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« on: May 08, 2011, 09:09:16 am »
thanks faffa 70 that worked a treat. interesting that people feel they are not affected by adverts, I wonder if it had been a female that complained whether folk might feel differently? interesting psychology going on I think.
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« on: May 07, 2011, 05:43:48 pm »
Totally agree, I taught my mother to draw and paint when she was in her 80's she the took up art classes and got a lot of satisfaction from them. I in turn get a lot of satisfaction from cooking and being in the kitchen which is what I learnt from her as a child.
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« on: May 07, 2011, 03:44:15 pm »
I block pop ups but these are ads by google. How do you block those in safari? I know its the way in which the forum is 'free' but subjected to images which are verging on high suggestive and scantily clad women... is that what TM is all about? 
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« on: May 07, 2011, 02:35:13 pm »
please can I ask why there is a need to have some of the 'inappropriate' and 'suggestive' graphics in the adverts which run on the right hand side of the home page?
Is it me or do other people find them a) tasteless and b) inappropriately suggestive?
Sorry forum moderators but I really do!
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« on: May 07, 2011, 02:24:54 pm »
I admire anyone who has artistic talent. I was asked politely if I would like to leave 1st year art. I was very, very pleased to.
No teacher should EVER ask as child to leave their subject! As a teacher of a creative subject I find comments like those mentioned above really shocking, but not uncommon. Everyone can draw, paint, cook and create, its just that some of us are better at it than others, but thats life and human nature. I'm no good at sport, so what, I can cook, draw, paint and be creative.
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« on: May 03, 2011, 05:33:15 pm »
I don't know what kind of bicarb soda you have in OZ but the stuff we have here in the US is certainly not "abrasive" per se., and does not have a Mohs hardness to affect stainless steel (SS is 5.5 to 6.0, soda is 2.5) and I know from personal experience that it will not damage chrome plating because I have used it for many years to polish my vintage chromed appliances.
If used fairly dry, it will abrade many plastics but so will a fingernail. In a semi-liquid slurry it will not.
When I was still doing engraving in glass and gemstone carving, I often used bicarb in a tumbler to clean carved amber (same hardness as bicarb), and the plexiglass (3.5 on Mohs scale) mounts in which I displayed the engraved glass panels.
Dental laboratories use it to polish false teeth AFTER the use of abrasives.
Regular tooth paste IS abrasive (calcium phosphate 4.5 to 5.0 on Mohs scale.)
BiCarb does abrade polycarbonate much harder than plexiglass (which is an acrylic) very easily and as you have pointed out is a polish, is used commercially as a polish and will if used enough wear the material, as will egg shells spun at high speed for over an hour.
It is best not to get anything burn on to the jug ,but this will happen, scraping, abrading and rubbing with anything could wear or damage the surface of the jug so its best not done.
The process of polishing is rubbing a surface with finer and finer abrasive until the surface reflects the light/gets clean, it is wearing the surface which is why items such as jewellery eventually wear away, loose any engraving or patterns.
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« on: May 03, 2011, 05:24:31 pm »
when I put things in the dishwasher I worry about it being akin to sandblasting - mindmapper am I being pedantic?
(Usually if I am in doubt anyway, I just handwash)
In a dish washer the powder is blasted around the chamber under high pressure with hot water. To use it to clean a TM bowl the dishwasher tablet dissolves in warm water and is not mechanical moved around the bowl, therefore it cannot have any abrasive effects.
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« on: May 03, 2011, 06:56:18 am »
cooking is something we do as a family of 6, with or without the TM. getting the ingredients together is all part of the process which we do together, getting everything ready so that it is all arriving at the correct time is about planning the process, again something we do together whether on holiday or at home. Yes we do some all in one meals but everyday. Yes some are excellent but just because you are on holiday does not mean that you need to go down this route. I did not imply that all in one was slumming it, rather that camping does not need to be slumming it which was what some respondents were suggesting 
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« on: May 03, 2011, 06:50:11 am »
ok everyone.... bicarbonate is used in most toothpastes as a polish. try it on a piece of hard clear plastic and you will see how much it marks the surface.
washing powder either dishwasher or washing powder will not damage the seal, there are many seals in dishwashers and washing machines and the seals don't fail because of the powder and they are exposed to it day in day out.
scrubbing a metal surface with anything like a pan scrub will also wear the surface away, coated or not. Just take a look at an old pan and you will see what happens.
grinding sugar, salt any other crystal will eventually blunt the blades and wear the pan, that's a physical fact due to the nature of a crystal being spun around at very high speeds. Crushing ice may slightly reedge the blades but any grinding will of course blunt the cutting surfaces, grinding cinnamon sticks WILL eventually blunt the blades, cinnamon is wood bark and blunts tools so therefore it will blunt cutters in a machine like a TM. Ask anyone who works with wood and they will tell you that wood blunts tools, just as food blunts knives.
