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Baked beans in slow cooker
I am just preparing tomorrows meal, for the slow cooker. Now its a throw it all in and hope for the best, kinda affair. Went to the cupboard for a tin of tomatoes and there is none, :eek: could I use a tin of beans and if I do will the beans remain intact or fall apart? Will it taste nice? I am putting mainly chicken and…
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Tell me to stop being silly!
I've done my meal plan for the week which is great, I have my shopping list...and now I'm worried about spending the money :rotfl: Thinking of writing the price of everything I've bought on my list and where from so I can compare. Trouble is everywhere seems to be around the same price unless you get reduced items! Got to…
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How to remove Grease from leather bag?
Hi Everyone - Please help !! I have splashes of grease on a very fine leather bag. Does anyone know how to remove it without damaging the leather ? Thanks for any help and advice.
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Soap making gift question
I am making soaps tonight as HM chrissie gifts but i want to avoid buying any extra oils. I want to make peppermint/spearmint soap as my friend loves them but is it safe to use food essence to make the soap smell? Will it be skin safe? will the smell work?
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Help us make it through the winter (merged with "disaster")
Im feelign so low at the mintue i need some advice/help/tips/guidance -whatever just help in general I was in the eye casualty department of a local hospital all day yesterday with my bf, he woke up and his eye was really swollen (he has a scratched lens in this eye that he was waiting for an operation for and he got the…
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stewing beef
i have bought some stewing steak in cubes and want to make a nice old fashioned stew with real beef tea stock how long should i stew it for to get the results i need? and is this the right sort of meat to do this? i need the beef to be really tender and not rubbery as has happened in the past. thanks in advance poppie xxxx
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Quesadillas - anyone make them?
I've been experimenting with quesadillas (2 soft tortillas filled with 'stuff' then heated in a frying pan till they are crisp and the filling is hot - a Mexican toastie really) we've had cheese & chutney and cheese & onion and the favourite so far - tuna, cheese & onion, anyone got any more ideas? I've googled it and the…
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Scorched with iron
Hi had some great advice re my towels last week so I hope someone can offer some advice on scorch marks.. On a rather expensive pair of hardly worn trousers they now have a very obvious iron scorch mark on them... is there anyway to lessen the mark?
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Kefir gone mad - some reassurance needed.
Hi All Day 0, I obtained some fresh Kefir from Australia. Put it in a jar in the fridge, with abou 250ml semi skimmed milk. The instructions said after 24 hours to strain it into a clean jar with fresh milk, and then put the strained milk into the fridge for 24 hours before drinking it (apparently it improves). Day 1, it…
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Want to OS on TV?
A note from Martin. "Hi New Book Nearly Launched As you know the Old Style Book 'Thrifty Ways for Modern Days' is soon to be launched, its a compendium of the info from this forum and we hope it'll be a huge hit, especially as the proceeds (well all my proceeds anyway) go to the MSE Charity fund. We need serious…
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"Big" breadcrumbs
I have found in my cupboard what I can only describe as big breadcrumbs. They look like what you would throw out for the birds, but dried. My mil left them there after bringing them over for Austria, so all the writing is in German. Anyone know what I can do with them?
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Is there a thread for ....
Homemade soups? Im looking for some cheap filling simple soup recipes Ive never tried lentils and dont like barley etc ... just nice veggies etc any recipes of points in the right direction would be great thankyou Kirsty xx
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Chicken Drumsticks
I have got the ones with skin on. I was going to make some kentucky style chicken bits (mil left some funny looking breadcrumb looking mixture in the cupboard). Do I need to take the skin off first? If so, what can I do with skin? I like crispy chicken skin, can I cook it by itself?
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Quick Q- can I freeze sugar snap peas?
or will they go all manky? This will determine what we are having for tea later- so your help greatly appreciated :D
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Help with a ton of jam!!!
Hi, I have been inspired by this site to make chuntneys and jam etc as xmas presents this year, but because I didnt have any empty jam jars, I have had to buy the cheapest jam I could and use those jars, so now I have a ton of jam I dont know what to do with? :confused: Any ideas what I could do with it? seems a shame to…
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Inspire me- 1/3 smll jar mincemeat
Hiyer got a small jar of mincemeat ( sweet!) left over from making some mince pies. What exciting thing can i do with it?
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Jars and jars of LENTILS! What can I do with them?!
I am very poor this month. I have a cupboard full of lentils but not much knowledge on how to suitably employ them! I want to use them. I'm a vegetarian, so if anyone has some appropriate money saving friendly ideas on how to cook something tasty up with lentils, I would LOVE to hear them. Something along the lines of a…
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Limescale on shower pipes and taps
What is the best way to get rid of limescale on gas shower pipes and taps etc. Why is it just one of them? cant rem if its the cold or hot but only 1 of them scales up badly
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Sauce & Slow cooker
I dont know if anyone has seen these but they were about 19p each so thought would try them Called Planet Cook Heinz Cooking Sauces for Kids. I have got Mexican Chilli Spanish Chicken & Chicken Tikka Anyway Im taking some Diced Chicken (330g), (even though the sauce pack says use 450g) out of the Freezer tonight, hopefully…
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Baking with Coconut
Hi This weekend I want to use up some supplies from my store cupboard and fancy baking some cakes. I've got ingredients for a basic sponge and for a chocolate sponge. The thing is I also want to bake some coconut cake, but what coconut should I use. Asda seem to sell 2 types Dessicated coconut and sweetened coconut. Does…
