Panasonic Breadmakers Tips and Quick Questions Thread

Craftyscholar · 8 January 2011 at 4:55PM

Craftyscholar wrote: »

I have developed a liking for seeded bread , Wb'n K'mill type.
Can I ask, please? Does anyone do this in a BM? What seed mix do you use? Most important (considering the price of a BM and I am willing to pay for reliability - even for a panny:eek:) does it work out cheaper?

Farway wrote: »

I have made seeded bread in Panny, never used mix, just sunflower seeds

The problem long term is seeds / nuts are hard and over time [years not months] degrade the non stick finish

No idea on cost comparison as the seed / nut / raisin trials were jsut that as I normally have bog standard

My guess is, if you can find the seeds / nuts etc at a reasonable cost then it should be cheaper, or at least much better. The small packets from Asda etc are probably not good value, but I am unable to suggest alternative source, maybe Robert Graves or local health shop?

Thanks, Farway - I suppose degrading over years is reasonable.

Does anyone else do 'seeded' bread?

MKS · 8 January 2011 at 5:20PM

I have a Panasonic SD253. Tried to use it the other night, programmed it and pressed start. The red light came on, went off and display reverted to 00.00. Switched it off at the mains, switched it back on again and re-programmed it. The same thing happened, although the red light stayed on a bit longer. Any suggestions? I emailed Panasonic but received no response.

MKS · 8 January 2011 at 6:11PM

I have a Panasonic SD253. Tried to use it the other night, programmed it and pressed start. The red light came on, went off and display reverted to 00.00. Switched it off at the mains, switched it back on again and re-programmed it. The same thing happened, although the red light stayed on a bit longer. Any suggestions? I emailed Panasonic but received no response. TIA

BUXTONRABBIT · 8 January 2011 at 6:13PM

The machine holds the memory for 15 mins if you have a power cut. Try leaving it off for 15 mins.

MKS · 8 January 2011 at 6:14PM

Will disconnect. Thanks

xrjtg · 8 January 2011 at 7:03PM

Alternatively, holding down the start button ("cancel") might reset it to a sensible state. Good luck with it.

MKS · 8 January 2011 at 7:22PM

When I switched it back on the red light stayed on for much longer then went off! Tried holding the start button down, it stayed on but when I then programmed it, pressed the start button, it wouldn't stay on! Thanks to both of you for your help.

valk_scot · 8 January 2011 at 10:30PM

How old is it? They don't last forever. I've never managed to keep one longer than three years, using it five or six times a week.

MKS · 9 January 2011 at 12:33PM

Since it first came out, so probably about 8 years! It gets used in fits and spurts, sometimes 5 or 6 times a week but hadn't used it for about 3 months until the other night.