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Questions Doubts and Requests => Questions? Technical Issues? The Survival Guide => Topic started by: marmee on July 02, 2009, 10:09:23 am
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OK. I have had my TMX for nearly a week now.
I noticed the bowl, underneath where the knife fits in, there is a brown "rust" looking mark. Tried to clean it off, then ignored it.
Now, today, I made the spag bog mix from the everyday cookbook. When I got the meat out after cooking, I noticed it looks as if the meat burnt on the bottom of the bowl? I didn't think things would burn in there? Silly me, I guess.
Anyway- as I am making shepherds pie, I then cleaned it out and did the mashed potatoes.
Now there is yet anotehr burnt mark on the bottom, but the potatoes show no sign of burning. I can't scrub the burnt mark off.
What has happened and how do I clean it?
A go in the dishwasher??
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Things will burn, but usually it is not too hard to remove. Generally a soak in some water, a bit of bicarb and the gentle scourers like ScotchBrite (? think that's the name?? ) will remove it. Not going to be rust on Stainless Steel.
Burning is more likely if the Varoma temp has been used, but also with prolonged 100 degrees with the speed slow can do it.
Check out http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=313.0 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=313.0) and http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=204.0 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=204.0) - see you are not Robinson Crusoe. ;)
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Hi marmee
I sometimes find that the bottom of mine becomes discoloured rather than burnt and cleaning doesn't remove it. But then you cook something else in it (perhaps tomato sauce for pasta?) and it is bright and shiny again. After a while you don't stress about it!
Other than that, my son once managed to stick and burn rice to the bottom which required much elbow grease on my part using stainless steel cleaner but which did in the end shift.
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I find white vinegar will bring your bowl back nice and shiny ;D
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I find white vinegar will bring your bowl back nice and shiny ;D
Do you do a vinegar rinse and scrub Faffa or cook the vinegar in the bowl with water?
Chelsea :)
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I generally just give it a wipe out with vinegar on a soft cloth. Start out with a dry cloth and go for it. Obviously if it is really cooked on I clean it off as much as I can - carb soda and vinegar paste is great too :)
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Thanks so much.
Chelsea :)
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Thanks all.
The dishwasher removed even more and there is just a bit left. I bumped into my beautiful consultant this morning and will give the vinegar a go :)
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Hi Everyone,
I find that if I get food residue left on the bottom, I need to either turn the speed up slightly or have more liquid in the bowl.
Hope that helps.
Best wishes,
Karen3
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Thanks Marmee - I just got on here to ask about the same thing. I've had my TMX for 5 days and cooked mashed potatoes tonight and it has stuck fast! :( I'm just letting it soak in bi-carb and vinegar and take another look at it in the morning.
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I have not burned anything in the THX (yet) but have burned more than my fair share in other pots & read where you can use a dryer softener sheet to soak the burned stuff off. It works! I fill the pot with hot soapy water & stick the sheet in and let sit for several hours.
( I use unscented Bounce but I think any would work)
We have very hard water here so I any time I boil water I have a few spots. I have found making Amanda's Gazpacho shines it up nicely and tastes so good.
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Regarding the Mash - here in South Africa I tried the mash from the cookbook and it was like white sauce; so then I tried the UK recipe book mthod - much more success.
Recipe:
750gm floury potatoes cut into 2cm cubes
500gm water
1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt
40gm butter
100gm stock
100gm milk or cream
Place potatoes in internal steaming basket.
Weigh water add salt and insert basket
Cook 15mins Varoma temp speed spoon
Cook until tender - do not mash uncooked potatoes or it will be glue!
Drain potatoes.
Insert butterfly whish and add stock milk cream (or as I do an egg) and seasion to taste.
Mash for 2 -10 seconds at speed 4.
This is the best recipe!
Shayla from Cape Town
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In Spain we use the metal scouring pad, called Nanas. In fact some people wedge it under the blades and then turn it on spoon soft or speed 1 to clean without doing your nails in! ;D The bowl is made of stainless steel, and I use the metal scouring pad and scrub as hard as I possibly can, it always comes up beautifully clean! However the best thing is to make the washing goo, or dishwashing goo and that will clean it! Guaranteed!
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I asked Grace last week and steel wool is fine to use in the bowl :)
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I asked Grace last week and steel wool is fine to use in the bowl :)
Now they tell us ??? ??? ??? We've all been so careful not to use anything scratchy on our bowls and all along we could have been using steel wool? I use the non-scratch scouring pad and find that does the job.
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In fact some people wedge it under the blades and then turn it on spoon soft or speed 1 to clean without doing your nails in! ;D
Thanks - very important ;) ;) ;D
brazen - does grace have any tips for cleaning apart from steel wool ?
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hmm not that i remember, but honestly my brain was fully overloaded by all the info lol
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I asked Grace last week and steel wool is fine to use in the bowl :)
Now they tell us ??? ??? ??? We've all been so careful not to use anything scratchy on our bowls and all along we could have been using steel wool? I use the non-scratch scouring pad and find that does the job.
Oh JD, you can scratch away, no worries, nothing can damage our bowls!!! ;D ;D ;D
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I used to use a gentle scouring pad - but the other day I finally noticed a tip in the Uk recipe book by the porridge recipe. It says that if you've got food (eg burned, porridge, eggs) stuck on the bottom, just add some water as if going to do the self-clean, plus a bit of detergent (if it's well burnt - something I've never had - I'd add a tsp of bicarb as well), then heat it at 100 for 1-2 minutes. I couldn't remember the speed they said (and I was too lazy to look it up) so I did it at speed 8 as usual for a self-clean.
I couldn't believe how well it worked!!!! I've been meaning to post this under the tips and tricks section, so perhaps I should copy and paste this posting there too ....
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For a lovely clean finish I use (and recommend) one of those soft green plastic scourers and a product called "gumption".
Comes in a small round plastic container with a green lid, available from most supermarkets in Australia.
Sorry, don't know if it's available in any other locations.
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I use gumption to clean my kitchen sink and make it shine and sparkle so yes it would do the same for the bowl (duh of course lol)
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Hello, I'm back!!
& the first thing I comment on is Gumption - I LOVE it - use it on everything - but I hadn't been game to try it on the TM bowl. I have generally used copious amounts of bicarb when I have got anything stuck which is generally when I am converting a recipe & I have no idea how long I have to cook it for. That was mainly in the days before I discovered the forum & all the recipes here, now I am lazy!
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Have to say I haven't used it on my bowl either...am now thinking...it is stainless steel after all! Should the only thing we be really careful with and wary about be the prongs (or what ever they are called - great for a demonstrator!! lol) to ensure that they aren't damaged in any way??
I don't know and am probably confusing myself now...maybe I should just go to bed and stop trying to think things through! ??? ???
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For a lovely clean finish I use (and recommend) one of those soft green plastic scourers and a product called "gumption".
Comes in a small round plastic container with a green lid, available from most supermarkets in Australia.
Sorry, don't know if it's available in any other locations.
That's exactly what I use Steve - doesn't need it everytime though, it depends on what you have just cooked. I do the blitzing of my vegie scraps first then use the self cleaning method and only have to use gumption if there is still some residue. Cleaning is never difficult for me though - although in the early days I did get some stuck on mess to clean off.