>My Hitachi bread machine is about six to seven years old now. It still
>works but I feel that it doesn't have too much good life left.
>To those who have the new horizontal loaf machines, how do they compare to
>the vertical ones? When I peer into those machines in the stores it seems
>that it would still be an unusually high and still almost square loaf.
Glenn,
I, too, had a favorite Hitachi machine and wasn't sure I'd like the
horizontal machines as well. I was concerned that they'd be more likely to
produce duds. At least with the vertical machines, if the bread doesn't
rise as high as it should, you can still salvage the loaf but with the
horizontal loaves, that's not the case. You end up with a kind of "party
loaf" that's good for canapes and not much else. However, since I've made
the switch, I'm delighted with the 2 lb horizontal machines. My favorites
at the moment are the Breadman Ultimate and the Zojirushi V-20. Both
consistently produce beautifully shaped loaves. Worrying about what to do
with any duds has ceased to be a problem.
Linda Rehberg
co-author of the "Bread Machine Magic" series of cookbooks
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