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O/S Daily Thursday 2nd April 2015
O/S Daily Thursday 2nd April 2015 This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Calling all dog owners
Hi lovlies I have a large labrador who loves to drink and run amound the house. He runs round the house anyway but when he has a drink he leaves a Hansel and Gretel trail for us all to follow. So my question is, do you guys have any tips or tricks, for the area around the bowl where most of the excess water is or for any…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 1st April 2015
O/S Daily Wednesday 1st April 2015 This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Tools for Repairs
Hi everyone! If you have any tips for gadgets you can repair easily with the right tool please come along and share them on the Tools for Repairs thread on the In My Home board. Thank you in advance :)
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meal plan 29/3
Hope noone minds me starting this week off. Sunday - beef wellington (from freezer), omelette or mushroom crepes Monday - soup for me, bagels for DH, pork stroganoff Tuesday - bagel with tuna, roast chicken Wednesday - bagel with cream cheese and roased peppers, fajitas Thursday - lentil soup, tarragon chicken Friday -…
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Hassleback potatoes
Has anyone tried making these? http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/7535/hasselback-potatoes.aspx I'd never heard of them until recently but suddenly there seem to be recipes for them everywhere. I can't work out if they would be more like roast or baked potatoes? What could they be served with?
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O/S Daily Tuesday 31st March 2015
O/S Daily Tuesday 31st March 2015 This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Slow cooker fudge
Evening! I recently discovered the wonderful world of slow cooker fudge :p My first attempt of chocolate orange is heaven and as it tastes luxurious and rich it's actually lasting me a lot longer than a normal bar of chocolate ever would. I want to try different combinations but I'm struggling to find any recipes that…
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1 leftover pork chop
Hi guys, you have already helped me today, could i ask you to help me again please? I have a pork chop left over from sunday and I wonder if I can turn it into something I could have thats not a sandwich etc. Any ideas?
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Home breadmaking
I just bought a breadmaker and trying to find some nice recipes. The ones that come with my machine all use sugar, and the wholewheat loaf uses 3 table spoons! I tried it and the bread is so sweet (nice but it isn't proper bread!) It says its to feed the yeast, I tried some without and it didn't rise as good but was ok.…
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O/S Daily Monday 30th March 2015
O/S Daily Monday 30th March 2015 This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Cleaning up small toilet overflow
My toilet overflowed a little from the bowl (it had got clogged with loo paper, it seems). Less than a pint of water, I'd guess, and the water (thankfully!) looked clear/didn't smell. It covered most of my very small bathroom floor's Lino, though, and a little ran onto the carpet next door. I soaked up the water with…
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Batch cooking and freezing
Hi all, I wonder if anyone could advise me- I'm struggling to get my head round how best to do this. I want to start batch cooking and freezing meals more (I already batch cook, but have the same for a few days running which gets boring, so its the freezing bit I'd like help with). 1- When making things like shepherds pie,…
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portobello mushrooms
Hi guys, hubby bought a pack of 6 large portobello mushrooms on Saturday of which we used 2 of with our meal of gammon steak. Other than chop them up and add to a curry or the like, how would you have them? I am rubbish with knowing what to do with food a times x
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Lamb rump steak
Hi all, Bought some YS rump steak earlier thinking it was beef, had a look at the packet and turns out it's lamb! I've never cooked lamb before, as I used to not like it. Can I just cook it like I was planning to as beef? Griddle, then in the oven? Thanks
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Ice Cream recipe - help needed please
I have a recipe I want to use for ice cream - the recipe says 1 1/2 cups of custard and 2 1/2 cups of cream - a cup being 250 ml, so 375ml custard & 750ml cream. I have 600ml tub of cream, so how much custard do I need? It's more years than I care to remember learning proportions/ratios and I'm stumped! Thanks if someone…
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Risotto
Hello everyone, I'm asking for help from all you lovely people, as you all know lots about cooking and I know not much! I have for the first time, made risotto from scratch tonight. I diligently followed the recipe and cooked the onion and garlic then added the rice with wine. Then I did as it said and added ladle by ladle…
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Bayenne Essence?
Hi, just a quick question for all you forumites. My mum was showing me her Grandmothers recipe for Ginger Wine and one of the ingredients was Bayenne Essence. Neither of us know what it is and a google search doesn't bring anything up either. So does anyone know what Bayenne Essence is or refers to?
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how often do you change your jug water filter
I have just started using a jug water filter, mainly as I live in a hard water area and don't want my new hot water dispenser getting scale in. They recommend changing it every month but is that really necessary? I don't use a lot of water as there is only me using it. My filter is one of those with the Elemaris meters but…
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O/S Daily Sunday 29th March 2015
O/S Daily Sunday 29th March 2015 This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…