I hope that helps with the technical facts for all TM users.
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« on: May 02, 2011, 10:00:00 pm »
beware as bicarb is abraisive and will in time remove the coating on the TM pan/bowl. I would suggest by grannies trick of soaking with either washing powder and hotwater or dishwasher powder and hot water. Don't scrub, scrape or rub, it will end in tears for sure 
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« on: May 02, 2011, 09:56:13 pm »
Thank you, that is good advice, Mindmapper, I must start clearing out all my old plastic containers - not that they are particularly bad, but I am becoming more and more aware of the possible disadvantages of relying so much on plastic. I have already started replacing a lot of my plastic storage containers with glass jars.
I recall reading a comment (somewhere on this forum I think) from someone who said that the silicone type molds left a 'plasticy' taste in the mouth after they had been used and re-used for a while - what is the current thinking on these silicone tools that are now becoming more common?
Silicone is not supposed to taint and is used extensively in the food industry for that reason. I use a lot of silicone tools but do not find silicone bakeware of any advantage at all. It generally gives poor results, moves a lot and is very easy to damage. Having said that silicone baking sheets are great and I use these to line my traditional bakeware instead of using papers.
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« on: May 02, 2011, 09:06:04 pm »
Any of the all in one meals would work for us - it's less washing up at the end!! I thought we had a category for these now and wanted to put the URL here for easy reference for everyone. But apparently not, and they're quite hard to find using the search function too (for me at least). I'm off to ask MM if he'll add an extra category for us.
Hurray for MM.  In case you haven't already noticed, there's now an All-in-one category on the home page. Thanks MM.
I will include a category of 'all in ones' but to me that seems like the dreaded 'boil in the bag' which I won't go near, not even back packing! As I have said in my posts camping does not have to be 'slumming it' in any shape or form. Those who think it is have clearly no experience of 'real modern camping'. Take yourself off and have a look at what is out there, just seen a camper/RV which is available for £100k! includes a bath!!!!
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« on: May 02, 2011, 05:48:17 pm »
I just found some of the plastic Nestle dariole moulds at my local homewares/kitchen store. They are fine for microwave use and steaming ie Varoma dishes, but not for use in a conventional oven. Seems obvious really, but the sales assistant in the store specifically mentioned that they weren't for use in a normal oven. Obviously a lot of people out there have!! They are a perfect size for individual puddings and panacottas etc. I haven't used them yet as I have the silicone cupcake moulds for puddings but these look sturdier than the silicone ones and also, as they are plastic and can be squeezed, theoretically they would be easier to unmould than the metallic ones. Oh well, more stuff to fill my cupboards with and for my kids to discover. Note to self: STOP GOING INTO KITCHENWARE SHOPS!!
The assistant was quite right to remind you that these plastic items should not go in a conventional oven and it is not obvious why: some plastics can be used in normal ovens. As a technologist I would like to remind everyone that when ANY kitchen plastic items become discoloured, stained or start to 'scale' (come apart) they should be discarded by recycling. Plastics which have gotten into this state are unhygienic and can be a health hazard.
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« on: May 02, 2011, 05:22:30 pm »
I have a ginger and marrow one which is really lovely....... just let me know. Tim
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« on: May 02, 2011, 05:21:25 pm »
think cookie is the resident camping expert..she is off on holidays tomorrow though but im sure there are plenty of others who can help...im not a camper myself but there is a subject here somewhere on this exact thing...do a search on travelling with the thermomix as im sure it was after confusion of the new thx 31 cookbook and camping etc..im sure JD will redirect you if you cant find it once the royal wedding is over 
Thank you for this info. I look forward to hearing from Cookie.
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