Nice to see so many welcomes , thank you.     Answers to ?'s.   BREAD-  Would like to do some posts on bread.  Both yeast and sour dough.    I'm experimenting with drying the sour dough culture.   If this works,  I would be prepared to post ( no charge ) to forum members who want to make sour dough bread but can't be bothered growing their own culture.

WHY - big question.  I love cooking, we entertain a lot, I have equipment to make life easier.  My 5 year GD says Ma likes to feed the world.!  I realized at the deomo. that I had things that would complement the T.M.       An Ice maker, an Icecream Machine and a vacuum sealing machine.  I vacuum seal many things and then freeze them.    Soup,  made in the T.M is enough for 4-6 serves,  we eat some and then I freeze the rest in 2 serve amounts.    I can rush in from the garden and have lunch on the table in a few minutes.

FRIDGES  and FREEZERS - CP63 I have a few !    A large bench one, that the kids call jurassic park, ( clean this out every 6 months ) cook up anything that  has escaped attention, and give to the chooks.  Also 2 upright ones organized into various  categories, with a card system so that I can quickly find whatever.   We live 20 mins. from the nearest shop,  and 30 mins, from a decent shopping center.   I can't resist a bargain,  if something is a good buy,  I must have it.   

This all sounds a bit over the top-  but we eat something from the garden every day,   Friends will bring fruit or vegies that they have too much of and we will have a cook up.    They go home with 1/2 of what we have made plus a loaf of bread.   I often make a loaf of bread to the 2nd proving stage ,and they cook it when they get home.   The T.M recipe (modified) is excellent for this as it can go in a cold oven.

CP63 you could point out to your mum,  that since I have had the T. M. our bottled gas bill has been cut in 1/2.

JulieO,    thanks for the recipe for the Irish Cream.   I'll make it and invite some friends around and we will do a blind test.

I some times use this marmalade , heated and served as a sauce over that flourless orange cake.   Also use it under steamed puds .

Just read post about Geoff.  Chin up, at least it is something that can be treated.   What you need, is to do a little T.M cooking.    Glad you are feeling a  lot better.     Best wishes to both of you.

Have just read the zab. recipe.   Visitors for tea tomorrow, so will try it out.   Thanks Thermomixer.    I usually make 2 desserts when we have visitors so will make Brazens Pav. with raspberries.   Thanks.

Number of People: 4 to 6

Ingredients:
4 cooking apples
3/4 cup of sugar
2 Tblsp. S.R flour
1 Tblsp. Butter
1 cup of cold water


Preparation:

Peel and core apples.   Cut into thick slices with hole in center
Place in a pie dish
In TM bowl zap flour with sugar
Add butter and zap
Tip in cold water and mix speed 7 for 10 sec.  [ the mixture will look curdled, but this is o.k.]
Tip over the apple

Bake at 200^oC ff about 30 mins.

I usually just peel the apples, cut into quarters , take out the core and cut in 1/2 again (1/8ths)

This recipe does not double successfully .    Best to make a second dish.


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Tips/Hints:

I am going to attempt to introduce myself.     Although I have been a member for a few days , I have't introduced myself because i didn't how.    I'm still not sure that this will end up where it should.   But ,here goes.   I am a Grandmother who lives in the country, in the Macedon Ranges, in Victoria.     i have been interested in cooking since I was a child [I could cook a roast dinner for the family when I was 12].   I have a vast range of cooking books - over 300.  I like going to cooking demonstrations.    I flew to Tassie to a cooking class last April.   This was a 70th. Birthday present.  I am passionate [ some might say obsessive] about bread making.  Sour dough is a real interest.    Since I've had my T.M I have worked at the basic recipe for bread in the EDC book. It is not good.   The ingredient list is o.k.,  but the process is poor.  
Having had a working life as an educator, it is not surprising that I teach friends how to make bread .  Today was good, I used the T.M to make sour dough.  I used the machine to do the  kneading  .  
My aim is to learn to use this computer, so that I can enjoy the sharing and contribute .[I also got this computer for my birthday].  and have made real progress with help from the most generous Thermomixer and Judydawn..  I would like to be able to post pictures of recipes i've converted.    Perhaps this is aiming a bit high.