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It's a bit bigger and heavier than the loads I normally carry home, but when the staff member told me the price was $5, that was sufficient motivation to give it a try. She also told me that the OK sticker they slapped on it meant only that they had tested it as far as they could, which in the case of a bread machine means that "the paddle went around when the guys plugged it in". So I decided to take a gamble on it ($5 is the price of a Lucky Dip Lotto ticket**) and lugged it home. I discovered later it weighs 7.1kg.
My mother is somewhat of a bread machine expert and when I told her I'd bought a Panasonic SD 250, she said it was a very good model. She added that I could download the original manual in PDF format from the panasonic.co.nz website. Today I tested it by making a 100% whole wheat loaf. To my relief, it worked great! I've made bread by hand in the past ... they never looked this good. Can't wait to cut into it tomorrow for breakfast, lol.
While this loaf was baking I looked at the expired listings on Trade Me for Panasonic bread machines and found one earlier this year for the same model, which sold for $222.00! I'm glad there are people in my district who--for whatever reason--would rather off-load their stuff at the recycling centre than put it up for sale on Trade Me. :-)
** Edited to add: My Lotto FREAK of a daughter informs me that Lucky Dip tickets have been $6 since August 2004 and I should know this already, being so closely related to someone who lives and breathes Lotto.
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It may be too hot to be worth this energy-wise for you, but what I do with my breadmaker is take the dough out before the final rise (or use the dough setting), and shape it into a regular handmade loaf to rise and bake in the regular oven. We like the traditional shape a lot more.
My kids HATE the weird shapes, even in the so called 'horizontal' bread maker, and I'm always afraid that someone will leave the paddle in and damage it with the knife.
BTW, you may know me as Nonny_Mouse.
I'm glad there are people in my district who--for whatever reason--would rather off-load their stuff at the recycling centre than put it up for sale on Trade Me. :-)
Dear PP:
as you may know, my mother spent the first 5 days of our recent trip to San Francisco WITHOUT HER LUGGAGE. I loaned her as much of my stuff as possible (nightgown, housecoat, toiletries). BUT she is AT LEAST one size bigger than me, so she could NOT rely on my stuff for very long.
We were told that on Fillmore St in SF there are several 'consignment' shops run by charities. She did NOT want to spend $$$ on 'new clothes' and so we visited 3 different places, benefiting the local symphony and other charities. Thanks to the generosity of various SOMEONES, mom was able to buy DIRT CHEAP several NEW-ish items: Michael Kors black wool jacket; Ralph Lauren pink striped shirt (blouse); Italian merino wool sweater. My brother bought a winter jacket; I found a good barely used (men's) shirt to be worn as an overblouse. These shopping expeditions cheered us up IMMENSELY. Hurrah for recycling! Hurrah for bread making! Hurrah for generosity around the world! Luv from Script