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White Vinegar/Cider Vinegar
In my every increasing attempt to save money without cutting corners, I have tried in vain recently to find any white or cider vinegar. Ive tried Morrisons, Asda, Tesco and Costco without any success. Can anyone help please? Are they not on sale in the supermarkets because they know of their cleaning properties and…
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Marmalade recipes
Sevilles are in the shops now,so if you are thinking of making your own Marmalade, dont leave it too long! They are usually gone by early Feb and sometimes before that. I bought 29 oranges and 2 lemons last year which made enough for the 4 of us for a year and my OH goes heavy on the Marmalade
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Plastic Coathangers
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Best fitness DVD to buy?
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Is anyone collecting plastic milk tops for charity/other reason?
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White Vinegar
Hi there I have read on here somewhere that you can use white vinegar in your washing machine to clear away nasty smells (mine has a very nasty smell!) and I wonder if somebody can tell me how much to use and where to put it? Many thanks in advance
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foodfresh bags from lakeland?
bought something from lakeland yesterday and they gave me a new catalogue. was browsing through it and there are some plasticky type bags which you store veg etc in the fridge and the product is supposed to make them stay fresh longer. has anyone tried these and if so what do you think?
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Recipe: Speedy Beef Supper
I've just made this and it's really lovely so I thought I would share it with you. Ingredients Butter or cooking oil, Potatos, Red onions chopped, Frying Steak cut into strips, Beef Oxo Cubes dissolved in about half pint boiling water, Plain Flour, Paprika, Worcestershire Sauce. Method Cook the potatos. Heat the butter or…
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What do you freeze your food in??
I thinking about cooking in batches and freezing to save money and was wondering what you all freeze your food in? I thinking of doing mainly potatoe dishes like cottage pie etc. Do I freeze the in the same pot i'm going to heat the in the oven in??? Also where can i get something to freeze it in cheap? Thanks Kel
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Tesco Saving stamps
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Has anyone else lost their 'search' facility
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lots of frugal sites
So when the chat forums were unavailable what did I do? Panic? :eek: Well nearly. No I did lots of searches typing in the following words...frugal, tightwad, penny pinching etc and I now have lots of interesting (mainly american) sites on frugal living. I will never be off this computer now! :rotfl: (Oh dear! I also went…
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Baskets for Hampers
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Parsnips
I got 3 x 500g bags of parsnips in Tesco last night for 8p each!!! What can I do with them? Does anyone have a recipe for a parsnip soup? I think I remember there being a curried parsnip soup around at one time but I can't remember what it entailed.
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Sweet potato
I have a sweet potato that I have just bought from Tesco's. I have never tried one before so i thought i would have a go. What do i do with it? Thanks
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Adding salt to home made butter...best way?
Hi everyone I know there is a "Making my own butter" thread, and would be very happy for this post to be merged with it a bit later. The reason for starting my own thread is that I have a specific question which wasn't answered in that thread, and I am concerned that people who may have the answer may not keep going back…
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What scented candles should I go for?
I have seen a few threads recently on candles and seeing as the sales are in full force now I thought that now is the perfect time to invest. I would like to get a candle that has a longish burning time and has a really good scent. I have one on now that is Orchard Fruits from M&S, it smells lovely but is from last season…
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Using up bits of candle wax
Hi I was just wondering what to do with all the bits of wax left after burning candles? Sometimes there is quite a lot left over and it seems a shame to throw it away. I know you can make new candles from it but how? Where do I get the wick holder things from? How do you melt it? And how do you keep the wick from falling…
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Forum Problems 2/1/07 [Merged]
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Far too much left over roast pork
Hi everyone I roasted far too much pork yesterday and there's too much left just for sandwiches. I wondered if anyone had any other ways to use it up? Thanks in advance :-)
