Dear Michelle, I have a "bottom of the line" West Bend ($49 at Wal Mart) which I've been using for four years...no problems. If you don't need all the bells and whistles, go low! I make great salsa bread and a delicious chile-cheese loaf! Bakin' at the beach, Myron in Florida Michelle DeWitt wrote: > > Speaking of using a bread machine to make "The Bread" what would be a > good bread machine to purchase? I realize this is off topic, (sorry) but > I've been wanting to buy a bread machine (mostly to make jalapeno cheese > bread)... wouldn't want to take over Jim's job. ; ) I love that stuff! > And it's $6 a loaf at the grocery. Anybody know of a good one, please > e-mail me privately. Thanks! > Michelle in KC > > Constance Allen wrote: > > > > Chile Heads, > > > > I don't use a bread machine for bread; when I want hot bread, I just mix > > the ground spices in with the flour in one of my regular bread recipes. > > It works fine! .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. Myron Menaker Daytona Beach FL USA myronm@bellsouth.net | \ / _\/_ .-'-. //o\ _\/_ -- / \ -- | /o\\ jgs^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~^~^~~^~^~^~|~~^~^|^~` Canto ergo sum. | .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:.