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Thriftlady's wartime experiment
‘Grow fit not fat on your wartime diet ! Cut out ‘extras’; cut out waste; don’t eat more than you need. You’ll save yourself money; you’ll save valuable cargo space which is needed for munitions and you’ll feel fitter than you ever felt before.’ Ministry of Food Bulletin Well, that about sums up why I’m feeding my family…
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Os Daily Tues 19th June 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 19th June 2007. 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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Vanilla milkshake
Hi everyone, Has anyone got a recipe for a scrummy vanilla milkshake? I love them but to buy is expensive and homemade is always so much better. Thanks in advance Chala x
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FlyLady 'shiny sink' question
Hi I tried to follow FlyLady last year but lost it... I now want to get back to it properly to get my house tidy and clean. Anyway, I've shined my sink tonight and it looks great :D I know I don't have to do it all (bleach, cream cleaner, window cleaner) everynight, but I don need to shine it every night - don't I? If so,…
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chest freezer cleaning
Hi, just wondering if you can help me? basically I go on my hols for 2 week tomorrow and I have just emptied my chest freezer so only the fridge/freezer will need to stay plugged in. Anyway I have scraped all the ice from round the sides, but just wondering if there is a way of cleaning it that is better than others, also…
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Toilet Duck Fresh Brush Refills
Hi :hello: I use the toilet duck fresh brush to clean my toilet but find thier refills very expensive (£2.76 for 12). Does anyone know if I can buy a cheaper alternative ie shop own brand? I've only looked in Wilko's so far and they don't sell anything. Does anyone know if anywhere sells something similar but a lot…
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Chocolate Cake and Cheese and Onion tart
Hi all, Does anyone have a really scrummy chocolate cake recipe? I use the trusted Be-ro recipe at the moment and it is fine but I would love to try another. Also does anyone have a recipe for a cheese and onion tart? I buy these at the moment but would love to make my own to freeze. Thanks on advance Chala
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Penelope Penguin hatches some eggs - update for 2011 at post 194!
We’ve kept hens in our garden for over 10 years. They’re great company, very amusing, and recycle a lot of our kitchen and garden waste. They turn slugs, snails, grass clippings and some weeds into eggs – great trick. The eggs are beautiful and yellow, and often still warm when we collect them. Last year we borrowed an…
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Making a birthday cake.....
I have arranged a meal out for my OH's 50th birthday, and they have said I can bring a cake if I want to. They suggested M&S if I did not want to make one, but there are 30 of us, and I might have a go myself. Now, I know that there is not enough time to make a decent fruit cake as I would not be able to 'feed' it, so it…
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Lost my ww corn fritter recipe - can anyone help?
Years ago when I did Weight Watchers I had one of their books which had a delicious sweetcorn fritter recipe in it. I've given the book away and can't find the recipe anywhere else. Can anyone help please? I'm pregnant and have a real craving for these!!
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Mince is DISGUSTING! Help with alternatives please?
Hi all, I've been having some real problems with meat recently. I got put off Tesco stewing steak because my OH made a lovely pie but I almost broke my tooth on a huge (and I mean bigger than a 50p) shard of bone nestled in one of the chunks of beef. Now I cannot stand mince. Tesco mince we made a chilli with and it was…
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Os Daily Monday 18th June
Good morning to you all...... yes its 4.38 and i have been up for at least 40 mins already !!!!! every bird in Bognor Regis gathered outside my bedroom window and sang to me and the every seagull popped over to say good morning as well... well thats what it sounded and felt like !!!!!!!!! got tons of housework to do today,…
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Help on making fluffy carrot muffins
Hello all, Got a recipe from someone for carrot muffins and they appear to have turned out cake-like rather than fluffy muffins (like supermarket style) Anyone has any ideas on how to fix it or any recipes that will help me out? :D 55g self-raising flour 55g caster sugar 55g unsalted butter 1 egg 3 small carrots pinch of…
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Custard problems
Well I think im a quite reasonable cook but one thing eludes me....custard! Im not even talking about the homemade stuff, im talking about the Birds custard powder :o I use my mums method of mixing the powder and sugar into a paste with milk and then adding the rest of the milk and putting in the microwave. Now using the…
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Discoloured meat
I could have had an organic leg of lamb today in Tesco reduced from around£8 to 50p ( sell by date was today, eat by tomorrow), but I didn't take it because some bits of it looked browny/grey rather than all pink like the fresher joints ( it was in a sealed plastic pack, not loose from the butcher's counter). I've seen…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 18th June 2007
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Following requests to start things steadier for…
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how do you wash a zip fleece.........
My son has a new zip up sweat/fleece. 100% cotton,thin for summer evenings. It now needs washing. This is his 3rd this year, 1st one I washed with the zip done up on a 40, quick wash and full spin, dry over clothes horse the 2nd I washed un zipped on a 40 quick spin. dry flat on clothes horse. Each time the same thing…
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Slow cookers
I posted first on the money saving in relationships!! But was told that you lot know everything!!! about slowcookers anyway I am going to buy one, I am going part time as of Sept(when DS starts school),and am going to slow cook our tea for every night. Can somebody tell me which one to buy, I want to be able to throw it…
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Blueberries
I have some blueberries which were on special at tesco. I want to make a fruit salad - what other fruit will they go with. Thanks
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Veg Boxes in Central Scotland?
Hello, At the moment I get my veg box from Abel & Cole. I'm quite happy with it but because it travels all the way up from the south it's perhaps not the best option, plus because of the added courier charge it's not best value. I'm happy with their website & customer service, although sometimes the veg isn't as fresh as…
