To Faye -
I still use my Zo several times a week so can't send you mine, but I have
two suggestions for you to make yours work.
I NEVER take the paddles out of my Zo breadmaker. I remove the dough (I
always bake in the oven), and then put the machine away. If there are
small bits of dry dough next time I want to use it, I just wipe with my
hand, turn the pan over, and the dried bits of dough fall into the
sink. If I made an especially spicy bread, I may wipe the pan out with a
damp rag before mixing another batch of bread, but that's all I ever have
to do. I never take the paddles out, and I never wash my bread pan. I
read that somewhere a year or two ago (I had always removed the paddles and
washed everything carefully) and it's made no difference at all except I am
no longer fighting to remove paddles that do not need to come out. I have
found my bread machine much less frustrating since I started doing it this way.
The second one is that you can buy new pans and paddles online if someone
is not able to send you one. I believe Culinary Parts Unlimited carries
them; if not, there are several websites that do.
Leigh