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Archives for March 2007

Anyone know a date and fig cake recipe please?
My mum is hankering to make a date and fig cake like she used to, but has lost the recipe. I've looked in the recipe collection with no joy and wondered if anyone here knows of any please? I tried searching on the internet but that wasn't much help either as the returns were either date or figs and not together. :rolleyes:
Recipe help please
I've just been in my local cafe for a cup of tea (my occasionaly treat) and there was a gorgeous looking rustic sausage bake on the lunch menu. I know the owner fairly well and asked if I could have his recipe for the kids but it's "top secret" (I guess he has to make a living!). Anyway, I wondered if anyone here could…
Re-heating food
We are on a tight budget and recently I made a huge pot of Chilli and also made far too much rice. Once cold I put both the rice and Chilli in separate sealed containers and put them in the fridge. Is rice OK to be re-heated? I've re-heated Chilli before but not sure about the rice. Many thanks
MealPlans WB 1st April 2007
Hiya, I'm starting the mealplan thread for Penny-Pincher this week. I hope you all join in :D Sunday - HM Pizza Monday - Chicken kiev and veges Tuesday - Spiced Parsnip Shepherd's pie Wednesday - Royal chicken in almond sauce Thursday - Lamb and apricot hotpot Good Friday - Steak and chips Saturday - At a dance competition…
Help, my clothes all stained in the wash
I washed some 'whites in the machine last night just checked them and a turquoise flannel had got in and now they are all really dull, is there any way i can brighten them to the original colours, help??
Help Kenwood Chef Pasta Maker
Could anybody please give me any tips? I have purchased a Kenwood Chef Pasta maker, that attaches to my Kenwood. I tried for the first time yesterday to make pasta, and the only one I have managed was lasenge shaped. The problem I have had is when the pasta comes from the machine, it is sticking together and I can't…
Friday 30th March 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 30 March 07. 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…
butter cream icing
I made a cake earlier but made too much butter cream icing. Can I freeze it?
Favourite Meal to Cook?
Was just wondered what everyone's favourite meal was to cook from scratch? I guess I'm possibly looking for ideas, I also wondered whether I was the only person that cooked things that I wasn't that keen on just because I really enjoyed the cooking process? To start us off, I think I would have to say roast chicken with…
cleaning toilets
We live in a really hard water area and the toilets in our house get limescale inside the bowl on the back where the water flows down at the most vertical point (if you see what I mean). 1. I use one of those clip thingies inside rhe rim to keep is freshish but I think they are very dear, so would like to stop. How…
Cooking for 5 (or 3 or any odd number for that matter)
Recipes are always written for 4 or 6 aren't they ? I cook for 5. At the moment the two youngest (7 and 10) don't eat a whole portion so a recipe for 4 works out OK. But I forsee that by the time I have 3 teenagers in the house that's not going to wash :rolleyes: What do other family cooks do ? Do you a) do a calculation -…
Ironing
Hello everyone, I have read lots of good tips on this board so thankyou, now i wonder if you can help me, i know that this is not strictly old style but i think that someone on this board may have some tips. Ironing duvet covers is the bane of my life, i like them to look nice but i take them out of the tumble drier and…
Being Creative with Leftovers
Once again DS came home and said he was going to his GF's for his evening meal (treats home like a hotel and he is only 15!):mad:. So I decided not to roast the chicken until tomorrow and wondered what DH and I should have instead. In the fridge I had an aubergine, some leftover chilli beef, leftover mozzarella and…
Savoury bread and butter pudding recipe??
Hi Can anyone help me find a recipe I used to have which was a savoury version of bread and butter pudding. I think it consisted of cheese and ham sandwiches put into a dish and covered with an egg and milk mix and baked. Can anyone help???? Donna
Tesco Online.....?? Argh
anyone use Janey Lee Grace's website/forum?
It's here http://www.janeyleegrace.com/index.php. She's on the Steve Wright show and is very OS
My house is SUCH a mess
My house just seems such a mess at the moment I can’t seem to get anywhere with it. It really is getting me down and quite upset – I’m quite stressed about other things, work and family and its seriously getting me down to the point where I am so tired and can’t seem to do anything in the evenings (I am out of the house at…
steamed pudding recipes?
I am now the proud owner of my first pudding basin and I'd love to make some old fashioned steamed puddings. They seem that they would be cheap and filling, and as dd is very 'traditional' in her approach to food, I think they'd go down well. Does anyone have any favourite recipes to share? I think jam, syrup and some…
BIG family birthday tea - HELP!!!!
Hello all I am giving a surprise birthday tea for my mum on Saturday for about 24 people (ages from 2 to 75 :eek: ). This is taking place in my home, which is a comfortable size for 4 of us, but is going to need much creative thought on where to sit people and how they can eat comfortably. Basically, it will mean food that…
Bicarb
Hi I've just treated myself to a box of bicarb in Wilkinsons (I also bought myself a new ironing board in Argos - I know how to live don't I LOL), and just wondered if there was a thread on here somewhere that was full of uses for it?? I did a search, but could only find a thread about where to buy it. Thanks in advance…

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