Paddles

I asked a question here yesterday about the dog paddle and it appears that not everyone defines it the same. How is it commonly defined and described?
The way I was taught dog paddle is that you don’t reach very far in front of you, but you stroke all the way to almost touching your legs. You flutter kick with it. It gives you a lot of lift, but you don’t go very fast. It teaches you how to get the most lift from your swimming strokes.
Your hands stay under the water at all times.

The simple answer is doggie paddle isn’t considered an actual swimming stroke. It typically involves both hands going in circles on the vertical plane (in and out of the water) to keep afloat, and can involve some kicking, also going in circles on the vertical plane (like riding a bike with your feet in the water). This should not be used for swimming (especially long distances) unless you have no clue of how to do any proper stroke.

I love the bread from my bread-maker, but once it’s cooked and I try to get it out of the drum, a big clump of it either sticks to the paddle, or the paddle comes out with the loaf and I have to dig it out of the bread. I have tried everything to stop it sticking but nothing works.
Thanks moojoo. I’ve tried that a few times but it hasn’t worked yet. I guess I’ll just keep trying and put up with holey loaves.
Thanks moojoo. I’ve tried that a few times but it hasn’t worked yet. I guess I’ll just keep trying and put up with holey loaves.

I grease mine with a fairly thick coat of shortening. It doesn’t work every time, but it works… oh, about half of the time. I’ve pretty much resigned myself to not getting pretty loaves of bread from the bread maker.

You can also just make the dough in the bread maker, then bake it in a regular pan in the oven if you don’t want that hole in the bottom of your bread. That’s what I do if I want a pretty loaf.