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School cake stall - your chance to make me look good!
DS's pre-school is holding a winter fayre in a few weeks and is having a cake stall. Your wonderful OS recipes have made me look like a domestic goddess in the past so please can you submit your best / favourite cake recipes for [STRIKE]showing off to the other mum's [/STRIKE]selling at the fayre to make money for play…
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Fish Pies and French Fries by *the* Gill Holcombe
Has anyone brought/read this book? Her first book How To Feed Your Whole Family is my bible so I'll probably buy it anyway, but just curious if anyone has used it yet? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegetables-Something-Affordable-Everyday-Family-friendly/dp/1905862334/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
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how do I make panini?
hello, Does anybody know how to make panins from scratch. Making own bread etc. Children are driving me mad asking for them. so I thought it might be cheaper to make your own. many thanks Jewlls xxx
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Making salami
Has anyone tried this? DH and I have had success making sausages and pancetta. We're now wanting to branch out into salami. I'm planning using Hugh F-W recipe from the River Cottage cookbook. Any tips? TIA :A
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using newspaper & loo roll inners as firelighters
hi guys now that the colder nights are here I'm glad that I collected the inners from loo and kitchen rolls all summer and rolled them inside each other to make free fire-lighters. (add a small piece of fire-lighter if needed). With kids also collected bags of pine cones as they light the fire really well when dry. also…
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Dinner parties - not anymore
We have some very good friends who over the years have been many times to our house and we have been to theirs, again many times. In our youth we just had them over for drinks and we'd serve up maybe some cheese and biscuits during the evening. Anyway how it happened I don't really know, but over the years this sort of…
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Old Style Daily Thread for Saturday 24th September 2011
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 24th September 2011. 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…
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gammon shank
i bought it from morrisons for £1.49 and was wondering what I can do with it. I have a slow cooker and a pressure cooker. I bought some scotch broth mix as well incase I can use the meat for soup. I would like to try somethin different (not spicy though) Ta
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what can i do with pepperoni
with half a pack of pepperoni i have in the fridge? i need to use it up
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Eeek - I think I have bedbugs - OS Solution?
Hi all, The last three nights I have been bitten to pieces and then this morning my husband has a bite. My conclusion is bedbugs - my husband is often away on business and stays in hotels so I expect one has hitched a lift home and made itself comfy. Online research suggests that these are a dreadful pest and so also…
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Freezing Chinese Takeaways?
Due to the vile weather conditions, we have ordered a Chinese takeaway, as there is always too much food, would it be possible to freeze the leftovers to enjoy at a later date? Any help gratefully received xx
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Soap Flakes in Washing Machine?
I have just picked up a box of soap flakes for general cleaning. I had been planning to put some in the soap tray in the washing machine with vinegar in the fabric conditioner tray. I realise there are some recipes around for laundry using borax, soda crystals etc, but I wasn't planning on adding anything else to the…
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recipes for chillies
Hi. I have just been given about 10 red chillies and dont know what to do with them. I was thinking of maybe making some sort of relish which I could freeze as there is only me in the house who likes them. Any ideas or recipes appreciated.
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Blanket to Duffle Coat?
I've managed to inherit 2 pure wool blankets today - which although lovely are no use on our beds (duvets and quilts or microfibre blankets) So I was thinking - what I REALLY need is a warm winter coat for DS2 who is three years old. If I hot wash these blankets to shrink/felt them and run a dye through them - I have 2…
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OS Daily Friday 23rd September
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Friday 23rd Sept. 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.…
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Home made door stop
We've finally finished the nursery for our little baby boy who is due in April. The door has a tendancy to slam shut and as there is not enough gap under the door for a wedge I thought I'd try my hand at making a door stop. I plan to convert this cuddly chicken by removing the stuffing and refilling him with something…
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OS Daily Thursday 22nd Sept
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Thursday 22nd Sept. 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.…
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Very un-shiny taps :(
Anyone have any advice on how I can make my old, very un-shiny, pretty manky bathroom taps lovely and shiny again? Preferably with something not too toxic! But not sure if there's anything non-chemical up to the job! Any suggestions gratefully received :)
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Reasonable Food Budget for 1
Hi y'all, I'm looking for advice on what could be a reasonable food budget for me. I think I've been spending around £120 per month on food for just me :eek:. I've heard the 50p per person per meal, but I have absolutely no idea how you would get costs down that much! There are a few hindrances to my ability to cook and…
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What is a clove of garlic
Sorry for sounding thick, but when you break open a bulb of garlic and it splits in to four segments are each of those a clove or is it the smaller segments that the four segments are made up of that are a clove?