Greetings from the Diamond Isle

[daska]

I bought my tm31 a few months ago on ebay having lusted after one for years. I'm not a great cook but I do like to cook and was a prolific jam maker but over the last few years I've struggled, particularly with chopping, whisking and erm... remembering what I'm doing LOL. I pretty much gave up with cooking because I was burning the food, and myself, nearly every time I went in the kitchen, even making a cup of tea was hazardous and sometimes a meal would be burnt 3 times before I got it to the table:( Things got so bad that at for several months all I 'cooked' was toast and pasta. So Izzy is quite literally a life saver for us - fresh soups, steamed fish etc - what a star!

I'm looking forward to trying out more adventurous things and having a laugh about the stupid things I do in the kitchen when my CPU starts to malfunction - like the time poured the milk into the marmite jar instead of my cup of tea

[fundj&e]

welcome to the forum  daska,  may i ask where is diamond isle. 

[Lellyj]

Welcome Daska

Glad to hear that tmx is renewing your faith in yourself as a cook!  Welcome to the Forum.

Excuse my ignorance, where is the Diamond Isle?  I did try and google it, but got a range of responses from the Isle of Wight, Florida and Tasmania!  I live on an island too, in Victoria, Australia.

[daska]

Isle of Wight aka Vectis, it's a diamond shaped island off the south coast of England. It's part of the South Downs but a deep channel filled up with sea water and cut us off from the mainland. Has dubious reputation of being the most expensive water crossing (£/mile) in the world.

[judydawn]

Hi Daska, welcome to the forum. My goodness you were having trouble with your cooking - problem certainly solved by buying the TMX.  Have fun and keep us informed of what you are cooking.

I checked your profile and saw you were from England but had never heard of the Diamond Isle either.

[judydawn]

OK, I'll be the one to ask what this means daska.

'when my CPU starts to malfunction'

[Lellyj]

Think I can help out here, JD . . . CPU usually means central processing unit--usually refers to a computer part--but in this context, I think Daska means "brain"!

[judydawn]

Thanks Lellyj - I have that problem all the time

[daska]

LOL Yep, sorry, my brain doesn't always process things particularly well, it's one of the reasons you'll find me editing my posts quite frequently, they look fine when I read them back and then I'll look again and realise I've written the opposite of what I mean LOL. When cooking I find I often (now) do things in the wrong order or use the wrong equipment or just plain forget what it is I'm doing. Just call me the list lady - if it ain't in the correct place on the list it don't happen.

[Cornish Cream]

Hi daska and welcome to the forum.It's great to have another UK forum member,I'm in Buckinghamshire

[Frozzie]

hi daska and welcome to the forum...im a franco australian over in France....look forward to hearing about your thx adventures 

[Cuilidh]

Daska, welcome to the forum.  So glad to hear that the TMX has bought good food and nutrition back into your life.  Don't worry about editing your posts - you and Hally can go on a head to head challenge to see who can bring smiles to our faces the most often with your posts

[cookie1]

Welcome. Yes I must admit I find some of Hally's iphone messages funny. I love to sort them out. They give me a lovely chuckle
Daska I am sure we will be able to work out what you are saying.

[daska]

Well I impressed me laddo this afternoon with macaroni cheese - yes, we're still on the pasta but at least the sauce was home made.  As is becoming usual I was speechless with wonder at just how easy it was to make the most amazing cheese sauce in next to no time. I used to cook it on the hob quite frequently but it was never this smooth LOL.

[Lellyj]

It's true, cheese sauce is amazingly easy, isn't . . . same with custard and lemon curd and hollandaise . . . so much hassle pre-thermomix days.  This eveing I made lemon curd and rather than having a double boiler and stirring, etc, just chucked all the ingredients in together, 8 minutes, done!  It still amazes me, too.  Well done Daska, good luck with all your experimenting!