Re: British bread rolls - taxonomy

On 10/06/2023 15:45, cshenk wrote:
> Hello Nyssa!

Yes, hello again. I've had my head below the parapet for a few months.

> Wasn't Peter Flynn the one who got the Panasonic bread machine as
> best of the lot where he was?

Yep. It's been voted best in quite a lot of places, and my daughter just 
bought one.

However...they have made what I consider to be an astonishingly careless 
design change. The machine is rectangular, not square like some, and the 
original version had the lid hinge along the long side. This meant it 
did not protrude out too much from the back of your worktop when it was 
not being used, and it would fit — even opened — under quite low 
overhead cupboards because the height of the lid was of course the depth 
of the machine (front to back). The new one has the hinge on the short 
side, so not only does the machine stick out much more, the lid is much 
higher and only fits in kitchens with high wall cabinets that provide 
clearance for a high lid.

The reason I went for the Lakeland model was precisely because the lid 
hinged on the long side.

And now I must go use it :-)

Peter