DS Forums

 
 

Who Buys bread makers????


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 15-02-2010, 13:07
A.S.Prior
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 25

were trying to find the market for breadmakers and just wondered who buy them ?

e.g do you use them and are from a large family or do you live on your own ? how do you use yours?

thanks.
A.S.Prior is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 15-02-2010, 13:11
Hogzilla
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 22,696
Yes I have one and I use it 2-4 times a week. Mainly on the dough programme for bread buns I cook in the oven after, or pizza bases for homemade pizzas. If I run out of bread I'll make a loaf in it. I've been making bread froms cratch for years and the breadmaker actually kneads the dough better than I can and it's easier. We're a big family and strong flour is cheaper than bread.
Hogzilla is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:14
4444
 
Posts: n/a
Every now and again I get the urge to buy one (considering that most shop-bought loaves are now over £1 a piece so you probably make something of a saving) but then it leaves me. You can't beat the smell or the taste of freshly baked bread, though - love it!! I want a freshly baked loaf right now, dammit!!!
  Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:19
brangdon
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Posts: 11,892
I've had one for over 10 years and haven't bought bread in that time. I live alone and usually just make one loaf a week.
brangdon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:20
Flufan
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,168
I use one to make bread especially for throwing out to the pigeons.

Coo.
Flufan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:22
bornfree
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 13,434
I bought one but gave it away. I must be the only person in this world who did not know how to use it properly.
bornfree is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:22
SheepdogNo1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Blackpool on the seafront
Posts: 6,323
People who like making bread

SheepdogNo1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:22
michelle666
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Scotland
Posts: 2,201
I got one for Christmas off my Sister. I mainly use it to make fruit bread to have toasted for breakfast. (I don't like plain bread) It works out much cheaper in the long run and it's tastier! I make plain loaves for my Husbands work lunches every 3-4 days too.

We're not a large family, just my Husband and myself.
michelle666 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:24
indianwells
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,236
I bought one, used it once and gave it away. Didn't like the results, and I find kneading it myself very theraputic.
indianwells is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:24
robinsbatman
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Reserved in Heaven
Posts: 12,890
I have one & love homemade bread - I set it to run overnight & the smell of freshly-baked in the kitchen the next morning is heavenly. We usually have 1-2 loaves a week - I think it cost about £60 when I bought it, but it's more than paid for itself. There's no waste because I just make bread when we need it & it keeps for quite a few days in an airtight tin. If we don't want to use the end of a loaf, I let it go hard & use it to make croutons or breadcrumbs, which I then keep in the freezer.

Since I've made our bread (or rather Morphy Richards has ), I haven't bought a shop loaf once. I also find I struggle to digest shop sandwiches/rolls because the bread seems so much heavier & harder on my tum.

The only drawback with them I've found is that we cut thicker slices of the bread, so we eat more of it at one sitting. My OH has been known to cut a loaf in half, tell me that his half isn't to be touched by anyone but him & then sit there demolishing it during the course of the day with tomato soup or a lump of cheese while watching a sport on tv.
robinsbatman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:28
theARE
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,832
My girlfriend and I got one for Christmas off her parents, been in constant use. We haven’t really bought bread since we got it. It takes a while to fine tune the measurements, but we’re getting the hang of it now. We also use it to make pizza dough.
The best piece of advice we got off the web about them was “find a space on your worktop for it. Don’t keep it in the cupboard or you’ll never use it”
theARE is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:30
4444
 
Posts: n/a
My girlfriend and I got one for Christmas off her parents, been in constant use. We haven’t really bought bread since we got it. It takes a while to fine tune the measurements, but we’re getting the hang of it now. We also use it to make pizza dough.
The best piece of advice we got off the web about them was “find a space on your worktop for it. Don’t keep it in the cupboard or you’ll never use it”
True of just about everything kitchen-wise. I've got a steamer which I keep atop of the microwave which, in turn, is kept atop of the fridge and, consequently, it is very much out of sight, out of mind.
  Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:32
Fieldfare
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Probably the middle
Posts: 2,256
Another happy bread machine owner here. I bought mine for £100 and calculated the cost of the machine, power and materials to compared against quality shop-bought bread, the machine paid for itself in six months. The quality of the bread is way better than the supermarkets, comparable to proper bakery bread. Its very easy to use, my partner and I had a race and it took exactly the same time for him to make a cup of tea as it did for me to assemble the ingredients and hit start!

