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apple sauce nad mint sauce help please!
I have loads of eating apples that are going to go off, so thought I would make some apple sauce with water and sugar. How long will it last in a jar in the fridge? Is there any way of getting it to last any longer? Also I have loads of mint in the garden, so thought I would jar some mint sauce to use over winter. If I mix…
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Home kitchen beauty treats
Appologies if there is another thread these should go on - I would normally search first but time is short today and I've said I'll post these recipies. I'm attending a Holistic Therapies course and yesterday we were given a taster of using kitchen/garden products to treat the skin. I've not had chance to put any to the…
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Help with ideas for pork!!
I got reduced a lovely big lump of pork!! I was thinking of cooking it in the slow cooker (would I just put a little water in the bottom and chuck the joint in?) so boyf and I can have a kind of a roast one day but then I'm stuck for ideas as to what to do with what is left over!!! It is quite big so will do a couple more…
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Sun Dried Tomatoes
OH brought home 2 big tubs of Sun Dried Tomatoes yesturday after I asked if he could get me some for a tomatoe and basis bread for the BM! But he's brought LOADS home, and some dried mushroom things that I have to soak before I use! any idea's on what to do with so many sun dried tomatoes?
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It seemed such a good idea at the time...
:doh: Hi Everyone. It seemed such a good idea at the time to try an OS way of making my own 'insect screen' so that I could have the windows open as wide as I liked without the insect/wasp stings which I'm allergic to. I'd looked around and there weren't any I could find - some in Kleenezzee but they cost so much…
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Sugar prices
Hi I am going to make loads of jam this week and wonder if I could save any pennies on sugar. How much do you pay for sugar and where, please? PS: just normal sugar (not custer, brown, jam, icing, etc :rolleyes: ) Many thanks.
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Using Old Pillows In New Ways?
Hi All I did a search for this but couldnt really find any answers: What do you do with old pillows? When I say old I'm not meaning years old - they are only a few months old, hollowfibre ones but I like to change them fairly frequently - I would say its all to do with dust mites but tbh its because I like really firm…
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Vegetable help
Hope someone can advise me... I bought a carrot, a courgette, an onion and 2 potatoes yesterday, and put them in our fridge in the garage. When i went to get a potato out this evening, I noticed that the courgette had ice on it, and i think that and the carrot have frozen. The potatoes seemed very cold, leading me to…
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Evening Meal Planners
Where do you get the recipes for your meal planners? I wouldn't mind giving it a go
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Carpet cleaning
Right a challenge for you all I have a light coloured carpet in my living room and it is minging . BF insists on bringing in car and bike bits so now there are little oil stains and god knows else what smeared on it. I also have a potty training 2 year old and a 3 year old jack russell. So i need ideas for some sort of…
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Apple and blackberry or blackberry jam recipies please!!!
well i guess the title speaks for itsself!! do any of you please have any recipies for either apple and blackberry or blackberry jam. thankyou.
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Scratched Wrought Iron Bedstead in need of love!
Hello, I have just come into possession of a beautiful victorian wrought iron bedstead. However it has quite a number of scratches and scrapes along it as well as the odd' very small, patch of rust and could do with an overhaul to make it lovely again. I wash thinking a clean up and spray paint (after dealing with my other…
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Chorizo recipes
I bought a chorizo from Lidls as it was cheap but am running out of ideas of what to do with it! So far I've put it in a lentil soup and with some pasta. Not sure what else to do with it though! Any ideas gratefully recieved!
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Tips on how to become an OS Moneysaver
I have recently been made redundant and my husband is now the only one bringing in an income. So I am hoping to become an OS Moneysaver. There are two adults and two children at home, one still in nappies. It would be lovely to hear from anyone that has any tips for me. Where I should start. I am sure there are lots and…
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Beware of Orangeina!
I was at a friend's house today. She was really upset because her son had tipped a glass of orangina on her carpet. You would not believe the stain it had left and it will not shift with anything! It is a huge dark brown stain. We don't have it in our house, but I had no idea of the damage it could do if spilt on a carpet.
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De-icer? (OS or eco-friendly)
Not sure if this belongs here or on the eco-friendly board, but here goes :) Has anyone got any chemical-free de-icer ideas - is there a solution of some sort we can make up? Really don't want to use those foul smelling sprays on the car windscreen any more :)
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How to get paint off a stainless steel sink?
We moved into about new house in January and the previous owners had obviously not really used the utility room sink for anything other than washing paint brushes it is covered in dried splashes of white paint. I have managed to get the big bits off with pure elbow grease and a scraper, but the smaller bits and smears are…
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Physalis?? What to do with them?
DH has just come home with a reduced punnet of Physalis. I've seen them are plate decoration, what else can I do with them??
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Lemons are good
Lemons are particularly good for cleaning stainless steel sinks. Once you have squeezed out the juice for your recipe, keep the skins and use to rub all around the taps and over the sink surface. Then just rinse with water and you have a nice shiny sink. It works on stainless steel cooker tops too. Also good to rub on your…
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turkey escalopes...any meal ideas..?
i have just taken some turkey escalopes out of the freezer.. to make something for tea.. but normally i either do a curry.....or a spag bol type thing with tinned toms..etc.. but instead of mince i cut up the turkey... and it works quite well... but we are getting board with that now.... so has anyone got any…
