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under armpit stains on coloured shirts
a couple of my (coloured) shirts have developed slight yellow stains under the armpits. does anyone have any tips for removal? thanks
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Using the dishwasher to cook
Hi to everyone This is my very first post and although I have been lurking in the background I was a bit apprehensive on posting! Anyhow my little contribution to this thread is how to cook a whole salmon if you have not got a huge fish kettle or very large cooker. Last Xmas I decided to cook a whole salmon for the family,…
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Cutting Tray bakes
can anyone give me any tips on how to cut traybakes - eg caramel squares - without the chocolate on top cracking?
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Dividing frozen veg into portions a la anthea!
Antheas tip on measuring out your frozen veggies into portions is a wonderful one. As Iihave a bag of frozen peas and a few mins spare I thought I would do this. I am awful at measuring/weighing its all done by sight and if I cook too much its added to a stew or something the next day. Not enough...och, who cares! So what…
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Recipe Journal
I wonder if anyone can help. I am looking to purchase a recipe journal (i.e nice bound book that has note pages to add your favourite recipes in) it is as a present, so I would like a professional one, as opposed to making one out of a ring binder for myself! Does anyone know of any good quality / nice ones. Ideally if it…
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HM "Tabasco" sauce - anyone have a recipe
Hi, Our chillis have done really well this year. I have them strung up all over the kitchen, drying. I've made chilli sauce, chilli jam, cayenne pepper... Now I'd like to have a go at something like "Tabasco". Does anyone have a recipe please? Thanks Hazel
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Syrup for baking
HI Does anyone know where I can get hold of some syrup for baking (baking syrup). Weve been using Silver Spoon but they only make industry size pots now which are far to big. Thanks RichT
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Little worm things in cod!
Just got in from Sainsburys with my nice piece of taste the difference cod for tea (reduced...don't panic o/s folks). Sadly - it looks like something got there first - a little wriggly fellow who doesn't realise that we only compost vegetable matter!!!!!!! Should I be horrified and shocked? I once took a tin of tomatoes…
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HM Steak and Kidney Pudding- can I freeze it?
hi All I'm going to be making some hm steak and kidley pudds for my DH (not for me, can't stand kidleys). While I am at it, I'd like to make some for the freezer. Does anyone have any experience of freezing these? I want to know if it is best to freeze the pudding before it is steamed, or to wait until it is cooked and…
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cheap haircut
I don't know where to post this but I had to tell you msers about it. I went to the local hairdressing college today and had a shampoo and cut for £3! I thought it was great value for money as the student had an assessor watching over her. Only downside was it took longer then a hairdresser would but who cares for that…
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White sauce disaster
OK, OSers Im sure you wont, DONT EVER BUY CARRS SAUCE FLOUR! I decided Id knock up a quick white sauce, with above flour, flora, skimmed milk and a splash of white wine as a sauce with mushrooms, yellow pepper, courgette, turkey to be served on spaghetti or rice later - YUM I usually use plain flour, but found this at the…
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Cleaning a laquered/varnished dining table
Does anybody have any suggestions as to how to clean a solid beech Ikea table? The beech has been lacquered to seal it. I have tried cleaning it with a mild solution of washing up liquid and water but had little success. The surface still feels "clammy" and sticky......it's driving me mad! Everytime I sit at the table and…
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OS is fab
As a newcomer I just wanted to say how brilliant this site is. I have two boys under 16 months and housework has always been fairly low on my list of priorities. But, inspired by you lovely lot I have bought some Stardops, microfibre cloths and actually used them. I've started following the FlyLady steps and though I'm not…
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Orange juice in a cake recipe?
I am sure I saw a while back on this board a cake recipe that used orange juice. Am I dreaming? Or is there such a recipe? And if there is - can someone point me in the right direction please. :)
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dirty shoes
i recently purchased a pair of shoes from ebay which are of cream colour with a satin type finish, anyone have any ideas on how to bring them back to life as it were???
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Kiwi fruit - who eats the skin?
Can you lovely people please settle an argument between Mr 999 and myself? He maintains that lots of people eat the skin of kiwi fruit, while I think it's a very odd thing to do indeed and have never heard of such a thing. Over to you! Sarah
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Baket Potato Tip
I was watching the telly this moning and saw a great OS tip that I thought I'd share.( it was on one of these rooster potato adverts on UKFood) When baking potatoes in the oven spike it end to end with a metal scewer, and leave in while baking, it halves the cooking time! Thought this might come in handy for someone.…
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What can someone eat to help arthritis
Got a friend round who has just told us her father has arthritis in the cocsix (sorry about spelling) and she is trying to find out what he can eat to help alleaviate it. Any got any ideas on this please, I have no idea. Thought garlic might help but thats just a guess? Thanks!
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Christmas Stockings
Hi all, I would like to have a go at making a couple of stockings to hang on the fireplace at Christmas. The idea is that BF and I will spend no more than £20 on each other and everything we buy has to fit inside the stocking. Personally, I think I'm going to find it more difficult than he will...I'm so easy to buy for...a…
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Washing up liquid for sensitive types
Help OS-ers, the eczema on my hands has flared up recently & I'm struggling to find a washing up liquid that doesn't make it worse. I used to use tesco/asda own, but now can't, can't use fairy either, or tesco's version of ecover. Am now trying tesco value as I assume its just more watered down. I know i can use surcare…
