Botheration!

I recently found my Morphy Richards breadmaker with a burned out heating element, so I ordered a new one, this time a more expensive version. I did not realise until after I had unpacked it that it differed from my previous one in one significant way - it had a spindle which collapsed after kneading so that the loaf would not have the rather large hole which other brands have.

This after noon I went to make a loaf and had the flour all measured out in a bowl, then added the water to the pan. I had already noticed that the spindle collapsed very readily, so I hoped that having to cope with the pressure of the water, it would stay upright while I added the rest of the ingredients.

However it didn't, and what is more, even with the water in the pan I could not get the spindle to stay upright at all.

Basically, this is hopeless, and so I shall have to take it back to Comet tomorrow. One good thing is that Comet are usually very good about dealing with returns.

But no bread!!!!!