# Breadmaker

For years I have been against cupboard fulls of unused kitchen gadgets
and a breadmaker seemed to be one of those items the average household
wouldn't use more than a couple of times for novelty sake.

This outlook changed when we actually discovered a very pragmatic 
reason to get one. 


## Rationale

To reduce chances of contracting COVID we took to shopping weekly and
not having a mid week trip to the local supermarket for bread and milk.
This unfortunately meant that by mid week the bread was either going  
stale or we didn't get enough and so had to go without.


## Enter the bread maker

We bought second hand as there are many readily available hardly used
at a fraction of the new price. This meant we could give it a try
without significant investment. 


## Home made bread

We made our first loaf and have never looked back. The choice of flour
plain white, granary, wholemeal, seeded. The choice is yours and the
smell, and taste of fresh bread is something we now wouldn't be without.
The ingredients are all dried so will keep a long time and are there 
to make a fresh loaf whenever you want.

## Conclusion

Gamechanger. We shop once a week and have fresh bread whenever we want.