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Frozen mince in slowcooker?
Last night I got 2 packs of mince out of the freezer as planned to make a load of bolognaise sauce in my slow cooker today. Never done it this way before! Anyway, my bloke put them in the fridge last night before bed! And so now they are still mostly frozen. Im really not sure how best to defrost them quickly and safely…
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medicated foot bath recipe?
For some strange reason my feet have suddenly decided to get all stinky. So I wondered if anybody knew of something nice I'd find around the house to soak my feet in while I watch the box. Please. :) (And if someone says vinegar.... I'll thcweam and thcweam until I'm thick!)
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Future plans for saving money?
Now my finances are shaping up very nicely, and i am no longer in dire straights at the end of the month I am thinking of plans i want to do to further my savings in the future. I am planning to: Stooze and invest Load all my shopping onto a cashback credit card – therefore saving the months interest in my online saving…
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Does anyone keep chickens in an EGLU?
I like the look of the Eglu for chicken keeping, the fact it looks easy to clean and wont rot and a bit more pleasing on the eye than a wooden box. But is it worth the money? I do not keep chickens at the moment but would like to, just 2. I like the idea of them wandering round the garden with me, but not sure either if I…
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Has anyone got........
.....the cookbook 'Traditional British Cooking' by Hilaire Walden? I think this is the book I had years ago, and in it was a recipe for a bacon and egg pie which was yummy. If I remember rightly, all it involved doing was cooking bacon and onion, lining a dish with pastry, chucking the bacon and onion in with 3 raw eggs…
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jelly recipes
always on the look out for healthier sweets these days so today i made some strawberry jelly (the 17p/box stuff from lidl) for part of the water i used some tropical juice and i also added in some bananas am i correct in thinking that kiwi's do something to jelly that prevents it from setting? i was thinking that…
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Bicarbonate of soda, where to buy in bulk please?
Hello everyone. I've been a lurker for quite a while but cant keep silent anymore! :rotfl: I've read a few times that people are finding bicarb at their local chemist in larger amounts but i'm having no luck at all. I keep buying the weedy little cooking size tubs at 50ish pence and these dont last two minutes! Also, the…
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Thank you OS and everyone - Merged
I have had a lovely time since joing the board, and you've all been kind enough to make the transition into BG an easy and thoroughly enjoyable one too. It's been really great to see how readily you've joined in with the recipe collection and how fast it's grown, and that many of you are beginning to put a favourite or…
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Red Onion Chutney and Marmalade Recipes
When i was out for lunch with my mum last week I had a lovely salad to start which was served with red onion chutney. I would like to be able to make this myself to add to my salads, can anyone give me a recipe?
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odours
put some vanilla extract in old pot etc or something more formal and the room will smell like vanilla cut up some lemons and put them in big pot of water and boil-after hour citric fragance should refresh room fill the bathtub with very hot water and put vinegar in it and then hang clothes with smoke odours etc above it…
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Rubber gloves uses
for opening bottle/jar lids that are difficult, for removing cat hair on furniture or clothes by rubbing them against the fur or hair for gardening-keeping dirt from under fingernails-easier than putting soap under fingernails for washing hair if you have dry hands...for dying your hair.. to remove steaming food from…
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What can I substitute for a lemon?
I am going to make a fish pie from Jamie Olivers "Return of the Naked Chef" book as it looks tasty. It has cream, mustard, lemon juice, spinach and carrots in it and is topped with mashed potato. Trouble is, Im allergic to lemon (I can't even drink lemonade of any sort). I don't know if the juice of one lemon in this…
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Savings?
A big thank you to all the people on this site that are helping me to save money. Especially in this "Old Stlye" thread. My thinking is slowly changing to where my money is going, even though I'm still very slow on its uptake. Today I spent £10 in Claire's Accessories, on 20 items reduced from £72.14. So I saved £62.14.…
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Spin And Spin Again
I've got an American washer with a top spin speed of 650rpm. Bog standard in the US but very weak compared to European machines. As you can imagine jeans and towels are still quite damp when they come out of the machine and certain thick and heavy things like my dirt-grabber door mat actually drip-dry on the line even…
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Shoe Polish
When i was opening the tin i broke the thing of the side that you need to turn to open it, now i cant open it. Any ideas what i can do to get it open? Also is there anything i can use to clean my black shoes if i cant open it? Thanks
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Diet cauliflower cheese
I'm trying to get my daughter off ready meals so I've been playing. Here's tonights effort. 450g frozen cauliflower (1/2 of ASDA value 900g bag so 24p) 150g of Tesco healthy living cheese spread (3/4 of 200g tub so 45p) 80g of Tesco value frozen peas (8p) Boil cauli and peas for 15 minutes. Transfer to glass dish and put…
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Alfalfa
I have a packet of Alfalfa seeds here that I must have bought in a moment of madness :rolleyes: I don't suppose anyone could tell me how to grow them please? :o I'd assume they might be grown similar to cress on damp cotton wool or something but I don't know for sure, and other than salads, what can they also be used for?
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tomorows challenge and bye
well off home now to wonder what you all get up to after hours here in old style challenge for tomorrow is to think of a packed lunch I can bring in as fridge is broken and this place gets really warm bye all
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crusty jeans
Hope this is the right place to post. My son hates certain textures and one of those is that crusty stiff feeling you get from newly washed jeans. What can I add to the wash to make them come out soft? Is it possible (if it is I bet someone here knows how)
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What's in my organic fruit & veg box today!
For the last 5 months I have had a £14 box of organic fruit and veg from Fair Organic delivered every fortnight. It varies slightly today I recieved:- 1kg potatoes 500g carrots 500g onions 1 bunch celery 1 pointed cabbage 1 cauliflower 200g mushrooms 600g apples 600g bananas 800g oranges The quality is always good but as…
