On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 01:27:30 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
wrote:

>On 20/1/2016 10:43 Je�us wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:09:04 -0800 (PST), Roy >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>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 almost started this very same thread myself.
>>
>> When I went camping recently, a friend used her bread maker and we had
>> nice, fresh bread each morning. For some reason I've always been
>> highly sceptical of bread makers, preferring to do it by hand.
>>
>> Last week I borrowed an old, well used (noisy!) bread maker to try for
>> myself, still being a little resistant to the idea. Well, I'm not a
>> skeptic any more, and sometime soon I'll be buying my own.
>>
>> I have the bread maker running right now as I type this.
>> The time and trouble it saves is well worth it.
>
>I think it's always better than supermarket bread,

Definitely better!

>but don't you hate the paddle hole in the bread?

No, not on the one I'm using at least. Put it this way - I didn't seem
to notice it a great deal on the couple of loaves I have done so far.
I think I just cut off that part, <shrug> no biggie for me. The chooks
can have that.

The third loaf is nearly ready, I'll pay closer attention to the
paddle hole when it comes out this time.

>Or do you remove the paddle after the kneading phase?

I suppose I could remove the paddle after kneading if it really
bothered me, apart from if it's set on the timer and working while I'm
sleeping of course.