Club Breadmakers

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Happy Mama:

twinklejoy:

[quote=\"Happy Mama\"]Cranberry loaf will be ready in 1 hour's time. Smells good. I cannot wait for it to be ready. Yumm yumm! This time I can slice it professionally with my new knife (provided I've got the skills). The lady at Taka told me slicing bread needs 轻工.

anxiously waiting for the 1st loaf of KSF cranberry bread!
I'm so envious of your kai knife wor...

No, mine is not the first KSP cranberry loaf. Schweppes did the first Cranberry loaf. [/quote]ops! then 2nd loaf of cranberry bread... :celebrate:

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schweppes:

When I was at Taka yesterday, there were abt 4 Kai bread knives left. I kaypoh and checked out the Henckles knife and it was retailing at $268 :!: Must be made of gold, diamond, ceramic... :roll:

That's why I didn't buy Henckles. I know they're good but I figured a cheap one will do for now.

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LKVM:

twinklejoy:

[quote=\"schweppes\"]When I was at Taka yesterday, there were abt 4 Kai bread knives left. I kaypoh and checked out the Henckles knife and it was retailing at $268 :!: Must be made of gold, diamond, ceramic... :roll:

ops! think better rush down to taka to grab my kai knife soon.. :nunchuk:

I think I should get my knife 1st before the machine then :idea:[/quote]Get both at the same time. Taka sells the Z machine at the same price as Tangs. $318. Kill two birds.

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Happy Mama:

twinklejoy:

[quote=\"LKVM\"]Yeah lor wat if the knife's are gone

precisely lor.. :stupid:
can hide one for me please????

Ya knives may be gone really soon and you can't get the Kai knives elsewhere because the lady told me Kai is Taka's in-house brand. :!:[/quote]Oh is it? Didn't know.

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Happy Mama:

qms:

[quote=\"25hourmaid\"]Don't forget there are lurkers in this thread, for all you know, the Zs might be flying off the shelves before you know it!

Zs gone, can get Ss, right? :scratchhead:

But Zs are cuter and saves a lot of space Severin is slightly bigger. I saw the 2 yesterday. S looks like deep fryer while Z looks like airpot flask. [/quote]haha! so true!

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schweppes:

25hourmaid:

[quote=\"LKVM\"]I think I should get my knife 1st before the machine then :idea:

LKVM:

Yeah lor wat if the knife's are gone

Have you thought of the other way round? What if you got your knife, but the Z's gone? Then how?

Don't forget there are lurkers in this thread, for all you know, the Zs might be flying off the shelves before you know it!

After I got my KAi knife yesterday, I kaypoh and walked across to Tangs. The Z promoter told me that there were 4-5 sales on Sunday and 1 more Mon morning. :!: In fact at Taka itself, there was only 1 machine left (the display set) :roll:

My goodness, the power of KSP and word of mouse publicity [/quote]What?! When I was at taka last week the stock had just come in and there were at least 6 machines there.

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schweppes:

LKVM:

[quote=\"qms\"]
Zs gone, can get Ss, right? :scratchhead:

precisely as long as some breadmaker :hi5:

That's very true, afterall Severin is a good German brand. It's really a good buy as it can bake twice the size of Z and at a more affordable price too.

For me, it came down to space constraints. The Z is more space saving. I think when deciding which one to buy, must also consider kitchen top space. I decided to leave the breadmachine out in the open to remind me to bake more often. If keep in the cupboards, will be a case of \"out of sight and out of mind\". Really depends on each individual's needs.[/quote]My thoughts exactly.

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LKVM:

Do you directly add yeast or mix with anything before adding?

Just add the powdered yeast directly.

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Happy Mama:

schweppes:

[quote=\"Happy Mama\"]Anybody tried PH's cranberries? Are they ok?

not sure, shd be ok i guess

I just bought it! Looks huge and very fresh.

By the way, any reason why all of you recommend Prima bread flour? Any bad experience with PH Bread Flour? My first packet was Prima and subsequent was PH. Didn't notice any difference leh. :?[/quote]I was at PH and forgot to buy cranberries.

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autumnbronze:

LKVM:

Btw is there any kind kakis online right now to give the brand name of the bread flour, yeast, butter for the loaf in single post so that I can start buying

1. prima bread flour (thats what a few a are using)

2. I am using Schweppes recommendation for yeast (the french brand, you cannot miss it when you go to the baking aisle)

3. for butter I use lurpak, but I think any shd do)

Hope this helps. Wait for others' input, then you decide

I use:

1. Prima bread flour
2. Fleischmann yeast
3. Presidents butter