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[Sir Tigger KC]

My sister lives in Nicosia. She's married to an accountant. Not sure if that helps or not at the moment.

He should offer his services! Seems the Cypriot government could do with a decent accountant!! 

[omega3000]

Got to feel for those people  Can you imagine the panic if it happened here ?

[tidla]

Got to feel for those people  Can you imagine the panic if it happened here ?

Starts to snow and the shelves get cleared of bread.

[Rods2]

Got to feel for those people  Can you imagine the panic if it happened here ?

Starts to snow and the shelves get cleared of bread.

Wouldn't affect me where I make all my own bread with a bread maker, fantastic fresh bread at about 40p a loaf.  It takes about 5 minutes to chuck the ingredients into the break maker bin and it does the rest.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Got to feel for those people  Can you imagine the panic if it happened here ?

Starts to snow and the shelves get cleared of bread.

Wouldn't affect me where I make all my own bread with a bread maker, fantastic fresh bread at about 40p a loaf.  It takes about 5 minutes to chuck the ingredients into the break maker bin and it does the rest.

Mmmm...I can smell it here in Lincolnshire, Rods.

[aaronjb]

Mm home made bread.. Rods, what bread maker do you have, out of interest?

[Rods2]

Mm home made bread.. Rods, what bread maker do you have, out of interest?

A Morphy Richards Fastbake. I've read that the best are the Panasonic. I normally eat wholemeal bread, but also occasionally make great white bread, when i run out of strong wholemeal flour. 

I also use it to make great wholemeal pizza bases, which I roll out on the back of a Fosters drinks tray, as it is perfect for 15" pizzas. I have a pizza stone, which I preheat in the oven to 220degC, add a homemade tomato and herb paste base, with spicy garlic mushrooms, sliced tomatoes with a vintage cheddar topping. Ideal cooking time is 13 minutes. It is very moreish.  I also make variations with mince beef and sliced chilli peppers and chicken. I'm going to experiment is the next week or so, where one of my favourite curries is a chicken and pineapple with a freshly made curry sauce. I want to see if this will make a good and different pizza. 

All the recipes in the book with the bread maker include salt, which does make the bread keep longer, but I leave this out, where I eat a very low salt diet to keep my blood pressure down and generally eat a loaf within 5 days of making it. 

What I have found is critical is the water temperature you add to the ingredients, so I put some water to one side, so it is at room temperature. Too hot and the doe peaks before it starts cooking and you get a sunken loaf and likewise if it is too cold as the does doesn't rise enough before it starts cooking. It is important to measure the ingredients accurately, so it is worth investing in a set of standard measuring spoons, which if plastic only cost pence.

[cleggy]

Mm home made bread.. Rods, what bread maker do you have, out of interest?

A Morphy Richards Fastbake. I've read that the best are the Panasonic. I normally eat wholemeal bread, but also occasionally make great white bread, when i run out of strong wholemeal flour. 

I also use it to make great wholemeal pizza bases, which I roll out on the back of a Fosters drinks tray, as it is perfect for 15" pizzas. I have a pizza stone, which I preheat in the oven to 220degC, add a homemade tomato and herb paste base, with spicy garlic mushrooms, sliced tomatoes with a vintage cheddar topping. Ideal cooking time is 13 minutes. It is very moreish.  I also make variations with mince beef and sliced chilli peppers and chicken. I'm going to experiment is the next week or so, where one of my favourite curries is a chicken and pineapple with a freshly made curry sauce. I want to see if this will make a good and different pizza. 

All the recipes in the book with the bread maker include salt, which does make the bread keep longer, but I leave this out, where I eat a very low salt diet to keep my blood pressure down and generally eat a loaf within 5 days of making it. 

What I have found is critical is the water temperature you add to the ingredients, so I put some water to one side, so it is at room temperature. Too hot and the doe peaks before it starts cooking and you get a sunken loaf and likewise if it is too cold as the does doesn't rise enough before it starts cooking. It is important to measure the ingredients accurately, so it is worth investing in a set of standard measuring spoons, which if plastic only cost pence.

Ours is Panasonic, great machine in use 4 or more days a week.

I agree with your last paragraph adding that the order of putting in the ingredients is important, yeast then flour, other ingredients finally the water.

Lovely tasting fresh bread, the smell in a morning when you come down into the kitchen MMmmmmmm

You know exactly what is in it and always fresh in our house never stays around long enough to go stale so a little planning  ensure a ready supply

[aaronjb]

Thanks for the recommendations I've wanted a bread maker for ages..

Oh and Rods, Amy and I both read your post and, at the same time, said "Can we go round to his house for tea?" The pizza sounds nice..

[Varche]

So the Cypriot leaders are in Brussels for "more talks" with the EU.

I wonder if the subject of Turkey (country not bird) will come up?

Barossa has apparently had talks with Mevdev. "Hands off our Cyprus?" 

[Kevin Wood]

So the Cypriot leaders are in Brussels for "more talks" with the EU.

I wonder if the subject of Turkey (country not bird) will come up?

Barossa has apparently had talks with Mevdev. "Hands off our Cyprus?" 

Yep. Wouldn't want the commies in charge of it, would we? Oh, wait! Did you say "Barroso"?

[Varche]

We (in the Euro) are all saved.

20% levy on Bank of Cyprus accounts. Everyone else 4% (?).

I wonder what the second bailout will involve?

Watch the capital flight on Monday.

UK possible downgrade too. GRRR.

[STMO123]

We (in the Euro) are all saved.

20% levy on Bank of Cyprus accounts. Everyone else 4% (?).

I wonder what the second bailout will involve?

Watch the capital flight on Monday.

UK possible downgrade too. GRRR.

I thought they were putting restrictions in place to avoid capital flight?

[Nickbat]

We (in the Euro) are all saved.

20% levy on Bank of Cyprus accounts. Everyone else 4% (?).

I wonder what the second bailout will involve?

Watch the capital flight on Monday.

UK possible downgrade too. GRRR.

I thought they were putting restrictions in place to avoid capital flight?

You're quite right, Steve, capital controls will be put in place...and my guess is that they shortly won't only be for Cyprus. 

[Rods2]

We (in the Euro) are all saved.

20% levy on Bank of Cyprus accounts. Everyone else 4% (?).

I wonder what the second bailout will involve?

Watch the capital flight on Monday.

UK possible downgrade too. GRRR.

I thought they were putting restrictions in place to avoid capital flight?

You're quite right, Steve, capital controls will be put in place...and my guess is that they shortly won't only be for Cyprus. 

If capital controls happen more and more with both Spain and Italy with their weak banking sectors being in the frame, this is the end of the Euro, as what is the point of a single currency if it can't flow around a single currency area easily? 

Countries will then decide to throw off the constraints of the Euro, so they can trade and export more easily to the rest of the world and be in control of their own currency destiny, instead of being subjugated to Germany.