I also use it to make things like cinnamon buns, chelsea buns, tea loaves, dough balls (like you get in Pizza Express) and the best pizzas that can be done without a wood oven!

Had mine 5 years without a glitch, if it packed in I'd be straight down to John Lewis for another one tomorrow.
Fieldfare is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:37
Kaylan
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: South East UK
Posts: 1,513
I wanted one for years.

Finally bought one a year ago, used it a few times.

Got very board with using it. Went back to shop bought bread, it now sits in the back of the cellar doing nothing.

Too much faffing for me.
Kaylan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:45
BigBroManiac
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 768
I really loved my breadmaker until I started doing Slimming World and used it loads...however, most of the things I ate then are now waaaayyyy too fattening so I don't bother.

I used mine lots to make pizza dough and often made bread or fruit bread which usually got toasted Yum. I also made cake in it a few times, but it was very 'dense' in texture so I preferred to make my own cake from scratch. I also used to it make jam once, very nice indeed, but as I said, now bread is largely off my diet and things like toast with butter is but a distant memory it doesn't get used any more.
BigBroManiac is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:49
Midiboy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London
Posts: 7,759
There's only two of us at home and the breadmaker gets dusted off once every three or four weeks as we rarely eat bread since starting the calorie counting regime.
Midiboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:50
Jumbo_Holden
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Telford, Shropshire
Posts: 3,362
My Mum's got one and the bread tastes like Cake.
Jumbo_Holden is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 13:53
cnbcwatcher
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: At college, in L.A.'s office
Posts: 54,221
My mum has one, she hasn't used it for several years but the bread that came out of it tasted really good, real melt in your mouth kinda stuff. Was even nicer with nutella on it She's planning on using it again sometime.
cnbcwatcher is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 14:03
Sharpie Marker
Inactive Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,540
I've been thinking about getting one - Now I live alone and a shop brought loaf goes a bit dry by the time I get to the end of it and these machines seem to make smaller loaves. That way I can make it when I need it and use it all up. Fresher as well.

So how long does an average loaf take from pressing "start" and which machine do you recommend? (The newer ones have a paddle that retracts so that you don't get bread with holes in it)
Sharpie Marker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 14:17
robinsbatman
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Reserved in Heaven
Posts: 12,890
So how long does an average loaf take from pressing "start" and which machine do you recommend? (The newer ones have a paddle that retracts so that you don't get bread with holes in it)
I don't know about the newer ones as I've had mine at least 4 years, but mine (Morphy Richards) takes 3 hours 40 mins on the wholemeal setting to make a 2lb loaf - it gives you a choice of that size or a 1½lb one. I could put it on the "fastbake" setting which would only take about an hour, but I find the loaf is a bit denser on that, so I just set it up to run overnight. It takes me 15 minutes or so to put the ingredients together, as I think you have to put them in the order given in the recipe book that comes with it.
robinsbatman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 14:35
Harlotqueen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,579
My ex-boss had one, but as he was gluten intollerant he use making his own gluten free bread
Harlotqueen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 14:41
MrsBambi
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: In my turret
Posts: 1,352
My Mum's got one and the bread tastes like Cake.
I was just about to post that exact same thing (tasting like cake).

I find the bread from bread machines lies very heavy on my stomach, and am not particularly keen on the texture.
MrsBambi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 14:51
brangdon
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Nottingham, UK
Posts: 11,892
They have a variety of programmes. I use a "sandwich" one which takes 5 hours but produces a loaf with better consistency than the usual 4 hour programme. It's not like cake.
brangdon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 15:09
Hathor
 
Posts: n/a
People who revel in inconvenience.
  Reply With Quote
Old 15-02-2010, 15:32
jabegy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Hampshire
Posts: 5,363
I use mine regularly, I keep bread mixes in the cupboard, so if I'm ever running short on bread, I just pop a packet in the mixer with the required amount of water and 3 hrs later I've got a lovely fresh baked loaf.
jabegy is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 17:26.