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« on: April 26, 2011, 11:05:44 am »
thanks thermomixer! the link's really useful! yes, i read / speak chinese, and will explore the taiwanese recipes! i was given an asian version of the cookbook in addition to EDC and the Indian cookbook, and I have to say the timings etc in the asian cookbook need LOTS of tweaking! 
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« on: April 13, 2011, 03:19:54 pm »
hey thanks frozzie!! i went to chk out those links and copied them all into my iphone in preparation for THE BIG DAY!!! my TM arrives only sunday! johnro- i'll tell that to my gal fren who can't cook and thinks she has no use for TM ! thanks judydawn! i am surfing the forum for recipes i wanna try now!! ellie i think i'm gonna end up like you! cuillidh, thanks for the tip! i know i mite have just jumped straight in without all the prep! and no, quirkyjo, i havent got my TM yet, coming sunday!!! and i printed your "converting recipes" post!!! i'll be digging into your blog very often for gluten free dairy free ideas!!
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« on: April 12, 2011, 09:47:10 am »
hey guys!!
so sorry i wasn't able to reply earlier. my mom had surgery and and i started a new freelance project at work and basically things were a mess at home.
i was overwhelmed by all your responses (because i didnt think id get noticed, seeing i was not in the 'club' yet) and wow!!!
thanks for all your encouragement!! i feel welcomed!
hallo sue_h, /johnro/achookwoman/cornish cream/cookie1/creampuff63/frozzie/caroline/trudy thanks for sharing your experiences and encouragement! it was really helpful and started me thinking harder!
bonsai, cuidlidh, thanks for the links and i'm going to check them out later!!!
and hallo quirkycooking! i subscribe to your blog and they sure give me lots of ideas!
and.....GUESS WHAT!! (sorry for shouting!! i can't contain my excitement!!!). I ORDERED A THERMOMIX.
i had my demo, and my galfriend who went with me is pretty sold on it (but she can't cook/bake and is moving to australia in jun so she'd prob be getting more demos once she gets to aus - cuz she has no idea what she is going to do with a TM since she can't cook / bake) but i already knew what i cld do with the TM even before i saw the demo (thanks to this forum!!). ie the demo didn't change my mind so drastically since i'd already made up my mind before i went for hte demo that i really wanted the TM. what convinced me though, was the speed at which things cld be done. we had lemonade, kneaded dough for chinese steamed buns, pumpkin soup with chinese steamed buns on top in the varoma, stirfried chinese leafy greens, and sorbet.
so i went back, and wrote down a list of items that i thought id' be cooking in the TM (not withstadning i'm sure i'll be trying out totally new dishes in the cookbooks), and started saving up and thinking of how to convince my DH. and what do you know, my chance came when he said he wanted an iphone2 for his birthday and i said ok i'll buy that for u and i also said, hey can i buy a TM *with my own $$$ *?
(since at this point i'd gotten a couple of projects which wld nicely pay for the TM.) to my utter shock, after a few days he said he'd always buy me whatever i wanted (even though he was still rolling his eyes because he didnt go to the demo and he can't fathom why i'd pay $2000 ++ for 'just a blender.')
so anyway guys, my TM is arriving on sunday (barring any further mishaps - my consultant was sick last sunday so she cldn't deliver it last week! that really ruined my day cuz id been looking forward to it all week)... and till then, i hope someone can point me to some relevant threads that touch on
1. TM recipes for beginners
2. what to do when you first get your TM
3. anything else i need to know
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« on: March 10, 2011, 12:37:35 pm »
hey Katya,
that's the value i'm looking for! right now there are certainly lots of fanciful dishes on (and outside of) the TMX forums that i can't do on a regular basis , from scratch, and i wish for more dishes that are not stir fries. (read: that can be left unattended to cook)
like i'm doing a lot of stir fries right now for lack of better recipe ideas. i would have loved to make biscuits/ cakes/ dumplings / scones / muffins / bread etc were it not for all the different equipment i hv to haul in and out of the cabinets.
i have a breadmaker, a food processor, a blender, a BOSCH mixer (which i bot for making whole wheat bread but never opened buecause it took up so much counter space and was duplicating some of the functions of the food processor and i didn't know how to handle it!), a slow cooker, a rice cooker and....a stove top steamer..and ...*cringe* ....
over the years i end up doing 2 of these things: stash the bulky appliance into the cupboard and never do what it was meant to do, or leave it on the countertop taking up precious space and beat myself up for not using it frequently enough to justify its stay on the countertop.
and hi Judydawn! i read a lot of your posts and hadn't realised it was just DH and you! and did you just say laundry powder!?!?! i can't believe this. i DO make my own laundry detergent and it would be a boon if the tmx cld handle even that! i saw quirkycooking's GF breads and was really impressed. i'm fixing a date for the demo now!
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« on: March 10, 2011, 09:41:58 am »
hi perth mum! i hadn't ever thought about a kid being able to handle the tmx! now you're giving me ideas hi katya! thanks for replying! you mean, with only 2 people in your household you are actually able to find value in having a tmx? i don't do half as much steaming as i'd like because the wok is taking up the stove space! (not to mention i can't have a steamer spurting water droplets into my wok when it's full of hot oil!) but if you're telling me that i cld steam something on top of the tmx while i'm cooking rice.......that's one more reason bringing me nearer to getting one! 
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« on: March 10, 2011, 08:42:10 am »
thank you Twitterpated! i love thailand and thai food! i forgot to mention that i'm from singapore so we eat everything - thai, vietnamese, indian, chinese.
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« on: March 10, 2011, 08:20:33 am »
hi Everyone!!
I've been lurking around for a month or so now and am finally plucking the courage to say hallo to everyone. i can't decide if i need a thermomix or not. will it really pay for itself with the time i'm spending on food prep?
i get the impression that a thermomix only makes sense for from large families - i'm only cooking for DH, myself and DD. is that too small a family size to be buying something so expensive?!?!
i cook mainly asian stuff - stir-fries, soups, and rice, congee/ porridge, etc. and i'm wondering if the TM can help me cut down on food prep? many of the TM recipes & food blogs that i'm seeing center on american foods (breads / cakes / pastries). i've yet to find an asian / chinese blog devoted to TM cooking. i used to bake a fair amount of bread and cakes before my DD was diagnosed with wheat intolerance.
also, we are a family with food intolerances (not true allergy) - dairy is out and wheat/gluten is allowed a couple of times a week. does that limit the use that the TM would have for my family?
i'm really lost here...and would appreciate some advice!
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