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DAILY ST PADDY'S DAY 17 March 07
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sat 17th March. 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…
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Yellowing baby clothes - remedy?
Hi there everyone. I am pregnant with my second child and I have just retrieved all the baby clothes I saved from my 1st (almost 3 years ago), only to find that some of them have yellow stains. I don't recall putting the clothes away like that although I can tell some of them must have been like that because the yellowing…
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Rescue dog with a problem
Please can anyone advise a home remedy on how I can get urine stains and any odour off my carpet without having the whole carpet cleaned. As Ben is a new addition, I don't want him thinking this is his spot.
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Doris Grant loaf?
has anyone ever made it? What is it like....brick or light?
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Old cheese
Would you eat some cheese (edam) that's a week past it's best before date, but that smells and looks fine? I can't decide whether I'm being overly fussy, or whether it would be disgusting
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Haggis?
Is it possible to buy a whole haggis, slice it up and freeze the slices, defrost slices and fry then up? Weird I know but I quite fancy haggis but wouldn't be able to use a whole one at once.
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Reggae Reggae Sauce
Hi everyone - just got a couple of bottles of this new sauce - it is really good - but other than using it as a dip, I have no idea what to do with it - has any one used it before? I have some chicken breasts, I presume I marinade them in it but do I grill them / bake them / put on the George Foreman grill? What goes nice…
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Creamed Sweetcorn - Has anyone seen any?
Hi :wave: I'm looking for some creamed sweetcorn for a Nigella recipie. So far I've been in Asda, Tesco, Morrisons & Waitrose. There is no sainsbury's near us :( Has anyone seen any? I'm looking for a tin near the normal tinned sweetcorn. Am I even looking for the right thing in the right place? :confused:
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How can I make this Old style
tToday I brought form Sainsburys a packet of their long life bacon brunch I didnt expect much from it but my friend had told me how nice it was and biy was she right. Its a UHT dish all yuo do is open the silver pack and put in in a frying pan for 15 mins. It like slices of thin pots which are really soft with bacon. Being…
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Padding out meals
I'm cooking 8 portions of spag bol tonight and for that I'm using 1,600g of mince. I have never "padded" out meat before and wouldn't have the first clue what to do with lentils (I don't think one has ever passed mine or bf mouth) He likes his meat, but I would like to secretly pad out the spag bol I'm making tonight to…
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How can i use it up?
Hello everyone, Hope your all having a good red nose day!!! I`ve been having a major cupboard rummage and found all kinds of goodie lol. any ideas on using these bits??? one bag of poppy seeds. one box of candied peel (out of date soon) coconut bits i`ve got all the basics for making cakes up etc. but i cant think of…
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How to mealplan ...
When you never know how many people will be home for dinner? I have a couple of lodgers and someone who stays sometimes during the week. I never seem to know how many there will be for dinner and I find it hard to meal plan. I cook and freeze a lot of meals, and I've decided that I am now going to freeze them in portions…
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Freezing for a newbie
Hi I'm a bit of a newbie here, and have started to read some of the threads, but there's just so darned many of them! So my question is, now I have my slow cooker and my Jamie Oliver recipe for bread, and all the fabulous stuff on here, is there anything that ABSOLUTELY CANNOT be frozen? Otherwise, is it pretty safe to…
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What type of Clothes Horse do you recommend?
i have also asked over in the wanna section.. but thought i might ask here as well ...hope it ok if not delete..... i can remember my mother and my gran having these.... the good old fashioned wooden clothes horse... it was like a deck chair to put up...lol..... as i am trying to cut back on using my tumble dryer.. as i…
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Freezer and storage container help please anyone?
Thank to everyone on here, we have a slow cooker and breadmaker and a full freezer in the garage! And at last our grocery bill is coming down and we're eating more veg than ever. :j It was dh's gran's freezer and I'm sure that's the reason our electricity bill is so high, it's well dodgy and old (bit like his gran, lol!).…
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Help please with stinky washer? Desperate now :(
Hi, I am really needing some new ideas on how I can get my washer to stop smelling so badly. I have tried lots of tips on here already but nothing will work :confused: I have tried 2 boil wash's with half a bag of soda crystals in the wash, I have tried 2 x HG washer repair cleaning stuff o a hot wash, I have tried…
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£5.66 to last me two weeks...
...so in order to stick to my target in the grocery challenge I need to spend £5.66 or less and there are still 2 weeks left of the month. I do have loads of food in, not sure how long it will last but I probably have about 2 months worth if not more. I've not been having any luck in the reduced section or in the staff…
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15p out of every £ spent on food is thrown away....what a waste
for every £1 spent on food 15p of it is thrown away on average..... what a blinking waste........i am sure that our past generations would be horrified:eek: with that.... i put it down to impulse buying at the supermarkets....and i must admit i was one of then that used to throw loads of food away each week....as we didnt…
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Os 16/03/07
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Friday 16th. 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…
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Newly Discovered Website for Food Money Saving
Have just come across this website for food planning ideas on a budget. It's American, but some of the tips are really useful. https://www.hillbillyhousewife.com Hope this helps somebody.
