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Messages - kylie

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Chit Chat / Re: I hate ...
« on: November 19, 2011, 12:32:23 am »
I hate electricity salesmen who knock on your door at dinner time and won't take no for an answer!

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Chit Chat / Re: I hate ...
« on: November 13, 2011, 04:11:36 am »
Oh I second that! I'd certainly make an effort to get the parcel delivered to the rightful owners. Apparently not everyone thinks the same way.

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Chit Chat / Re: I hate ...
« on: November 12, 2011, 12:57:29 pm »
I've actually written to them twice stating that I'd like them to treat my letter as a formal complaint... and have had no response whatsoever!

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Chit Chat / Re: A few nasty words about the Thermomix.
« on: November 12, 2011, 06:40:42 am »
I will admit that I don't often tell people how much it cost. So many have made a judgement about us because of it, which is (like most judgements) made without all the information. We have 7 kids and little time and absolutely love the quality of the food we make. We saved to buy it and sacrificed other things to let the money go towards it. And... I cook so many things that I would never have attempted before because of the time and effort involved.
A friend of mine has just bought one - awaiting delivery - and before my recent demo (where I did buy the second bowl!) I asked DH whether he thought we got our money worth out of it. He agreed without hesitating. I couldn't justify promoting it to a friend and suggesting she spend that much money if I didn't feel it was so well worth it.

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Chit Chat / Re: I hate ...
« on: November 12, 2011, 06:19:29 am »
Australia Post - we pay to have our mail redirected and they still send it to our old address. Also our parcels were delivered to our old address and when I queried them they said that the mail redirection doesn't include parcels, and pointed out their terms and conditions. I read the T&C's and pointed out right back to them that it clearly states in there that it DOES include parcels! Still.... many went missing.
Vodafone - so frustrating!! The connection is terrible unless you live in a capital city. I spent ages on the phone with them telling me that if I can just wait for 3 months, the signal will improve. Eventually I convinced them to let me out of my contract and went elsewhere - and got $200 credit on my account for bringing a Vodafone account!
Dishes.... we have 7 kids of varying ages but the two teenagers are the worst at hiding dishes away in their bedrooms and it always seems like it's just when I've done a major clean up that more dishes (or washing) appears.
Phew! I'm done!

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Chit Chat / Re: lemon/lime rind
« on: November 12, 2011, 06:07:59 am »
You guys are great! Thanks for all the tips.

I've tried peeling them with a potato peeler then drying them.... but I didn't know how long to dry them for so I left them for a day (or maybe more) and they all shrivelled up. I tried blitzing them then and they stayed in their shrivelled up state! Fail....

It looks like the microplane might be the way to go. I don't like using the zester side on a regular grater because - as said previously - it's hard on the knuckles, and I seem to end up with barely any zest as it's all stuck in the grater and is so hard to get out!

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Chit Chat / Re: lemon/lime rind
« on: November 11, 2011, 10:26:34 am »
OK I've had a look around on the net...

Is it the microplane zester grater, or the microplane premium zester grater? (I can't tell the difference between them).

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Chit Chat / Re: lemon/lime rind
« on: November 11, 2011, 10:15:48 am »
sounds like a microplane is the way to go! Thanks for the tip.

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Chit Chat / lemon/lime rind
« on: November 11, 2011, 04:18:51 am »
I have so many recipes that use lemon or lime rind, including sorbets and ice creams, but I find I can't get the rind finely grated enough for it to blend in well - my kids and husband complain about the 'gritty bits'!
Are there any tricks to getting it really fine?

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: "In the Mix: Great Thermomix Recipes"
« on: October 20, 2011, 01:30:13 pm »
I must confess, I love reading cookbooks, find them often more fun than reading professional anthropology journals (consider this said in a whisper).

Ditto this about cookbooks vs anthropology journals!!

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: "In the Mix: Great Thermomix Recipes"
« on: October 17, 2011, 12:27:37 pm »
I received my copy today. A very nice looking book, although I do like food photos in full glossy colour. Still, it's very well presented.
There are many recipes in here that I would have a try at, not to mention there are LOTS of recipes. I too like it much better than Full Steam Ahead.
For those of you like us who are gluten free - there are quite a few gluten free recipes or ones that could easily be adapted.
Now... for the real test - cook something from it!

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Breakfast / Re: Valerie's Yoghurt & Yoghurt Cheese
« on: October 13, 2011, 11:21:04 am »
that makes sense, andiesenji. So if adding fruit puree or something similar, do it after the cooking part.

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Breakfast / Re: Valerie's Yoghurt & Yoghurt Cheese
« on: October 12, 2011, 10:56:12 am »
Thanks JKMT,

I'm almost ready to make a second batch, so I'll try sweetening it first and see how they like it.

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Chit Chat / Re: Aloha, loving Hawaii
« on: October 10, 2011, 01:54:24 am »
Being an American state I believe there is a lot of American inspired food there - if you can call that inspiration! Good luck!

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Breakfast / Re: Valerie's Yoghurt & Yoghurt Cheese
« on: October 09, 2011, 10:52:51 am »
After spending quite a while reading through all of the very helpful comments... I have just made my first batch of yoghurt and it worked fantastically!
It's beautiful and thick and tastes like a perfect natural yoghurt.
Of course, my kids won't eat natural yoghurt.
So... was wondering about sweetening it. I know there have been a few suggestions regarding fruit, honey, etc, which we've experimented with today (fairly successfully).
I wondered about the type of yoghurt you get at those fruit salad bars, basically a plain yoghurt which has a fruit sauce on top, or is added to fruit salad. That yoghurt is fairly sweet. Am I right in assuming it just has sugar added to it?
So... if I were to add sugar, do you add it after it has set and chilled? And I was thinking I'd need to blitz it first into icing sugar so it's fine.

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