"Sridhar Sathya" > wrote in message
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>A few bullet points:
>
> If you do not use a bread machine are you comfortable kneading by hand for 20
> minutes?
> I live in a place where winter gets too cold. Raising in room temperature
> during winter is not an option.
> You are in control what ingredients go to your bread (no preservatives)!
> Which bread tastes better - one hot out of the oven or the one that was
> manufactured a day or two ago (By the way I use the machine to help me knead
> and raise - I bake it in a oven for better crust).
> Creativity - you can create new kind of bread. If you goof up - what do you
> lose - 50 cents or if you buy top of the line products - a dollar.
>
>
> Mr. G D Geen wrote:
>> 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. -
We have had our bread machine for at least 7 years. We used it a lot the first
3 years or so but health problem's have stopped me from using it much of late.
Now though i have found it helpful in place of a good mixer that I Don't have
for things like mixing up things. My health issues stop me from doing things
that the bread maker allows me to do again like the 3 batches of Irish soda
bread i made this week. Since i am permanently disabled it is a blessing to
have! Nice to find a use for something i already own.

It was also nice to use the dough cycle and baked the dough in a conventional
pan after a final rise in the regular bread pan.



-Sautéed poo is still poo.