Me too.I like my worktops clean and clear rather than cluttered with gadgets that hardly ever get used and just gather dust. Give me a chopping board, a couple of good knives and a veg peeler any day. That finished risotto looked disgusting! I don't enjoy cooking but I am quite happy to cook risotto properly in the Italian way, in a pan on the stove top, lovingly and slowly adding the hot stock til it's the perfect consistency.
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I find chopping and the whole process of cooking from scratch very therapeutic. I can't imagine ever using a Thermomix.
I think it is one of those appliances that you will either love and use all the time or think is pointless and never use.
I have seen appliances or gadgets in the past that made me go hmmm that might be handy but a Thermomix wasn't one of them.