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Making jelly
In a bid to lose a few pounds (in both physical and money terms), I've been taking sugar-free jelly to work with me as a snack. The only problem with it is the taste - it's very weak. I was wondering whether it's possible to make jelly with fruit juice instead of water to make it taste fruitier. What do you think? Has…
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How to write an index
Right, here we go... Step One: Please highlight and then copy the text in the quote box below:- Quote: This post is going to be a complete collection of ALL "whateveritis" threads here on Old Style. Please do not add any posts or questions into this Index Thread but do your best to choose from the many threads below one…
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Dunkable Biscuit recipes needed
My beloved SO said this morning that he wished we had some biscuits to dunk in his morning tea, so I said I'd bake some, he said I love you're biscuits but they don't dunk well, they're to soft Please does anyone have any recipes for home made biscuits that will survive a thorough, repeated dunking? TIA Jill
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What can i make?
i'm trying to use up everything in my tin cupboard and today i've got to made something with 2 tins of green lentils 1 tin kidney bean 2 tins of chopped tomatoes Any ideas, prefer vegetarian
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Help! Had carpet fitted today and have adhesive stain from parquet floor
Had a brand new carpet fitted today - cream of all colours. The room used to have those parquet floor tiles - we took all those up and the floor had this sticky brown gluey substance on it. Anyway, when I was moving the bed back, some of the brown glue must have been stuck to the bottom and now I have a huge mark in the…
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Braising v Stewed
I usually use braising due to a bad experience with stewing steak. Horrible it was, horrible! I usually use it to make goulash or maybe an stew. I don't make them very much as I can buy mince cheaper, but would stewing steak be okay for this and taste nice? I would cook it for about 2 hours I would imagine on the hob.
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Grocery List/ List of basic meals
Has anyone a grocery list/ list of basic meals I could use and adapt for my household organisation file? Not quite sure where to start.....
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Please recommend fabric conditioner
Sorry don't know if this is the right place to put this post. I am trying in all areas to be a good MSER and have made quite a few changes already. My washing powder is now 1/2 and 1/2 leading brand with no frills stuff with added soda crystals etc. One thing i do spend a fair amount on is fabric softener. I am not…
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HM coleslaw, how long does it keep for?
Hi I'm gonna make some HM coleslaw today, i use cabbage, onion, carrot, mayo and saladcream, oh and some black pepper, how long would it keep in the fridge for?
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Wednesday the 10th January, 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Wednesday 10th January 2007. 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…
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knitting - where to buy yarn online
I hope this is relevant to this part of the forum. Was wondering if anyone had came across any good value online yarn / wool stores? I'm a beginner knitter and looking for the best places to buy. Thanks
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Best value cut of lamb?
Doing my weekly meal planner, want something to bung in the sc- can anyone recommend an economical cut that I should go for? Have normally gone for shanks but these don't seem to be as cheap as I recall, not done them for a few months. All ideas gratefully received!
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Butter Frosting / Icing
I've just brought a Scooby Doo Cake tin to bake a Birthday Cake for my boyfriend's birthday. Now, I am used to making these cakes, I used to make them for the children I used to Nanny for. However, I don't really like Butter Icing, a bit sickly. Does anyone have a less sickly version? Thanks
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Fastbake or not?
I want to buy a breadmaker and i was wondering which ones are the best? Also does anyone know anything about fastbake function? Is it any good.? sorry to be vague, it's my first post.:beer:
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Help with stain removal!!
My iron had a bit of black stuff (not sure what it is) on the plate and my OH has just ironed his collar on a high temp and now has black stuff on his shirt (brand new just out of the packet - oops!) Anyone have any idea how to get this off his shirt collar? thanks Loopy x
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Stale scone ideas
Aside from reheating to freshen them up what can I do to use up three stale scones. Fed up of eating them in scone format and they are now a week old so any suggestions??? My only thoughts were as an alternative to trifle sponges but not too sure this would work...also a scone based bread and butter pudding???
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fatted top side beef, best way to cook?
slow cooker or roasted? which is tastiest and how?
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cheese and potato pie.. the spuds are on!
hi has anyone got a decent cheese and potatoe pie recipe? the spuds are cooking and i have cheese in the fridge waiting just unsure of how to finish it off.. im serving with canned beans or spagetti... help is needed please.... ;)
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Hometek Deluxe steam mop - any good?
Hi I saw the Hometek deluxe steam mop on the tv today and wondered if anyone knew if they were any good, I have had hand held steamers in the past and like the idea of using steam but cannot afford a polti so wondered if something like this would do the job. I would use it to clean the carpets mainly as I have been saying…
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Slow cooker too high?
Hi :) I just got a slow cooker for Christmas, which I am delighted with. But, I have noticed it seems to cook a lot quicker than the recipes in the accompanying booklet indicate. Today I have made rice pudding which was meant to take 4 hours on high, according to the recipe, but after 2 - 21/2 hours was cooked and starting…
