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Archives for January 2006

Has anyone made their own minced meat?
Morning everyone. Well i've made my first sausages and they were a great success, so thats another thing I wont be buying again.... my supermarket list grows shorter by the week! Anyway, as i've now got the mincer attachment, i'd like to make my own mince as well, but whats the best cut of meat to use, and how much fat…
Cauliflower cheese, anyone?
MBE has been cooking. :eek: I'm not very good at judging quantities, and as a result I have enough cauliflower cheese :drool: to feed 6 large hungry rugby players. :o I have eaten enough for two of them <burp>, and will put a portion in the fridge for tomorrow, but what am I going to do with the rest? Will it freeze? It's…
UrgentBreadmaker disaster!!!!
I need help and I need it fast!! I have a panasonic SD253 and have set it on a timer to bake a loaf. Just clearing the drainer and have found the dough hook thingy! :eek: What do I do now?? Shall I abort? Please advise!! Thanks Sparkly
How do you organise your mail, bills, etc? Need help!
I have this horrible habit of not keeping on top of my mail, bills, etx and they end up being dumped into a pil until I can be botehred to go throught them in one huge energy burst, seems to have about once a quarter! :rolleyes: Don't get me wrong, I pay my bills, but I just haven't found the best way for me to organsie…
fish pie - merged threads
I'm dying for a fish pie... as I'm chinese i dont actually know how to make this (but if egg fried rice is your dish im the queen!!) so i've looked up some recipes on bbc.co.uk/food.... unfortunately these are all 'luxury' ones ie expensive cuts of fish :eek: so does anyone know what sort of fish/fish cuts i should buy to…
Stupid question about cooking a stew in a slow cooker
Hi everyone :D Firstly, sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place. I've just spent 2 hours reading through loads of these threads and now I'm desperate to get my slow cooker back out of retirement to save some money on my food budget. What I really need advice on is the stock/juice I need to make my potential stew…
Questions about Curry Queen's curry sauce
Help anyone. I've done a search but couldn't find anything. Problem is I've just made my first batch of Curry Queen's curry sauce. I'm at the first stage with the onions, garlic, ginger and salt. I left it on for maybe a tad over the 45 mins, took the lid off and without a word or a lie it is GREEN!!! I used Tesco value…
Making Bread with a hand mixer?
I want to start making different types of bread but my Morphy Richards is very picky about me following the recipes in their book. My trusty little hand mixer bought from Asda for a fiver has two dough hooks with it, are these really any good for breadmaking with or will I end up with a stodgy loaf?
Marmalade/jam labels
I have just made a huge batch of organic seville marmalade and have searched google for some labels that I could print off, but can't seem to locate any? Does anyone know where I could print some of for free?
Bulk-buying Fairtrade tea/coffee?
Anyone know of any websites selling Fairtrade goods in bulk? The supermarkets around us only seem to sell 100g jars of Fairtrade coffee and no more than 160 teabag boxes of tea. As this stuff has a fairly long shelf-life, we'd like to buy in bulk to get some kind of discount (it also uses less packaging) - can't seem to…
Is pork luncheon meat the same?
I know this might sound daft, but are pork luncheon meat and Spam the same thing? :confused: My family all like pork luncheon meat in sandwiches and sometimes with egg & chips, so I started to wonder if there was anything else that I could do with it that was a little less boring! I came across the site for Spam and found…
removing fluff from velour car seats ?
Hi the car is having it's first proper clean since xmas but i'm having a few difficulties ! I can't seem to get the fluff and hairs off the velour car seats. i've got one of those red fibre cleaning things the ones where you sweep one way and it collects it and then sweep it the other way and you 'should' end up with a…
Cleaning tips - old style!
Hi there, This is one of my first posts on the old style board so please be gentle with me! I wonder if anyone can please tell me (or point me in the direction of a thread which tells me) some old style cleaning tips? I'm sure there are loads and remember the two wifies from how clean is your house saying some but would…
What do you cook pancakes on?
My Grampa made the best pancakes ever. I mean the Scottish ones that are little and round and fluffy, not the flat big ones that you put lemon and sugar on. Anyway, he had a little block about maybe 18" by 12" that had a hose that he attached to the gas pipe. I think it had flames underneath some kind of cast iron plate.…
Smoothies: can you keep/freeze them?
Got a smoothie maker for Christmas and I am just getting round to buying some fruit to make some smoothies to replace my Mars Bar addiction!! Would like to make a few smoothies on a Sunday night to take to work during the week and asked the ol' dear whether or not they wouyld keep. She wasn't sure if they could be frozen -…
hard boiled eggs
I just been up to our local farm to get some eggs, big beautiful brown, free range ones, all for a pound a dozen, we are so lucky, anyway im going to make up a batch of egg mayonnaise, can anyone tell how do to stop the thin black line from forming around the york when hard boiled
Help - pulses in the SC
We got our SC 15 years ago as a wedding present and I used it a couple of times then and since only to do mulled wine at Xmas. Having read all the ravings about SC's I've dragged it out to cook some chick peas but can't find the instructions! :confused: Chick peas have been soaked overnight - any ideas how long I need to…
Bean casserole?
Has anyone got any good recipes for bean casserole? I have a few tins of differint beans in the cupboard such as pimto, lima, chickpeas and want to do something with them. Having a poor week this week as just spent £150 on a go karting party for my son. Worth every penny though. Also splashed out on some seeds to grow my…
Making the toes of a pair of parade shoes shine?
Hi I bought my son a pair of leather parade shoes for the air cadets but we can't seem to make the toes shine enough. I there such a thing as a patent leather dye (other than black gloss paint!) which could make the toes of the shoe shine or any other way to make leather look like patent leather? Any help appreciated.…
Urgent advice re lemon curd set point
Hi, I am about to start making some lemon curd for the first time but I have just realised I don't have a jam thermometer. The recipe says when it gets to 70 degrees thats when its about to set. Any ideas on how else I can test this setting point without using a thermometer? Thanks in advance Liney xx

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