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Wednesday 11th April ~ Good morning
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 11th April 07. 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…
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Anyone convert an OH who is/was non OS ?
My boyfriend is a full time single parent to a daughter of 15. His idea of cooking is to bang a frozen shepherds pie in the microwave for 10 minutes, put some beans in a saucepan and open a packet of smash. Then at the end of the week he's got no money left at all. He laughs at me for spending so much time in the kitchen…
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Is this mean?
Hi My friend is moving into her own home soon as was thinking of getting her a slow cooker- looked in Argos and they have 1 on sale at £16.99 a silver oval one. I have the barrel shaped white cookworks one. Would it be mean to buy the oval 1 for me and give her the barrell one, ie my cast off? On other hand I could buy 2…
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What can I do with Rye Bread?
I have a loaf of rye bread...can't stand eating it as bread because of it's over powering sweet flavour...any ideas what I can do with it so it doesn't have to go in the bin. Cheers in advance x
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Kenwood XKM810
Does any one have any experience with a Kenwood XKM810? I am looking for a general stand mixer that will handle 1.5 to 2.5 kg of dough (family likes fresh bread!) so as these mixers are supposed to be catering grade with a good sized motor (800 Watts) I am considering one. Thanks Paul
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Mending Overlocker? Thread Tension wonky!
Does anyone know of any websites which detail how to mend overlockers? Or any decent service engineers in the Midlands, near Coventry? :confused: My Bernina overlocker has finally broken after ~10 years of good service. The thread tension is not working at all. I've tried every combination of tension on all 4 dials but…
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Tuesday 10th April 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 10th April 07. 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…
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Incontinent dog
My dog has recently been diagnosed as diabetic, and we're still trying to get the insulin/food levels sorted out. But she's drinking so much it's making her incontinent. Thankfully, she always makes it to the entry before going, which is an enclosed paved area outside of the back door. Opening the windows isn't an option.…
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use for stale crumpets
We have a bag of crumpets that hubby got out of the freezer and thennever ate. Can I do anything with them ? They look fine, just a bit dry and not too fresh. Seems like a shame to bin them.
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Help me save on my shopping bill
I am trying my best to cut shopping bill by at least half and i have been advised by dept free wannabees that this is the place to come. I am trying to make a list of items that i can go to Asda with and just buy what is on my list but i am finding it really hard to think what we eat.I will give you an idea of what kind of…
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WOOHOO - just got offered a breadmaker !
I'm all for the Old School ways but am having to do it a bit at a time, my beef stew for tea is just finishing off in the slowcooker (was on offer for £8.99 at argos), we make a lot of food from scratch, and then today I had an email from a lady on freecycle saying I was the first reply so can have her breadmaker !! (she…
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second hand cooking utensils what do you think
hi....... i go to auctions on a regular basis..... they do house clearances etc......and there is neally allways boxes of utensils... saucepans.....baking tins/trays etc......and other kitchen bits and peices..... the thing is i buy non stick trays... and find some times the black non stick coating comes off...so i end up…
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How often do you clean your oven?
It has just occured to me I haven cleaned my oven for ages, when do you clean yours?? I have a large 8 ring hob with 2 ovens and a grill, I only tend to use one oven and the grill and I havent cleaned it since November!!:eek:
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Mikes chops
So called after DH uncle who showed us how to make them.:D Take 1 pork chop/loin steak per person, coat both sides in soy sauce then sprinkle some garlic granules and a pinch of black pepper on each. Grill/bake or bbq. They come out with a savoury taste to them. We often have them with stir fry veg but tonight we are…
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BreadMaker Four - What else can I use
Hi I'm currently living overseas and can't get breadmaker flour, but would really like to use my breadmaker. Any suggestions of other flour I could use? Is ther anything I can add to plain flour? This is the only flour that seems easy to get. Thanks for any help.
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Battered Cod - any ideas?
Hi Everyone, I got a little carried away last time the supermarket had an offer on frozen battered fish and now have about three boxes in the freezer. All i ever use it for is fish and chips (oven baked) with mushy peas. OH is now so sick of that i doubt he will be able to face it for at least the next six months!! Does…
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cake embarrasment - help
Hi all, We made a chocolate chip sponge cake last weekend. All the chips sank during baking so there was a sticky layer of chocolate that wouldn't come off the tin with none in the sponge itself. Good thing sponge cake is lovely with melted choc poured over it instead. Anyway as you've probably guessed - could someone…
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Recipe ingredients substitution chart
A really useful chart for ingredients which can be subsituted if you are short of something for a recipe. American it has to be said but still worth looking at. http://tipnut.com/projectfiles/ingredient-substitution-chart.pdf The same site also has a kitchen measurements equivalent chart…
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Turnip Greens
Hi - how long do I cooked tunip greens for? Can I include the stalks or are they tough? Thanks
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Red kidney bean and slow cooker help
Feel free to move me, merge me etc etc!! I know I have seen it before, but can I find it, no I blinkin' can't!! Dried red kidney beans, how can I cook them in the slow cooker??? :confused: Do I do it in the same way that I do my chickpeas, soak them overnight, boil them for 10 minutes and then cook in the slowcooker with…