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the timer,

the unit

can be

set to produce

bread

at any

time

within 13 hours

of setting

its timer. With

the

Panasonic

Bread

Bak-

ery

the user can

time -shift

the

loaf.

The control

panel

includes

stop and re-

start

buttons,

and its

display

shows

what

the

machine is

doing (KNEAD,

REST,

RISE

and

BAKE). Other

signal

lights

indicate

TIMER (the

display

counts down

to

the pre-

set time),

OPERATION

and, COMPLETE.

Eight electronic

beeps signal

the

comple-

tion

of a

loaf. Clean

-up is

nearly as

auto-

matic as producing

bread.

The interior

of

the baking

pan

and

its kneading

blade

should

be

wiped free

of crumbs

and

the

sides

of the

baking

compartment

should

also be kept

clean.

In addition,

there's

a

crumb tray,

which fits at

the

bottom of

the

compartment,

that

can be

removed

and

emptied.

The

finished product

is a bit

smaller

than a commercial

loaf of

bread,

and re-

sembles a cartoon

representation

of a

loaf,

taller than

it is long.

Anyone

who has seen

contemporary

Japanese

cartooning

will

recognize

the

style.

The unit can

also bake

a smaller

loaf using

half

the

ingredient

amounts

specified

in

the basic

loaf recipe.

A recipe

book

furnished

with the Pan-

asonic

Bread

Bakery presents

what are

essentially

variations

on the

basic

loaf

theme,

with further

ingredients

or the sub-

stitution

of

other liquids

for

the

water spec-

ified in

the original

list. There

are also

recipes to

be used

with the

DOUGH

setting.

Those

are for

bread shapes

and

styles

that

don't conform

to the unit's

dimensions,

like rolls

or doughnuts,

or for

ones that

require

further

preparation.

We imagine

that the

near

-foolproof

bread

factory

for the

home takes

some

of

its

cues from

commercial

baking

equip-

ment. As

a consumer

-market

entry,

it takes

its inspirations

from

all those

frozen,

un-

baked

bread

loaves

sold in

supermarkets,

catering

to the

widespread

hankering

for

bread that's

warm from the

oven.

Our first

attempt

at using

the

Bread

Bakery

was .a

total

failure. In

our eager-

ness,

we didn't properly

set the

unit to

BREAD

instead

of DOUGH.

The

loaf came

out a

white, unbaked

slab

of congealed

flour and

other

ingredients.

Which is

why

we say that

the Bread

Bakery

only

near

foolproof.

Once

we followed

directions

to

the letter,

the loaves

came

out

with factory-

like precision.

Which is probably

why the

Bread

Bakery

doesn't

thrill

food

writers.

The phrase

that

best describes

the

unit's

product

is a "perfectly

acceptable"

loaf of

bread. It's

uniform

in the

same

way as any

commercially

baked bread.

On

the other

hand, the

automatic

loaf

that's

produced

isn't

likely to

satisfy true

bread

believers.

That

is, the tribe

of home

bakers

who

would stone grind

their

own

wheat (prefer-

ably

from their

own field)

if it

was feasible.

Attempting

to time

shift

a loaf and

then

deciding

that

the selected

completion

time

was

too

late (we

were taking

the

loaf to a

friend's

home for

taste testing),

GIZMO

discovered

one

variation that

Panasonic

doesn't

mention.

When

we

reset

the Bread

Bakery,

it started

again

from

the begin-

ning,

meaning

the bread

was kneaded

twice.

The

result

was a chewier,

more

dense

loaf.

As

for the taste

test, nobody

disliked

the

bread,

and

the diminutive

loaf disappeared

quickly.

But nobody

was

passionate

about

it, either.

But, almost

everyone

expressed

interest

in the

Bread Bakery,

and

its cost.

Price

information

brought

a reaction

that

was

as uniform

as

the device's

output.

A

little arithmetic

will

indicate how

many

loafs of

bread at

what

retail

price equals

the cost

of the bread

maker.

In general,

this

was

a thoroughly

en-

joyable

appliance

to test. Them

was some-

thing altogether

homey about

hearing

the

unit

kneading

then resting,

automatically

working away in the

GIZMO

test kitchen.

As the

instructions

assure

users, "a click-

ing noise [actually

more of a

clunking]

may be heard

during operation,

but this

is

not a malfunction."

There

was the added

bonus

of bread's

delicious aroma

faintly

rising

through the

unit's

steam

vent during

the actual

baking.

As

kitchen items

go, this

one has "Fa-

ther's

-Day gift"

written

all

over it. Some-

thing about

the

combination

of

the

mechanical

and

the automatic

gives

the

Panasonic

Bread

Bakery

a masculine

character.

Whatever

doubts

we entertained

about

the utility

of a midget

bread

factory

for the

kitchen

wem overcome

by

our enjoyment

of a

clever piece

of gadgetry.

The results

obtained

may not

be the bread

of our

fore-

fathers (and

mothers),

but it's

also only

slightly

more

trouble to

bake than

prepar-

ing a container

of frozen

orange juice.

The

Panasonic

Bread

Bakery

may

not produce

the ultimate

bread,

but half

a loaf (es-

pecially

one prepared

automatically)

is

better

than none.

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Vision

LCD COLOR

TELEVISION

(TV- 3000).

Manufactured

by:

Casio,

Inc.. 570

Mt. Pleasant

Ave..

P.O. Box

7000,

Dover. NJ 07801.

Price:

$399.95.

The average

American family

watches

TV for about

seven

hours a day.

Putting in

a full shift

in front of

the 3.3 inch

screen of

the

Casio

7V-

-3000

would not be

doing

your eyes any

favors,

but nobody

claims

this tiny

set is designed

for marathon

fam-

ily

viewing. In

fact, the

six "AA"

cell

option

on the TV's

"four -way

power sys-

tem" gave us

barely

two hours

viewing

with the fluorescent

backlight

on.

Inter-

estingly,

the manual

claims

2.5

viewing

hours

with the backlight

in

use, 20

hours

with it off, adding

"the

batteries

supplied

with

your

TV are test

batteries

which have

a shorter

life

span than

that noted

above

"(hmmm

...).

Rather it is for

the solitary

viewer who

needs

or

wants to keep in

touch

with

news,

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