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OS Christmas Pressie
Looking for a bird feeder (pressie from my mum) I spotted this special offer. It is a 20kilo bag of quality bird seed mix for £18 + £1.99 p&p, on special offer. Usual price £28. I thought it would be a good pressie put into nice bags or even cheap feeders. Dividing it into kilo portions makes 20 gifts at just over £1.…
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fish help
well i went to the shops and i found some cod fillets that were cheep as they go out of date today, sooooo my question is how do i cook it? does anyone have some nice recipies? im going to supprise oh for tea tonight and see what he thinks of my cooking? thank you very much and i cant cook either.
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I need to bake a cake for my mums birthday!!! HELP!!
I need to bake a cake for my mums birthday!!! HELP!! I am ok if its a basic one but I only have plain flour I do have baking powder so howdo I do this.... Very simple recipe anyone?
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Need a Freezer
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Buying a Chest Freezer...
Been looking at chest freezers online; need to measure where we plan on putting it so I know how big I can go. Any ideas as to a good brand?? Looking at 'A' ratings only.
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C/Heating in winter and what temperature?
Right, as it seems cold now i've been thinking about winter and the central heating. How long do you have your heating on in the day & evening in winter and what temperature do you set your thermostat to? If you have thermostatic values on your radiators, do you set them lower in your bedrooms and hall than the rest of the…
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Favourite HM Christmas presents?
Hello everyone! In my new OS style Im already thinking about Christmas presents for this year and what we could make... so I wondered what everyone's favourite HM presents were to give and/or receive? My favourites to make so far have been calendars for the grandparents with pics of the little ones for each month... In the…
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Throw your ideas at me, please!
Hello, Well, this is my first week of trying to meal-plan, but I have a dilemma that is kinda holding me back: Our cooker needs replacing, and until we can afford it, I have no oven to use. It has stopped 'turning down' - you can have it on number 9, turn it down to number 2, but nothing happens. The flame doesn't go down,…
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OS Daily Tuesday 21st August 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 20th 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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kirsch
Hi there, Has anyone a good recepie for kirsch? I have tried it in the past with 3 oz sugar for every lb of cherries and fortified with vodka when I have bottled it but it has lacked something????? My mother used to make a cracking kirsch but unfortunately I do not have the recepie and she is no longer here to ask. Hers…
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Five OS Pleasures in your day today
1) Seeing all my homemade preserves lined up on their shelf in the garage. They look as good as a stained glass window. 2) The smell of my laundry as I took it off the line, best smell in the world. 3) Taking a batch of muffins out of the oven. 4) Coming back from Tesco without any extras even though the kids were with me.…
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warm front grant
I have a little boy ( 3 years old) who has cerebral palsy, would I qualify for a grant?
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silly question
does using a slow cooker use alot of electricity? Really need to cut down on my energy bills:rolleyes:
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Finger food/buffet help please HELP : )
Hi all, we are having a birthday party for our little girls 4th birthday on Saturday. It's a princess theme this year and it's being held at home with all the kids dressing up for the party. I have 13 children and 14 adults coming. I did food last year which cost me an absolute fortune. I would like some variety and have…
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Pearl barley-to soak or not to soak?
some ideas please My Nan always used to pack out food by adding pearl barley to it ends up i love the stuff, I love adding pearl barley to my stews and soups etc but OH hates it he eats almost anything but will complain if i put the barley in. What can i do so i still get to eat it and so he wont complain? any ideas…
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The worlds worst meal planner!
Please help! I have tried and tried sooo many times and i am officially rubbish and i am begging you all for your help, if someone mentions the words meal plan at me i glaze over but my other half has just moved out as we are having problems and i don't have as much in the kitty for food as i did. There's three of us and…
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Does anyone else have a tagine??
I'm cooking dinner in one today. It's a moroccan stewpot, braises what's in it on low heat with very little water. I've got lamb chunks, pepper, onion, aubergine, courgette, tomato, potato in it, no extra water, its bubbling away nicely on the smallest burner on the lowest heat. Only thing is it doesn't hold a great deal,…
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food help for a non cook
hi i would really like to be able to cook food properley and save money. my ability is i can cook scrambled eggs. i think its because my mam never cooked and i never learned anything at school. i hear the people at work talking about cooking chicken etc i i think wow i would love to know what to do. so does anyone have any…
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How do you wash microfibre cloths?
I've got 2 microfibre cloths, one for dusting, and one for cleaning the kitchen. The dusting one seems to be fine after washing in just bio powder in the WM as it says don't use fabric conditioner, but I still can't get the stains that OH created on the other one, and it also seems like a huge waste of money to put them in…
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Polish Cucumber Soup
Over the summer I spent some time with friends in Poland. One of the nicest parts of staying with a family is experiencing the country from the inside. I love it there. Now although I speak NO Polish at all, my friends speak some English and we manage fine with communication in general. However, some of the specifics are…
