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Chit Chat / Dead Microwave. Should I buy a combo MW/Convection?
« on: September 09, 2012, 04:56:53 am »
My 10 year old  Panosonic Inverter  just died. Should I buy a  microwave convection combo?

Gert

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Chit Chat / How are you using your scrubbies!
« on: August 31, 2012, 01:57:47 am »
I am using mine to clean my tub and  spa jet thingys.

I used it to  rub my heels while in the bath.

I used it to clean bird poop off the car windows.

I used it to clean the racks in my oven. 

I even used it on my THERMOTHINGY.


Gert

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Chit Chat / IPad Tips and Tricks
« on: August 28, 2012, 02:05:05 am »
I thought I would start a thread that we could use to share all our tips and help for iPad users. I will start by saying everyone with an iPad wanting to use it to post photos on the forum should first download from Apple iTunes Store Tapatalk HD . It costs about $2. At the moment.
Be sure to register it with Tapatalk. Find the forum and if you cannot figure it out I will try to explain it.

The next useful one to buy is IPad Secrets Tips and Tricks which is only .99 and is awesome. I use it all the time. Easy reading and great for dummies like me. It is also good because  it will reveal more secret stuff every few months. There are  Lot of secrets embedded in your iPad. Steve jobs loves his little secrets.

You will also learn when using the iPads why you see so many commas. Easy mistake while typing.

 I am sure you all have a Few tips to contribute.

Andisenji  has done the courses so I am sure she will want to contribute as she is far more tech savvy than moi.

We don't want any techno babble just plain  talk.

Nazar's DH will want to know why the VDO I sent him was upside down. I don't know.  What I do know is that when sending stuff from my  Apple iPad to my Microsoft Windows PC it is often upside down. Probably a joke between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.  Ha Ha boys. Play a Joke on God yet Steve?

A lot of stuff can be seen on You Tube. There is always some nerd who wants to show off. Some VDO's are better than others depending whether they want to show what they know or just want to show off.

Mr  Google is  most useful so go there first. The real Apple shops  hold  tutorials all the time for free and the staff are there to help in real time so ask.

If I we can put all the stuff we know here we will have a great resource very handy.

If you have favourite app and know how to use it then please share.  If anyone mentions Angry Birds they will be banned until they smarten up and fly right.

All typos will be silently acknowledged because we all know how it happens. If the bloody thing does not acknowledge Andisenji  name as a real name it will after about 4 attempts so trust it.  Another little secret.

Maybe we could leave quotes out and  just put each tip or trick in a new post so when searching it will come up easily.

Nd will be accepted as and to save everyone  retyping it. Don't ask you will get it. If there is no cap at the  start of a sentence  ignore it as we all will get it.

Automatic spelling corrections are a pain in the ass but try using the iPad without it at your peril.

Anyway. What to you think?

Oh o maybe I should have asked MM first.  Nah the moderators will give me a slap first.


Gert




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Chit Chat / Goings on from Margaret River
« on: August 22, 2012, 04:16:58 am »
I am packed and have my boarding passes.



Achookwoman. You can put a picture here.

Gert

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Non Thermomix Recipes / Gert's Beer Ass Chicken
« on: August 05, 2012, 11:30:36 am »
Gert's Beer Ass Chicken

1    Chicken
1    Can Beer of your choice
Fresh or dried herbs of your choice

Open beer. Drink  1/2
Put a pinch or two of herbs into can.

Take washed and dried chook to the can and sit on top spreading legs so chicken stands up. Carefully take can with chicken on top and place in BBQ proof pan.

Put on BBQ  using indirect heat. In other words with one burner on  and  not underneath the chook.

The temp may be around 160  so cook until done maybe one hour for a small chook and longer for bigger chooks.

 This can also be done in the oven.

It  can also be done with cider or wine but I find  beer is best.

See also the beer ass duck . I have done this with Turkey.  There are endless variations and really no recipe just a method of cooking.

