"Roy" > wrote in message
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> One of my neighbors makes bread everyday with his inexpensive
> bread-machine. The bread is so good that I have just ordered one for
> myself. Do many of you RFCers use these machines or has the interest in
> them waned? Just curious.
> ====

I tried one. Granted it was a cheap one but I hated it. Noisy, time
consuming, made an odd shaped too small loaf and the bread just wasn't good.
My cousin has several of them. He invited us for lunch some years ago.
They used to have a huge, custom house on an island here but they have since
moved to CA somewhere and are running a BBQ joint. Anyway... We walked
into the kitchen with the bread makers steaming away, each making a
different type of bread. By the time lunch time rolled around, the bread
was cool enough to slice and they put out everything you could imagine to
make sandwiches plus some salads and fruit. Everything in my life pales in
comparison.

Now when I do make bread, I just make the no knead kind. I actually love
kneading bread but my kitchen is just so small that I don't have a good
place to do it. I used to have a large dining table and I could use it for
things like that but the movers broke it and it wouldn't fit in this house
anyway. Current table is more for looks. Tiny thing with folding flaps and
when extended, does not make for a flat table.