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permanant pen of a glass surface?
Hi all, Did a daft thing and accidentally wrote on my glass notice board with red permanant marker. Any ideas on how to get off please? Otherwise I shall have the same shopping list there forever!! :D Thanks in advance E
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Young couple, no pets or kids - how much should weekly shop cost?
Hello all I've been going over my budget and the household budget and are one week area is that we spend a lot each week at the shops and then mid week seem to have nothing in the cupboards. We are not brilliant cooks, we don't improvise or work from recipies, we buy a lot of ready made sauces etc and have the same old…
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OS Monday 27th Nov 06
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 27.6.06. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come…
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vinegar - germ killing in bathroom?
hi sorry, 20 questions from me tonight!! :p I've started using a vinegar spray as a daily shower clean, but can I use vinegar for general cleaning of loo / bathroom, and will it kill germs? although I love OS and have taken a lot of tips, I'm a bit funny about how nice it will make the bathroom .. please let me know? thank…
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Gluten free diabetic Xmas
I have a relation who is on a gluten free diet and is also a diabetic. Has anyone any ideas for some "thoughtful" Xmas food ideas? I'd like to give something that shows that we gave it a degree of thought and didn't just play safe with the usual tacky Xmas stuff. We have already got something (non food) so it's just really…
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Prawn crackers
I apologise in advance because this isn't a very os question, but I am hoping someone may know. My dd has become a vegetarian. At the weekend she got a chinese takeaway. Shge didn't know if she can have prawn crackers. Is the 'prawn' just flavouring?
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how to use up single cream?
just got a large 1 pint tub of single cream reduced from Tescos, needs to be used up by tomorrow, any ideas what to do with it?
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What's wrong with my homemade stock?
I've been doing well at being OS recently, but I just can't seem to make stock. When I tried to use my chicken carcass to make stock, it tasted disgusting, like bile. I put all the chicken bones and some herbs into my slow cooker and let it cook all day. It was so horrible that I didn't make any more stock for months, til…
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what can i make for dinners this week with this?
I have some pork chops, pork mince, minced beef, turkey medallions (breast meat), chicken drumsticks & thighs and some braising steak. I`m new to all this os but i brought all this thinking theres plenty in for all week so i don`t go to shop for say milk and end up spending £20 like i normally do, its got to stop!Now i…
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fozen mince compared to fresh
most of the time i try and buy my meat from the butchers.. as i find it is far nicer that supermarket stuff.... but ..as i realy do need to knuckle down and kick butt with my bills.. i have just come back from shopping... and have bought some frozen value mince £1.06 and also the tescos healthy living mince at £1.69 i…
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smelly mattress !!
:eek: any one got any ideas how to stop a mattress from smelling i started dd whos 2 toilet training at night and she had a few accidents but her mattress now smells yucky !!tried febreeze and oust.....anyone got any other ideas i can try before i go out to buy a new one ...this one isnt very old.....:confused:
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Reminder about home shopping for Christmas
Hi folks just a quick reminder that you can now start to book the Christmas delivery slots for Tesco and Sainsbury's. I have put in two fictitious orders for delivery on Friday 15th (booze and heavy stuff that I just can't get by myself) Closer to that time I will use http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/GettingStarted/Home.aspx…
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Feathered friends OS
I like feeding the birds in our garden by feeding them the stuffed coconut shells but as they are quite expensive I did the following: Cleaned them out once the birds had eaten everything. Heated up some lard I never used Filled shells with seeds and hot lard Let it all semiset Topped it all up with some peanut butter Once…
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Cast Iron Grill Plate.
Anyone got one and are they any good for cooking steaks on? Can they be used on a ceramic hob and which makes/models are best?
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I don't know if printers are "OS" but...
If you're like me, you like to take digital photos and then only pay (in paper and ink) to print out the ones you like. I make scrapbooks and so I do like high-quality photos. Well, that ink can get darned expensive if you're printing out glossy photos on your inkjet printer! One thing I've noticed: people can really waste…
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Those decorative sticks for decoration
Can i make my own? We have a large willow tree, and i was thinking I could use some of the branches, de-leaf them and dry them out, then spray them with gold paint. Do you think this would work? I need some decoration in a corner of a room, but didnt want to pay for these long sticks if i can make my own! :j
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Homemade breakfast cereal
I came across these recipes for homemade breakfast cereal so thought I'd post them and ask if anyone else has recipes for homemade b'fast cereal, either hot or cold. The one that uses up leftover bread is especially OS! I make my own granola, but that's about it. Never have liked porridge, something about the texture turns…
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carnation milk
Just made a jelly/carnation milk dessert. Only used half the can of carnation milk and don't know what to do with the rest of it. Any ideas. I hate waste. Thanks
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neck of lamb - what to do?
hi, got about 5 bits(2lb) of 'neck of lamb'. what can i do with it for dinner today? tia
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Getting an electric Chip Pan Clean
We have a new chip pan (present). This means we no longer need the old electric chip pan and I thought we could freecycle it as it works. Luckily it belongs to DH (honest - I don't really like chips) so its his job to clean it :D . Unluckily he's already had one bash and can't get the gunk off. Does anyone know of what you…
