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Free Food
What are the foods that you can get for free (not grow your own)? This is my list: Blackberries from hedgerows - (used for pies and jams). Field mushrooms - some are the size of dinner plates and can be preserved to use in winter casseroles! Forest fungi (you need a good book to identify them, use the library). I go to…
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Yoghurt/ice cream makers, are they worth it?
My birthday is coming up, trying to think of gadgets that would save me some money (already have breadmaker, and Mum is buying me slow cooker) What abut ice cream and/or yoghurt maker? Anyone got one, are they worth it? Thanks Emmie
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Growing your own veg- where 2 start?
Would really like to start growing my own veg to save money and give my family some home grown food... But where do I start? Have got toms and green beans already, but want to do more... HELP
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what can i do with glist dishwasher tablets
what can i do with 5 glist 3 in 1 plus extra shine dishwasher tablets (apart from using them in a dishwasher). thanks
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Where to buy linseed oil, wire wool, meths?
For a restoration project..... I need to buy the above but don't have a hardware store nearby - where can I get this sort of stuff, preferaably cheaply? Would a DIY store do it? Sorry if this is the wrong place to post - I though the OS board might be a good place because I am making up an OS cleaning preparation! Vinegar…
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Cheap pets
Chickens! Even Madonna, Jeremy Clarkson and a host of other celebs have them, and they are becoming increasingly popular, even among city dwellers with little space. I personally have three (large) hens (in Bristol), and the hens are very quiet (only boys crow) and don't need a cockeral to lay eggs. They can be confined to…
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Icky sheets - what to do?
DH has got his eczema under reasonable control by smearing himself liberally with Emulsifying Ointment on some bits and Doublebase on others before coming to bed. As you can imagine, this leaves a glossy film on the sheets after a while. I've bought Terracotta sheets, 100% cotton, because then bloodstains are less of a…
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Mould and Paint on UPVC Windows
Previous occupant was v skanky!!!! Can't get mould off the rubbery seal - have scrubbed & soaked with bleach. Alos, paint all over frames which also won't come off - think it's cause it had been there for years - and is red and orange and blue!!!!! Any suggestions? BTW flying ants have arrived........ yuk!!!!!
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bread makers
is it cheaper and easier to make bread through a bread making machine than buy it at the shops, can you make anything else in it and whats the electric usage like.does it take ages to cook. Somebody once told me a slowcooker is just like leaving a light bulb on is that right?? is it the same for BM which one is a good buy,…
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Won a big bottle of Baileys at the school fete...recipe ideas?
Hi - not a big fan of drinking Bailey's but wondered if there was a cake or pud I could make...any ideas gratefullyt received! Cheers :beer:
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Sushi rice - is it like pudding rice?
Afternoon all, I have finally got round to clearing out after having a house guest with exotic tastes and have come across a bag of out of date (BB May 05) Sushi rice. The ingredients read: Milled Rice. It looks a bit like pudding rice. I don't want to make sushi and I only really like basmati rice with meals so was…
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using wipes as loo paper
several months ago friend won several packs of moistened toilet wipes, pampers wipes etc etc in a competition. friend went away recently and just found money that was for grocery shopping has been deducted from account without knowledge or consent- she e mailed complaint to people who took it but bank advised will be…
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Silly Q no 2 - How long to cook a pie for?
Following on from my 'How to cook an omelette' thread! Yesterday I bought a lamb and mint pie from a farm shop, the pastry on the top is already cooked. There are no instructions with it so I was wondering whether anyone had an idea as to how long I should cook it for and at what temperature. I will also be attempting home…
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Hole in wedding veil
Hi there, My daughter is getting married next month and she would like to save some money by using my wedding veil (23 years old). Unfortunately it has a small hole in the veil and I wondered if anyone had any suggestions for an invisible mend on it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Garlic Bread issue
I always get Iceland garlic bread, I always follow the instructions, but when I take them out of the oven after cooking the wrapper always melts even when I follow instructions, and the garlic bread isn't cooked, I never really put it back in the oven, fear that the wrapper will melt onto bread, or cook without the wrapper…
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New to forum.
Well, I'm not really, have been lurking forever and love this site. But have been gaily posting away this morning and realised I hadn't introduced myself! How rude! :D Don't have much time to post during the week as I work full time (thread below on full time work and OS was really interesting)and have two children but do…
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Help! Pasta with Kenwood pasta attachment
I followed the recipe suggested in the manual but the pasta stuck together like crazy before I could even get it off the machine. Is this inevitable? If so, it's impossible to make pasta!
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Are my blueberries ready?
This may seem like a daft question - but how do I know when my blueberries are ripe? How blue do they have to be? Is there another way of knowing? Do hope it's soon, I want to make some muffins!!
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makeing bread by hand
the bread machine has died:o i simply do not have the money to replace it untill at least the 25th but i have lots of bread makeing stuff(flour and yeast) left how do i do bread by hand? and where is best place to put it to rise? sorry for a silly question fi
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Making it (or buying it) old style
This will be no surprise to many, but apparantly the statistics for bread in Europe are: (Craft being traiditional bakery bread, non craft being factory made, often by the Chorleywood Process - for more information see http://www.fraw.org.uk/pubs/frb/frb-04_01.pdf it's pdf, so you will need adobe acrobat reader or similar.…
