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Mmmm and just how far are you from Kildrummy??

Hi Guys
I'm afraid you're gonna have to wait till tomorrow for the beetroot bread recipe! The book's at home and I'm in the office so I'll try to remember to bring it in tomorrow. No guarantees though with my memory.

We did a fund raising day for Farepak last year and I made some cakes and brought a loaf of beetroot bread in to sell. My colleagues were fighting over it. I could have sold it about 5 times.

Zoe

Muddypause wrote:

Thomzo wrote:My bread maker is a Morphy Richards...

When it breaks, I'll give you detailed instructions on how to fix it. Ability to use a welder and a variety of swearwords would be an advantage.

And yes, please lets have that beetroot bread recipe.

Thanks for that, Muddy. The swear words I can do but I'll let someone else do the welding. That would be far too dangerous for me!

I've already had to have a replacement pan but fortunately it was still under guarantee at the time. The woman at MR couldn't believe how much I used mine. She said most people use them twice then forget about them.

I've noticed a couple of wanted messages for breadmakers on our local Freecycle and they seem to get them. So if anyone wants to try one I would suggest requesting one via Freecycle first.

Zoe

Midmar soon to be Glassel... possibly a little far just for a slice of cake

True... I'd need to combine with a trip to the Millers lol

Thomzo wrote:[I've already had to have a replacement pan but fortunately it was still under guarantee at the time.

That's it. The seal in the bottom of the pan (so it leaked), followed a bit later by the bearing below it. I looked into a new pan - £40 IIRC, which is more than some breadmakers cost. Hence my attempts to fix it meself.

The woman at MR couldn't believe how much I used mine. She said most people use them twice then forget about them.

Actually, from comparing nores with others, on this forum, and in real life too, the breadmaker seems to be the one gadget that does get used a lot. Fondu sets, toasted sandwich makers, deep fat fries, George Foreman grills - they are all condemned to feature in one jumble sale after another.

Actually, from comparing nores with others, on this forum, and in real life too, the breadmaker seems to be the one gadget that does get used a lot. Fondu sets, toasted sandwich makers, deep fat fries, George Foreman grills - they are all condemned to feature in one jumble sale after another

I've noticed on here that people do use them. I think it's the rest of the population that don't. Most of my friends who have them say that they haven't used them in years. Or they only use them for the odd packet mix. I just love mine and hate bought bread now.

I certainly have never bought a toasted sandwich maker, a deep fat fryer or a George Forman grill. I do have a fondu, though, purely for chocolate fondues of course.

The other gadget that I do use is an ice cream maker. Lovely. It's the best use I've found for the medlar syrup It makes scrummy ice cream.

Zoe

Muddypause wrote:Bust again.

It's fixed again.

Anyone want to organise a sweepstake on how long it'l last this time?

As long as your home made water butt? How did that last in the end anyway?

Ah!

Hmm...

Well, it lasted till nearly the end of the hosepipe ban.

Oh brilliant!

Stew, you have just given me a great idea. I have a similar wooden structure, half built by my ex OH before he moved out. It was supposed to be a beehive-style compost bin but was never finished. It would hold a large plastic bag just nicely and could form an overflow water butt.

Nice one mate. Cheers
Zoe

Oh no, see what you've started!

It looks like the plastic is OK though and the wooden structure has given out first!

We used to have a bread maker but Oh found he was enjoying making it by hand so we free cycled it and he brought me a 2nd hand kenwood chef for my birthday last year.

That is by far the best present I've ever had!

I must admit we bought a breadmaker, 2 in fact . One gave a little bitty loaf, the other gave a more normal sized one. The smaller one went to our eldest daughter and I made some bread with the bigger one. In our quest to be more ish we evolved past it and now I do it by hand, we have an assortment of bread tins and cook in the solar oven - so no energy cost. I just recently gave the bigger one away to a friend.

Nev

PS tried bread rolls the other day for the first time. They look like Mr Blobby but taste OK!