Comments on: Hopes for 2010

By: katieh

katieh — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:00:54 +0000

W keeps suggesting sodastream – i think it’s something we should definately look at when we move (when hopefully there will be more room in the kitchen.) we used to have one when i was a kid. i remember my friend throwing up some vile bright red ‘witches brew’ halloween drink. ;)

By: katieh

katieh — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:59:00 +0000

i should do more of that – i tend to leave it to bake in there, i weirdly i don’t like the smell of it in the breadmaker compared to the oven. but already i’ve been making pitta bread and chelsea buns dough in the breadmaking and that’s working really well. (i agree about the mixing etc. i love put all the ingredients in, and then… walking away and getting on with some of the other things that need doing each day.)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:12:08 +0000

I use my bread machine all the time to make our bread, only I use the dough cycle and then shape it the way I want and bake it in a pan or on a cookie sheet in the oven. I don’t really care for the way that the bread machine bakes it, the size and shape seem awkward to me. It is a huge help though in doing all the mixing and kneading, and rising. I hope you are able to accomplish more of what you want to this year.

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:18:41 +0000

In regards to fizzy drinks/sparkling water, have you considered a sodastream (sodastream.co.uk) machine? I don’t drink fizzy drinks myself much any more (stopped when I got braces in my teens) but the sodastream machine was what we used a lot as kids – in fact, I am pretty sure my parents still have and use it and the glass bottles that came with it! The modern ones look very fancy but I am sure they still do the basic version and that way you can still have sparkling water and you can make your own flavours.