Good morning Increpatio. Where on earth do you find such beautiful things?
Good morning Richard. Iwantoneofthose.com and engadget.com are always good for keeping up on these sorts of things.
And yep, t-p, it does tell the time. Which will be *quite* the novelty. I may have to get a haircut before getting that amount of attention.
Good on you. I make bread in the winter, but in the summer the kitchen gets too hot. What does the machine do? All you need is a large bowl, a work surface for kneading and bread tins. Though since I put off this traditional method through possible laziness, perhaps a machine would be a good idea.
Ah, the bread maker has automatic kneeding/rising/baking. Which saves time; but the results aren't half as good as properly homemade bread. But they're twice as good as store bought bread. Also, you can set it on a timer so that there's freshly baked bread ready in the morning. However, owing to it's occasional beeping and the fact that our kitchen is below bedrooms, that's not really an option, alas!
But yes, Jonathan, I am really enjoying using it; it's much easier to experiment, and I don't feel so bad with my plans of just tossing piles of chopped fruit and nuts into the mixture. Woo!
Anyone tried a pasta machine?
Oooh no. I'll have to add that to my list of gadgets to acquire.
