Hi . . .
Another question about holes in loaves. Every time I dump a loaf out
of my Hitachi HB-B201, the mixer blade stays in the pan resulting in a
hole the size of the Carlsbad Caverns. Lots of suggestions have been
posted about dealing with this. My answer has been to run only
through the first rise, then transfer to a loaf pan and complete the
second rise and bake by hand. Darn nuisance for an "automatic" bread
machine.
However, I note that the blade can be removed from the shaft
only at the middle of the rotation, as suggested by Erwin Franzel for
Zojis. It's held on by "tangs" on the shaft at the extreme clockwise
and counterclockwise positions. So -- brilliant (or perhaps stupid)
thought: Why not file off the tangs and let the blade come out with
the loaf, then surgically remove it from the loaf? Leads to
questions:
1. Has anyone tried anything like this?
2. Is removing a blade from a loaf a big deal (I shouldn't
think so, but ???).
I hate to ruin the bread pan if this isn't going to work, but
I'm also pretty annoyed about the gargantuan size of the hole I'm
getting right now.
Bob Stedfeld bob.stedfeld@pcohio.com
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