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Desserts / Re: Shortbread Recipe
« on: December 29, 2010, 04:29:35 am »
Absolutely fabulous recipe- tried it today and will become my favourite!
 :-* :-*

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Suggestions and Complaints / Re: Re sauce bottles
« on: November 15, 2010, 06:32:06 am »
cheers Amanda  ;D

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Introduce Yourself / Re: so excited i cant sleep!
« on: November 11, 2010, 01:20:56 pm »
Hi there

Not been here for a while (more house reno :P)

Hey Judy glad to hear you have a second bowl!  ;)

Your output will be mega-galactic  ;D  ;D

I really enjoy my second TMX bowl too (and today I also got a second bowl for my Kitchen Aid, in glass- really cool)


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Main Dishes / Re: Gourmet Beef Casserole - with photo
« on: October 29, 2010, 11:12:59 am »
This was lovely! Used balsamic vinegar instead of malt vinegar and added 25 g of truffle EVO and it was very well received!
Thank you  :-*

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Teriyaki Beef- Meat on the Menu
« on: October 29, 2010, 06:04:00 am »
In my opinion, MOTM is the best of all the recipe books Gabry - worth buying for sure.  I love the ones with pictures of every dish but MOTM has more appealing recipes.

Thanks for that Judy :D Floors sanded and polished, so can play again  ;D ;D

Will get the book soon ;)

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Chit Chat / Re: What is/was your day job :)
« on: October 25, 2010, 07:56:47 am »
Very interesting thread- I am now a SAHM but previously a senior sales manager in pharmaceuticals.
I have a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology.... and my dream job would be to work with Heston Blumenthal in his development kitchen! ;D
Not sure yet about real life in 2 hrs time though  ???

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Starters and Snacks / Re: Bubble and Squeak
« on: October 23, 2010, 03:14:16 pm »
Lovely idea :) Thank you!!

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Starters and Snacks / Re: Gougeres, savory choux puffs.
« on: October 23, 2010, 03:11:07 pm »
Love this idea  ;)
Could be even great for school lunches/picnics? Do they taste as good at room temperature?

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Another new one
« on: October 23, 2010, 12:45:06 pm »
Hi Kylie

I'm in the Hills too (Mitcham Hills)! Looking forward to hearing how you will settle into your new role!

All the best

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Sutherland shire girl.
« on: October 23, 2010, 12:41:03 pm »
HI Cornish Cream

Thank you for this- yes I did see this page- I sometimes don't need to temper as much as 800 gr of chocolate and the times and quantities for seeding will be different for lesser amounts- keeping the temper with lots of chocolate is really much easier than with, say, 350 ml of chocolate  :(
Somebody needs to work this out- 450 gr of callets cost around $11.50 in Adelaide (although I know you can pay $20 for 1Kg of callets in Brisbane)- so not a cheap exercise ;)

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Sutherland shire girl.
« on: October 23, 2010, 12:43:42 am »
Hi Quasar
TMX is unlikely to able to keep the temper in a straightforward way as the minimum temperature (37c) will melt the "seeds" of the cocoa butter
I use Callebaut dark 53 (tempers at 31 C) mainly but need to keep the tempered choc in the oven at 30 C on the defrost program if I have to keep the temper. That would have been a good thing to discuss at a demo.
I would imagine that  if you were trying to keep the temper with TMX you might need to possibly use the largest amount of  couverture that you can fit in the bowl combined with Micryo and heating at 37 C in intervals  ??? Somebody else done this?
 That I would really like to know ;D
Do you do chocolate stuff?

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Salads / Re: Tomato and Pepper Salad (with photo)
« on: October 22, 2010, 02:20:06 pm »
Like, like  ;D

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Sutherland shire girl.
« on: October 22, 2010, 01:58:36 pm »
The delivery demo (just you and the consultant) that shows you what to do to clean the TMX properly, how to dismantle it and what not to do etc- IS VERY useful.

Now I am going to say something possibly controversial... just my opinion, so please don't shoot  ;)

In my modest opinion, the "party" demo is not that impressive. It's a number of basic recipes that you can pick up on the internet (the Canadian ones especially) or from this forum (in fact, I have seen far more sophisticated stuff on here). For instance I asked the consultant to try to tailor to my party needs (I was interested in pastry, sauces and chocolate) and also all my friends attending are very competent cooks and entertainers.

Also cooking classes available here are all "Back to basics"  :-))

In the UK there are masterclasses available, even at chef's level, something that I have not been able to find here in Australia.
The Bimby forum counterpart in Italy runs online masterclasses (not had time to suss things out on that one), and the French and Spanish books are really on another level.

 :-\ Holey maloney! I am feeling argumentative today  ??? ??? Maybe it's the floor sanding I have to get up and do  :-\

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi
« on: October 22, 2010, 01:43:17 pm »
Looks like TMX is just what you need!
To a long, happy time cooking
 :D

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Teriyaki Beef- Meat on the Menu
« on: October 22, 2010, 10:14:54 am »
Don't have Meat on the Menu- is it worth getting?
Sounds delish ;)

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