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sponge mix
can any body post a basic sponge cake recipe 4 me please???? i only got dd's barbie cook book to go by and it only turns out a piddly little thing. :mad: and im fed up with buying cake mix as its a waste of money! :eek: oh and any other recipes that i can follow with my 2yo ds n 8yo dd please? they love baking!:j thanks in…
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Knitting little bags/holders
hoping this is the right place mums getting bored around the house and been knitting 24/7, shes running out of things to do so thought she could try doing little bags/holders to hold phones, as much as i hate to say it something like the ipod socks for our phones and mp3 players and things e.g. we googled the patterns but…
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Panasonic breadmaker recipes needed!
I just collected a Panasonic SD-206 breadmaker from a lovely man off Freecycle but it doesn't have any intsructions or recipes. Does anyone have the recipes that come with this so I can start making some yummy bread?? I can't wait until that bread cooking smell fills my kitchen! Loren
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I'm looking for inspiration for Salade Tiede (warm salad)
I can't get excited about normal cold salad for an evening meal when it's windy and dark so occasionally I make a Salade Tiede. This is basically shredded mixed leaves with few other salad bits plus hot crispy croutons, bacon and chicken strips, these are cooked and quickly served hot mixed with the salad bits and dressed…
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Vodka Jelly, how the dickens do you make it?
Evening!! I'm having a Halloween party on saturday night, insert evil laugh:eek: . I have a bottle of Kiwi schnapps for ghastly green shots and I want to make Jelly shots to accompany. I have 1 packet of Rowntrees Strawberry jelly, (they were on bogof) and a half bottle of cheap vodka. I've looked on google but I'm not…
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What to do with dried Banana chips & Papaya chunks
Other than eating them as they are, what else can we use Dried Banana chips for and Papaya chunks. Either together - in baking, or use seperately. Open to ideas. Thanks in advance.
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Date and Walnut loaf Help
Hi i am after a recipe for a friend for date and walnut loaf, anyone out there got one?? Thanks
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Will 6 Day old Stewing Steak Kill Me?
Had it since Friday, forgot about it, left it in other fridge until now. It was in a bag, looks slightly brown but doesnt really smell of anything... Should I cut my loses and bin it, or will it be ok in the slow cooker? Maybe if I wash it in salty water first and cook it on high for the first couple of hours?
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Help with meal planning/recipes
I have been reading through all the threads of meal planner (as I want to drastically cut down my food bill) and loads of people have brillant meal planners - cooking all this wonderful stuff, I am sort of there with what types of food i should be buying, but I have no idea what I could cook with it. Has anyone got any…
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Sesame Seeds?
Hubby stumped me the other day. We had seeded buns for lunch and the seeds were, poppy,sunflower and sesame. He then said, Poppy seeds come from poppies, sunflower seeds come from sunflowers, where do sesame seeds come from? Is there a sesame flower? I couldn't answer! Anyone help?
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bacon rib soup
Hi, Can anyone help me, my Mum used to make lovely bacon rib soup, but I cant remember how she did it, can anyone please help, many thanks Sam
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pommegranite..
is this how you spell it? Anyway... anyone got any good tips on how to get the fruit out? My gran and i used to sit for hours when i was young with cocktails sticks, picking them out one by one and eating them, but is there an easier way? Thanks...
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Cheap sunflower seeds
Not sure if this is where this tip belongs, but here goes! I was getting catfood at our local (independent) pet shop the other day and noticed that the sack of sunflower hearts (ie the hulled seeds) had the words "bakery grade" on the side. I made a few enquiries, and as far as I can tell all pet food shops and bird seed…
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Chicken Breast with sage and onion stuffing
HI All Discovered some satchets of sage and onion stuffing so gonna try some chicken breasts stuffed with it. Anyone got any tips for making - any other ingredients that could be added to make it taste even nicer? Cheers for any help. weegie
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Help....plaster on paintwork!!
Just has 2 walls in my son's room plastered, there is now plaster all over the skirting boards, on the windowledge, the upvc window frame & the window. What's the best way to get it off? I wanted to paint the woodwork today! Obviously I don't want to mark the newly plastered walls either. Help!!!
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I can't find it but I know its there!!!!
Yesterday I found an alphabetical list of receipes somewhere on this website and today I cannot find it for love nor money. I have found the receipe thread but this was a different one, can anyone help? Does anyone have the faintest idea what I am talking about???:confused:
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Ideas for a 70th present....cheap
Hi Guys, My mum is 70 soon and unusually for me I can not think of a good idea for a present to get her. She dislikes soppy poems etc. So any great ideas you have would be most welcome I have a budget of £50 - 70 but less if possible as my son is 5 soon after her and then it is Crimbo 4 days after that........aaargh.…
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Rib of beef, on the bone.
I've been given a 3 rib, rib of beef. It's pretty heavy, weighing in at well over 5lb - I know cos I can't weigh it on my kitchen scales! I'd like to know the best way to cook it, as I've never done one before. My sister has come to visit and we haven't seen her for over a year, so I'd like to get the family together for…
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Whats wrong with my Shopping List??
Opinions needed please Ive recently posted in another group i belong too - what i can afford to spend on shopping basically and how much goes where and i had some really awful comments. Basically heres my situation. Last year my bf was made redundent the week before Xmas so we basically lived off the store cupboard.ie…
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Thur 26 Oct 06
Hi everyone Oh drat forgot to put the "special message" in....will have to come back later and put it in, but in the meantime I'm going to prattle on. I haven't been to bed yet...painting the town red, moi??? Pah, not a hope! The electricity went splat at around 12.45 am, and it has only just come back. When I was a smoker…
