Sutherland shire girl.

[Quasar4legs]

Hi All,
I am ready to 'push the button' and get my own thermomix as my husband is begging me to get one so he doesn't have to hear me deliberate any longer.

I am not a 'party' person and just want to order one without the demo etc. How do I get in touch with a consultant that works in the Sutherland Shire Sydney?

 looking forward to getting to know everyone.

Hugs
Quasar

[Quasar4legs]

Thanks for the pm, I have spoken to a consultant and have ordered my thermomix.

Now the wait!!!!!

Hugs
Quasar

[judydawn]

Hi Quasar4legs, welcome to the forum.  I can understand you not wanting a party but you will be having a delivery demo though won't you?

[Yvette]

welcome it is good to get some sort of demo unless you have seen it elsewhere because it does soooo much

[achookwoman]

You MUST have a demo of some sort.   Welcome to the Forum.

[KarenH]

Welcome - you will love your TM!  I agree that you should have a demo - I didnt really want one either, and had recently been to someone elses demo and thought I had seen all the TMX could do.  I had my demo a couple of weeks after I got the TMX and had been playing around with it, and I learnt HEAPS at my delivery demo - and got a free thermoserver too   

[cookie1]

I can understand your feelings about the party plan bit. I felt exactly the same but wanted a Thermomix so much I had to grin and bear it.

[Cornish Cream]

Welcome to the forum Quasar4legs.I agree with the others you should have a delivery demo, it will be invaluable to you.I didn't have one (it's not offered here in the U.K.) and I struggled at first.The forum members, who are demonstrators, have opened my eyes to hints and tips that I didn't even know about.Have fun when your TM arrives and many days of happy cooking.

[Thermo Jo (aka Jodi)]

Welcome to the forum! Congratulations!
What exactly is it about the demo that you don't like? If you explain this to your demonstrator, I'm sure they will be able to work with you so you are not put in an uncomfortable position but it is actually a compliance that they need to meet to ensure you are comfortable and confident in using your machine.  Thermomix are very particular about the process but it is more to protect you as the consumer.  You are spending a lot of money and they want to make sure you get the most from your machine.
For a demo, you only need a couple of people from different households. Perhaps a neighbour and a close friend?
Good luck with your purchase.  Make sure you go to a couple of cooking classes.  You learn loads of tips and tricks.
Keep us posted on the forum as to your progress. If you get stuck with anything, there's a heap of people on here only too willing to help.
 

[Hestonfan]

The delivery demo (just you and the consultant) that shows you what to do to clean the TMX properly, how to dismantle it and what not to do etc- IS VERY useful.

Now I am going to say something possibly controversial... just my opinion, so please don't shoot 

In my modest opinion, the "party" demo is not that impressive. It's a number of basic recipes that you can pick up on the internet (the Canadian ones especially) or from this forum (in fact, I have seen far more sophisticated stuff on here). For instance I asked the consultant to try to tailor to my party needs (I was interested in pastry, sauces and chocolate) and also all my friends attending are very competent cooks and entertainers.

Also cooking classes available here are all "Back to basics" 

In the UK there are masterclasses available, even at chef's level, something that I have not been able to find here in Australia.
The Bimby forum counterpart in Italy runs online masterclasses (not had time to suss things out on that one), and the French and Spanish books are really on another level.

  Holey maloney! I am feeling argumentative today  Maybe it's the floor sanding I have to get up and do 

[Quasar4legs]

Thanks  all for the nice welcome and the offers of help.

 My consultant has talked me into having the delivery demo so that should give me the information I need to start using my thermomix.

My kitchen is my 'happy place' so I am sure I will be making good use of my new 'baby'.

Hestonfan (I'm a big fan too), I noticed you mentioned chocolate work as one of your cooking interests. Have you tried using the thermie for keeping chocolate at temper?

Hugs
Quasar

[Hestonfan]

Hi Quasar
TMX is unlikely to able to keep the temper in a straightforward way as the minimum temperature (37c) will melt the "seeds" of the cocoa butter
I use Callebaut dark 53 (tempers at 31 C) mainly but need to keep the tempered choc in the oven at 30 C on the defrost program if I have to keep the temper. That would have been a good thing to discuss at a demo.
I would imagine that  if you were trying to keep the temper with TMX you might need to possibly use the largest amount of  couverture that you can fit in the bowl combined with Micryo and heating at 37 C in intervals  Somebody else done this?
 That I would really like to know
Do you do chocolate stuff?

[Quasar4legs]

Hi Hestonfan,
I have only been getting into chocolate recently and am working my way through Grewling's and Wybauw's wonderful books, which I have found really helpful.

Pastry/dessert work is a hobby and I really need to improve my chocolate skills but I am sure I will find lots of uses for the thermomix regardless of the tempering issues.

 I like to make my own fruit and vegetables powders so I am thinking that the thermomix will be useful for getting a fine grind, still thinking up other possible uses.

If you ever want to chat about pastry, give me a PM.

Quasar

[Cornish Cream]

I was reading your post about using the TM for chocolate work Hestonfan and Quasar and the Demonstrators Delights cookbook has a couple recipes for fillings for handmade chocolates, by Beverley Dunkley of the Barry Callebaut UK Chocolate Academy.I can PM you the recipes if you would like to read them.Also have you looked on the U.K.Thermomix recipe website about chocolate.

http://www.ukthermomix.com/recshow.php?rec_id=96

[Hestonfan]

HI Cornish Cream

Thank you for this- yes I did see this page- I sometimes don't need to temper as much as 800 gr of chocolate and the times and quantities for seeding will be different for lesser amounts- keeping the temper with lots of chocolate is really much easier than with, say, 350 ml of chocolate 
Somebody needs to work this out- 450 gr of callets cost around $11.50 in Adelaide (although I know you can pay $20 for 1Kg of callets in Brisbane)- so not a cheap exercise