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Food / Re: Bread/Bread Machines

« Last post by BonitaApplebum on November 16, 2024, 07:42:04 AM »

Nice! We went through a long phase of making our own bread in the 2010s, but eventually the machine died.

We used to premeasure the dry ingredients into baggies so that when it was time to make bread it literally took two minutes to dump a bag of dry ingredients and then just add liquids.

Nothing better than fresh hot bread! Can you post a pic of a loaf? Ours were a bit oddly shaped, I'd love to see yours.

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Food / Bread/Bread Machines

« Last post by picote on November 16, 2024, 12:03:03 AM »

I have tried several machines over the years and it’s always been the item that ends up at the thrift store. Though to be fair, I’ve always purchased them used. Every 5-10 yrs it seems I try again.


This time, I found a used Zojirushi and think I’ve finally got a winner. It makes an actual bread loaf shaped loaf, so no weird tall pieces of bread. The paddles are small enough that they don’t leave huge weird shapes in the bottom of the loaf and best of all, it seems to be turning out consistently good bread.


I’ve made white, wheat and cracked wheat loaves and they’ve all been great. The only one that wasn’t a huge hit was the rye, so still working on that. The kids now only want mommy bread



I made some French bread dough that I cooked in mini loafs that was also really good, but so far that’s the only thing I’ve cooked out of the machine. I’m looking forward to trying more out of the machine, but it’s so nice to have an easy, good loaf with only a few minutes of work!


They have a newer model that has a second heating element in the lid, which seems like it’s probably even better, so I’m keeping an eye out for a used one.

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Running / Re: Friday 11/15

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 15, 2024, 05:35:51 PM »

10.7 late morning Ks, and then a 9K afternoon walk around Downtown Toronto amongst all the Swifties in town.

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Running / Friday 11/15

« Last post by Loco Coyote on November 15, 2024, 05:11:38 PM »

Flu shot and easy 4 on marathon legs

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Running / Thursday November 14th

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 14, 2024, 08:36:29 PM »

Slept in a bit, then out for 11.5K. Took a while to get legs in gear.

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Running / Tuesday November 12th

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 12, 2024, 11:24:35 PM »

11.25K evening run. Just a few ticks above freezing, so bundle up time.

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Running / 11-11 Veterans - Remembrance Day

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 11, 2024, 06:08:54 PM »

Managed a slow 10 miler. Got caught in a couple of brief showers.

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Running / Re: Saturday November 9

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 11, 2024, 06:07:34 PM »

Congrats Coyote. 

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Running / Saturday November 9

« Last post by Loco Coyote on November 10, 2024, 05:45:26 PM »

I ran a marathon to cap of the 2024 racing year. I'd like to say it was a breeze, but it wasn't. The outcome wasn't quite what I wanted (sub 3) but I knew going in that would be a stretch, so planned just run by feel. Ran a 3:03, which was an age group PB so can't complain too much.

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Running / Sunday November 10th

« Last post by Fast Eddie on November 10, 2024, 12:57:52 PM »

Out and in before the Sunday rains hit. 12K