I have to keep this post short because my doctor told me I had a bad case of
the Egyptian Flu. I told him I never heard of the Egyptian Flu. He said it
was kind of like the Asian flu except you catch it from you mummy......
Nevermind.
According to King Arthur's Bakers Companion(pg.194), bread machines do a
better job kneading bread than kneading by hand or using an electric
mixer. Consequently, if I had a bread machine, which I don't, I would use it
for kneading only and do everything else myself and get the best of both
worlds.

"Mr. G D Geen" > wrote in message
...
> OK, I hope this is not too troll-ish.
>
> I bought myself a bread machine for Christmas. I had recently started
> making my own bread, rolls, etc. and thought that this little gadget may
> make things a little easier. All in all I would say yes, it does make
> bread making a little easier as it takes care of the kneading and rising
> issues without my intervention. It does not, however, really save time.
> What it will do is have a loaf a bread ready for dinner when I get home
> from work. That is a really nice feature and I do not need to wait until
> midnight to eat dinner.
>
> I am not sure that it was worth the investment. At times I do not think
> so but at other times it is just so nice to dump the ingredients into the
> hopper and press the button. At best I can say I am ambivalent about
> bread machines.
>
> OK, I know that this topic has been done to death. Now, finally having
> used one I have an opinion. I will now sit back and wait for the flames
> to roll in.
>
> Live well. -G