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Deep Fat Fryer
Thinking of Purchasing a Deep Fat Fryer, so we can have Home made chips etc at Home. Any suggestions on what to buy, it will be for just me and my Husband. Thanks
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Using a slow cooker - techniques and tips
My OH is on the way back from Argos having bought a slow cooker (he asked me should he buy me some slippers whilst he was out too) :rolleyes: What recipe would you recommend for a first timer? I'm gonna make him eat his words!! :D
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Cake tin/loaf tin??
Hi, Hubby and i just found the fastest way to save money whilst shopping,, we left mid way in full barney ;) So i have all the ingrediants for cake baking,, minus the tin ( I had one a few months back but the fairies must have hidden it ;) ) Is it possible to bake sponge in a loaf tin?? I've been doing oil based carrot and…
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Cleaning a PVCu door
Can anyone recommend a good cheap cleaner for my double glazed front door, rather than me shelling out for expensive chemicals Many thanks
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Tesco cookery books
I got a couple of budget cookery books as Xmas presents from Tesco on Saturday. There's a budget one for quick cooking and another one for feeding families. They cost £2.97 each instead of £5.99 Regards Aril :rotfl:
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Interesting Website
https://www.foe.co.uk/living/poundsavers/home_front.html Friends of the Earth website on how eco-living can save cash. Most of it is going to be very old news to seasoned old stylers but i think its interesting read anyway. There is a chat forum which is quite good as well. Also they have some good competitions!
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So many good reasons to be frugal
https://www.foe.co.uk/resource/reports/greasy_palms_summary.pdf Interesting report here from Friends of the Earth about the destruction of the rainforest and palm oil. (if the link doesnt work its on their website). As stated in the report its pointless boycotting things like palm oil cus companies will just swop to more…
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Beef mince past use by date - bin it?
Managed to forget a packet of mince tucked at the back of my fridge :o . Use by date was Saturday. Smells ok - well as ok as raw meat can. It isn't red in colour anymore though, but brown. Thought I'd ask the experts :D . Old Stylers, would you use it or chuck it?
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Beetroot
Morning, all. I've been very organised this morning and have got a goulash simmering in my slow cooker and was just rootling through the fridge to see what veggies etc I could put with it. Have found four small organic beetroots and was wondering if I could grate them and steam them rather than put the oven on for over an…
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Useful Way to 'Chop' Stem Ginger
I was making a recipe yesterday that called for almost a whole jar of stem ginger in syrup. Wondering what was the best way to chop the ginger into small pieces without getting my hands sticky, I suddenly thought of using the garlic press. :idea: It worked really well - ginger all chopped up in no time and no sticky…
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The Quick Gossip Thread for Queenie!
Hi all I figured that as queenie has been away for a while there are probably a million threads for her to read, so maybe we could all have a quick brief of whats been going on with us to break her back in gently! Anyway - I have made half of a double quilt so far, and have sorted out the whole uni thing, I go back next…
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Are these prices any good for breadmakers/slow cooker?
Been to the local JTF warehouse and spotted these prices Morphy Richards fruit and nut breadmaker 48290 £29.95+vat Morphy Richards twin breadmaker 48270 £39.95+vat Morphy Richards essential coolwall breadmaker 48286 £22.80+vat Morphy Richards s/steel 6.5l slow cooker 48715 £16.95+vat Just thought it might be of interest to…
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Sweetcorn in the garden
When should we harvest our sweetcorn? They are about 7in. long now…how can we tell if they are ready? :)
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making stew
right - it's very autumnal outside and I want to make some stew for sunday dinner. I have some meat (beef) and I plan to dust it in plain flour, saute quickly and add to a caserole dish with some onions and carrots and some stock and maybe some red wine, before shoving it in the oven. When do I add the gravy granules????…
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Christmas Pudding
Wahoooo, I've just made my Christmas Puddings!!!!!!! :j Squeaky, have I beaten your mum to it? I feel I'm on a roll now after making the Christmas Cake last week. What'll it be next I wonder?
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Help- making novelty rubber gloves
This seems like a daft question, but here goes. I am making a pair of novelty rubber gloves to go with the How clean is your house book for my friends birthday (long story but its a joke after her partner bought her a Dyson for her birthday pressie :rotfl: ). I've seen these ones ebay, but refuse to pay in excess of £7…
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Rustic French Bread
Tried a new recipe today in the Bread Maker - Rustic French Loaf. Really delicious too. In fact I'm eating a huge slice right now whilst typing at the computer.... :p The recipe is in the Panasonic 253 booklet but basically its a mixture of Whole, Granary and Strong White flour - the texture is really nice. Gosh my…
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Manchester Tart
does anyone have a recipe for manchester tart!. i used to have it at school many years ago,and i've looked in all my cookbooks, even gone to the library. is there a recipe on here by any chance only i can't find one. some of you may not remember it, but it was my favourite pud. it,s pastry,jam filled then custard topped…
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Organic chicken - dear but worth it.
I recieved my first organic meat delivery from well hung meat yesterday. Lamb box plus a chicken. I am roasting the chicken now and I just took off the tin foil. When I did a chicken a few weeks ago the foil was dripping wet and half the skin was stuck to it. The organic chicken's foil is bone dry and the roasting dish has…
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OS upholstery cleaning help
Ive already looked in the index and cant find anything. Last week i removed the covers from my 3 piece and washed them and now ive replaced them the arms of the chairs look a little grubby compared to the seating and backs.Does anyone know how to clean them.Ive already tried stain removing wipes but it didnt work as its…
