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Cheese and potato pastys
i love these (used to get them from shop i worked in) any ideas on making them? not sure they will taste the same, also can the be made with the puff pastry i have in the freezer thank you fionax
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Budget cookery
Hi new today, does any body know of any good websites, where I can find some good budget cooking recipes, also does any one know a nice minestrone soup recipe. Thanks!
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Chocolate Butter Icing
I am looking to decorate a cake like a racetrack. I have bought some roll-out icing for the base, which has cost me more than I thought, so I want to make some butter icing for the main 'racetrack'. Can anyone give me some recipes or quantities I can use? Will it be the same consistency needed to pipe around the bottom of…
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brown water in iron
Anybody got any ideas how i can clean my steam iron out? It keeps spitting horrible brown water out and staining everything. Dont know how this has happened as i always empty the water out after each use. Do i need to descale? Ive got some brown vinegar..will that work and how do i use it. thanks lucy
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Rearing Turkeys for Christmas
Hello I know some of you have chichens but I was wondering if anyone has reared a turkey for thier Christmas dinner? If you have please could you tell me where you got them from and how easy or hard they are to look after? Many thanks Jess
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ok my first dip into this pool of knowledge
After reading all the advice on here i am trying out some ideas but need some filling, far reaching rescipes. The reason, money is tight and am cutting back on many things, hoping to reduce my food bill. I have 5 lads that can all eat like their father even the 5 year old eats a full sized adult meal. they are sick of…
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pie related questions
please bear with me this is a long one i defrosted some diced casserole beef overnight lobbed it in sc this morning with some casserole mix tin of toms and onion. so far so good. i have just remembered other half is at footy tonight so wont want tea with us .can i turn this lot into a pie i have some ready rolled puff…
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first attempts
ok, as a self confesed "over presenter" my girlfriend has instructed me i have a limit on what i can spend for her birthday, as we are a bit skint. I have bought a card and decided instead of buying her a box of chocs, i was going to make her one. the box is no problem , i have constructed myself and am pretty impressed…
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feed a family on £12 a week
have searched everywhich way but loose but cannot find the thread for weekly menu and the grocery list for £12 feeding family for a week , anyone help me please:confused:
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what to stock up with...?
hi everyone, am new to OS so be gentle...:D I've been growing my own veg and my spinach is ready (yay!) so i've just been looking for some nice spinach recipes and i realised that most of the ingredients I don't have....fennel seed, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, lentils etc etc....in fact, i think the only things I do have…
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OS Daily Monday 25th June 07
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Today. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in,…
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calling all prima breadmaker owners
I picked up a prima bread maker yesterday from a freecycler. came with instructions etc I tried it today and followed the recipe in the manual to the letter. However, after the mixing, it did nothing, did not rise bubble or anything, and looked more like a cake batter than bread mix. Can anyone tell me where I went wrong?…
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MealPlans WB 23rd June 2007
Hi Guys! Another week gone:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Right, here is my mealplan for this week: Saturday-Scampi, Chips & Salad Sunday-Take-Away with BIL/SIL (Probably an Indian and cheaper split:D ) Monday-Roast Lamb, Yorkies, Roasties, Parsnips, Carrots, Cabbage & Sweetcorn Tuesday-Creamy Chops, Mash, Cabbage &…
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tips on clothes colours running? urgent!!!
i have just took washing out of machine and found a silk scarf wrapped arounda thick cotton skirt and the colour has run from scarf to skirt and covered the entire front of the skirt. i have put in back in machine on a quick wash with it covered in those spray that remove stains (all i had in cupboard) i have seen a new…
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Agh: laundry help
Agh. Husband decided to put the net curtains in a 95 degree wash. Have come home halfway through the cycle. Don't care about those being ruined - they are horrible things anyway. :mad::mad::mad::mad:But he has put my PALE LINEN TROUSERS and a load of white cotton-type tops in the same load. Crazy man.…
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Recipes that use lots of cornflour? Please help
Hi everyone, I purchased a huuuuge bag of cornflour from the cash and carry cos it was mega reduced as the best before date was may 07. I am loath to throw it away but want to use it up pretty quickly. Has anyone got any recipes that I can use it up with? I know BB dates are there for a reason, but it seems to be just fine…
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Risotto help..
I found a recipe for risotto yesterday on here and now i can't find it, it was one which said you can add chicken, ham. It's supposed to be for tonights tea..lol
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cleaning plastic water bottle
I have a clear plastic Sports bottle like this. It had some orange juice in it last and has been left laying around for 4-5 days. It now really smells and there was some funny looking stuff inside it. I have washed it out with soapy water but it still smells. I have put some juice inside it to taste and it's rank. anybody…
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Budget for Xmas
Make a list of all the food items that you buy every Xmas, and that have a shelf life of longer than 15 weeks (that's right peeps 15 weeks and it'll all be over), buy one of these items each week with your weekly shop to cut down on the large bill just before Xmas :) Things with a shorter shelf life can be saved for weeks…
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Plain Flour
I have a surplus of plain flour, any ideas what I can do with it:confused: Thanks x