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Questions Doubts and Requests => Questions? Technical Issues? The Survival Guide => Topic started by: Ceee on November 03, 2009, 03:36:28 am
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:o Horror of all horrors, I made a curry sauce in TMX and the MC (measuring cup) has been discoloured bright yellow by the turmeric. I have soaked in bleach for a few days, but no avail! Any ideas?
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Mine isn't bright yellow, but I have noticed it no longer has it's clarity. It seems sort of slightly cloudy.
I've found when I spill curry things on the bench it disappears over time. Not sure if this will happen. I just had a look in Shannon Lush's book but couldn't find anything about curry stains.
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Try rubbing with vegetable oil. This often takes stains off plastic. I have had success with tupperware and the iinsiide of the food processor in the past.
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Brilliant. Maybe even glycerine, Shannon Lush uses that a lot.
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Mine is cloudy as well, I just assumed it was scratched and marked from all the grain and sugar grinding that I do ??? ??? Off to try rubbing it with oil for glycerine... will report back
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I did exactly the same thing with mine...the day I was doing a demo...I tried everything - bicarb/bleach/vinegar/lemon juice....nothing would get rid of it....I had to go and buy a new MC, even now almost a year on the one that was discoloured is still a shade of tumeric! I keep that one for cooking curries now!
I asked Grace about it and she said that the MC will absorb colours, and if they made it so that it wouldnt then it wouldnt be food safe so you cant win!
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A yellow, cloudy MC will have to be a sign of a well used TMX.
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Yes that is what I tell everyone, I have been thinking of buying a new one ($12.00) just for demo's. At this point I will need new blades as well so they are shiny to match lol
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Mine is cloudy too. I always see the clear, sparkling MC's at cooking class and can't even remember mine looking like that. ;D
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I bought one for 5 euros! Beautiful and shiny, its amazing just how cloudy they go......but guess its a sure sign of good usage! ;D
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mine is all of the above! makes the new ones look like crystal next to mine lol
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May pay for new users to put some paper or plastic over the MC when going to use curry pastes or tumeric. I got a new MC and was amazed at what I could see through it. May be best to get another and use one for things you need to see and the other for curries etc.
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[My MC is cloudy as well and I am sure that mine is because I USE TO clean it with a green scourer HO HUM I must learn to be patient and soak before washing.
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Mine isn't cloudy yet, but I do remember watching someone do a bread demo in a bread machine that was the most stained horrible looking thing I'd ever seen. I commented on it and the demonstrator said, "If your Bread Machine doesn't look like this, you're not using it enough!"
So, embrace that cloudy stained MC.... :D
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Well put MJ ;D ;D ;D :-*
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I bought a second hand breadmachine because I was so grossed out by what had become of the insides of my first one :-)) And six months on, the second one is just about the same :o having looked unused when I bought it :o My breadmachines are well used compared to my friends' though, so I feel a bit better now!
My MC went green first I think, but can't for the life of me remember what from. I've had TMX for less than 3 months so it hasn't lasted long. It's not very clear and has curry infusions now too ;) We had curry the night before I had a demo, using my machine, and I was very embarrassed to discover the bowl still smelled of curry the next day :-\
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Do you leave the lid loose Depome and the MC just sitting on the top? Mine occasionally does smell but it seems to go if I give it another wash.
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I never store the bowl with the cup in place.
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No mine aren't usually anywhere near each other :-))
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My MC went green first I think, but can't for the life of me remember what from. I've had TMX for less than 3 months so it hasn't lasted long. It's not very clear and has curry infusions now too ;) We had curry the night before I had a demo, using my machine, and I was very embarrassed to discover the bowl still smelled of curry the next day :-\
I usually pull it apart completely and concentrate on the lid and lid seal after making curries, and usually leave it to air over night before assembling it, but even then it often has curry odours. :-))
Somebody said to rub the lid/seal with lemon juice and place in the freezer to help get rid ot the smell
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My Tumeric coloured MC did fade over time after making Tikka PAste from the Indian Cook book (so did the matching stain on the bench) I use my yellowy MC with pride like I do my wrinkles - shows I have been around the block a few times ;)
You are all using your MC hole up hey?
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Sure am.
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My MC lost its yellowy colour eventually after a quite a few trips in the dishwasher! But now I have milky white markings on it which the dish washer is not moving. With regard to smelly Tm's I have never had that, but I do get little brown smudge marks after e.g. cheese sauces, jams etc. I fill up the machine halfway with ice cubes, a lemon cut in quarters, crank up the speed to 10, then take it down to 2 and put the temp on varoma for 5 mins. This takes out any possible marks and smells.
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That's a great tip Ceee for cleaning and deodourising! Must remember that one. Thanks :-*
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Thanks Cee. A cleaning and deodorising all in one.