A year or so ago, after reading one of these threads on bread machines I remembered that I had bought one, maybe ten tears earlier, used it once and put it on a shelf. I dug it out, found a PDF of the manual online and tried it out. It all went swimmingly up until the baking stage. Them all the mains ring tripped. Lights, computer, TV, the lot. Off. I unplugged it and reset the fusebox, found a bread tin and baked it in the oven.

It was smaller and denser than shop bought bread and saltier than I would prefer but otherwise very nice.

Bread hasn't been part of my diet for many years. There are too many carbs for my largely inactive lifestyle. I had half a slice a day until it was gone and then went back to my bread free regime. The machine went to a nice Indian man who called asking if I had any scrap he could have. I gave him the bead maker, an ex microwave and an air fryer that had never worked and had been refunded without a return requirement.

I occasionally do a kind of soda bread with gram flour but mostly get all the carbs I need from vedge and beans. I prefer my thinner waist line.