Thermomix Lovers United #2

**OceanPrincess** · March 6th, 2013, 05:04 PM

Nup Rouge. No one will buy at mine, I'm only having it because I want to convince DH we need one! I think they'd be used to it... It's not like Tupperware or Intimo where you can buy one thing just cuz you feel bad.

Do you have one yourself?

**Rouge** · March 6th, 2013, 05:51 PM

Do I have one... :P you need to scroll up a bit

So the consultant doesn't mind? I worry they'll get annoyed with me!

**OceanPrincess** · March 6th, 2013, 06:26 PM

Nope. I've been very honest with her - I want one, DH needs convincing,please come to my house and convince him. She explained that to qualify as a "demo" you need two people who don't live there to come, but she doesn't care who they are. So I've invited two friends plus hubbies plus kids, we will fire up the barbie too, she can whizz up a coleslaw for us and show DH, I've told DH he doesn't need to listen to the talking bit but I want him to see it in action. So my friends will listen and the DHs will cook some snags for kids.

It's like a BBQ with a demo thrown in. I guess she can't lose from if, really - my friends themselves might not buy one but they might tell someone else about It who then might buy one, yanno?

Why would you have another one though?

**~Kim~** · March 6th, 2013, 06:32 PM

Rouge, I felt the same. I told my consultant I didn't think anyone would buy, she wasn't phased at all.
Think of it as a private cooking class

You might show her a thing or two as well.

**The[cookie]Doctor** · March 6th, 2013, 06:43 PM

Hey OP. The bonus of having more demos is often there is deals on where you can only buy something by having a demo. For example, this month it is a half price bowl, blade and lid set. It would be so handy to have a second one. People i know might use the second one for playdough, washing powder, moisturuser - stuff they want to make in a totally separate bowl. Other just love the second one for the ease of swapover when they are making a few dishes.
Also, there is the basic demo and then the varoma demo which teaches you more about the varoma. And they have just done a bit of switching about with the menus so it can be a good insight to see what is going on behind the scenes at TMX.
I would throw one but i can never convince anyone to come (because a free meal is a bad deal?) and bad month for the BBL set to be on special

Sigh, wonder if money grows on trees if i dream long enough>

**Olive** · March 6th, 2013, 07:33 PM

I looooooooove having a second bowl!!

**Beautiful Disaster** · March 6th, 2013, 09:41 PM

Ok I'm convinced and I showed DH and he likes it to.

Now hurry up and call TMX person

**Beautiful Disaster** · March 9th, 2013, 02:43 PM

Any brissie gals know a seller??? I'm still waitin for a call 2 weeks later

**wysiwyg** · March 9th, 2013, 02:54 PM

Not sure I am seriously considering yet but a question or two?

Does it really replace all other benchtop appliances - we have a tiny kitchen - I am not overly convinced yet but since going back to work really think might help us - but we have so little space - can you really get rid of other stuff? I have a mixer thing which I use for mixing stuff occasionally, grating and chopping etc - but would want to get rid of that,if could get rid of slow cooker too would be an added benefit. . Are there any spreadsheets anywhere about how can save you money? Bit of a spreadsheet nerd and I think that would help justify it - but I am not a big spender on groceries anyway.

**Beautiful Disaster** · March 11th, 2013, 08:40 PM

Demo booked for Sunday can't wait

**~Kim~** · March 11th, 2013, 08:53 PM

Honestly Wysiwig, no. It doesn't slow cook, so it doesn't replace that. It does whip, but if you bake it doesn't do a fantastic job at whipping (it's rubbish at egg whites for example), so my kitchenaid is still a necessity for me. It does grate, well chop, so for an aesthetically pleasing look, again I prefer my grater attachment on the kitchenaid.
Now don't get me wrong, I love love love my thermie. The ease with which I can do most stuff is amazing, but I still use much of the rest of my kitchen. I know they say it replaces everything, but for me personally, I don't think that's the case.

Eta there was a chart I got at my demo about the sorts of things it saves you money on. I didn't bother keeping it though as that wasn't the reason I got mine. I'm sure a consultant could hook you up with one.

**OceanPrincess** · March 11th, 2013, 09:32 PM

I asked the same question about slow cooking - the answer I got was that the TMX doesn't do anything slow.

But most of the things I do in the slow cooker I could do in the TMX with different cuts of meat. TBH I never leave the slow cooker on when I'm not here anyway so it kinda defeats the whole "put the slow cooker on, go out for the day, come home and have dinner ready" thing... My slow cooker hasn't come out in a while and I'm more about quick meals these days.

Maybe that'll change in winter

In other news, DH has agreed, after our demo, that we should get one. He was impressed. But he is kind of embarrassed about the price tag - he doesn't want his mates and his parents knowing that we spent 2k on a kitchen appliance

So we are going to sell some stuff on eBay and do a bit of fundraising. He isn't really fussed with HOW much we raise as long as we can say we sold stuff to fund the purchase. Sort of fair enough as we aren't exactly flush with cash given we are on one (very varied and unreliable) income...

Let the fundraising begin.

**wysiwyg** · March 12th, 2013, 06:00 AM

Thanks for replies - not too fussed about slow cooking as dont use that frequently and wouldnt object to keeping that as doesnt live on bench top. I dont really bake and haven't whipped egg whites while in Oz so prob that shouldn't bother me - does it grate cheese? I tend to buy a block then grate in machine as a money saver - not bothered if it looks more chopped than grated though.

**~Kim~** · March 12th, 2013, 08:45 PM

It does that really well. It does a tonne of things really really well. Can you get to a demo? or basic cooking class? (most demonstrators have access to these)

**wysiwyg** · March 13th, 2013, 07:03 AM

Yes think will try get to demo (any Melbourne peeps having one soon I am not that weird honest :-) ) just found out guy I sit next to at work has one so source of answers to my questions on tap now!

**OceanPrincess** · March 13th, 2013, 06:07 PM

I'm going to have another when we buy one. I've got two friends who wanted to come and couldn't... I'm north east, would that suit?

**wysiwyg** · March 13th, 2013, 06:21 PM

Cool sent you a PM

**MummyNaomi** · March 13th, 2013, 08:17 PM

(it's rubbish at egg whites for example)

I made a mousse not long ago and whipped up a storm with the egg whites, I was actually really happy with it for this - did you use the butterfly attachment?

Just to add to the Slow Cooking Question - I haven't used my slow cooker since getting my TMX, I find that the things I used to cook in the slow cooker - Beef Strognoff, Butter Chicken, Soups etc are all just as easy and yummier in the TMX. I've never been one to buy cheap meat and dress it up in the slow cooker though, I tend to buy decent cuts anyway which dont necessarily need to be slow cooked to be tender etc.

However having said that, when I return to work this winter, I can see where I would use my slow cooker again - to cook dinner while I'm at work (I live dangerously!!) so its all done when we walk in the door - so I don't think its necessarily completely redundant.

And WYSIWYG - your craft loving DD will love the fact that you can make playdoh easily in it