I have a new friend.
This is my new bread machine (for those of you who may be thinking “Hey, isn’t this supposed to be a knitting blog?” I have included the sock I cast on this morning, and some daffodils – happy Daffodil Day). His name is Mr Big. I don’t generally name my benchtop appliances, but this guy makes a 1.5kg loaf of bread, people. I think he deserves a name of his own.
Ever since the lamentable loss of my dear old bread machine a couple of weeks ago, I have been enduring an extended period of mourning (read: going over the budget trying to figure out how to scrape together the $250.00 to pay for the big bread machine I wanted, when I was now paying for bread on a daily basis). Then yesterday, my lovely husband picked up Mr Big at a garage sale for $10.00! Yay! He makes a really nice loaf, and the manual is full of scrumptious recipes, and I get to have my house smell like fresh bread again.
I am a happy woman.
P.S. Mr Big is busy making a loaf of Sourdough as I type this. I’ll post pics later today when he’s done.
Added later: Here’s the pic of finished sourdough. As I have always found with this particular premix (Laucke Barossa Sourdough), it rose up too high for the bread machine, so I took it out and finished it off in the oven. Thus, we have a free-form loaf of what Sasquatch likes to call “Blob bread”. No matter the shape, it is damn good bread, and I recommend it highly.
