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Doing my 1st ever big shop for an OS wannabee household!
Afternoon everyone!! Well, my story is that my OH and I have just bought a house together :j We used to share a kitchen with loads of others, so I never fully embraced OS cooking (I know, I know, its no excuse!) Now the time has come for me to do my first ever proper 'big shop', to stock up on all the OS basics that will…
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Teaching kids to cook
I've recently volunteered as a cookery teacher at a local project; I'll be teaching a group of 8-12 yr old girls how to make basic recipes. A lot of the girls don't have a very healthy diet, and come from poor backgrounds, so it's important to teach them about eating healthily, and how to make good meals without expensive…
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Frozen cans!
My kitchen has a fridge built in but I also have a fridge freezer. I don't have many kitchen cupboards so I use the space in the fridge part of the fridge freezer to store canned food. There is three shleves in it and all the cans at the botttem have frozen. although I always keep the temp as high as possible because they…
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Fenugreek leaves
I have just received some spices for Indian curries that I ordered off Ebay, and one of the recipes asks for fenugreek leaves. Any idea what they look like and where I could get some from :confused:
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Kefir and breadmaking
I have just become the proud owner of some Kefir grains and have successfully made yogurt from it. However, the real reason I wanted the grains was to make bread as I am slightly intolerant of yeast products. Does anyone know how much Kefir to add to bread mixture? I currently use a Morphy Richards 48261 Fastbake machine…
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musty kitchen cupboards
Hello all, I moved into this house about 10 weeks ago now, and some of the kitchen cupboards were VERY musty smelling. Cleaned them thoroughly with stardrops, dried them properly, left them open for 24 hours, and then when we filled them (pots and pans in one, tinned food/jars in the other so nothing perishable) put little…
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Changing the way you shop cook and eat
Has anyone read the book The new english kitchen by Rose Prince?I bought it yesterday and it's a really good book it' about how to get the best from the food we buy also why it is worth paying more for some things.She also says how many portions you can get from things and also breaks down the cost.I got my copy from the…
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How far in advance to make HM sweets?
Calling all sweetie makers!!! The school fete is early next month and I was wondering how far in advance I can start making sweets for the event? How long do things like fudge and peppermint creams keep? I've not had this problem before as we normally scoff the lot so it's never an issue!! Also, how do you guys package…
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Refreezing Salmon
I took some salmon steaks out of the freezer yesterday morning, they defrosted during the day, but we ended up not eating them last night :o Is the principle the same as meat where once it's cooked it's fine to refreeze? Can I cook them this morning and refreeze for another time? Or will they be okay for dinner tonight? Or…
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OS 17th May 2007
Cant see that anyone has started todays thread, so thought i would start it, then double check while i go and get the sticky!!! Be right back!!!! Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 16/05/07. 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…
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Italian Recipes
No,an expensive Italian restaurant dishes but meatballs and meatloaf! Sounds so elegant in Italian so next time you dish up your humble offerings to an ungrateful crowd call them by their Italian/french or spanish names! And dont forget to garnish - no excuse now the summer is at hand! Anyone got any other "posh" sounding…
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Can I change my user name?
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How to make soup out of stew juice?
I've just made a beef stew and there's tonnes of juice... can this be made into soup and if so how would I go about it?
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Bread
I have a loaf of bread which i want to use to make some sort of cake I can take into work to eat for my lunch any ideas???? thanks in advance
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School fete bestseller...
The year before last I was a bit annoyed to see how the homemade cakes had been priced at the school fete: basically it was all on looks which meant that shop bought cakes who probably didn't taste as nice were more expensive, and I suspect some barely covred the costs of ingredients. Whilst I appreciate that they have to…
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Help!
Inspiration needed please! My son has to dress up as someone from china/the Orient next week as part of his school's book week. So far, I am going to make him a coolie hat out of a big piece of sugar paper, face paint a moustache, get him to wear his black plimsolls and make him a long black plait out of wool. Any other…
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Sugar Free jellies
I would like to make my own sfj using low cal fruit juice or cordial ,failing that I thought about using a fruit shoot drink and adding gelatine ,need some help here on quantities and what will work,will be adding frozen fruit to the jelly .want to end up with those expensive m/s desserts,having visitors and D/D has…
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Broken sewing machine
Hi I've got my Mom's old sewing machine (Necchi Lydia) which I haven't used for a couple of years. I want to make new curtains for the living room but the machine seems to have something wrong with it. When you depress the pedal there's a slow whuring as though the motor is trying to turn the wheel but the needle doesn't…
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Activities/Making etc for 2 Nieces
Hi all, Need some advice, am having my 2 nieces to stay for a weekend, one is 11 and the other is 8. They are used to living a frugal lifestyle, my sis should be on this board! and are easily pleased. Last time the eldest came to stay I was married and living comfortably and could afford to take her out, friday night we…
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Homemade Jam - Help please!
Spurred on by the sucess of homemade ice cream I am now thinking of jam - I have some recipies however I was wondering if there were any experinced jam makers out there to tell me if ... Are regular household pans ok to make the jam in? I have a huge stock pot and was thinking of using that. None of the receipes I have…
