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Dying lace curtains and mini sewing machines
Hi, is it possible to dye lace curtains? I would probably use the type of dye that you put in the washing machine but dont want to risk it until I know the dye will take fully. Also has anyone bought one of those mini sewing machines and are they any good, not the hand held type, the ones that are a smaller version of…
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Salad
We are trying hard to cook from scratch and limit the amount of 'packaged' foods we buy and really get into the OS way of cooking. I am keen to stop buying expensive and (so I have read) unhealthy bags of salad but it seems near imossible to buy different varieties of unbagged salad. We really like to have salad with most…
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shower gloop disaster
Hi everyone,I decided to make the shower gloop today,I followed the instructions but it is like water. :eek: Does anyone know what has gone wrong? :confused:
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weird veg
well it looks like a cross between a cabbage and a turnip. how do i cook it and what is it called.
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Okra
Just bought some okra reduced in Asda, but now have no idea what to do with it, im trying to get DS and DD to try different foods, and sometimes i have to try new things too!!!!! What does it taste like? and how do you cook it?
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Freezing fresh spinach?
Hi there, I've been lurking for a while but this is my first post on OS. I have a half a bag of fresh spinach which we probably won't use in the next couple of days. Is there any way of freezing it? I know with veggies you usually blanche, cool, then freeze them but would this work for spinach? If so, how long should it be…
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Bircher Muesli - oats soaked overnight - anyone know recipe?
I've just been reading the porridge (porage?) thread, and wonder if anyone on this forum knows the recipe for a form of muesli I used to eat in Germany when I was quite young. I think it was called Birch or Birche or something (might have been the author of a book or something). It was made by soaking some oats in the…
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House smelling of curry...
I made curried mango and lime pickles yesterday and cannot get rid of the smell... It's lingering and seems to have permeated into every room I've had all windows open..sprinkled bicarbof soda and hoovered every room... is there anything i can do?
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ace way to get kids eating
im sure this has been done by everyone else a billion times but i only just discovered it! by telling my 4 yr old that the soup we are having for tea is the very same as david beckham has before he scores goals for england i have got a very fussy child to at least consider my hm vegy soup for his tea.im thinking we might…
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Kefir making as alternative to yoghurt making.
My son loves those yakkult type drinks that are very expensive, and to be honest, he's a healthy young lad and he doesnt need it! Anyway I've decided to get some kefir grains and let him make our own yoghurt drinks. Once you have the kefir grains, you simply add milk and you end up with a drink that is loads better for you…
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letting down a hem
It only seems like five minutes since I took up my son's school trousers now I need to let them down again! Does anyone know how to get rid of the crease that will result? I should have been more careful about not ironing the cuffs so much :o
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Cheap way to keep children amused
This is my first post here so please be gentle with me. I have found a great cheap way to keep my 4 and 6 year olds amused. I've got a nasty stomach bug at the moment so am housebound for the day but I have been saving up all my cardboard boxes and tubes. I have given the children a tube of pritt stick and lots of cut outs…
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my rice was too sticky
I bought a new pack of basmati rice from tesco. Their own brand. It is too sticky and is like gloop Why does rice get sticky? What is the best way to cook basmati rice and is there any real difference between a more expensive basmati and tesco own brand?
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MSE Birthday Cake Recipe Needed!!
Need your help today guys - OH's birthday today and I should really make a cake for him!! Have done really well lately - been making my own crumpets and scotch pancakes, flapjacks, etc - ooh and butter to go on them!!! But really need a simple (and v cheap) cake recipe. All ideas welcome!!!
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Passport size photos
Thought this might be useful. My son has just bought a young persons rail card and needed passport size photo. This would have cost £5 at the photo booth. We scanned in his current school photo, reduced it to correct size and printed out on glossy photo paper (which I got free with the printer years ago.) It was accepted…
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lotsa questions
hi all i have 3 chicken breasts in my freezer that have been there yonks !!!would like to turn them into loadsa soup for feeding me n the kids during the day as ive realised that lunch is the dearest time in our house im sorted for dinners its lunchs i need to cut back on .anyway all the chicken recipes ive found on here…
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Flapjacks and brownies
Hi everyone Does anyone have any great recipes for Flapjacks and Brownies please
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Dried my jeans on the line!!!!
First time this year! Funny how li'l things make you :D :D :D Be gone evil tumble dryer :p
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OS Tuesday 11 April '06
:hello: Goooood Morning, Old Stylers :hello: I'm starting the thread early because I'll be enjoying a nice lie-in tomorrow. :D Used up the last of my HM bubble bath/oil having a lovely long soak and pampering session, so later today, I plan to make up another batch plus some HM salt scrub. Cleaned up the bath straight…
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I'm NOT os - but I want to be - can you help?
Shamefully, I am very wasteful and I want to change. I come from a very humble Yorkshire mining/teachning family and I've always known the value of money. I never really 'did without' but I was taught the importance of spending within your means and not 'splashing out' needlessly. Then I went to uni where I experienced…
