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Mon 17th Oct
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 17th October. 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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Hot drink stain on formica/mdf
We're moving house, we've a few odds and ends to fix up in our rented house here. The LL wrote us such a lovely referall, I really would like to do my best to fix these few things. Despite my nagging and warning DD put a hot drink down on the dresser/wardrobe unit thats built into her bedroom. I'm not exactly sure of the…
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Can I pick your brains please?!
Hello people, (Firstly, if this is in the wrong place, feel free to move - I just come on the OS site a lot as I care about food and cost etc) How much have you ever thought about where your mushrooms come from? OH and I are thinking of setting up a bit of a commercial mushroom farm as we think there is a gap in the market…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 10th October 2011
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! There are levels 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 being very…
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Low Cost Living - book - £2.39
Browsing Quick Grabbit threads, came across one that you may like. Thanks to OP. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3553429 When economic conditions are tough, we all need to watch our spending. In this book, John Harrison's simple, tried and tested methods will help you to enjoy a better standard of…
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Sunday 16th October
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 16th October. 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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Help! Ever heard of this...?
I have been asked to make a cake for a friend. Its his birthday and he has requested a type of tart I have never heard of, Apparently it has a pastry base (ok with that) and fruit like apples then a toffee topping (help- would that be when you boil condensed milk in a pan to turn it to toffee? how long would this take?…
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Crab apple and herb or spice jelly
Hello i have just made the liquid for making crab apple jelly (used 4kg of crab apples) and it is all strained and ready to go - now I have thought about turning some of it into herb jelly but I need some advice. Do I just chop up some herbs and add when I am boiling it with the sugar? Do I need to add vinegar - how much…
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cleaning kitchen / bathroom floor tiles
Does anyone have any old fashioned ways of cleaning grey uneven floor slate tiles to get them looking clean and shiny without using expensive cleaning products?? (I believe that they may have once been sealed) Any ideas gratefully received!! Cheers. :rotfl:
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Cookworks 6.5L Slow Cooker - cooking too fast !!
Hi All Having read glowing reviews, I recently purchased a Cookworks 6.5L Slow Cooker from Argos (£21.99) - and I'm struggling with it. I am using it for the third time, and yet again, it seems to be cooking too fast (using the LOW) setting. For all my recipes I have pre-browned ingredients and used hot liquid as…
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Need a recipe for scampi please
I bought some frozen whitby scampi on a bogof last week and my family loved it. There is no way I would buy it full price ( even at bogof it was a bit much), so I would like to try to make my own. I buy the bags of frozen SP prawns and have tried to cover them with batter and fry them, but I am finding it hard to get them…
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smoking your own fish? any advice?
hi wondering if anybody has ever built their own fish smoker? my lot only like smoked fish and DS is getting right into his fishing, (mostly mackerel) also the difference in price between white and smoked can be a couple of £ per kilo. have looked at them online - not prepared to pay £70 in lakeland! have tried reading up…
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Lentilles vertes and puy (green) lentils
I bought a packet of green lentils a few weeks ago, but have no idea how to use them. Does anyone have any recipes for them?
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Food Economics and Recipies Thread
I don't know how long/whether this will last but it's worth a shot. I'll start with a tip. To make a good ratatouille: 1. Add the aubergine first as it takes longer to cook than the other stuff. Only cook for 15-20mins once the courgette and toms are in and add the (grilled & skinned) peppers right at the end. 2. A proper…
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Forward Menu Planning – A bit of fun/inspiration!!
Hi All, I've noticed quite a few threads where people are looking for help or inspiration for menu plans and “hats off to all you stalwart OS’rs” :A you always come good and have helped me out a lot. As a singleton (with an OS upbringing) I do always try to make stuff from scratch, batch cook & freeze but only having a…
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Three bean salad
I don't like pulses at all. However I am aware how good for you they are and want to give my family them. Tesco do tins of three bean salad, but they say you have to cook it. However they do lunch dishes of 3 bean salad in vinagrette. Do you have to cook the tins and let them cool then serve or not. What do you recommend…
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Old Style Daily Thread for Saturday 15th October 2011
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Tuesday 16th August. 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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Jamie Oliver, What is Semolina Flour?
I was given the lovely Jamie Oliver Italian cook book for Christmas and have made the pizza bases already, they were very yummy by the way. The recipe did ask for semoilna flour if you had it, now I did have semolina that you use to make the pudding but I wasn't sure if this was what he meant, it isn't called flour on the…
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Chicken and Rice Recipe
Morning, My mother used to have a recipe where you put so much rice in an oven proof dish, chucked something else in (lemons or garlic maybe?) put some liquid in (wine or stock), placed chicken thighs on top. Put it in the oven for so long and it all came out cooked to perfection! She has since chucked this recipe out! I…
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Chicken curry?
Hi all, Just wondered if anyone has a recipe for either Chicken Tikka Massala or Chicken Biryani (preferably not too spicy as DS won't eat anything too hot lol)? I really fancy a curry tonight - not had one for ages but can't afford to get a takeout :rolleyes: Any recipes gratefully recieved! Thanks, Sarah xx