Google it for more sophisticated  recipes .

Gert








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Vegetarian / Gert's Converted Scalloped Corn Casserole
« on: August 05, 2012, 04:11:37 am »
Scalloped Corn

Serves 4 at least

1   small onion quartered
Wedge of red or green capiscum
1/2   tbs butter
1/2   tbs oil
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp mustard
90 gms flour
salt
pepper
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 can corn or creamed corn



Put onion capiscum in  *: chop 5 for 3 seconds
Add butter and oil. 3 minutes 100 and :-: speed 1

Add flour and seasonings . 3 minutes 100 :-: speed 1

Add milk  3 minutes 100  :-: speed 1

Add corn and egg  5 seconds  :-: speed 4

Pour into oven proof dish and bake at 160 or so for 20 to 30 minutes.

You could top with breadcrumbs

After tasting I remembered that it was very bland so probably why I liked it as a kid but it was insipid so I added a 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes.

I adapted this from my  more than 50 year old  betty Crocker Cookbook which is one of the few I have kept over the years.

When it is out of the oven I will post a pic with Tapatalk.

Thanks Astarra for this challenge.





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Chit Chat / For Foods Sake Giveway. Be quick.
« on: July 17, 2012, 11:58:07 pm »
Hub and Spoke are giving away For Food Sake from Thermomixblogger 's web site


http://www.superkitchenmachine.com/2012/17189/free-thermomix-cookbook-prize.html/comment-page-1#comment-9869

Gert

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News about Thermomix / The Kiwis Love TMX
« on: July 09, 2012, 12:02:50 am »
New review. Maybe it will bring more Kiwis here. No not to Australia but to the Forum.

  http://www.consumer.org.nz/reports/thermomix-tm31

Gert

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Chit Chat / Oh boy here we go again. Look familiar?
« on: May 03, 2012, 11:27:39 am »
http://www.thegoodguys.com.au/bankstown/MAXI_SUPCHEF_ThermoFoodPro_Superchef_CF-550SUPERCHEF

I think they  have now covered every name and only $ 479



Gert

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Chit Chat / Low carb lesbian review of Thermomix demo
« on: May 02, 2012, 11:35:31 pm »
This was a very funny review of this gal's take on the Thermomix demo.

http://www.lowcarblesbian.com/tag/thermomix/

You have to agree about the sugar and carbs.

Gert

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Chit Chat / What is going on on Facebook?
« on: April 27, 2012, 10:46:31 am »
I must have been sorely bored the other day to spend a few hours on Facebook. I joined originally at the behest of my rellies overseas as a means to "catch up".

Now that I have befriended a lot of my fellow Thermomixers  on my Facebook page  it  as grown into some sort of  crazy competition for likes? Whats is this that all about? I am clueless.

And it gets worse. It seems now that there is someone  telling some Facebook  Thermomixers  to unfriend or unlike other Facebook Thermomix  people . Give me strength.  This  is kindergarten stuff. This is where bullying starts.  Are consultants so frightened  of big brother they will sabotage  other people's Facebook pages? 

I have  "liked" a lot of interesting pages on Facebook.  I visit my page maybe once a week or less. Recently I have seem some  things  I find quite sad . I hope it does not flow over to this forum where we are free to like who we like and just ignore those we  don't care much for without announcing it to the world.

Those who post on the web must know that there is NOTHING sacred.  Every time you click like or unlike it is noted. To friend or unfriend  is also noted.

To be told you have to "unlike" or "unfriend" someone on your  FB page is going too far.

It is at least giving  several people full time work to keep up with every single thing that's said by every consultant, enthusiast and nay sayer on every blog and every Facebook  page not to mention several other public sites. This is surely not the reputation that Thermomix wants. It does no one any favours  especially the hard working consultants. Intimidation is not the way to win friends and influence sales.

The airways  are running hot.

