Roomba, Dysons, Thermomix and other household appliances

[Quickstatus]

Do it - you will never regret it . Mr FM has never been so well (and healthily) fed

I’m going to hold out for as long as possible. I don’t like people coming to my house for in house demos

 

[Flying mermaid]

I’m going to hold out for as long as possible. I don’t like people coming to my house for in house demos

it is irritating! I went to someone else’s house and bought mine and then for the girls I bought them and they didn’t do the demo thing. My rep in Canberra is terrific and not pushy at all. The lady in Sydney put a lot of pressure on Dr FM to have people round when she delivered her machine, but I threw a wobbly with my rep and said it was ridiculous to expect her to when all her friends were doctors working strange shifts and so after a lot of apologies her machine was just delivered to her.

They are expensive, but they are just amazing machines. The best thing is being able to put something on to cook and then walk away knowing nothing is going to get burnt. I will often put a soup on to cook, take the dogs for a walk, come back and press blend and lunch is ready

 

[straitman]

Oh no Mrs QS talking about a Thermomix

Do it - you will never regret it . Mr FM has never been so well (and healthily) fed

Agreed. Even I can use it if necessary.

 

[Quickstatus]

Agreed. Even I can use it if necessary.

It seems that to just purchase one, you gotta do an in-house demo, organise a thermomix party.
So @straitman can use it then the implication is that anyone can use it. So a party to demonstrate the various functions is not necessary. So is it possible to get one without all the extra palava?

 

[straitman]

It seems that to just purchase one, you gotta do an in-house demo, organise a thermomix party.
So @straitman can use it then the implication is that anyone can use it. So a party to demonstrate the various functions is not necessary. So is it possible to get one without all the extra palava?

I can't answer that though I do know that there are mega options/methods that can be used beyond my baseline knowledge and that's where the demo does come in handy.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Ok, I'll bite the bullet - how much is a Thermomix ??

 

[Denali]

Ok, I'll bite the bullet - how much is a Thermomix ??

$1.5 to $2K and a secret handshake I believe, which is why so many people say its changed their life because if you spend that much money on it, you have to like it.

 

[Quickstatus]

Ok, I'll bite the bullet - how much is a Thermomix ??

They will tell you that when you had your in-house demo where they will give you a four figure price and hopefully you won’t care about the price because of the sales pitch and pressure from your friends

 

[Quickstatus]

$1.5 to $2K and a secret handshake I believe, which is why so many people say its changed their life because if you spend that much money on it, you have to like it.

I don’t like buying something when I’m forced to like it to justify the price

Can a Tmix do a medium rare steak?

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

$1.5 to $2K and a secret handshake...…...

I think I will stick to my idea of buying a bigger Phillips AirFryer

 

[Flying mermaid]

Ok, I'll bite the bullet - how much is a Thermomix ??

circa $2,000, which sounds a lot, but you get a food processor plus cooking appliance all in one. It’s worth it just from the washing up point of view. E.g making a soup, I chop the onion and garlic in it, then sauté (with no stirring as it does it for me), the add all the other bits and chop, then cook, then blend. All in the same thing. Then take to pieces, stick everything in the dishwasher and multiple days soup plus a clean kitchen

It makes fantastic stock paste as well - I cut the salt to 1/3 and freeze.

 

[Quickstatus]

I think I will stick to my idea of buying a bigger Phillips AirFryer

Aren’t they excellent. Kitchen appliances don’t need celebrities to make them functional

Ok it does soup, can it do ice cream?

 

[Denali]

I think I will stick to my idea of buying a bigger Phillips AirFryer

My nephew has an air fryer and loves it, he can make his chicken snitz and chips to his heart content.

And my sister is happy hes not going to burn down the house (nephew is Downs so hot oil/cooking is a concern for his mum, even though nephew is an adult).

Ive actually been wondering if my husband will buy me a robot vacuum for my birthday gift.

 

[straitman]

Aren’t they excellent. Kitchen appliances don’t need celebrities to make them functional

Ok it does soup, can it do ice cream?

Yes.

It does great Pizza dough as well.

Our SIL is a chef and uses 'Thermi' a lot.

 

[Flying mermaid]

They will tell you that when you had your in-house demo where they will give you a four figure price and hopefully you won’t care about the price because of the sales pitch and pressure from your friends

no sales pressure for me. It just sold itself. My Kenwood had just bitten the dust after many many years and I bought a new one with all the bits for around $1300. A friend invited me to a demo as she had just bought one for her daughter and I said happy to look, but having just bought a new Kenwood, there is zero interest.

After seeing them make a stock paste and various other bits, I was literally begging them to let me buy one

I think you have to enjoy cooking from scratch. If you are the sort of person who adds a tinned sauce to the meat, then it has little attraction.

However there were many things I wanted to do - like make my own stock, for soups and casseroles and was just lazy. It annoyed me that I was buying organic everything, but adding a commercial stock. You can get organic stocks, but they always seem to nuke them with salt.

Now I can make everything - I even buy organic rice and make my own rice flour. 40 seconds on 9 to mill it . Yes I can buy organic flour, but I use very little of it, but now I can just mill my own when I want to

And the green curry sauce I make is divine - all from real ingredients.

OK that’s enough - I really am part of a cult

 

[drron]

The airfryer cooks a very good pizza put together by my own hands though.

 

[straitman]

The airfryer cooks a very good pizza put together by my own hands though.

Sounds like you are a few pegs above me on the pecking order a afar as cooking goes drron. I should have said that even I can make good Pizza dough in 'Thermi'

 

[Flying mermaid]

Even I can use it if necessary.

Mr FM did all the cooking for 25 years, but since I got the Thermomix he stopped because he was “scared” of it. I got cranky last week and said what would happen if I got sick. So I got out the Thermomix, told him to make a Beef Stroganoff and went and had a bath. Perfect meal when I came out. I think we will be sharing cooking in future.

 

[Quickstatus]

For that price I’ll want it to actually make the pizza as well

Making pizza to just the dough stage is like making a cup of tea without the hot water

I’ll just assume it can’t do a medium rare steak.
Can it do a simple boiled egg?
What about popcorn?

 

[Flying mermaid]

Aren’t they excellent. Kitchen appliances don’t need celebrities to make them functional

Ok it does soup, can it do ice cream?

i go on about soups a lot because I love them. When Mr FMwas very ill 10 years ago and in hospital for months, my friends all turned up with soup for me

I do make all the doughs for the scrolls I make in the Thermomix and last year made the pastry for my mince pies in it, I was a bit hesitant about that as I have always make the pastry by hand, but it was perfect.

And yes ice cream, custard - pretty much anything. It is not good as a slow cooker. If you eat lots of grills and salads pretty useless, but if you like soups and casseroles it’s perfect and doughs of any type are great.