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Gingham Ribbons' broth
Has anyone made this and frozen it? I made too much yesterday, but don't want to waste it.
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Stardrops in place of dfishwasher detergent?
yes? no? perhaps just a drop or two?
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quick question - 5 a day fruit & veg, do dried apricots count?
I'm trying to hit the target of 5 portions per day. I know that the portion for fresh fruit and veg is an amount roughly the size of your fist and there are a few less obvious portions like tinned tomato soup and just one glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. I'll often put either a tablespooon of chopped prunes and…
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My Jaccuzzi smells like a dirty green fish tank!
I`ve been cleaning my Jaccuzzi bath out regularly,about once every two weeks.I usually fill it up with warm water and drop two dishwasher tablets in.Then turn it on for about 15 mins,then drain,then repeat with fresh cold water.But after about a week it starts stinking like a fish tank.I`ve even tried stardrops and zoflora…
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Cake making for money
Not sure if this should go here, but I figured people who bake cakes would be more likely to be in the OS section than anywhere else. I'm fairly good at cooking, and I make homemade cakes quite often. I know some people make money doing this, so I have a few questions - Do you have to do specialy decorated cakes to do it,…
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HOW do I clean an oven chip tray...?
I have a circular Chip Tray / Pizza Tray that I cook HM chips, roasties etc in the oven. It's got inch-sized holes all over it and is coated with a silver-type, non-stick coating. Well..... I left in in the oven - a Rayburn, which is on all of the time - overnight and when I took it out this morning, the fat that was on it…
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Meal suggestions for veggie box contents please!
My veggie box has just arrived and I'm having trouble thinking about what I can make with the contents!! (I tend to favour one pot stuff like casseroles, stews, or shepherds pies, lasagnes etc. I also tend to batch cook / freeze)... The contents are: 1 Squash Mushrooms Shallots Swiss Chard (again!) Green Cabbage Brussell…
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Morphy Richards 48280 BM
Does any one have this model? We're thinking of asking for one for Xmas and I'm thinking of going for one around the £40 mark. Is it as good as it sounds? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Morphy-Richards-48280-Breadmaker/dp/B00008WFDG/ref=e_deav_acc_1_4/203-5499441-4060765
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Save on washing laundry
Here are some tips I recently picked up: Brightener: Add lemon juice to the wash water Whitener: Restore the colour to small items of yellowed linen by soaking in sour milk, then washing as usual. Booster: Make whites whiter by soaking them in a mixture of one cup vinegar to 4 litres of warm water then wash as usual.…
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Salt scrub shelf life
Hi, quick question. A friend really liked a salt scrub I made up (salt, olive oil and a few drops of essential oil) and I was wondering how long it would keep made up and put in a nice jar?
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Cooking pastry
I'm making some individual tarts for tomorrow night, with caremelised onions, sun blush tomatoes and goat's cheese. I'll be using readymade shortcrust pastry (*prepares to be ostrasised for not making own* :D ) I usually find pastry goes soggy in the middle from the filling and won't cook, how do I stop this? Would it help…
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Wow this is a first!!!
I actually have some cottage pie left over from last night for lunch!!! :j Usually I make things and they disappear in no time...but I told hubby that he wasn't to eat it as I wanted it for lunch tomorrow...and he listened :rotfl: However we did both have two helpings and one child had another helping (young child decided…
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Souper Cheap
I've just made what I think is my cheapest pan of soup ever. I found the recipe in a book that my mum got me Tomato rice soup Serves 4-6 400g tin tomatoes (13p) 4tbsp tomato puree (about 5p) 2pts stock (free if made yourself) Juice of one lemon (I used from a bottle lets guess its about 5p) 2tbsp sugar (about 2p) A couple…
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Whole chicken or chicken fillets?
I usually use chicken fillets because me and OH are both a bit squeamish when it comes to handling a whole chicken (pathetic I know! :o ). Also we both like breast meat rather than leg meat and neither of us enjoys eating it off the bone (greasy messy yukky!) But after reading a few posts from MSers with a budget as tight…
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Dough didnt rise in BM - any ideas what to do with it?
I'm experimenting with my BM trying to get a decent loaf but latest one hasnt risen so is just a heavy doughy loaf at bottom of pan - don't want to waste it - so any ideas what I can do with it? (not bread+butter pud because I've just used half of a stale loaf to do that with and it's gonna keep us going for a while yet!)
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removing dried on toothpaste from wallpaper!!?
hi my DS has kindly smeared toothpaste all over the bathroom wallpaper - it has now dried on - does anyone have any ideas of how to get rid of it easily? thanks Sarah
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Making fruit juice
We have a new Kenwood food processor/liquidiser (wedding present from my eldest DS). I can use the food processor fine. However trying to make apple juice it has all gone wrong. Just as well they were a bargain bag :( So .......... can anyone help with how you make apple juice from apples, orange juice from oranges etc.…
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Victoria sponge
Quick question - can i use sweetner ie canderel in a victoria sponge instead of sugar, if this possible or do i need the sugar to help it rise, anyone know? Kyle
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'KFC' style chicken
Someone on here was asking for friend chicken reciepe the other day so i thought i would post this one, which is supposed to be the reall KFC recipe (it might be). 1/2 cup salt, 1/4 cup black pepper,1/4 cup msg,1/4 cup garlic salt,1/4 teaspoon tumeric, 1/4 teaspoon ground sage, 3/4 teaspoon curry powder, 3/4 teaspoon onion…
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Aspic, Brawn .... and jelly things
OK I have the pig's head and I've marinated in a beer/brine solution. Have also simmered it in a water, spice & herb mixture with onion. I'm just stripping the meat from the head, but I'm not sure that the stock will set to jelly. I have a packet of leaf gelatine ... the instructions for "aspic" simply tell me to soak a…
