Breadmaker

[gavroche]

New development. When I mentioned it to my wife , her reply was:" What for? You will probably use it a few times and it will end up at the back of a cupboard!"
Can she be right? I wonder. Maybe I should instead have a go by hand and see how it goes.

 

[jayonabike]

Find a copy of "Bread" by Daniel Stevens, (its part of the River Cottage handbooks). I learnt a lot about baking bread from that.

 

[Dave7]

That's what I have, never used the fast bake either

You are obviously a man of taste and discernment

 

[Dave7]

I managed to kill my M R after about 2 years of constant use by washing the tin in the sink. What I didn't realise was that the bearing in the base of the tin was rusting up and eventually siezed completely. Replaced with a Panasonic which is still going after 5 years. It does say "never immerse in water" in the instructions so I just give it a quick wipe-down after every use (no mention of that in the M R instructions).
I've tried baking by hand, but it doesn't work for me.

Now I didnt realise that........I washed mine in the sink yesterday (normally just wipe down).....hope it works ok next time.

 

[Dave7]

I make bread the proper way, knead by hand and bake in the oven. Well worth the effort.

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Why do you say that (serious question). Why/how can it make better bread ?

 

[stephec]

New development. When I mentioned it to my wife , her reply was:" What for? You will probably use it a few times and it will end up at the back of a icupboard!"
Can she be right? I wonder. Maybe I should instead have a go by hand and see how it goes.

Don't store it in a cupboard, keep it out on a worktop.

That way you'll use it everyday instead of leaving it stored away.

 

[stephec]

[QUOTE 4502370, member: 259"]We* make proper bread (pain au levain and all that) but for proper white for making toast with you can't do worse than a panny breadmaker, and what's laughably called the "French" setting.

*well, my wife does...[/QUOTE]
I half do that, let the bread maker mix the dough, knead it by hand, then shape, rise, and bake in the oven.

 

[User19783]

Panasonic SD-2500.
You will never again be able to eat that mass produced sh!te that supermarkets call bread.

Again this model is the one to get, as the bread just falls out of the tin, no hassle digging the paddle out.

Edit spelling

 

[Brandane]

[QUOTE 4502370, member: 259"]We* make proper bread (pain au levain and all that) but for proper white for making toast with you can't do worse than a panny breadmaker, and what's laughably called the "French" setting.

*well, my wife does...[/QUOTE]
Yes, I tried the French setting on mine and was disappointed to find that the loaf still came out in a roughly rectangular shape.

 

[gavroche]

Went out to Morrisson, bought different types of flour, yeast, butter, coffee( for the coffee machine) and started my first hand made loaf. Waiting for it to rise now before it goes in the oven. Keep fingers crossed now. My first one is brown bread with seeds.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Yes, I tried the French setting on mine and was disappointed to find that the loaf still came out in a roughly rectangular shape.

When I used the French setting on mine the bread came out shrugged its shoulders, said 'pah' and then took a 3 hour lunch break.

 

[gavroche]

I forgot to say, and flowers for my wife.

 

[Brandane]

When I used the French setting on mine the bread came out shrugged its shoulders, said 'pah' and then took a 3 hour lunch break.

[QUOTE 4502474, member: 45"]Mine seduced my wife then set fire to the kitchen.[/QUOTE]
Mine is now bobbing about on the River Clyde near Largs pier, preventing the Millport ferry from berthing.

 

[JtB]

After taking the bread out of the bread maker I like eating it still warm with some runny honey.

 

[Pale Rider]

Some of the foodie stuff on CycleChat is a bit pretentious for me.

But I could read about - and eat - home made bread for a long time.

This thread has quite put me off today's Pot Noodle.