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What Essential Clothes For Winter?
Hi Im hoping (and praying) that I will be able to get to a Bootsale in a couple of weeks (OH can push me in the wheelchair of course..lol). Anyway, I need to get some winter clothes as my weight has dropped and now in a size 10/12 :eek: Trying to put weight on at the minute but Im still loosing. We dont have alot of money,…
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what should i get?
I have decided that for xmas I am going to ask my parents for some stuff for my kitchen what do you think I should get? Me being the take away and ready meal queen up until a few weeks ago the contents of my kitchen are as follows: Oven,microwave, george foreman, toaster and kettle Lasange dish, oven tray Wok, small…
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white fly, green fly and woolly aphids
I'm not sure if this is the right place to go and I've searched and scoured threads but I can't find the answers I'm looking for so here goes. I'm being over run with aphids which are killing my apple trees amongst everything else they can attach themselves to including sage and lemon balm plants. I'm clearing away all the…
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Which part of the lamb is this?
I hope someone can put me right. I have just got a leg of lamb in my crock pot now. I don't usually cook a lot of lamb but it was on a really good special. When I unwrapped it and had a peice attached on the bottom. Could have been a leg:confused: but it had a bit of meat in it. I cut it off and wrapped it in clingwrap and…
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Flapjacks, what went wrong??!!
I made a batch of flapjacks this evening and used about 1 1/2 oz extra syrup, just to use up the tin. Now the whole batch is to stodgy. Is there anything I can do to toughen/harden them up? If no-one has any ideas, it looks like birds will be well fed tomorrow :( LL
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whatchya picklin?
I pickled some beetroot today :) Looked like something out of psycho standing in the kitchen with my red hands brandishing a sharp knife... Don't know what to pickle next. Anyone done pickled eggs? Only ever had one on a drunken pub crawl as one of the 'dares' so I can't say whether I even like them! I even used my white…
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what should i look for in a flask?
im getting my bits together for the new uni term, and as i wont be living on campus this year, i cant nip home for nice warm hearty soup etc, so it will have to go with me - so im all geared up to buy a flask. never having bought a flask, im not entirely sure what i should be looking for. it needs to be a vacuum one…
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Meat and 3 veg without the meat?
You'd think after 18 years of vegetarianism, I'd have cracked this but no! Over the years, the only time I have potatoes and side vegetables has been if I bought processed cutlets, vegeburgers etc, or if I could be bothered making chick pea burgers etc. I don't buy anything processed any more and when my in laws arrived…
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I need help with this recipe....
Hi, Right i'm cooking our anniversary dinner tonight and I decided to make this quick curry from a recipe off here, I have all the ingredients but i'm worried that I don't know what amounts to use. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it! Here is the recipe, I hope you don't mind me putting it in my post? Thank you…
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Making Curry Queens curry - how many onions in 1 KG? (quick if poss)
About 10? Is 50g Garlic about a full bulb too?
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Hopefully quick question about slow cookers
What I know about slow cookers you could write on the back of a stamp (apart from they cook slowly). I searched the forums and some of you talk about putting it on to cook for the time you come home in the evening. This may be a daft question but do some of them have pre-programmed timers to start and finish at a certain…
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Jamming!
Going crazy here after reading all these great tips! Took dog out last weekend and picked 5/6 1bs blackberrys and make apple and blackberry jelly, (about 8 1bs). This weekend our market has a stall which sells off some of his fruit/veg and was selling small punnets of strawberries 5 for 50p! Bought 12 (5-6 lbs) and make…
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Sherry
I want to get some sherry (for a recipe, not to drink :p ) and no way do I want to use what they call "cooking sherry" as it has too much salt added :eek: but I haven't a clue which one to get :confused: I need something that's dry but just looking at Tesco's list they don't state which ones are dry and most of them are…
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Idea re. washing new clothes
If you are worried about new denims etc. bleeding dye in the wash, so you wash them separately for the first few times, try popping a bit of old white rag in with them on the first wash. Then if it comes out still white, you'll know the garment doesn't bleed, and it is okay to wash it with a mixed load in future.
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what can i do with free veggie stock?
received oxo vegetable stock in a freebie bag. looking for cheap but healthy meals. i am a vegitarian and like most vegetables, rice and pasta. thanks
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Jacket Potatoes
Hi all Im stuck. I usually blast my jacket potatoes before I stick em in the oven to crisp them up, but we dont have a microwave at present. How do I make them purely in the oven? Jo xx
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can i still eat it?
i made some soup on friday with some sorry looking carrots and sweet potatoes. will it still be ok to eat today? its been in the fridge. Thanks xxx
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Christmas Cake
:j I've just put my Christmas Cake in the oven! Anyone beaten me to it?
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granit worktops
Anybody got any ideas on what detergent to use on a polished granite kitchen worktop. Every spray I get leaves a white murky film on the granite and it wont shine - ive tried mr. muscle, domestos spray etc. I want to be killing germs as its the kitchen but don't know why it stains so bad Any ideas
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Mushroom lawn
Help me - i keep getting mushrooms growing on my lawn - i've tried everything to get rid but they keep coming back - can anyone help me to get rid? :A
