Re: Zojirushi Breadmakers

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!

shoesnbags · ‎03-10-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!

@Sooner

@Northern Belle 2 actually posted the recipe and said that she hoped you would see it. But she didn't tag you, so I tagged you in hopes that you wouldn't miss it. Now that I've seen it, I'd like to try it, too. 💕

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Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@shoesnbags wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!
@Sooner
@Northern Belle 2 actually posted the recipe and said that she hoped you would see it. But she didn't tag you, so I tagged you in hopes that you wouldn't miss it. Now that I've seen it, I'd like to try it, too. 💕

@Northern Belle 2 @shoesnbags Will report tomorrow! We have a loaf in a breadmaker now!

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@shoesnbags You are so great to post that! I can't wait to make it. It brings back some very good memories of my old friend!
@Sooner
@Northern Belle 2 actually posted the recipe and said that she hoped you would see it. But she didn't tag you, so I tagged you in hopes that you wouldn't miss it. Now that I've seen it, I'd like to try it, too. 💕
@Northern Belle 2 @shoesnbags Will report tomorrow! We have a loaf in a breadmaker now!

@shoesnbags @Northern Belle 2 The bread is very good! We both like it a lot.

It rose to the top of the bread machine, just touching the window. I used bread machine yeast and next time will try active dry yeast maybe. It is still good though, just rose a little much!

And that's better than too little!

Northern Belle 2 · ‎08-30-2020

@Sooner
I never knew about 'tagging' another poster, so I'm glad that @shoesnbags tagged you. I am mostly a read-only member of the forums and rarely reply, etc., so I'm not up on all of the features. Learn something new every day! 😁

I agree, that a recipe that rises too high is much better than one that doesn't rise enough. I can't wait to buy another machine. It wasn't in the budget this month, so I didn't use the discount code from the Amazon live event, but I believe they will have more events in the future. In fact, the presenter said that they are having another live event in mid-July, featuring one of their rice cookers. I am now signed up for their notifications, so I will be buying a new machine very soon.

Thanks for starting this thread. I never knew about the Amazon live events, so I appreciate the heads up. They offered a 20% discount code on two machines; the Virtuoso and a smaller, white machine. That would have been a $60+ savings. Not bad.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Northern Belle 2 I am not up on everything either, so I too am always happy to learn something!

We bought our first bread machine in 1992. We have had several since. The older model 1 pound Zo loaf maker, with the handle, is a champ. I don't remember many a bad loaf (mostly "operator error") and we've had it a very long time.

We bought the new Maestro 1 pound more than a year ago and the first one was a dud. Sent it back and got another one and it is wonderful! It makes the best wheat bread by far of all the machines we have had--which includes two of the large Zo's.

I also have a Cuisinart I bought about 5 years ago at Williams Sonoma because I had a bunch of discounts, rebates and coupons and it was less then sixty dollars or something and it makes 1 1/2 pound loaves--so I made the orange bread in it.

The Cuisinart makes fine bread, but is not built like the Zo's and I don't like the loaf shape as well. But it works fine. We keep the Maestro out on the counter and use it very often.

So some history for you, ha!, and best wishes on scoring a bread machine at a good price! If I see something I'll let you know!