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Help Please Cleaning a headboard
Hello I have been given a lovely Pine headboard. The trouble is that it has been stored under a bed for 2 years and is really grimey. I have tried white vinegar, also warm water..but neither works. In some places the wood is black, I really need to know how to clean deep into the grain of the wood without causing damage.…
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Help: how do you prepare vegetables in advance
I was told that you could could partly cook vegetables in advance and then just heat them up again. How do you do this - do you just half cook them and does it work with all veggies including boiled new potatoes?
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My storecupboard nds to last me pls help...
Hi, I would like to make my storecupboard as long as poss, these are the contents (I have no milk, butter or eggs :eek: ) tins: peach slices, potatoes, ravioli, chopped tomatos, tuna cupboards: 3 x oat so simple sachets, 3 servings of conflakes, honey, peanut butter, korma sauce, plain and s/r flour, 2 x chicken noodles,…
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Old Style Sunday 6 May
Morning, I'll just get the sticky......... It's a long time since I was up first. DH has gone off to the US on business -taxi at 4am :eek: :eek: :eek: I tried to explain that there's only one 4 o'clock in the day, and that's time for tea and scones ;) He promised not to wake me, but of course he did. Hoping to get a few…
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Tinned pineapple questions and ideas
Hi, Today I made semi home made pizza .,... bought the base put bolonese sauce, mixture of toppings and mozzerella on it ... it was not bad but I think it needs some real practice ( currently its edible but I wouldn't serve it to someone I liked!!!!) But my real problem is I made a sort of salad with t he extra's from most…
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ink? on vinyl
help!!! i have marked the cream vinyl in my bathroom and it wont come off!! :eek: I left a plastic co-op bg full of hair rollers on my bathroom floor, and then after a shower, the steam has caused the ink from the bag to transfer onto the vinyl and it wont come off! So i have a co-op logo on my vinyl! any…
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Making custard?
HI, I want to make my own custard. DD is 8months old and is on a dairy free diet. She has a formula soya milk that I use to make cheese sauce and such like. But how do I make custard?:confused:
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Crystallised Ginger- what to use it for?
I have found quite a large packet of this in my cupbord that needs using up NOW :eek: any recipe ideas anyone? and could I freeze some to use later?:confused: Thanks in advance
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Really strong clothes pegs advice
I am looking for some really strong clothes pegs - it gets very windy here and my washing gets blown all over the neighbourhood. I have tried "hurricane" pegs, dolly pegs, traditional pegs meant for strong wind, but I still end up chasing my laundry around. I just recently bought the strong pegs from Aldi - they were okay…
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Daily thread for Saturday 5th May 2007
Good morning everyone. LOL I'm typing this in bed (as I've been awake since 3) and had written a long post which DH has just deleted by moving the covers in his sleep. Serves me right for waffling! Thinking about it, it did sound a bit whingy anyway, so I'll just wish you all a peaceful, happy weekend. Hugs to all who are…
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Old Style Daily Thread, Sat 05/05/07
Flippin' insomnia again :rolleyes: I woke before 4 - my own fault as I hadn't put myself to bed properly, I'd fallen asleep fully clothed on top of a pile of clean washing on my bed :rotfl: - and have now given the night up as a bad job and am sitting up in bed with a cuppa and the laptop :rolleyes: Tasks for today…
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Breadmaker - convince me !
OK I confess... I do have a breadmaker and I do love homemade bread but I don't really use it often. In fact I think its over 2 years since it was last used I did get it out a couple of weeks ago thought, and it sat on the worktop in the kitchen, taking up space... and I still didn't use it Also, is it really cheaper ? I…
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Routines - how did you develop them?
Since I've started on here I've been very impressed with what organised lives many of you lead - routines for cleaning, meal-planning etc and it's rubbed off on me in that I've now taken up regular meal-planning, and associated food-shopping planning, and have (well, have had to, owing to birth of 3rd child and there not…
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Hand washing smalls?
Hi Hope this is in the right place-feel free to move. Handwashing is old style! Anyhow- been to Bravissimo today and spent £60 on 2 x bra`s- still in shock. It says i need to handwash and allow to dry naturally. What is best stuff to hand wash in? Boiught some woolite=cause i rember my mum using it. Also, how many times…
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Jam/Apple pasty recipe
Does anyoen have a recipe for Jam or apple pasty like they sell in local bakery shops? Thanks
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ANOTHER cookery disaster
Well, I thought I would try the banana muffins, put them into the oven and as I have a fan oven, reduced the cooking time down to 20 minutes, and they were still burned :( On recipes, it just says reduce the cooking time if using a fan assisted oven, but doesn't say by how much :confused: Does anyone know what I should…
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URGENT: Can I use pudding rice instead of arborio?
Planning on making lamb pilaff for tea, but as always I'm one ingredient short. This time it's arborio rice I haven't got, but I do have a full tub of pudding rice. Would this be ok to use instead, and would the results be comparable. I think the answer's yes, but I just want to check before I go ahead. Thanks. Otherwise…
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how much do you spend on your weekly/monthly shop?
I've noticed on the threads that a lot of folk do a big monthly shop and then get bits weekly. How much do you spend on your weekly shop/monthly shop and what do you get? Mr onamission is vegan and i'm veggie so we buy lots of fresh veg/fruit. crackers, tinned tomatoes etc weekly as we cook everything from scratch. I've…
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What does bake blind mean ?
I want to make a lemon meringue and the recipe says to put the pastry case into the oven and bake blind - what does that mean :confused:
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Where's the index thread gone
Am I missing something :confused: I am trying to find the index thread and can't - has it been moved somewhere ?
