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@TdeV I have the same bread machine as you. I put the ingredients for bread in the pan last night and set the timer for this morning. As you can see the loaf is uneven which has happened before. But, this is the first time i have had these "wrinkles" on the top. Underneath the wrinkles are hollow spots. I wrote to KAF and they responded with the note I posted in an earlier post on this thread. I made sure my paddles were in the correct position so I don't know why this happened. Not much help, I know.

@BeeZee Thank you so much for the link to that newsletter. It describes how I feel better than I ever could. Lots of good advice on there. Thanks to all of you who have chimed in so far. I'm going to think about the advice offered and try out some of the suggestions. Also, it sure helps to know I'm not alone.

I don't know. That's what I am trying to figure out.

The title just about says it all. I haven't been feeling like cooking lately. At all. In fact, I don't even want to set foot in the kitchen. Where once I could spend whole days in there, now I don't even want to think about it. I don't know why that is, but it bothers me. My husband says it is because of the pandemic and that once things open up again, it'll be all right and I'll be back to my old self. Just so you know, I am not depressed, I'm still a happy person. Anyone else experiencing the same feeling?

Amazon carries various perforated sheet pans.

Yup. I bought the Forkish book in 2017. 😳

What a fabulous chart. A lot of work must have gone into it and I for one, appreciate your effort.

@Kim Shook I wrote to King Arthur Flour about our (sometimes) uneven loaves and this is their reply: Hi Elsie, Thanks for contacting us here at King Arthur Baking Company. We've asked Zojirushi about the sloped loaves that sometimes occur and they say it's a normal outcome for the machines. You can even see some of the loaves in photos in the manual have a slope to them as well. To help keep the loaves more even, try placing both of the blades in the machine facing in the same direction. They can both point left or right, that doesn't matter, but try to have them both face the same way. This makes for nice even kneading of your dough. Please let us know if we can answer any additional questions or assist you further. Kind regards, MaryJane Baker's Support Specialist II (800) 827-6836 customercare@kingarthurbaking.com

Hi Carol and welcome to this forum.

I don't have the books anymore either. I did some googling and it returned with "everywhere" some "nowhere" and there was also an "anywhere".

I always thought it was "400 miles north of nowhere". Loved those books.

@RWood Wow! I'm speechless. Beautiful work.

It is now $10.05

It's both funny and sad.

I don't like bananas in anything. I do enjoy the occassional whole fruit as well as a banana split in half and fried in brown sugar and butter. Those I REALLY like.

Thank you. (I think)

Yes, that's why we got one with 3 fan speeds. It is only ever on high when, say, i am searing a steak, and that only lasts for a few minutes. The rest of the time we find speed #1 does the job.

We have recently purchased a new range hood and it is made by Broan. We too live in an apartment but our hood does vent to outside. We like it very much; it has 3 fan speeds and three light settings. One thing i discovered after i installed it was that it sticks out more into the kitchen than the one that was there. The part that sticks out is my height and every now and again I whack my head on it. You may want to keep that in mind.

I'm assuming that the cream is the 40% MF variety?

Well, I haven't made it yet. As you can see, I just now got the ingredient list. I have never heard of canistel fruit, so I looked it up. The bit I read said it sort of tastes like peach.

Did you use the mango pulp brand called for?

Yes!!! Thank you so much. Now to find the mango. I will check out the Indian stores around here. There are a bunch of them. Thank you again.

@CeeCee Wow! That is an incredible amount of information and I thank you for it. I was born in Holland (Zutphen) and still have relatives there. It was my mother who introduced me to Nasi Goreng long after I had left home. She used the dry Conimex packet but as I mentioned, I have since found the paste, also made by Conimex which I prefer. I'm going to have a good time going through your posts and checking out all the links. Thank you so much!

Um, yes, it was plugged in.

The few successful times I have tried it, I was able to cook an egg in the shell on Steam 210 for 22 minutes. The time before last I did it the same way. The yolk was soft and the white as @Kim Shook would say, resembles snot. I tried it again the other day, and it was completely raw. i don't know if it was warm, much less hot out of the oven because I removed it with tongs. Any ideas?