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Old Style Skills
When I was a lil Nixy I used to spend time with my Nanna and she was the one who taught me all those OS skills - she taught me how to cook and bake and sew and crochet and knit, we did patchwork and all kinds of things together As I grew up I dropped a lot of those skills but now I am finding I'm using them again and…
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Help me salvage a burnt casserole dish...
Hi Well, i am officially the worlds worst cook. Yesterday I managed to completely blacken the bottom of a very prized le crueset dish of my hubbies (and i completely ruined the dinner too :eek: )! I have tried to scrub the black off but its not budging. Is their some way i can get the burnt bits off?? I really don't want…
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Stinky sink
I'm sorry if I've missed this on any other thread but can anyone tell me what would be good for my cream coloured small sink with waste disposer in it. It always smells nasty and so far the best 'cure' is to put lemon skins down it, tho that doesn't last for long. It's really smelly always, tho I run water through it…
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Pressure Cookers - Buying
Hi there everyone. I'm looking for advice.:confused: I had a bit of a disaster the other day while using my old Tefal pressure cooker. I took some vegetables off the stove and then opened the pressure cooker and then - how silly is this - put the pressure cooker lid down on the ring! This then cooked my pressure cooker lid…
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Stuffing for Beef Olives...
I have some beef olives courtesy of tesco for tonights tea, there is a recipe on the back of the pack for stuffing them but it would cost me a fortune to go out and buy all thier 'suggested finest' ingredients! I have shallots, mushrooms and some sundried tomatoes (do you think all those things would go well together?)…
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For those interested in pressure cooking
Hi, I just thought I'd share this site as I have been given an old style pressure cooker and am a little unsure but really enjoying the better taste it gives to stews etc and wanted to know more....Now I want to buy a newer version. I have a large family so any deals on a bigger pressure cooker, I will be grateful...…
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Apple Pie in Slow Cooker
Hello peeps I have been given some cooking apples which really need using up asap. I have to pop out later today, so wondered if you can make the basic apple sauce in the slow cooker, and then I can just roll out a puff pastry lid when I get home later (i would make 'proper' pastry but i'm giving blood later, so this will…
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Trying to stop eating bread
Hi - I was wondering if anyone could help me. I am trying to cut down on carbs and am really struggling for breakfast. I don't like cereal, porridge, or fruit or yoghurt. I really crave savoury things in the morning. Does anyone have any bright ideas for what I could eat for breakfast instead? Thank you
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Nice packaging for HM fudge
I am planning on making some HM fudge for presents and was wondering if anyone had any great ideas on how I could package it up to make it look nice? I will probably only make a small quantity (unless it works out really well!). I have a feeling that I've seen something on a thread before but can't find it so apologies for…
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soap scum in shower
Yuk!! I have a walk in shower cubicle with glass doors which sort of come together to close. My hubby has a very dirty job and so when he showers a lot of muck comes off him. I dont know if its the muck or the shower stuff or maybe a combination of the both but there seems to be what can only be described a a black jelly…
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wraps suggestions please
What do you fill them with? Is it a lunch or dinner meal? Just wondering as I am in need of inspiration to use some up!!
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Moggins...kaz....tootles....are You Out There??
moggins,kaz,tootles.......are you out there? have sent you pm's but i see you havent signed in for ages-since before i sent them!! anyway just a quickie on behalf of everyone....WE MISS YOU--PLEASE COME BACK!!!! you are very much missed and im sure i speak for everyone when i say i would love to see you back where you…
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Help with oven liner
I bought an oven liner to save all the spills but I am having trouble with it. How do I get it to stay put in my fan oven? It flaps about all over the place! I put a baking sheet on it to hold it down but this seems to defeat the whole purpose of having a liner in the first place. Suggestions please!!:confused:
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Question for those who mill their own flour...
where do you get your grains from? and how long can you store them? i've just ordered 20kg wheat berries and 20kg rye berries from www,browfarmwheatproducts.co.uk at £18.50 each INCLUDING delivery it seemed like the best deal around. i just hope it won't go off before i can use it. can't wait to see DH's face when he sees…
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Advice needed - making curtains
I want a door curtain for my front door and for various reasons I'm planning on making one. I need some help regarding measuring the drop. I've got a couple of curtain making books, but both of them only give help on measuring if using a pole. I'm going to use track, and when I've made a couple of 'trial' curtains before,…
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Recipe disasters thread.
Well boy, am I glad Curry Queen wasn't in my kitchen just now - I just managed to massacre her curry base recipe :D Not only did I halve the quantities and NOT half the water I also then managed to omit the tomatoes! Shocking! I think I need lessons from MrBadExample LOL Anyone else had any recipe disasters?
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Sparkly new shoes!
I have bought myself some rather spank new shoes. They are proper Dorothy Wizard of Oz style high highs - all red and sparkly! Problem is... I am loosing red glitter left, right n centre and was hoping someone might have some idea about how I could prevent this... cos I am finding bits of glitter in my underwear draw and I…
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Christmas Cake question and tips please.
This year I decided to take the plunge and finally make my very own Christmas Cake. I used a receipe from 1971 of my Nana's that my mum copied down for me. So I bought all the ingredients and realised when I got home that I probablt had enough for 2 cakes and so challenged my husband to a xmas cake making competition. The…
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The Perfect Mashed Potato?
Here's a conundrum :) Hubby is extremely picky when it comes to veg, potato in particular. He hates winter spuds (you know, the ones that break down/fall apart during cooking), and ends up surviving the season on Sainsburys Instant Mash. This of course doesn't help me with trying to keep the kids on a healthy diet, when…
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Cheapest/best way to buy cheese
Having kept all my receipts for Oct I have notice we get through a lot of cheese, it will propably be about 10 packs of the 300g cheddar. I have been buying mature as you dont need so much in sauces and alike (its the pizza that is the main offender I think!). This month I bought 6 packs from tesco when I did my monthly…
