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What Temperature and Time?
Hi folks I am a recent cookophobe who has been converted away from the dark side of convenience food with the help of all you lovely OS people. I've tried a lot of the recipes and I'm really pleased with the results and now I want to try Judi's pizza recipe. Just a quick question. What temperature do I need and how long…
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Broken necklaces
I would like to make some glasses chains, spectacle cords, eye-wear restraints, or whatever they are called, out of my old broken necklaces and beads. Does anyone know what the little rubber thingies that join the necklace to the specs are called? Or where to buy them?
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Frugality and "handmedowns"
When I was I kid We were so poor that I thought handmedowns was a shop. Because that's where my mum always used to get my stuff from. However as I have matured I realise now that second hand stuff can be an ideal way of money saving. For instance last week I logged on to eswapit.com and got my hands on a couple of Stephen…
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Any walkers?
Any casual walkers here? I mean walking for excercise but not power walking or anything like that. I want to walk regularly just for fitness fresh air and just maybe lose some weight. It will be mostly along streets and since I have arthritis giving me painfull ball of the foot i will need good shoes and wondered if any of…
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How do I cook a shoulder of lamb in the SC??
I have just bought a shoulder of lamb from Somerfields (because it was reduced :T ). I have read on here somewhere, how someone had cooked it, in a SC. Well, I have searched the index thread, and cant find it :confused: I know it theres, so its got to be silly ole me :p . So can anyone tell me how to cook it, do I have to…
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A little support...please!
Please see here.... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=188412 A thread has been started requesting a specific 'green' board on M.S.E. For issues such as sustainable energy, energy saving, composting, recycling, reusing, fair trade, local produce sourcing, reducing carbon miles etc. Sadly..and maybe as…
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Thicko tomato plant question
Ok don't laugh I have never done this before! Planted some tom seeds and on the sachet it said when there are 4 leaves re-pot them, ok I understand that bit but there are loads sprouting up not just one in each little original pot so do I re-pot them as they are or split them up into fifty million other pots?
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Daily Mail today (Tues 2nd May) Interesting Article
In the Daily Mail centre pages today, there is an article about a family who lived for for a week on £1 a day, (£4 for the family) for food. Some of the things were obvious to MSE'ers but there wre some interesting health issues. Worth a read. (Use the library copy if you want to be really savvy!)
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Super Foods, idea??
As some of you may know its exams at school all this week. In order to give DS (14yrs) the best chance of keeping his sugar levels stable and having good concentration levels through out the day I need some extra super food ideas. Today he having, Breakfast: Oat cereals, Fresh orange juice Lunch: Tuna salad in wholemeal…
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cheap nits treatment - effective!
When my daughters had v bad nits and lice none of the expensive 'official' treatments worked. Then a friend recommended tea tree, so I used some v cheap (less than 99p a bottle) Alberto Balsam Tea Tree and Mint shampoo and conditioner - left conditioner on for a couple of hours whilst I combed out all the little bu**ers…
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chicken legs and beansprouts
need some good reciepes too make with these 2 ingredients, tomorrow night. the coffee and walnut cake turned out delicious whoever posted it ,hubby wants another one. i'm not very inventive with ideas.
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Hillybilly Housewife Site!!
Halloweenqueen mentioned this site in her post on the homemade lasagne thread and I just went on it and wanted to recommend it to all of you who may not have seen her recommendation. It is a great site and I have just spent two hours looking round it and am filled with loads of new ideas for thrifty meals and ideas!! Do…
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Homemade wine from frozen fruit
Well, thats pretty much my whole question really. Does anyone know if you can make home made wine with frozen or cooked fruit. I vaguely think not but we have a ton of frozen plums & no-one with a constitution that can manage them. Thanks alot Panda
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Three meals One day
Hi Guys, I'm always reading through the board with great interest and have had really good response from my posts so far. Heres the 411 (yes I've been watching american tv today!) I'm trying to get a better regime organised for my cooking, i/e meal planning etc However I have no freezer space (so batch making are pretty…
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panasonic sd253...bread going wrong!!!!!
hi all i have the panasonic breadmaker and for the last few loafs the bread is not rising properly and isnt tasting that great either...... i use the recipe from the booklet that came with it and always do a basic white loaf (medium size) anyone else got this BM and what recipe do you use for a medium loaf..... any help…
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May Update: What are you growing in 2006? (Tips here for Fruit, Veggies and Flowers!)
Here is the May thread to continue the discussion about what Oldstylers are growing in 2006. If you'd like to be notified whenever someone else adds to this thread then you can choose to subscribe using the option under 'thread tools' at the top right of the thread. Please come back to this thread to join in or to carry on…
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Cottage cheese how do you make it?
Hi, does anyone know how to make cottage cheese? I thought that i would like to make some as we just love the stuff. Thanks demented.
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Organic Boxes in London?
HI all Ive been raking through all the old threads on organic boxes, but apart from Able & cole which have had pretty pants reports here and in my social circle, what else is there. IM in east london, and need eveningn deliveries? :confused: Any ideas? Lynz x
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How to get coffee stains off worktop
My worktops have coffee stains on from the kids leaving the spoon on the top instead of putting it in the sink :rolleyes: What would get it off? :confused:
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Wine-making fermentation time
Hi, I'm trying out making my own wine and began with just a kit which went very well. I'm now in the middle of making my own pear wine and it has fermented for 3 weeks but now seems to have stopped. Is this right? My last wine fermented fairly vigorously for about 2 weeks and then very slowly for about 8, this one has…
