What's Santa Sat bringing you this Xmas??

I'm not sure what I'm getting for Christmas.

But I know something - if I want a substantial present, I'll have to buy it myself. :D
 
chris said:
We also have the Panasonic SD-252 bread maker and would highly recommend it. We use it 2 to 3 times a week just tip in the ingredients and off it goes. You cant beat the smell of fresh bread !
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Finally ............... took possession of a Panasonic SD256XWC for £60 from Coop Electrical.

First loaf was perfect.

Wife in raptures.

Second loaf even better.

Getting hooked.
 
If, and I trust it will remain an 'if', the loaf pan begins to stick, a knife seems to be the natural 'releasing agent'. I found one of those flexible plastic picnic knives did the trick and kept damage to the non stick surface to a minimum. Though perhaps Teflon Technology has advanced over the last 10 years. Bon appetit!!
 
Yes, both loaves have shown a slight degree of reluctance to shift, owing more to compression against the pan sides than to anything else, I hasten to add.

But I just let them cool for five minutes so they relaxed then turned them out.

Not seen any bad reports about this model and I'm impressed by how little damage is done to the loaf by the paddle - just a sixpence sized hole and a very narrow two inch slit (And don't forget, I can read your mind ..................)
 
Tivù said:
......just a sixpence sized hole and a very narrow two inch slit (And don't forget, I can read your mind ..................)
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Well, serves you right for looking!
 
Tivù said:
Yes, both loaves have shown a slight degree of reluctance to shift, owing more to compression against the pan sides than to anything else, I hasten to add.

But I just let them cool for five minutes so they relaxed then turned them out.

Not seen any bad reports about this model and I'm impressed by how little damage is done to the loaf by the paddle - just a sixpence sized hole and a very narrow two inch slit (And don't forget, I can read your mind ..................)
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nice one --
yes i always leave my machine 15mins before taking the loaf out -
just falls out then -- cant say i,v heard a bad report on any of the panasonic machines -- and you got yours at a very decent price -- usualy nearer to £100.00
cheers- nelson.b
 
Yes, the price was good - I only came upon it by chance as Coop Electrical don't appear in the usual comparison sites.

That said, I later found I could have got it for £54.99 delivered!

Happy bunny, nevertheless.
 
We actually gave away our bread making machine last year and I now make all the bread by hand.

In fact I'll be making another loaf in a short while. We're in the land of the baguette ATM and am using local type 55 flour (the mill is a couple of miles away) which I buy in 5Kg bags.
 
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PaulR said:
..............In fact I'll be making another loaf in a short while. We're in the land of the baguette ATM and am using local type 55 flour (the mill is a couple of miles away) which I buy in 5Kg bags.
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Blimey Paul, it's a brave 'Anglais' who makes his own bread in France. Do you have French neighbours? And have they sampled your bread? Hope you weather is as good as mine BTW. Bonne Vacances!!
 
Tivù said:
Everybody's kneads are different.

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As usual, you have 'risen' to the occasion. (Jeeves, fetch my lightweight jacket, I feel the need to make a swift departure)
 
sonnetpete said:
As usual, you have 'risen' to the occasion. (Jeeves, fetch my lightweight jacket, I feel the need to make a swift departure)
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Doh ................. !
 
sonnetpete said:
Blimey Paul, it's a brave 'Anglais' who makes his own bread in France. Do you have French neighbours? And have they sampled your bread? Hope you weather is as good as mine BTW. Bonne Vacances!!
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French neighbours - yes but they haven't tried ny bread as I make it in a tin.

I did buy a special baguette baking tray (like a piece if corrugated tinplate) but it's too big for the oven! All my attempts to make baguettes end up like a Tesco French stick i.e. texture too "english" with small air holes and none of the lovely large holes you get in a baguette or, preferably, gros pain. I think it must be something to do with a single rise rather than a double but all my attempts so far have not born, er, fruit.

Incidentally, would you believe I bring English brown and white bread flour down for our English friends who live the other side of the village! They run a B&B and Simon makes his own bread as part of the deal.

Weather is beautiful although it was raining and blowy the week before I came down.
 
Tivù said:
Doh ................. !
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Is that the Franglais for dough ?

Our breadmaker has sat in the cupboard for about a year thanks to the two local supermarkets doing the 'pistols at dawn'.
Enticing customers in with better pricing, then reducing the overstocked stuff in the evening.
Bread baked on the premises doesn't keep so I get a couple of loaves (proper ones with crusts) every other day at 20p a time.

The ducks and swans on our local river seem to know when I turn up, there's only so much speciality bread a small family can eat.
 
That's a good scheme - sadly our nearest Supermarket is seven miles away.
 
Well, the Breadmaker has been well and truly tested by now: Can get a loaf prepped in three minutes flat, the only extra work being to persuade the loaf out of the tin.

Quality is consistently superb.

Can't see the point of going back to hand kneading, ever - so very interested in the story behind Post #28 ??
 
SWMBO Xmas bread maker has been a great success too. She makes a standard bread with a seed mix flour and added pumpkin sunflower & sesame seeds.

Then theres a sweet bread with cranberries, mixed chopped nuts, ground almonds & yoghurt.

And then there was an experiment for Easter which was "hot cross bun" mix: mixed dried fruit, ground cinnamon, mixed spice ground almonds & yoghurt.

All three are very tasty although I tend to prefer the sweeter ones as Ive got a sweet tooth :D
 
Sorry, Ross - only just seen your last Post!

Still thoroughly satisfied with the Breadmaker - so much so that I've only just got around to having a go at anything other than yer actual Crusty White.

Bought some Hovis Granary flour and some Allinsons White Seed & Grain: SWMBO picked "the one on the left" (Bless) when offered a choice of brew and last evening I made a 400g Granary.

Gobsmacked at how similar to a "proper" Hovis it looked and even more gobsmacked when I looked at it again this morning after SWMBO had savaged it.

Finally got to taste it wrapped around some Egg & Cress at lunchtime and I kid ye not it was indistinguishable in any way from quality bought stuff.

That said, the flour is relatively expensive and a loaf is no cheaper than from the shops, unlike plain white which costs me 28p per 400g loaf.

But I am well impressed. SWMBO too. It might even be my birthday soon.
 
Is it nearly September already? :confused:
 
2cvbloke said:
Is it nearly September already? :confused:
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Your honour, old bean: Time to put up the Fairy Lights and start a new Crimbo Goodies Thread.
 
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