Revive your steamer basket and Varoma
Here’s a fast and easy trick to revive your steamer basket and your Varoma and make them look like new again!
As you may know, Madame Thermomix currently has 5 Thermomixes and is working on earning her sixth. I guess you could call it my Thermo-family: 2 TM31’s, 2 TM5’s and a beautiful TM6! So I took one of my older internal steamer baskets out of the dishwasher this morning and noticed it was looking decidedly scruffy and almost dried out. We live in a hard water area and I recently changed dishwasher detergent and I think these elements could be having an effect. No matter, all you need is a bit of cooking oil and you’ll get the basket’s high-quality food-grade plastic looking like new in no time!
Today I used a neutral cooking oil (grapeseed oil) and any other cooking oil you regularly use, such as olive oil and sunflower oil, will do just as nicely. A few drops on some kitchen towel and bit of gentle rubbing and voilà – your steamer basket and your Varoma will look as good as new!
Another way to get a similar result for your steamer basket would be to steam some rice or vegetables or protein and add a few drops of cooking oil to the steaming liquid. Try it and let me know in the comments how you get on 😉
Happy Thermomix cooking with Madame Thermomix and Why is There Air!
