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My Slow Cookers Cracked up!
Is it safe? My porcerlain pot for my slow cooker has cracks all over the outside. The inside isn't showing any cracks. I really want you all to tell me it is ok but deep down i know i am going to have to get a new one. My big fear is that it will crack totally, leaking its contents into the inner section, shorting the…
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Wheres Black Saturns menu planner
Im after making a bake for lunck from it but I cannot find it anywhere. Can anyone please point me in the right direction?
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Share your HM cards!
DD and I have decided to do more crafts this year. We've started with card kits that we each received in our stockings. We've enjoyed them, but don't have many ideas to make our own from scratch. We've found a few web sites which give ideas, but we'd love to see some of your creations, especially those which use items that…
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Any suggestions for burger buns
Hi all i have yet another question. I have had to make some room in my freezer for meals i have prepared for OH for work and to do this i am left with a bag of 8 frozen burger buns not sure where they are from as we dont eat burgers (must be from some drunken bbq) any suggestions as to what to do with them? is there…
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Quick question please.
Hi. Just wonder if anyone can tell me if you need to saok yellow split peas. I have some but not the packaging to read the instructions. I want to make a soup . Thanks Lyndsay.
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Sharp creases down front of trousers
and the back too. I am sure you can get something to help keep the creases in. I have laundry starch but I think theres something else. Need it for my Katharine Hepburn style BIG trousers - not quite the right effect without a knife sharp crease ;)
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Urggh, my car stinks! Wine leaked in boot. Help??
:o Took our stash of christmas empties to the bottle bank last week, but during the journey some of the dregs have obviously leaked onto the boot carpet as now the car absolutely reeks of stale booze. Lovely smell first thing of a morning that is, NOT! My question is how to tackle it to best get rid of the pong. Can anyone…
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stollen bread and butter pudding?
hi everyone, am a regular reader/lurker(hate that term!), of collectve wisdom on this board and wondered if anyone had any ideas for using up left over stollen? i was thnking of a sort of bread and butter pud, but not sure what would happen to the marzipan in the cooking? anyone tried this, or got any other ideas for the…
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monday 8th January 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 8th 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 welcome, please…
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Lamb for stew question Help!! Also rice help needed
I think I've made a bit of a mistake to help needed please. Defrosted what I thought was a roasting joint of lamb, turns out to be a couple of shanks and some bits of lamb my lovely butcher gave me for a stew, don't know what but smells yummy!. Anyway, left it out and DH has it in the oven roasting as we speak (why!!!) So…
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Blu Tac
My ds has got blu tac dotted all over myhall carpet. It is cream and I have no idea how to get it off. Any ideas gratefully received.xx
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Frugal Baby Patterns - nappies, nursing pads etc
I found this link while looking for something else, thought it would be helpful for parents / parents to be. There are super-simple instructions for making nappies, nappy liners, nursing pads and menstrual pads. Good suggestions for reusing fabrics as nappies too, eg. using shrunk sweaters as nappy covers, using old…
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fruit salad, ok to make now for tomorrow?
Hi, I want to make a fruit salad to take to work. If i cut up banana, apples and clementines now, put them in a container and refridgerate, will it all be ok for tomorrow? Thanks
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I've converted my extravagant sis to MSE!!!!!
:j Really pleased as my sister who usually spends loads on her food shopping for her and her hubby, has actually bought the old style book!:eek: She is very extravagany when it comes to treating herself, but when I showed her Martin's book when she was visiting us at Xmas, she really took an interest.(apart from the bit…
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Kenwood mincer attachment
Hi I have a Kenwood Chef which I use a lot for baking, but wondered about buying a mincer attachemnt. I don't eat meat, but do cook it for husband and 2 girls and don't like buying rubbish meat. I thought one option would be to buy good quality meat and mince it myself. Do they work and does anyone find them useful? Do I…
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Leftover garlic chicken
I cooked my chicken in the slow cooker, but it was one of Asda's garlic ones and after cooking for several hours in its own juice, the garlic taste was really strong and DH didn't like it. I have some left over, and don't really want to throw it away, but unless I can tone down the garlic a bit, I think it's destined for…
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Anybody tried Russian Chicken?
I have heared about a recipe for Russian Chicken, no it's not a joke! There is a caller who has rang lbc 97.3 on several occassions and has sung the virtues of chicken cooked this way. You take 1kg of table salt and place on a baking tray,place the chicken on it,add 4 cloves of garlic a quarter of a lemon and a couple of…
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Low Fat Yoghurt OS
Can anyone help me. I seem to spend an enourmous amount of money on Yougharts, has anyone got a easy recipe for home made & also what can go in it? Thanks
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Please help us to help you...
Hi everyone, We just can't keep up with you any more. We're spending all our time:-* Moving non-OS threads * Merging threads where people just haven't bothered to search - we've even had two threads WITH THE SAME TITLE posted onto the board so close together that they're right next door to each other ON PAGE ONE fer crying…
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Plums and pineapples
Hi I went a bit mad at the market yesterday and now have lots of plums and pineapples. I made some pineapple jam today which set a bit hard - but tastes nice But what can I make with the plums I fancied making some sort of shortbread with plums in the middle - receipes anyone Thanks Hels
