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candy striped flanelette sheets - can i make them fitted?
I have inherited a load of VGC candy stripe flat sheets - very retro 'don't make 'em like they used to' and all that. BUT I hate making beds 'properly' and I want to make them fitted. Can I just fix elastic diagonally across the corners? I can sew a little bit but I do it by hand, although I have a hand powered singer and…
a kilo of honey
I have acquired a kilo of honey. What do I do with it? I don't like it on my porridge or in hot drinks.
Cleaning nicotine stains off china
Hello all I've had a quick look in the cleaning index but I couldn't see anything about this (apologies if it is there) My grandfather wants to give me an ornament that has sat in his front room for 20 years - I really love it but my granddad smokes 20 a day and the piece is now practically yellow with tar which is a real…
sc recipes
hi folks,having read on here about slow cookers i went to my local currys and invested in one.i,ve been reading all the recipes on here but am gutted to see they all contain tomatoes,horrible things cant even eat them when i,m drunk,can i just leave them out or will i be short of liquid then?might sound a silly question…
Help with frozen seafood and side dishes etc
each year we have two celebrations... the first is for me, dh and dd to celebrate winter solistic (Yule) on dec 21st. this is just for us because we are pagan and this is our spirtual observance of this fire festival. the second is christmas with non religious family..because they've always done christmas! mil will have us…
Easy avocado recipes for a baby?
Hi all, I keep hearing people say that they give their babies avocado, but as I hate the stuff I have no idea what to do with it! Do I cook with it, give it to her on its own?? Help me with this horrid slimy green stuff! Alley
Corks
Hi everyone, this may be a really stupid question but was wondering if there is anyway to reuse corks from wine bottles/use them to make something else or should they just be binned?? Thanks :o
can I still save while using an electric cooker??
Just moved into a new flat with only electric :confused: never cooked with electric before and was wondering : 1/. Am I using the same amount of power when cooking on low/medium/high temps - so can i save money by switching the thing off now and again ? 2/. I have four plates on it - do i only use a quarter of the…
Prestige pressure cookers
A total newby here, so please forgive me if this is in the wrong place :confused: ... Just bought a thirty year-old pressure cooker for 3 quid :j (Prestige aluminium) - but there are no instructions other than a big warning on the handle stating that: "top handle MUST cover bottom handle before you start to cook" - my…
Yeast For Breadmakers
Hi, having excelled myself at buying my breadmaker yesterday and using all of my nectar points to save some cash I thought I would go to Tesco's today and buy some Yeast so I could give it a go. My local store only had Allison's dried yeast and it says on the packet DON'T USE IN BREADMAKERS so anyone got any ideas as to…
Removing Tippex
Hi I hope someone can help. My son has spilt tippex on his black school blazer, can anyone tell me how to remove this? Thanks
Mincemeat for people with allergies
Oh dear...................I've have looked, honestly! However I can't find the thread about the mincemeat and Christmas cake for people with allergies. Could someone point me in the right direction please or pm me??...:o Thank you very much :)
Can lettering be removed from a football training top?
I can't think of a way to do this......but think there may e some experts out there who might be able to help!! :D Does anyone know of a way of removing the lettering (showing the local football team) from across the back of a football drill training top? It's only worn for an hour at training once a week and seems a shame…
Cleaning out empty handcream bottle
I have a small bottle of chocolate handcream from the Bodyshop which has separated and 'gone off' (smells foul!) - well I have had it for a year so I suppose I mustn't grumble as it was fine a little while ago! Anyway, I want to re-use the bottle, only for different handcream. How do I clean it out though? I can scrape…
In need of 1001 things to do with tinned tuna !!
Since reading on MSE about £1 for 6 tins of tuna from Asda and telling my increasingly excited moneysaving hubby (who went on what I can only describe as a "TUNATHON" round the store :rolleyes: ) - we now have 84 tins of tuna ! :eek: Yes you read right : 84 TINS !!! :eek: Please, please help me - I need a ton of tuna…
What happens if...
You bake something that should have bicarbonate of soda in but you realise halfway through making it that you havent got any! I just made a gingerbread in the panasonic bm but no bicarb! will it be horrible!?
Oxtail.................?
I wonder if you can still get Oxtail. So tasty and warming for winter stews. I seem to remeber there was a problem with the tail containing spinal cord, can you still get it? I've not seen it anywhere for ages.
Cleaning cream carpet
Hello After being very careful with the cream carpet in our hallway there are now footprints that need to be cleaned.... Should I just use warm soapy water and a scrubbing brush or is there an alternative method I could use?? I hope this is in the right thread? Thanks in advance
do you have this recipe?
years ago there was a man called the cooking canon who appeared on breakfast tv. he did a fantastic christmas recipe which i am trying to track down but unfortunately my details are very sketchy - wondered if anyone can help? very basically it was a non cook - refrigerated - chocolate cake for christmas. i dont remember…
Mutton dressed as lamb?
I found an online Farmshop (the one where the BBC filmed 'Springwatch') who have diced/cubed mutton for less than a quarter of the price of organic lamb (yes, that's more than 75% cheaper than the lamb: £3.50 per kg for mutton and £15.80 kg for the lamb - both trimmed , diced, leg). The muttons not organic, but it is…

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