Hello from California!

[natslim]

Hi to everyone!

I am the proud owner of TM21! It's over 10 years old, but has barely been used, and it works like a charm! I first learned about Thermomix when I worked as an intern with Vorwerk in Wuppertal, Germany, in 1998-1999. I was living in a small studio apartment with  no kitchen to speak of, and my bosses kindly let me borrow a Thermomix for the time I was there. I fell in love with it and was so excited about it that my parents bought a TM21 for themselves back in California. Well, my parents never really learned how to use it and after 10 years of my begging, they finally gave it to me for Christmas this year. So far, it seems that most of the recipes for the TM31 convert pretty easily to the TM21--thank goodness!

Looking forward to learning and sharing!
Tanya

[chocdoc]

Welcome Tanya.  Is yours in pounds and ounces and Fahrenheit?

[achookwoman]

Welcome Tanya,  hope you can use lots of recipes from the forum,  and also share some of your knowledge with us.

[Tebasile]

Welcome Tanya 

[Very Happy Jan]

WElcome Tanya. At last your TMX will receive the attention it deserves

[judydawn]

Hi Tanya, I am so glad you ended up with the TM21.  Bet it got a shock when you turned it on   I suppose you converting TM31 recipes for the TM21 is as easy as us converting normal stovetop recipes into TMX recipes. Welcome to our forum.

[Thermomixer]

Welcome - glad you managed to score the TM 21 - they work just fine  - just really the reverse they don't have, but the butterfly and slow speed works.

[natslim]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! Yes, my TM 21 is in ounces and Fahrenheit. Since every recipe is in grams, it's just easier for me to set my bowl on my kitchen scale to weigh. And thankfully, converting from 100˚C to Fahrenheit is easy! I'm trying out a recipe I converted for the Thermomix tonight. If it goes well, I'll post it.

[Catisa]

Welcome Tanya , lol so all that begging finally paid off, well done. M

[trudy]

Welcome Tanya,  Glad to have you with us on the forum.

Trudy

[andiesenji]

Hi Tanya,
I'm also in California.   What's your location?

[cookie1]

Hi and welcome Tanya. I'm looking forward to that converted recipe.

[natslim]

andiesenji,

I'm in the LA area. What about you?

- Tanya

[natslim]

Just posted my first recipe! It's a red kidney bean curry in the vegetarian section. Enjoy!

[andiesenji]

I live in Lancaster - probably about 100 miles from you (drive distance) but I do get down to the LA area fairly often.  I drive to the Valley to shop at a couple of stores that haven't yet discovered the Antelope Valley has nearly half a million residents now and to shop at the farmers markets.   We have only a produce market that sells local produce but it isn't like the "street markets" like the one in Santa Monica.
I also drive to Pasadena to shop at Bristol Farms (the closest one to me).

Since I got my TM31 in November, I have been trying out various recipes, converting some of my recipes, etc., and have been writing to Melinda Lee who does Food News on KNX 1070 every Saturday and Sunday morning from ten am to one p.m.
 
Eventually she will do a "tools segment" on the TMX from my experiences - I have done such stuff before because there is only so much she can do and I love gadgets and appliances.  She trusts me to tell her the truth about my "testing" of such things. 

Perhaps we can get together in the not-too-distant future.