bread makers are crap
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danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
You can do most of it. Only the braiding and putting in the oven will be done by hand.bi0boy said:
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
bi0boy said:I have found it possible to get a breadmaker to make good white bread, but it can't do wholemeal at all. At least when it does, it rises about 1cm
Try half white, half wholemeal. I use Lidl white bread flour and one of their wholemeal mixes(Landgut rustic wholemeal) half and half and it works fine for me
ill-informed
passive aggressive master
I just add half wholemeal flour and seeds to the white mix and get an ok loaf. My new breadmaker is fantastic compared to my old one which ended up in the bin in frustration, it's also got an extra paddle which i think mixes it better. But why can't they have detractable paddles as it's very annoying having holes in the loaf. 
dilute micro
esse quam videri
I've always seen bread machines the same as those 7 ft tall robots they dreamed of in the 1950's that were going to do all the housework for you. They probably can make good bread but it's still creepy. Instead of watching tv and relaxing I'm watching the robot.
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
I bought a cheap one and it broke.
I would love to have a really decent one with a gluten free setting ( for my daughter's bread- it will save me £££)
Anyone got any recommendations?
I agree with you about the paddle thing
I would love to have a really decent one with a gluten free setting ( for my daughter's bread- it will save me £££)
Anyone got any recommendations?
I agree with you about the paddle thing
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
What flour do you use? I use Allison's. My machine manages a well-risen wholemeal. (Wholemeal never rises as much as white, mind you, because the course grain cuts the dough chains.) There are extra strong wholemeal flours on the market; try one of those.bi0boy said:I have found it possible to get a breadmaker to make good white bread, but it can't do wholemeal at all. At least when it does, it rises about 1cm
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Herbsman. said:
You fucked it-up.
Now grow-up & stop blaming the machine. Breadmakers are excellent but yes, you often have to persevere a bit till you find what recipie suits your situation best.
Oh, don'r bother with the "fast" programme ever! That is common mistake no1.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Savage Henry said:
You must be one of the blessed-ones then? IME, bread making is a black-art which you simply can or can't do. I've eaten too much "healthy" homemade bread that could be used to surface roads so I'm happy to stick with a decent loaf from the machine.
Also, I have never seen a real loaf that takes just 10mins to get from mix to oven.
Herbsman. said:
why
just don't use them.Herbsman. said:
so where do you get your bread?
Herbsman.
Nah Lotion, Pet, Nor Powder.
I fucked nothing up because I didn't make it, someone else did, and it was crappogofish said:You fucked it-up.
Now grow-up & stop blaming the machine. Breadmakers are excellent but yes, you often have to persevere a bit till you find what recipie suits your situation best.
Oh, don'r bother with the "fast" programme ever! That is common mistake no1.
Dont get me wrong it was nice for what it was, but compared to plaited bread it was rubbish
crustychick
doo-woop-de-doo
LilMissHissyFit said:I bought a cheap one and it broke.
I would love to have a really decent one with a gluten free setting ( for my daughter's bread- it will save me £££)
Anyone got any recommendations?
I agree with you about the paddle thing
Panasonic SD-253 Bread Maker makes a perfect loaf every time... and has gluten free settings although i've never made a gluten free loaf
Fascinating stuff, really don't come into suburban regularly enough!
Have been thinking about investing in one for our family. Any recommendations? Two main concerns:
1. Don't want it to be £+++ as not quite sure how much I will use it;
2. Our kitchen is very, very small- about a metre of work space. Are some breadmakes smaller than others?
Thankin- you
claire
Have been thinking about investing in one for our family. Any recommendations? Two main concerns:
1. Don't want it to be £+++ as not quite sure how much I will use it;
2. Our kitchen is very, very small- about a metre of work space. Are some breadmakes smaller than others?
Thankin- you
claire
crustychick
doo-woop-de-doo
I can only recommend the one I already have ^^^
It was recommended to me by friends of mine who could not praise it highly enough after having less than excellent results with their previous one. It is, however one of the more expensive ones at ~£80 and it does take up a fair amount of space.
However, it does make fantastic bread! And that was my main stipulation.
It was recommended to me by friends of mine who could not praise it highly enough after having less than excellent results with their previous one. It is, however one of the more expensive ones at ~£80 and it does take up a fair amount of space.
However, it does make fantastic bread! And that was my main stipulation.
Cid
Proper break this time
Breadmakers can't do a decent crust for shit imo, and that's part of the good, English wholemeal bread experience. My mum used to have one (she makes the most delicious brown bread ever) and it didn't get anywhere near the quality of oven-baked so she got rid of it (was a pretty good one too).
It's really not worth the money tbh, unless you need the er... kneading bit because you have some physical ailment.
It's really not worth the money tbh, unless you need the er... kneading bit because you have some physical ailment.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
Me's got this:
It's well good.
And yes, AWT is a complete tit, but then I very much doubt he did more than get paid for the use of his silly name.
Does pretty nice bread, if a little on the heavy side. I've yet to work out how you get that "light", bakers bread effect.....
And before anyone whinges - I can't make bread the old fashioned way cos my oven's never worked.
It's well good.
And yes, AWT is a complete tit, but then I very much doubt he did more than get paid for the use of his silly name.
Does pretty nice bread, if a little on the heavy side. I've yet to work out how you get that "light", bakers bread effect.....
And before anyone whinges - I can't make bread the old fashioned way cos my oven's never worked.
vipper said:I have just bought one of these. It had better be good, crustychick, or there will be trouble.
It is good.
Sorry, Herbsman, you are wrong.
There is nothing wrong with a breadmaker. It arrived yesterday and has turned out a decent loaf of bread and stunk the house out with a delicious smell of baking bread - the smell woke me a few minutes before the alarm clock. Works for me.
And no, it doesn't beat a fresh baguette from a boulangerie in La Marais, but I bet you can't by hand either.
crustychick
doo-woop-de-doo
vipper said:
yay - glad to hear it
*breathes sight of relief*
I have yet to try a pure rye loaf, i'm not convinced it will work, but i'm going to give it a go!
crustychick said:yay - glad to hear it
*breathes sight of relief*
I have yet to try a pure rye loaf, i'm not convinced it will work, but i'm going to give it a go!
Glad to know your sleepless nights are over.
Any particular recomendations from the magic recipe book? I think the recipes over sugar based on the first attempt. Tonight we may be trying the rustic french loaf for breakfast, if we can get the rye flour.
tuesday's child
New Member
geminisnake said:
My house is freezing, and I proove(?) my bread in the oven on the absolute lowest temperature, then take it out and turn the oven up, then put it back in when it's a baking temperature.
Works great. I'm thinking of making croissant-rolled loafs with ham and cheese baked into the middle now - this thread has made me hungry. Glazed with a mixture of olive oil, paprika, salt and pepper, lovely.
Herbsman. said:
There's a certain degree of truth in that - breadmakers don't make very good bread, in fact they generally make worse bread than most people could make 'manually' with a little practice.
That said, they're convenient and make better bread than the average supermarket loaf. Not a patch on the genuine homemade article perhaps, nor even a decent shop-bought loaf, but not everyone's fortunate enough to have reasonably priced proper bread near them.
They're not a bad compromise all things considered. If you eat a lot of bread...
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