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Pie Bottoms???
Hi all, I apologise in advance if this is a really dumb question :o I am making meat and potato pie for tea tonight, now usually when I make pie, I put the filling into a dish thingie (oblong pyrex jobby) and cover with pastry... It has become a running joke that my pies don't have bottoms to them in our house :rolleyes:…
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OS Daily Thursday 16 August
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 16th August 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…
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motorbike breakdown insurance
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Asda bargains again- help needed.
Paid a visit to the new Asda again today, its not doing so well but thats my gain, loads of reduced.:j Now I had some nice little wedges of cheese for 50p instead of £1.99. Although its blue veined it does not taste "blue" if you see what I mean. I thickened a peppercorn sauce with a bit today not having double cream but I…
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Suggestions needed to remove red dye from lino
Someone's managed to get red dye from their red-soled flip-flops on my nice new beige & mushroom lino bathroom floor.:mad: I've tried soapy water and bleach, but they didn't work - the floor still looks pink & I'm so cheesed off with it. I can't afford to replace the flooring, & I wondered if any of you had any suggestions…
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can i add fresh strawberries to ...
ok i am making a bday cake for my 5 year old niece this week, she has decided on a fruit cake so i am going to make a light fruit cake and make it in to the castle she has seen in waitrose. Now my niece loves strawberries can i cut up a handful of fresh strawberries i have and add to the fruit cake mixture?
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Help with fixing scratched leather suite
I hope one of you clever 'old stylers' can help me. I'm almost in tears here cos my sons cats have scratched my leather suite. It's in three places that are really obvious and each scratch is about 2-3 inches long. :mad: I didn't want to get the cats in the first place but I bluddy hate them now!! I'venot long finished…
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selling home grown veg at the gate
Does anyone sell their homegrown veg at the gate? We grow veg for our own consumption and either freeze or give away any that we can not use. My Dh is taking early retirement at xmas and next year we plan to grow a lot more. Money will be fairly tight and I was wondering if this is something we could do. Do you need some…
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Can I do anything else with lettuce other than salad?
Hello everyone Haven't been on here for ages, have been trying to cut down on PC time and spend more time old-styling :) I was hoping you lovely people might be able to help me with something. At this time of year we get a lettuce every week in our veg box. Neither DH nor I like salads and it's going to waste. Other than…
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I've got chickens!
:j I got 3 12 week old bantams last weekend! They are settling down nicely in their new home, although are very shy and a bit nervous and mostly stay in their house, only coming into the run for food and water! They are so cute! I have called them Greta (Garbo), Bridgitte (Bardot) and Doris (Day)!
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Help cooking for the freezer using these ingredients
Hi All, Right i have a challenge for you. I have the following things in my house at present and about £5 in my wallet. The thign is id like to try and get a few weeks worth of meals out of these few things because we have unexpected bills this month so the longer i can go without doing a food shop the better plus i want…
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New O/S series in The Guardian
Another seemingly useful O/S/frugality resource, this time from The Guardian: "We spend a fortune on hi-tech beauty and cleaning products, often without really thinking about what's in them. Yet with just a little bit of imagination and forethought, we could easily make many of them ourselves. In this new regular column,…
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Quick and healthy
Hi MSE'ers!! I'm needing to get back on track a bit, after a few months of my old ways (you know, spending willy nilly on stuff I don't need). I recently went to Asda to do the shopping and saved a lot of money by comaring like for like. Asda's own against brand names, blah blah blah. I felt extremely happy with myself,…
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Any cheap meal ideas for my guests?
Hi all, I have a very good friend and her Mum coming down in two weeks for a visit. Although they stay in a hotel , I do normally cook at least 3 meals and puds for them during their stay. This year things are quite tight so I don't want to spend a lot on over the top meals. Any one got a good idea on what I could make. I…
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Impossible Pie - silly question
I came across the recipe for Impossible pie and thought I'd make it, but it just says 'coconut' - please can a wise person tell me if that's dessicated, or what ? There are so many sorts of coconut about now and I'm not sure. Thank you in advance....(and does it really work like the recipe says ?)
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Dishwasher Freshener
Has anyone got any tips for freshing up the dishwasher? I really don't want to have to buy the expensive fresheners from the supermarket.
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Inspiration needed!!
I need some new inspiration for HM ready meals. At the moment my freezer is full of HM lasagne, shephers pie, curry, spag bol and chilli but this is all I ever seem to make!! Can anyone suggest some new recipes that can be made in bulk and frozen please!! :beer:
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Cleaning Bike Leathers ?
Being a young chap I have decided to take up motorbike lessons in my spare time. Being safety conscious I purchased a leather jacket of Ebay for £70 the jacket seems in good condition but needs some care and a good clean. Can somebody advise how I go about treating and cleaning motorbike leathers? I have purchased some…
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powdered drink?
I was wondering if you can buy a flavoured powder you can flavour water with. i am going on holiday soon to an all inclusive resort, and they mostly have plain water or fizzy drinks which i hate, i was wondering if there was a powder i could take with me to pop in my water to flavour it, or does this sound silly:confused:
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Is it a damson or a sloe?
how do I tell the difference? I picked 3lbs of what I thought were damsons the other day ... but on speaking to a few people, they thought that damsons weren't so purple and that I had picked sloes; however, the two ladies I bumped into whilst picking assured me they were damsons and that I had to do a different walk to…
