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Hi from Vic Park
« on: July 29, 2010, 02:08:33 am »
Hi there, I'm Wendy, from East Vic Park in Perth. Woo hoo! So excited - my thermomix was delivered last night! We made a pumpkin soup for dinner and the custard for dessert, since my partner didn't go to the demonstration and he *needed* to see it :P Actually, you should have seen his eyes bug out after chopping onions for a few seconds. Very funny, and I think his words were "WHAT? I'm never chopping an onion again!"

I stumbled across this forum while searching for reviews when I was considering buying a thermomix. Really impressed by all the tips and recipes and sense of community on here :)

*sigh* best go to work. All I want to do is stay home and play on it now!

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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2010, 02:30:56 am »
Hi Wendy and welcome to the forum and the land of Thermomix. I can imagine how difficult it must have been to go to work and leave the new Thermomix. I hope you have fun with it and feel free to ask questions here.
My DH used to live in East Vic Park.
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2010, 07:17:53 am »
Hi and welcome Wendy, glad you found us early in your TMX life.  Weekend is coming up so you can play until your heart is content, leave the housework for another time  :D :D  Have fun.
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2010, 09:23:23 am »
Welcome Wendy.  You will find this forum a great place to get encouragement, inspiration and helpful guidence with your new best friend.
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2010, 12:16:37 pm »
Welcome to the world of TMX and especially this forum - I have gained so much in the 5 weeks since owning my machine. It is unfortunate that the new school term got in the way of my constant visits to this forum - it become a way of life over the QAld school hols.

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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 02:53:33 pm »
Thanks for the warm welcome guys :) I'm sure I'm going to spend a lot o time on this forum. We made a mushroom and silverbeet risotto tonight with help from "Jeeves" as my partner has named the TMX!

Methinks I'm going to spend the whole weekend cooking :D

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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2010, 03:00:29 pm »
Welcome schmendy. Hope you've got your shopping list organised and you are able to shop on the way home from work tomorrow. That way you will be able to start cooking bright and early Sat. Have fun  ;)
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2010, 09:03:50 pm »
Welcome Wendy to the forum.I hope you have a great weekend cooking with your new TM.
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2010, 07:27:10 am »

Enjoy your cooking weekend!
A great cook is one who can rustle up a fabulous family meal with some freezer burnt chops, wilted carrots, sprouting potatoes and cabbage that's gone brown on the cut edges.
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2010, 07:45:14 am »
Hi Wendy, welcome to the forum. don't forget to visit Helene's blog as well.

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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2010, 04:21:24 pm »
the puddin's in the tastin'" so they say, so you will have a wonderful time proving them right or wrong. I hope you have a lot of fun along the way.  :-* keep us posted as to your trials and tribulations.
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2010, 06:49:31 am »
Welcome & have fun with "Jeeves" - he is sure to bring you loads of pleasure.  :-* :-* :-*
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2010, 07:34:50 am »
I had lots of fun with "Trevor" (he's had a name change - this one will stick!) over the weekend. Made steamed puddings, rum balls and vitality balls for a birthday present, red onion relish, mizuna pesto, more pumpkin soup and berry sorbet. I'm having so much fun with it! Everything was absolutely delicious, except for the pesto, which was a semi-success...mizuna has taken over my vege garden (to the point where it's enveloping all my seedlings!) and I've been trying to find ways to use it up. Unfortunately my partner isn't the greatest fan of the taste. Used a heeeeeap of it in the pesto, with silverbeet instead of spinach (also growing rampant right now!) and some token greek basil. It turned out a bit 'grassy' tasting but still nice with some parmesan. Kinda like freshly mowed grass with a twist and a peppery finish :P We finished our pasta though so it must have been ok :)

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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2010, 07:40:07 am »
It sounds as though you've had a fun, busy weekend. Well done.
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Re: Hi from Vic Park
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2010, 07:55:43 am »
Sounds like Trevor had his work cut out. Shame about the mizuna pesto.  wonder if you could get some rocket or more basil to help improve the flavour?  The nuts & cheese aren't cheap.
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