Gert

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Starters and Snacks / Gert's Savoury Macarons with Pics
« on: April 19, 2012, 12:03:12 am »


I was so impressed with my success with Mara's Macarons  from superkitchenmachine.com that I decided to make some savoury ones.

Now so as not to offend Frozzie or any Francophiles I am calling them Gert's Savoury Macaloons 'cause they are a little crazy. No offence to any loons out their either.

Those few people on the forum who know me nose I am not fond of sweet things  but making the sweet maracon was a challenge put to me. In fact I was told point blank that no way could I successfully make them as "she", the world renowned expert in all things culinary  and Thermomix, told me she had not been able to make them so how could a complete novice like me even think about making a success of it.

Well "eat this" http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=320.msg141760#msg141760

Now to my Macaloon

Since I paid $20 for  the silly macaron/whoopie pie ( whatever that is) pan  I had to find other ways to utilise it. thinking cap on and this is what I came up with. Everyone knows this recipe.

In the TMX bowl put some ham, salami, onion, hard cheese and chop on about 6 for about 2 seconds.

Add some butter or oil and cook on 90 for 3 minutes. Let it cool a bit.

Add a lid full of milk and a lid full of plain flour. Maybe I should have used self raising for a bit of a puffier Macaloon.

Add 3 eggs  some salt and pepper and mix on 3 reverse for a few seconds.

Now carefully pour the mixture into the Macaloon pan . Cook in hot over for about 10 minutes. I used FF180

They will slide out of this pan which is brilliant and is definitely NON STICK.

Let the wee ones cool a bit then go crazy. I used salami, tomatoes, sour cream, cheese, tomato sauce and bits and pieces. If I had any smoked salmon I could have used it. In any case it really doesn't matter. It is all about having a bit of fun


Useful breakfast food or snack food or great for a party. I had enough mixture for two trays or 24  very quick Macaloons.

My DH was very impressed with his MAN ones.  You can spot the difference in the photos which I will add with Tapatalk.

If anyone can tell me how I can add photos to this forum from my iPad I would really appreciate it as I am quite hopeless with a camera and hooking it to the computer is a pain in the butt. I love my iPad and it is sooooooo easy to take pics on it.

Gert

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Chit Chat / Thermomix for sale WA
« on: April 14, 2012, 02:43:15 am »
Thermomix for sale with accessories on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Thermomix-TM31-sale-/290697737068?pt=AU_SmallKitchenAppliances&hash=item43aeef736c#ht_512wt_922

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Review of Chicken Roulades with Onion and Prunes from Communities pg 114
« on: April 13, 2012, 12:29:42 am »
I thought I would first review a  recipe from POLAND in the new The Best of our Communities cookbook.

This recipe was quite easy and a good dish to prepare in two parts . First I followed the recipe using chicken breasts separated and sliced  horizontally. Then I flattened them using the useful TIP of covering with cling film and hammering it with a rolling pin, stuffed  them as per the recipe with prunes and raw onion slices. Instead  of  skewering them with wooden pics or sewing them with thread (?) I wrapped them tightly in the  used cling film like Bon Bons. After steaming them in the Varoma put hem in the fridge overnight still in their Jammies.

Next day I made the sauce of  prunes and onions in the bowl with the varoma on top in which I put the now undressed roulades.

Delicious if a bit sweet to my palate. Very easy and a good one for a party piece  4/5 because of the sweetness.

I will Tapatalk  the pics as I have yet to figure out how to upload  a photo to the forum for the iPad.

Gert


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Chit Chat / Thermomix in Indonesia. Bulk orders?
« on: March 21, 2012, 05:32:56 am »
The things you come across on the  Internet. I will move over to Tapatalk so I can upload some screen shots in case this web site goes missing.  http://thermomixdistribution.en.ecplaza.net/original-thermomix-tm31-accessories-transparent--325273-2523373.html note the "sample" price.

Gert

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