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« on: October 09, 2011, 04:46:29 am »
Just a note regarding your rural location - I'm in the Goulburn Valley area and there is only one consultant in this entire region.... and she's tired! So if you are nearby to here then there is definitely potential for demonstrations.
I'd do it myself if I had the time!
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« on: September 08, 2011, 12:48:59 am »
Just wondering if anyone is demonstrating at the upcoming Gluten Free show in Melbourne in a couple of weeks? My daughter and I will be going... She was diagnosed with Coeliac disease (and I was already gluten free) right at the time we were considering buying a Thermomix, and it really tipped me over the edge to get one (not that I didn't want one anyway!). The fact that we can make far better gluten free food than can be purchased is a huge selling point, and it's quick and easy to do. Would be a great chance for someone to get some good leads for demos. I'd love to be a consultant.... just no time to do so 
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« on: August 26, 2011, 06:10:13 am »
I'm sure the cost of a site at a show like that must be somewhat expensive. Often with these things a group of consultants gets together and shares the cost and the time there - this show was on for four days. On the Vitamix stand there were two guys alternating doing the demo's - and I was only there one day so there may have been other consultants doing the same thing on the other days.
They had two machines running, and each demo consisted first of making a soup, showing how it blended all the ingredients and then they put that one on a machine behind them to run for a few minutes. In the meantime, they used a second machine to make a juice, which was quick and easy and they gave out samples in those little disposable cups. Then, they made 'ice cream' - fruit and ice cubes, which they also handed out, and by then the soup was ready and everyone had a taste of that too.
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« on: August 24, 2011, 04:17:27 am »
I was wandering around the home show in Melbourne last weekend when I came across a stand for a Vitamix. It looked quite good and there were LOTS of people around, watching, talking, and tasting.
I haven't seen this before, and had I not seen a Thermomix before, I would have been quite impressed!
A couple of things I noticed that stand out as the differences - obviously Vitamix doesn't cook, although it does heat things like soup if you leave it running. I also saw the demonstrater having to absolutely bash the food down with the plunger thing to get it down onto the blades! Because it has no reverse function, everything gets blended - I guess it is a blender after all. Oh, and the cost... the show special on the Vitamix was $879 - and their warranty is 7 years.
Anyway.... as I continued to wander around, I was sad that I didn't find a Thermomix demonstrater there, but I wondered if this type of show has been done before and didn't turn out to be profitable?
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« on: April 05, 2011, 11:24:29 pm »
Thanks for that. I can get Ogran from the supermarket so I'll try it again and let you know!
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« on: April 04, 2011, 11:56:34 am »
Considering I've asked a couple of questions already and have read half of what's on here I should probably introduce myself!
I live in country Victoria, work as a Bowen therapist and am studying a Health Science degree in Exercise, Nutrition and Anthropology. We are a blended family of seven kids ranging in age from 18 to 4. My 16yo daughter has recently diagnosed coeliac disease and my 11yo son has Aspergers syndrome. The thermomix is proving to be very helpful with the transition to a gluten free diet.
I've had my thermomix since mid Feb but then went away on holidays for a couple of weeks so didn't get to use it immediately. We've since tried out so many recipes - probably more new recipes than I would have in a year normally!
So far, absolutely loving it.... I just wish I had more time to cook!
Kylie
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« on: April 04, 2011, 11:49:36 am »
Thanks!
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« on: April 04, 2011, 11:48:17 am »
That's exactly why I did it, I had read what I wanted out of a particular forum, and wanted to mark that all read so I could tell if there were new posts.... but now it keeps doing it!
I'll see how it goes tonight.
Thanks
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« on: April 04, 2011, 12:08:52 am »
Last week, after reading a particular section of the forum, I clicked "mark as read". Now, whenever I go into any part of the forum it's "marking as read" all the messages in that section. I've tried clicking it again to see if that turns it back off but that didn't work, and I can't seem to find any other way to stop it doing this.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Kylie
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« on: April 04, 2011, 12:06:47 am »
I'm a relatively new user of the wonderful Thermomix, and also relatively new to a gluten free diet, with my daughter recently being diagnosed with coeliac disease.
We have really enjoyed the pasta fagioli and the creamy tomato and salami pasta, so last night I decided to make a gluten free pasta fagioli.
I know GF pasta needs less cooking time than regular pasta, and that if you overcook it, it turns to mush. I was using casalare pasta, which says on the packet that it cooks in 8 minutes. So, after cooking the sauce for 10 minutes I added the pasta and cooked for 5 minutes before leaving it in the thermoserver for a few more minutes.
When I opened the thermoserver, it was mush..... and it got worse as time went on. There will be no reheating of the leftovers today!
Any tips on how to improve for next time? I wonder if a different brand of pasta will work better, or do I need to actually cook the pasta separately then mix together - in which case I'm probably going to need to adjust the sauce mixture down as the pasta usually absorbs a lot of the liquid.
Thanks, Kylie
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« on: March 30, 2011, 12:31:04 pm »
The recipe in Nico's booklet for mashed potatoes is fantastic and has worked every time for us - lovely smooth mashed potato.
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