let us know how you get on.

Off to bed!  I have a definite case of post viral malaise and sleeping a lot.

Wishing you all well.

Lynn