I might have got a bit carried away with all the bread maker chat and bought one. I also might be considering giving it to my girlfriend for Christmas. Is this a terrible idea? She really likes fresh bread, but has never expressed a desire to own a bread maker. My instinct is that she’d like it, and I think I’m normally ok with getting good presents, but maybe I’m being an idiot man.
I too am an idiot man, but this sounds like an excellent present for someone who likes fresh bread. The only reason not to like it is if you prefer the hassle of queueing at the bakery on a Saturday morning.
I like my breadmaker and use it regularly if it helps at all you can also use it (or at leas t the version Ive got) for jam, croissants, panettone etc
It’s not the utility, or lack of, that I’m concerned about. It’s buying a useful home / kitchen present for my girlfriend. I don’t make a habit of doing it, and it’s definitely a step up from a vacuum cleaner, but I’m still not sure.
Will probably just crack on and give it.
I mean I would probably be happy with it but I would also be like “why did you buy me a present you’d benefit from?”
you COULD wrap it up and be like I bought US a present. Then she’d be like ahh romantic
You could always put some gift vouchers in the metal bread basket thing inside?
@FunkyBadger I’ve got to the stage in my life now where the best presents are ones like this tbh. But yeah as meow says, position it as something for both of you, and get her some other bits and bobs?
gift vouchers for sainsburys for some flour and yeast?
For my 28th birthday, I got a heated clothes airer.
Never looked back.
god I might ask for one of these from my parents this year
Who bought a bread maker after this chat?
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i’ve floated the idea of one a couple times but the tv doesn’t seem keen, seems to think they’re a load of faff. how would you rate them on the faff scale?
My folks have had a couple in the past 10 years and the one thing I can’t get over is that the bread goes very dry after a day or so. It’s the only thing holding me back from buying one I reckon. Are my parents shit at making bread meo?
minimal faff/10
Plug it in, weigh out flour, measure water in a jug, couple of spoons of yeast, salt & sugar… add any extras. Push button.
When its done - pop the bread out to cool, give the tin a quick wipe down.
interesting
Do they have a bread bin? also you can make s/m/l loaves
Yeah they’ve got a bread bin and they vary the loaf size.
Maybe they’re not putting enough moisture in? I find the bread goes stale a lot slower?
usually eat it too quickly for it to go stale tbh
Faff level is quite low when you get the hang of it. You just need your little digital scales and you can use the bread container thing you put in the machine as the vessel to weigh the stuff out so don’t need to use something else
