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Nice one Vic. Very Happy

The words "fivers" and "sewer" spring to mind - you jammy beggar. Rolling Eyes

vicdicdoc

. . now on the lookout for diesel at 80p a litre . . Confused

jackrussell

hi if i were you i would not buy a cheap model the bread they produce is inferior....i would go for a panasonic and one with a larger capacity bread tin some of them are really small and you can only get about five small slices from a loaf... there are only two of us and we could easily eat a loaf in one sitting....have fun!

SidT

In the "Which" magazine which arrived today was a best buy poll of readers, surprising after the above comments the Panasonic was 4th and 5th.
1st was the Morphy Richards Compact (£40), 2nd was the Morphy Richards Stainless Steel Fast Bake (£70), and 3rd was the Morphy Richards Accents Stainless Steel (£70). Although the Panasonic SD254 was best for wholemeal bread.
Cheers Sid

OverDrive

We bought our Morphy Richards fastbake from a boot sale for £7 and a Kenwood electric food slicer for £3 both hardly used - this was just to try - 9 months ago! Absolutely hooked make 4-5 loaves a week - now looking for a larger tin bread machine.

We've experimented with Cinamon and raison loaf which is great toasted and buttered. Pesto bread Red and Green lovely with meals. French Bread, Olive Oil bread too.

It's doing my waistline a power of good!

My wife says her digestion is so much better, which we put down to the lack of preservatives put in shop bread to prolong shelf life.

We also reduce the amount of salt in the recipe - but that's the great thing - you have got control of what goes into your bread!

Happy baking!

Penquin

We have a Morphy Richards Fastbake and I would not recommend it. It has a single paddle which supposedly bends out of the way by the action being reversed just prior to cooking.

WRONG, whole pan moves back, paddle stays up and is a b----r to get out after it's baked.

Non-stick showing signs of wear, it's 18 months old and we will probably have to replace it soon. The Panasonic sounds like the one to go for.

We often use ready-mixes from Wright's or supermarkets - good range of different breads with excellent flavours, e.g. sunflower, multi-grain, ciabatta, crusty white, wholemeal, tomato etc.we enjoy them all with different meals.

The smell first thing in the morning is excellent, but the bread made without using time delay is better. Be prepared to eat a lot more! My excuse is that it is impossible to cut thin slices in hot bread - works well here! We all enjoy it with butter and marmite or marmalade for breakfast or even better a home-grown boiled egg.

Feeling peckish, might have to raid the bread box! Oh yes it keeps 2 - 3 days (given the chance, same as those wineboxes which last one month - oh no they don't! We are lucky if a box lasts one week! Not quite sure why!)

It's a useful item well worth the space on the side c/w some other kitchen gadgets.