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War ration blog
a while ago somebody posted about a lady who was living for a year on a war ration diet, she was writing a blog and on the front page she introduced herself (in sound) Ive lost the link can anyone help, thanks Kerry
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Cook AT HOME, for God's sake!!
Maybe there is a forum dedicated to cooking but I couldn't find it! Please feel free, M Moderator, to move this wherever appropriate. Maybe the students forum would be quite an idea... I seem to hear with monotonous regularity people complaining about how short they are of money - and then sitting down to a cosy evening…
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Bad Sweet Potatoes
My biggest waste at the moment still seems to be food. I've got quite a pile of sweet potatoes that are past thier best. Now I know you can't eat normal potatoes after a while if they are green or sprouting then they contain neurotoxins but do sweet pototes do a similar thing? Are there any other vegetables that are bad…
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how to work out how much electricity appliances use...
hi, I've started a thread today on DFW and also on the Utilities board to say that I've found this online calculator to help you work out what your appliances are costing you extremely helpful. I thought it also might be the sort of thing Old Stylers might like to know about cos OS's like to save their pennies! .... the…
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Cheapest cooking fat?
I've been doing a fair bit of baking lately and tend to use the margarine that I've got in. But realise there must be a cheaper cooking fat. What else could I use?
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rice pudding in slow cooker
I put a rice pud in the slow cooker this morning at 10am (used boiling milk) and it is still not ready. Used a recipe for standard measurements and checked it with another recipe ( 100g rice to 1 litre milk) its been in now for over 7 hours and I took a sneaky peek its very liquidy, do you think I put too much milk in? I…
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help needed - lost cause almost!!
hi all did post last week re house files and my sense of panic - i had never heard of such a thing and thought i couldn't do that (i'm not good with housework or routines) i have seen the error of my ways and realise that organisation will free me rather than be tied to messy house as now. so what i would like to know is…
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Chicken Stock - How many weight watchers points
Maybe not in the right area, does anybody know how many weight watchers points there are in chicken stock if making it from scratch, I've skimmed off all the fat as it's been cooking Thanks
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Storing the Picnic Basket
It's just one week until the end of the summer hols and I am now thinking about how I am going to store away the picnic basket and coolbags until next year. The only place I have to store items of this size is in the cellar which is slightly damp. Does anyone have any ideas how I can store these things in a damp place…
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Using meal plans
Advice on forum bascially says plan what you're going to eat and buy only what you need. 1) Do you find you stick to the plan or are flexible ? (e.g. say plan says salad on Tuesday do you have salad that day even if you don't want it and fancy something else) 2) Do you find you are able to make more meals out of the things…
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Gonna start me an allotment!
Hi all, Hope this is in the right place! I've decided that to get out of the house more, excercise & grow veggies that I'll start an allotment (when I manage to get one locally!) but would welcome some advice (any advice!!) from people in the know as I have NO clue what I'm doing!! Any tips, do's/donts etc would be…
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Using lentils and split peas
I'm moving house soon, and want to use up all the food in the cupboards before I go. I have a bag of yellow split peas and a bag of green lentils. Unfortunately OH, being Mrs Organised, has already packed away all of the cook books. Does anybody have a good recipe for using these up?
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Butterfly cake 'wings'..
Does anyone have any tips for getting tall domes to cut off to make the wings? Usually I make two batches of fairy cakes and cut the tops off the ones that rise well, but that's a bit wasteful and they look a bit clumsy.
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slow cooker question
I have found my old slow cooker in the shed! (yippee!) no manual though and I'm confused about the auto setting. It is a cordon bleu slow cooker with removable ceramic pot and lid. I would say about 3.5litres. How does the auto setting work? I remember being confused about it last time (probably why it ended up in the shed…
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Quick question about old bread flour and yeast
Hi I'm clearing my pantry and have found an opened bag of bread flour and some old dried active yeast (from the days when I had a BM..possibly 18mths old!) is it worth attempting to make a loaf? or will it definitely not work..and should be binned?
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Tea loaf recipe please!
After the success we had making catowens banana bread, I would love a recipe for a tea loaf...all suggestions gratefully accepted.I have tried every cook book I have with no success.:confused: Thanks
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new to os money- spending too much on shopping
Heylo So I had a look at the into threads etca nd have a brief idea of what im doing!! So heres the deal. Me and the man live together and spend about £100 a month on shopping not including adhoc things. The problem I am finding is that when we go for theses adhoc things (ie milk etc) we come out with £20 worth of stuff…
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Beef Joint In The Slowcook
I have just got a fresh british beef joint from Tesco, will i be able to cook it in my slowcook to be ready for 5.30pm tonight or will it not be cooked in time? The weight is 0.948kg
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Canned food recipes
This site may interest some of you: http://cannedfood.co.uk/site/index.htm?http://cannedfood.co.uk/site/recipes_files/recipes.aspx Information about the nutrition of canned foods and on the left you can click on recipes; plenty of information.
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Shop for 5 on £50 per week, is it possible?
I need to really tighten things and have a budget of £50 per week for all food/toiletries etc. me, hubby 8 yr old 5 yr old and 11 mth old. Any ideas???
