Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Keir on January 04, 2013, 02:14:25 am
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My wife and I both work at time demanding jobs. As a result many of our meals are store prepared (M&S or Waitrose) or is a simple steak/grilled fish.
I have two goals and the Thermomix seems a great tool to help me with them plus I am an efficiency freak who loves good gadgets. 1) I want to cook at home to a good chef standard for family and friends and 2) to have home prepared meals with fresh ingredients sourced from local suppliers where possible.
My first venture with the Thermomix was Celeriac and Porcini soup which was easy and tasted great. I then made two curries in about an hour - Chicken Korma for Marie and Chicken in Yogurt for me. With almost no effort I now have three portions of each in the freezer - brilliant.
Then Christmas and New Year got in the way which was great but took me away from my new hobby.
I will be checking this forum as I love getting peoples corrections or variations on recipes especially on the Everyday cooking…for every family.
Talk with you soon,
Keir
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Welcome to the forum Keir, this is a dangerous place to be , we all love good quality gadgets on here, hence the shopping thread. If you like cooking you will never be short of ideas, this forum is great .
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Hi Keir.... Welcome! You've certainly come to the right place! The recipes here are tried, tested, tweaked and true! The recommendations for books and gadgets the same! Looking forward to hearing from you as time goes on!
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Hi Keir, and welcome to the forum.
We will see you in the shopping thread soon for more gadgets.. :)
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Welcome Keir . You have started out well. Next you will be making your own yoghurt to go with your curry!
Gert
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Welcome Keir. We love gadgets also. Although our favourite is the THM. great recipes here, help your self.
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A warm welcome to the forum Keir.
Buying a thermomix is a great step in achieving your goals. It is a pleasure to be able to create from the basics with the machine. As others have said we are all into gadgets..
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A warm welcome to the forum Keir.
Buying a thermomix is a great step in achieving your goals. It is a pleasure to be able to create from the basics with the machine. As others have said we are all into gadgets..
And devices!
Gert
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Hi and welcome to the forum Keir. It's nice to hear you are stocking up the freezer with your own meals. Does Marie dabble with the Thermomix or is it your baby?
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Hi Keir & welcome :)
Sounds like you are having lots of fun with your new gadget...I'm sure if you spend some time on the forum, you will find you might need a few more gadgets too :) -including a big freezer or two to store all your home made food & ingredients!
Happy cooking :)
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Welcome to the forum, Keir....gadget lover - hmmmmmmmm!! I think you will fit straight in!! :)
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Hi and welcome to the forum Keir. It's nice to hear you are stocking up the freezer with your own meals. Does Marie dabble with the Thermomix or is it your baby?
Until I got her an iPhone she did not email or text. No Marie us the exact opposite. Cooks when she has to but can turn it on when motivated - like Christmas!
She regards the Thermomix with the same fear as she does a pressure cooker.
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Hello and welcome Keir.
Enjoy the cooking and the forum!
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I can understand Marie's fears of a pressure cooker, I am the same. But I do love my thermomix.
As Gert has said we are also into devices. She is our iPad, mini iPad etc guru. I have found the iPad ever so handy with the thermomix.
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Welcome to the forum Keir
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Hello Keir and welcome to the forum. Sounds like your off to a great start. Plenty of recipes to try here.
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Welcome to the forum Keir. Happy thermomixing. :)
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Welcome to the forum Keir :)
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Hi Keir and welcome from another time poor TMX owner. Looking forward to hearing what you will be cooking. As you mention M&S and Waitrose I assume you re in the UK.
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Hello & welcome
Love all my gadgets :)
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Welcome Keir, there are quite a few of who are time poor, you'll pick up lots of tips and tricks on here to make life easier but it can also be trap spending a lot of time browsing and chatting.
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Hello and welcome keir :)
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Welcome to the forum Keir :)
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Welcome Keir and congrats on your latest ‘gadget' hehe.
I also love gadgets and am a newbie TM owner since Dec 18...oh how I have fallen in love with this thing already ;D
Took mine on holiday with us, only way we cold fit it in car was on hubby's lap (no he wasn't driving) LOL, now that's Thermie love, anyway, I had a wonderful time getting to know my ‘Thermalot' and I've never had so much fun cooking before, truth be told I don't really enjoy cooking.....until now :D
I hope you continue to enjoy your TM, I'm sure you will, isn't it a great invention!
I am an Apple tragic, but my TM is up there with my iPad which I take everywhere-kinda like an extension to my arm :-))
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Always remember to travel with your Thermothingy on it's side the way it is packed in the box it comes in.
Gert
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Oh, I didn't know this as my TM consultant unpacked my TM and I didn't see which way up it was.
I also checked the instruction manual and didn't find anything about how to transport it?
For this who have the TM carry bag, does it go in that sideways too?
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Hi GP247 - No, the carry bag has an insert in the base with "holes" to fit the legs so any movement is absorbed by the actual base and not the legs - and the TMX just sits upright in the bag. If you don't have the bag then Gert is right. Turn the TMX on it's side. If the TMX is bouncing around on its legs this could and probably will affect/ruin the scales . . .
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Gosh, thanks to you both, we did buy an open bag and had bubble wrap around Thermie, think I will save for the proper bag anyway.
I'm really surprised this isn't mentioned in the owners manual (unless I missed it) I do know not to drag the TM across the bench, always lift it, and to make sure feet are clean and not sitting on power cord, just a clean flat surface....will make sure it's on it's side next time
Thanks Gert & goldfish :)
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Girlpower247 my machine has travelled 1000s of km. I have a bag and it makes things so much easier.
You certainly sound as though you are enjoying your machine.
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Yes, Cookie1, I am in awe of my TM, I am still coming to terms with what things can be made in this gem, what an adventure ahead of me :)
Funnily, I'm quiet possessive of it right down to being the only one to use or clean it, of course hubby doesn't mind this at all, but I'm not normally this er um bad? Was going to use another word there....part of ones rear end anatomy, but thought better of it ;D
I'm very committed to looking after my TM, intend to take it away or time to time - so the travel bag would be a great thing to have alright, I'm now convinced thanks
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GP, I also recommend the carry bag. if you are going to travel with it . It is so easy to pack it and its bit in.
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GP I have become very protective of my Thermothingy since it had to be expensively repaired after it was ruined by cockroaches getting in and frying on the circuit board. It now lives in a ring of death surrounded by a moat of roach cream and baits. Someone here also suggested a night light so bought a very bright white light I put on at night to deter any critters.
There are photos and the story for newbies in this thread. http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=11489.150 No need to wade through all 11 pages but go to about reply #55 or around there to see what can happen.
And the very same thing happened to my DD but not so expensively.
Gert
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Gert, I did read that thread, the whole 11 pages (I like to et the full picture) ;D
How awful, this could happen to anyone of us from those disease carrying horrid things....we do have a few here from time to time plus ants
in fits and starts. I had a look underneath my TM, looks like vents under there for them to easily enter as well as the side ones.
I will be paying closer attention, thanks for the info :)