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Slow cooker-gathering dust!
Help Since the warm spell, well even before then my slow cooker has remaind unused. Any ideas for `summer` slow cooker recipes? Beef stew was ok in winter- but do not fancy it at mo. Plus my child- even though they are getting better- still not keen on things in a sauce, any idea`s? Thanks
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Sneaky 'forward rolls' - Asda prices
I'm posting this on here as I know quite a few OSers keep info on various prices (I think I should start too) and hopefully someone will know for sure. Over the past couple of weeks on a few occasions I've thought that the odd price in Asda has suddenly shot up - or is it just my bad memory? The most noticeable was lean…
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Verjuice: the Condiment of the Bard
Verjuice was a popular condiment during the middle ages. Mostly it was made from unripe grapes, but it can be made from any unripe fruit or unpoisonous berry - including blackberries. It is simply the juice of unripe fruit - nothing more. You can get grape verjuice in bottles imported from South Africa with a little…
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Help needed with Bags of Beans
Hi Wondered if anyone could help.... Have been very kindly given small bags of the following: Mung Beans Red kidney Beans Split peas (!) Barley Pearl Barley Have eaten them before, but out of a tin. These packets have no instructions on them only foreign writing on the packs. Has anyone cooked these before ? Have looked in…
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Sarsons White vinegar half price
Have had a quick look and dont think this has been posted before but apologise if it has. I just popped into Asda for a few bits and spotted the large bottle of Sarsons white vinegar for pickling rolled back to 58p, normally £1.16. Wouldnt you just know that today I did not take my wally trolley. But I knew my daughter…
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Turkey Leg recipes
Hello all, I often buy the large cheap turkey legs from asda as they have quite a lot of meat on at a bargain price, I normally just roast it and serve, however can anyone suggest something different to do with it, I have sampled with trying to make marinades for it before but they dont seem to work too well, though thats…
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chinese cooking ?
Hi all, we're doing pretty well with sticking to a food budget, apart from a once a fortnight addiction to a chinese takeaway! First item I'd love a recipe for is sesame prawn toast... now I know it contains prawn, sesame seeds and bread... but what else, and how does it stick together? Next thing is salt and pepper…
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Three leftover doughnuts
I bought a bag of 5 Asda Custard doughnuts yesterday - reduced and needing eating up. I ate two of them, but they aren't the most fantastic tasting I've ever tried - the coating is icing sugar rather than sugar, and, amazing though it sounds , I don't think I can face eating the other three as they are at the moment :p (if…
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Problem ? Vinegar in washing machine
Hi, I have been using white vinegar in my washing machine for a couple of months now. But I have noticed that all my underwear feels nasty or is deterirating. Is there a link between elastic / lycra and vinegar? I've just brought some replacement new underwear, and I certainly don't want to ruin this lot. Thanks in advance…
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"rusty" mark on shirts from washing machine ?
once every few months i get a cotton shirt come out of a batch of washing with a few brown marks on .. "rusty coloured" .. and i've tried every cleaner i've got ..and nothing has any effect at all Any ideas ??
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Broad Beans
Bleahhhh - just got a whole lot of them in my veggie box this week!!! What can I do with them to make them taste vaguely better than they do ususally - I hate them - can i soup them or throw them in some kind of sauce - do I peel them or what? I've never cooked them before as I've never bought them - mum always tried to…
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Middle Eastern Recipes?
Hello Everyone, Does anyone have good Middle Eastern recipes please? I fancy graduating on to middle eastern foods instead of indian and chinese foods all the time. I had some food made by a Libiyan lady recently and it was fantastic! All cakes & biscuits have a particular taste that i just couldn't place. Apparently you…
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Bilberries
For the first time in years I went bilberrying up on the moors this evening. Got sufficient for 1 and 1/2 pies fairly quickly. Would have collected more but the bushes were soon in the shade and I hadn't taken a jumper. I love the taste of bilberry pie. My mum always made one for my birthday. Definately going back…
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Omelette recipes and questions?
Please could somebody give me a quick step by step 'How to make an omelette' guide... I know that I need to whisk the eggs together but what do I do with it in the pan? Do I just literally cook it on one side and then turn it over? Sorry to ask a silly question but I 've never made one before!! Thanks in advance.
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Plant killer trying to reform.
Hello all, I have a confession to make. I am the plant equivilent of the Grim Reaper. Plants of any description see me coming, throw up their leaves in despair and die spectacularly quickly. I have killed cacti. I can't cope with the burden of death any more! We have recently moved to a new house whose previous occupant…
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Help with tomato plant!
Hi all, I'm growing two tomato plants in a grow bag, and they're doing really well - they are huge, and i have 8 or 9 toms that are getting quite big. However, i've noticed that a few of them have grey patches on the bottom, as if they are starting to rot. Can anyone help! I'm not overwatering them, if that makes a…
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Pasta Dishes
Can anyone list somme good pasta dishes? i only seem to do Tuna Pastabake, Seafood pasta bake & Pasta, Tom Sauce & Sweetcorn...... getting a bit bored so need some inspiration.
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alternative uses for hair conditioner
Got two boxes of orginal source goodies from a mag subscription, within included 4 bottles of hair conditioner and shampoo. Now I can only use H&S and oh has to use coaltar. I would normally swap things like this but postage out weights any swap people are willing to make. Just wondering if there is any other use for…
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what unusual mis match have you done with left overs not to waste ?
hi.... was just sitting there ...thinking.....what mis match of food have people done.. not to waste. from the freezer ,...etc.... foods that you would not normally put on the same plate.... good or bad..... it would be nice to hear......
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Bubble bath as a replacement for body wash?
I've run out of body/shower wash but wondered whether I could use bubble bath as an alternative. I don't really get much time to have a bath and would like to try and use up the mounting bottles of bubble bath I've been bought as gifts.
