Breadmaker Wannabe!

JulieGeorgiana

J3nesis wrote: »

That's brilliant, thanks for those calculations.
45p for 50/50 sandwich loaf vs £1.15 Hovis Best of Both?
4p for a roll vs 40p at my local Sainsburys? 1/10 of the price.
32p for a thick pizza vs £10 at Pizza Hut?... no contest. (OK yes I know you have to factor in toppings etc but I can't see a pizza for me and OH coming out at more than £2-3 per person)

I knew it would be cheaper but I didn't realise how much cheaper :eek: colour me astonished!

I know! It did us too... It was worth every penny!

I do about 5/6 loaves a week... and DS timed me, and I can get a loaf on and everything packed away in less then 3 minutes!

My Breadslicer was only about £10 - £20 and worth the money too

Oh and DS/DH love the thick pizza (goes to nearly 1inc thick) and can't get enough of it! With toppings we normally get £1 a pizza!

EDIT: The Slicer I bought is Half Price: http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/4228211/Trail/searchtext%3ESLICER.htm

AntiLochus

happydays89 wrote: »

I have a Morphy Richards bread maker which makes great bread but when I was in the charity shop last week I found a Panasonic SD523 bread maker for £5,so I decided to buy it but it doesnt have the instruction book,I am hoping someone can point me to website where I can print one off.Many thanks.

Did you mean the Panasonic SD-253?

http://tda.panasonic-europe-service.com/docs/2z4ee7624ez3z1ea7cz656ez706466z32z8e25c72fb2f2f6c7dfd06fe7562e9eccc88e4627/ttips/Home_Appliances/Bread_Makers/SD/253/725564/B253.pdf

J3nesis

Thanks for the rec for the slicer! I think I'll skip the slicer for now, OH will have a fit if I buy anything else might ask for it for Christmas. We used to get farmhouse loaves when I was a child, and my mum made me cut my own slices for sandwiches so hopefully I'll remember how to do it...!

meercatsunited

had a cheaper breadmaker kenwood and replaced with a panasonic. always struggled with the cheaper one but the P can be used on fast bake and produced wonderful bread from day 1. mine does not have the fruit, nut, seed dispenser I just add them at the recommended time

happydays89 you should be able to download the book from panasonic website

happydays89

J3nesis wrote: »

happydays89, is this what you're looking for?


Thankyou,I knew some very clever person would help.:A:j:j

JulieGeorgiana

J3nesis wrote: »

Thanks for the rec for the slicer! I think I'll skip the slicer for now, OH will have a fit if I buy anything else might ask for it for Christmas. We used to get farmhouse loaves when I was a child, and my mum made me cut my own slices for sandwiches so hopefully I'll remember how to do it...!

Absolutly... Just my boys ate a loaf in one sitting... now I get 16 slices out of it and they eat much less...! For me the slicer saved me more money just because we were not eating doorsteps!

Plus for a health condition I have, I have to be careful how many carbs I have... so it did save money in the long run for us.

Also I was paying £1.20 a loaf for Granary (due to my health condition) and now I pay about 80p a loaf, and I can eat pizza and rolls again!

Diflower

We just haven't got room for a slicer, but I have an electric knife and that does well too:)
It means I can slice the loaf while it's still warm if I have to (like this morning, OH was going early and it wasn't cool enough for making sandwiches). I sliced some then left it a few minutes before making them, I couldn't have done that with an ordinary knife.
Next day it's fine to cut, but 'other people' do tend to cut very crooked;)

tigerfeet2006

happydays89 wrote: »

I have a Morphy Richards bread maker which makes great bread but when I was in the charity shop last week I found a Panasonic SD523 bread maker for £5,so I decided to buy it but it doesnt have the instruction book,I am hoping someone can point me to website where I can print one off.Many thanks.

Go to the Panasonic website https://www.Panasonic.co.uk , click on support, click on downloads, put your model number in the box and click search, scroll down for a list of options, Click view, then the I Accept box and you will get the booklet that goes with your breadmaker.

Karena_3

Hi.
If you look around on the web panasonic are currently running an offer where they give 20 pounds cash back on new bread makers.John Lewis were offering it on online purchases and lakeland both in shop and on line.This brings one of the new models down to around eighty pounds at John Lewis.It is less than some people are paying for second hand hardly used models on Ebay.I am looking to offer father christmas some guidance so have been interested.;)

Edit as have realised you found out about the cash back already.:)