Waiting for Hermes...

[LA Mummy]

So endeth months of lurkdom since my TM demo back in August because Hermes arrives this week! Named for the Greek god of fast cooking and minimal washing up we eagerly await his arrival. My enthusiasm can only be matched by that of DS6 who was smitten with sorbet at the demo.

                DH has been heard to grumble 'hope this is worth it ' and other equally encouraging things. Understandably, I'm feeling a bit stressed about not making a mistake and showing Hermes off to his full advantage. Sooo, yes, there is a point to all this, what should I make first? What was it that got you thinking, ' I need one of these! '

Thanks everyone,

Karen ( another one! )

[judydawn]

Hi Karen, welcome to the forum.  If you have been lurking you will have seen all the delicious recipes posted on this forum.  I mainly use my fella for main meals as we are not big on cakes & dessert (a bowl of ice-cream suffices there) so set about converting some of our favourite meals to suit the TMX.  As you will have seen though, the TMX is very versatile and can do almost anything.  Mistakes will be made in the early days - we have all been there, done that.  Firstly I would try some of the basic recipes from the EDC or some of the tried and tested recipes here on the forum and later you will find yourself making jams and other condiments, just because you can.  Have fun and let us know how you are getting on. You will be inspired by some of the lovely photos posted on here too.

[Thermomixer]

Arrgggghhh = another Karen.  Only joking - you may have seen the post - I think you may be number 4 (or 5)  

Welcome  

We hope we can help you convince DH.  Just don't tell him what you are making until you are finished.  In the early days you may overblitz things and so soups are common, when they weren't originally planned !!!

You'll have fun - it is all one big learning experience for all of us and I think we all enjoy it.

Good luck with Hermes - actually, I thought he was the French god of expensive accessories ??

[LA Mummy]

Thanks for your replies. I think I'm a bit in awe, there are just soo many things I want to try, just have to start somewhere!

Good luck with Hermes - actually, I thought he was the French god of expensive accessories ??

 

LOL Thermomixer, Hermes is my expensive accessory!

[cookie1]

Welcome, I'm sure you won't have any trouble winning your DH over when he tastes some of the things you make and the money you save.

Thermomixer, my DD told me Louis V was the god of accessories. She doesn't recognise Hermes.

[andiesenji]

Welcome, I'm sure you won't have any trouble winning your DH over when he tastes some of the things you make and the money you save.

Thermomixer, my DD told me Louis V was the god of accessories. She doesn't recognise Hermes.

I bet she would if someone dropped a scarf around her neck!    I've never cared for Louis V   the only initials I want on my luggage are my own!  But then, I do have a healthy ego!


Karen, you made the correct choice.   A useful appliance, that can be used daily for every meal, is much more of a necessity than an accessory that one only uses for a small fraction of the time. 

[cookie1]

Not too sure if she would Andie. She's a handbag girl. Each of her LV bags have been bought at a special time of her life, so they signify something special to her. She has an excellent job and earns more at 28 than my DH and I earned put together. She did do a 5 year degree to get there though. She has just got her Masters ,while working full time, and is thinking she may need another bag to signify it. She isn't married and certainly doesn't waste her money in any way. In fact she paid cash for a block of land not long ago and is saving now for her house.

Each to their own. As you can see I am very proud of her.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Nothing wrong with being a proud Mum!!! I'm sure your DD has worked very hard and earned her LV bags.

[cookie1]

Ta.

[LA Mummy]

I'll be making do with my green Coles bag. Tres chic!

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I've got a stylish woolworths one 

[meganjane]

Love all the bag lady chat. I'm a bit of a sucker for anyone's initials on my luggage, but I do admire those who want their own. That's truly stylish!

Actually, I'm rather taken with the Woolies bags I bought recently! They're heavy duty plastic and the same size as the plastic bags, but they roll up and fit into a little pouch that hooks onto your shopping trolley. There's 8 in the bag, I think.

And...welcome Karen from LA. Good luck with Hermes.  And, congrats cookie1 on having such a dedicated and clever DD!

[andiesenji]

It isn't all that stylish.  Just a bit of frugality that I learned from my family.  (None of whom ever discards anything that might possibly be useful, someday, to someone.)
My luggage is vintage and belonged to my mother before me and I had it refinished, the leather glazed and new hardware and my initials affixed about forty years ago.  It has the advantage of being readily identifiable and practically indestructible.  I don't mind paying for the extra weight because I am reasonably sure that it won't get lost.  No baggage handler can mistake it for anything else. 
My favorite handbag is a Coach that I bought in the late '70s and still looks good.  It has a long strap so I can wear it across my chest and it has a flexible steel cable in the strap so it can't be cut by a thief.   I nearly lost one that way years ago!

[Thermomixer]

You obviosly don't fly much andiesenji - the baggae workers at airports must be on commission from baggage manufacturers to destroy all baggage.

I had solid suitcases that I thought would last forever - really solid - they managed to put a crack in them !!!  Insurance covers it - but who wins? 

I'm so careful and now try to only carry cabin baggage.   

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I know what you mean Thermomixer.  We've given up buying expensive suitcases.  On our last trip to Ethiopia we bought awful old suitcases from a charity shop.  They get knocked about so much anyway and we didn't want to attract unwanted attention to the formula and medical supplies we were carrying (best to look poor). As it turned out we didn't really need to worry as the suitcases didn't make it to Ethiopia for many days after our arrival and were pulled apart by the time we got them.