Micha - I have to laugh at the image of you wrestling the paddle out of the bread with chopsticks - I don't have any of those, but I'm sure I'll find something.

My main concern with this bread machine is that my weight downfall has always been BREADs. I love any and all breads and this makes it way too easy.

Tell me about the Krups slicer - how does it work and where did you find such a thing?

Thanks for posting and the info as always - Love June