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keesan
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response 42 of 66:
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Nov 29 14:36 UTC 2001 |
The particular site that I found only sells Welbilt and one other brand, but
I ran across several sites that sell appliance parts online. Try a search
on bread machine + part + Panasonic or appliance parts. Or see if your
owner's manual has a currently working phone numbers. (Ours was
disconnected). Or call Sears parts and ask them for a phone number for
Panasonic parts. Or try the Panasonic website.
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keesan
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response 43 of 66:
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Dec 4 18:44 UTC 2001 |
Jim tried out the machine he found at the curb, with the timer. It tells him
how much time is left to finish and light med and dark are 7 min apart in
cooking time. He used the dough blade from the other machine and the same
recipe and procedure and got bread that actually rose and had the texture fos
omething other than a wet sponge. It also did not burn on the outside (perhaps
because it was 3.5 instead of 2.5 inches high in the pot) and tasted better.
So either they improved the technology or the other machine has something
wrong with it (maybe itw as supposed to keep warm during the rise and does
not?).
The pot and gasket on the found machine are beat up so he will rob them from
the other machine and then attempt to take the other one apart and get it
working with computer control so that he can run each cycle as long as he
wants. Has anyone experience with this sort of thing?
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keesan
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response 44 of 66:
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Dec 6 22:34 UTC 2001 |
Jim has come to the conclusion that the reason the first bread machine was
baking unleavened bread is the yeast was sort of old, but he still wants to
take it apart to computerize it as an experiment. I should go buy the other
one at Kiwanis if I want to make bread at my place, he says.
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keesan
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response 45 of 66:
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Dec 14 00:01 UTC 2001 |
Kiwanis did not have any bread machines for sale (they get them in often) but
two former electronics customers heard me ask for broken bread machines and
dropped one off on Jim's porch. He found a blown thermal fuse and is trying
to replace it with something similar (different max temp and physical size
since nobody in town carries the right part) from the popcorn popper. This
one will make bread in either 3 or 4 hours rather than 2 hours 15 min, which
should give the whole wheat dough a better chance of approaching the top of
the pan. He has carved a cast aluminum dough blade for the curbside find.
I am supposed to order another 50 pounds of flour.
The blender and juicer just sit there unused. The idea was to make
tofu with them.
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keesan
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response 46 of 66:
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Jan 16 00:35 UTC 2002 |
Jim reports that his latest bread machine, which he fixed by replacing the
thermal fuse with one from the popcorn popper (which is for a higher
temperature) seems to have burnt up the motor (or maybe the fuse again?) and
it made a bad smell and stopped working. He thinks maybe it does not like
his heavy dough and he should have added more water, but he used the usual
recipe. Has not taken it apart the see what really happened.
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scott
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response 47 of 66:
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Jan 16 03:47 UTC 2002 |
A bad motor may have caused the original fuse to blow.
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keesan
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response 48 of 66:
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Jan 16 15:45 UTC 2002 |
Jim thinks only if it was overloaded. Too stiff a mix? What other appliance
might have a motor that would fit a bread machine?
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i
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response 49 of 66:
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Jan 17 03:50 UTC 2002 |
Another bread machine (with something different broken)? My impression
is that those are rather specialized stepper motors.
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keesan
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response 50 of 66:
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Jan 17 17:37 UTC 2002 |
Maybe he could learn to rewind the motor coil? He already rebuilt a
refrigerator starter coil (just cleaned and adjusted it).
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jaklumen
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response 51 of 66:
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Apr 30 11:17 UTC 2002 |
resp:14 I wish I could find a yogurt maker. Around here, they are
very difficult to find. I wanted my mother to give us her Yogurta,
but she said no way-- it had sentimental value, and you can't get it
in the States. (She got it in Spain.) I guess we are going to have
to beg my grandparents (her parents).
Our veggie/rice steamer, our toaster, and our waffle iron seem to get
the most work. Sometimes the electric teakettle is used. Everything
else is used pretty sparsely.
I used to use my Juiceman more, but I've fallen out of the habit.
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slynne
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response 52 of 66:
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Apr 30 14:18 UTC 2002 |
I am pretty sure you can get a yogurt maker if you really want one.
Check out http://www.lucyskitchenshop.com/yogourmet.html
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keesan
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response 53 of 66:
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Apr 30 15:16 UTC 2002 |
They tend to show up at all the yard sales and rummage sales here for
$5, in fact I think we even saw one at the curb recently. Any oven with a
pilot light would work but you say WA state is all electric. YOu can also
try making yogurt in a closed box with a light bulb for heat (a styrofoam
cooler might work, with the pot of yogurt-to-be in it).
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jaklumen
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response 54 of 66:
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May 1 09:29 UTC 2002 |
resp:52 excellent. It might work.
resp:53 I don't doubt it. Yes, WA state is all electric. Don't know
about doing it from my own design. Perhaps you could send one? I'll
ask my grandparents, first, however.
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jaklumen
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response 55 of 66:
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May 1 09:30 UTC 2002 |
btw, resp:52 again-- I like how the container is big-- I've seen
yogurt makers that did little individual cups (blech) and that's what
my grandparents have.
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keesan
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response 56 of 66:
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May 1 14:47 UTC 2002 |
You don't need a design, just a warm spot for the milk with the culture in
it to sit in overnight. Near a heat vent might do, in winter, or on a
radiator.
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jaklumen
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response 57 of 66:
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May 2 08:36 UTC 2002 |
not really willing to do that here.
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denise
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response 58 of 66:
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May 17 17:14 UTC 2006 |
Sounds like bread machines, even broken/refixed ones, were pretty popular a
few years ago...
Do you still use one these days and how do you like it? What about other
electric gadgets in this day and age?
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slynne
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response 59 of 66:
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May 17 17:18 UTC 2006 |
I use mine occasionally but have found that it is easier to just buy
bread at the store. But, a person cant get "just baked" bread from the
store usually so sometimes there is nothing like having a bread
machine.
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keesan
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response 60 of 66:
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May 17 17:40 UTC 2006 |
We can't buy whole grain bread without additives at the store and we are not
even near a food store. THe local bakery mixes in white flour.
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nharmon
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response 61 of 66:
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May 17 18:09 UTC 2006 |
Can you buy zucchini bread at the store?
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gracel
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response 62 of 66:
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May 18 15:21 UTC 2006 |
Bread without corn products (which my family members are allergic to)
is too expensive for us to buy regularly, so I use our bread machine
regularly to make dough (5-8 loaves a week, depending partly on whether
our older son is in residence). I also use a yogurt maker as needed
(1-5 times a month, also depending on whether Jonathan is around).
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keesan
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response 63 of 66:
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May 18 18:25 UTC 2006 |
We have never put any corn products into bread. What corn products are in
store bread? Sugar?
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slynne
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response 64 of 66:
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May 18 18:27 UTC 2006 |
high fructose corn syrup (sugar) is a very common ingredient in bread
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dtk
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response 65 of 66:
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Dec 25 20:38 UTC 2013 |
Immersion blender
Analog crockpot with a temperature controller (sous vide, bain marie, rice
cooker)
George Foreman grill
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keesan
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response 66 of 66:
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Dec 26 03:45 UTC 2013 |
We just used a hand-cranked shredder to make potato pancakes. It was so much
fun we made three times as much shredded potato as we could cook and eat,
which considering Jim's appetite is a huge amount. I found it for $2 at a
yard sale in the original 50s or 40s box. The rubber suction feet don't stick
too well any more.
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