Panasonic Breadmakers Tips and Quick Questions Thread

elantan

Thanks for the help ... Maybe I should give up the idea of sourdough for the time being .... I'm a bit coincerned that I over complicate things for myself .... I'm loving making bread and I'm going to start with yoghurt and the progress to cheese etc in hopefully the next 6mths ... So don't want to over strtetch myself with sourdough just yet


Thanks for the advice much appreciated

silly_moo

Can anyone recommend a toaster in which large and xlarge bread slices would fit?
Thanks

hansi

I use a standard toaster and just turn the slices around.

silly_moo

hansi wrote: »

I use a standard toaster and just turn the slices around.

That's what I do just now but I'd like to make my life easier

freeganneist

After failing to get my hands on Argos's half-price Cookworks food slicer (which wasn't available in any stores near me, my work, my family, etc etc), my mother offered me her old Oster electric food slicer.

It was greasy from slicing meat, so I put it in the dishwasher (plastic bag around the plug) and crossed my fingers.

It's working fine - the motor survived (I waited a few days for everything to dry out), and I'm getting lovely straight slices. The loaf goes a lot further now I'm not cutting doorsteps or eating large heels. So now I can use half an XL loaf straight away and freeze the other half.

freeganneist

silly_moo wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a toaster in which large and xlarge bread slices would fit?
Thanks

I've run out of space for gadgets now I have a breadmaker and a food slicer So I've thrown out the toaster and I'm using my grill

Slinky

Reading on the BBC today about too much salt in shop-made bread, could some kind soul who has digital scales please weigh out a Panasonic scoop of salt and tell me what it weighs please? We don't ever use a full scoop, but it would be interesting to know how much that amount weighs.

Thanks

hansi

One teaspoon of coarse sea salt which is what I use weighs 5 grams. Free running salt would be a bit less, I guess. But you have to use that amount otherwise the bread won't rise properly.

RosyRed

A full Panny tsp of table salt weighs 5g on my digital scale-hope it helps you compare.

Slinky

RosyRed wrote: »

A full Panny tsp of table salt weighs 5g on my digital scale-hope it helps you compare.

Crumbs! I wouldn't have thought it weighed that much - just goes to show you! We only put half of one in a 400g of flour loaf and it seems to work OK.