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| Thread ID: 100606 | 2009-06-14 00:11:00 | Breadmaking machines | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
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| 782101 | 2009-06-14 05:48:00 | I had one. When the novelty wore off I gave it to my mother. When the novelty wore off, she sold it on TM. Far better results making bread by hand. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 782102 | 2009-06-14 07:26:00 | Well, my hands are sore, so I use the breadmaker to do the 'handiwork' - then do all the other stuff by hand - see above. That works well for me...:) | R.M. (561) | ||
| 782103 | 2009-06-14 07:37:00 | Far better results making bread by hand. Agreed - I've been hand-making bread for a few years now, and I've yet to see bread-maker bread with a decent crumb; I don't think the mixing arm in them stretches the dough enough to develop the gluten sufficiently. They seem to be ok for fruit breads etc though. |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 782104 | 2009-06-14 08:15:00 | Interesting comments on the taste of home made bread. When I lived in America I ate Subway a lot. On my trip to Russia I did the same. There is no comparison to NZ bread. It tasted so different, much like I remember as kid. What is it with NZ bread? It is doughy and tasteless and all brands taste the same even wholegrains. When you toast it feels and tastes like balsawood The only thing I have against breadmakers is that I so often get requests to repair them which really cant be done.Not economical for the cheap ones and good quality ones dont seem to be available except on Trademe |
tut (12033) | ||
| 782105 | 2009-06-14 08:32:00 | Has any one had a 'hands on experience', making bread in a slow cooker? | BobM (1138) | ||
| 782106 | 2009-06-14 08:53:00 | No BobM but i'm interested thanks for the recipes keep them coming our machine makes a kilo loaf forgot to add that earlier | gary67 (56) | ||
| 782107 | 2009-06-14 09:12:00 | Interesting comments on the taste of home made bread. When I lived in America I ate Subway a lot. On my trip to Russia I did the same. There is no comparison to NZ bread. It tasted so different, much like I remember as kid. What is it with NZ bread? It is doughy and tasteless and all brands taste the same even wholegrains. When you toast it feels and tastes like balsawood The only thing I have against breadmakers is that I so often get requests to repair them which really cant be done.Not economical for the cheap ones and good quality ones dont seem to be available except on Trademe New Zealand flour is quite different from that in the northern hemisphere, the flour here is "soft" flour. That is why "improvers" have to be added. Northern hemisphere bread flour is generally "hard' flour with much more gluten. We used to bake our own bread in the UK, and get large sacks of flour from the local bakers. Much of the hard flour in the UK so I understand came from Canada. Edit: I had one Panasonic machine fail when the power mosfets blew up. It had to be dumped because repair was not economical. The other thing that wears out is the multi-V drive belt, then it doesn't mix properly and the loaf comes out small. I've found that using a bit extra water reduces load on the belt and extends its life, whilst the loaf quality is still ok. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 782108 | 2009-06-14 10:12:00 | Panasonic here, it does a great job. There is a certain joy to be had from waking up to the smell of just-made bread. We prefer cheese bread, which the machine does very well indeed. It is important to ensure that your supplier does not fob you off with that infernal metric flour though. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 782109 | 2009-06-14 10:44:00 | What a pity none of us have a Panasonic bread maker so that we could take advantage of Terry's endless info on said unit!. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 782110 | 2009-06-14 11:35:00 | What a pity none of us have a Panasonic bread maker so that we could take advantage of Terry's endless info on said unit!.Your only contribution to this thread is to make this snarky comment? :groan: Grow up. |
Jen (38) | ||
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